Joanna Shepherd (1752 - ?)

52 Ancestor Challenge - Challenge 30

Blake, King, Coleman, Pearce, Farmer, Mary (unknown), Lambden, Sarah (unknown), Knight, Ellis, Knight, Vincent, Butt, O'Ford, Arnold, Molton, Cotterell, Bartlett, Alderman, Shepherd, Sherwood, Elizabeth (unknown), Happerfield, Collins, Rawlings, Tanner, Dove, Morgan, Lywood, Lanham, unknown, Peck, Pincombe, Charley, Rowcliffe, Pearse, Rew, Moggridge, Siderfin, Kent, Gray, Hilton, Cobb, Sproxton, Routledge, Tweddle, Routledge, Routledge, (unknown) Buller, unknown, Beard, Hemsley, Welch, Brockhouse, Cheatle, Woodcock, unknown Taylor, unknown, Harborne, Lewis, Roberts, Croxall, Lawley, unknown

Joanna Shepherd was baptized 7 June 1752 at Kimpton, Hampshire the daughter of William and Joanna Shepherd. A William Shepherd was buried 12 Jan 1786 at Kimpton aged 78 years (birth year circa 1708). Is this the father of Joanna? He would have been 48 years of age when she was baptized. I haven't found a marriage for William Shepherd to Joanna.

Joanna Shepherd married John Alderman 13 Jan 1772 at Kimpton. Their daughter Hannah married  Charles Coterill 23 Oct 1824 at Kimpton. Their son William Cotterill married Jane Sherwood 21 Feb 1852 at Kimpton.

I did find one interesting baptism for a William Shepherd son of William Shepherd 27 Mar 1735 at Collingbourne Kingston. However he would likely be too young to be the father of Joanna.

Joanna's date of death/burial is unknown to me but she does not appear on the 1841 census at Kimpton. 

Ancestry of Joanna Shepherd:

1. William COTTERILL (b 12 Jun 1825) - Kimpton Hampshire England
2. Hannah ALDERMAN (b 2 Aug 1789) - Kimpton Hampshire England
3. Joanna SHEPHERD (b 7 Jun 1752) - Kimpton Hampshire England
4. William SHEPHERD

John Alderman (circa 1750 - 1811)

52 Ancestor Challenge - Challenge 29

Blake, King, Coleman, Pearce, Farmer, Mary (unknown), Lambden, Sarah (unknown), Knight, Ellis, Knight, Vincent, Butt, O'Ford, Arnold, Molton, Cotterell, Bartlett, Alderman, Shepherd, Sherwood, Elizabeth (unknown), Happerfield, Collins, Rawlings, Tanner, Dove, Morgan, Lywood, Lanham, unknown, Peck, Pincombe, Charley, Rowcliffe, Pearse, Rew, Moggridge, Siderfin, Kent, Gray, Hilton, Cobb, Sproxton, Routledge, Tweddle, Routledge, Routledge, (unknown) Buller, unknown, Beard, Hemsley, Welch, Brockhouse, Cheatle, Woodcock, unknown Taylor, unknown, Harborne, Lewis, Roberts, Croxall, Lawley, unknown

John Alderman was the father of Hannah Alderman  (baptized 2 Aug 1789 at Kimpton, Hampshire) and Hannah married Charles Coterill 23 Oct 1824 at Kimpton. John Alderman married Joanna Shepherd 13 Jan 1772 at Kimpton. They baptized five children at Kimpton:

John baptized 4 May 1772 and buried 7 May 1772 at Kimpton
William baptized 2 Feb 1782 
Frances baptized 21 Jun 1784
William baptized 22 Jan 1787
Hannah baptized 2 Aug 1789

The ten years is a large gap between John and William but the priest consistently identified the mother Joanna as Joanna Shepherd in all baptisms. Possibly they lived elsewhere for a period of time and I have not yet searched other areas.    The burial record for John Alderman gives his age as 61 years when he died 20 Feb 1811 and there is a baptism 2 Apr 1749 at Ham, Wiltshire (11 miles from Kimpton) that is the only baptism that I found that would work looking at Find My Past. Neither the name Philip nor the name Elizabeth was used by this couple which is somewhat disconcerting so will keep my eye out for other possibilities. Philip Alderman married Elizabeth Aldridge 26 Feb 1748 at Ham, Wiltshire.

Children baptized by Philip and Elizabeth Alderman at Ham:

John baptized 2 Apr 1749
Mary baptized 24 Mar 1750
James baptized 9 Sep 1753
Philip baptized 7 Sep 1758; buried 7 Sep 1758 at Ham

No further information for Philip. There are two baptisms for Elizabeth Aldridge at Ham, the first the daughter of James and Mary baptized 7 May 1727 and the second daughter of John junior and baptized 23 Aug 1724.

Ancestry of John Alderman (possible):

1. John ALDERMAN (b 2 Apr 1749) - Ham Wiltshire England
2. Philip ALDERMAN

Mary Bartlett (1764 - possibly 3rd quarter 1837)

52 Ancestor Challenge - Challenge 28

Blake, King, Coleman, Pearce, Farmer, Mary (unknown), Lambden, Sarah (unknown), Knight, Ellis, Knight, Vincent, Butt, O'Ford, Arnold, Molton, Cotterell, Bartlett, Alderman, Shepherd, Sherwood, Elizabeth (unknown), Happerfield, Collins, Rawlings, Tanner, Dove, Morgan, Lywood, Lanham, unknown, Peck, Pincombe, Charley, Rowcliffe, Pearse, Rew, Moggridge, Siderfin, Kent, Gray, Hilton, Cobb, Sproxton, Routledge, Tweddle, Routledge, Routledge, (unknown) Buller, unknown, Beard, Hemsley, Welch, Brockhouse, Cheatle, Woodcock, unknown Taylor, unknown, Harborne, Lewis, Roberts, Croxall, Lawley, unknown

Mary Bartlett was baptized 13 Oct 1764 at Burbage, Wiltshire daughter of John Bartlett and Anne Tarrant who had themselves married 1762 at Burbage. This family is found at Burbage back to the grandparents of Mary thus far. Burbage is just eight miles from Woodborough and nine miles from Beechingstoke. Of note it is also just ten miles from Kimpton, Hampshire where Charles Cotterell moved at some point prior to 1824 when he married Hannah Alderman. I do not have any family lore so have no ideas on why Charles moved to this small village of Kimpton in Hampshire. At the time of the marriage of Charles to Hannah he was 38 years of age and Hannah was 35 years old. As far as I was able to ascertain they had just the two children mentioned earlier William and Mary.

Continuing on with the story of Mary Bartlett.


Two possibilities for the baptism of William Tarrant (father of Anne Tarrant, mother of Mary Bartlett):

William baptized 2 Feb 1696 at Burbage son of William and Ann.

William baptized 3 Feb 1709 at Burbage son of Edward and Mary

The Tarrant baptisms are online for Burbage and they are a large family there. I think it might be worthwhile to try and put these families together in a manner that they can be looked at as families over time.

Unlinked marriages
James Tarrant and Mary Basset married 12 Nov 1753
Joseph Tarrant and Mary Pyke married 25 Dec 1780

In the mid 1500s there are three Tarrant families at Burbage - William, Thomas and Robert. It is likely that Thomas junior is the son of Thomas and Joan Tarrant. Thomas son of William is perhaps the Thomas marrying in 1607. The William marrying in 1624 is possible the son of Thomas and Joan although he would be 38 years old.  Thomas Tarrant the younger is likely the son of Thomas junior. Edward is likely the son of Thomas and Christian Tarrant (Edmund in the baptism) which would make him a grandson of William.

William (buried 4 Jul 1585) and Joan (buried 2 Feb 1588) Tarrant
William baptized 26 Dec 1562
Thomas baptized 1 May 1565
John baptized 25 Jan 1567

Thomas and Margaret Tarrant
Ann baptized 1 Jan 1562
John baptized 18 Feb 1564; buried 9 Apr 1579
Robert baptized 5 Jan 1566

Robert and Joan Tarrant
Christian baptized 16 Jun 1572

Thomas and Joan Tarrant
Judith baptized 6 Jun 1574
Thomas baptized 20 Mar 1575
Agnes baptized 14 Jun 1579
Elizabeth baptized 16 Jan 1581
Mary baptized 3 May 1584
William baptized 7 Aug 1586

Thomas junior and Susan Tarrant
Thomas baptized 22 Jan 1601

Francis and Elizabeth Tarrant
Francis baptized 1 Apr 1602

Thomas and Christian Tarrant
Edmund baptized 24 Oct 1607
Margaret baptized 30 Apr 1609
Edward baptized 2 Dec 1610

Thomas and Elizabeth Tarrant
Mary baptized 20 Mar 1616

William Tarrant
Edith baptized 1 Feb 1624
William baptized 10 Jan 1625
John baptized 22 Apr 1627
Elizabeth baptized 2 Jul 1628
Ann baptized 11 Jul 1629
Elizabeth baptized 1 Dec 1630

Thomas Tarrant (the younger)
Thomas baptized 20 Jul 1627
Susan baptized 1 Dec 1629
Bridget baptized 20 Mar 1631

Thomas the younger and Elizabeth Tarrant
William baptized 20 Jan 1634
William baptized 24 Aug 1647

Edward (buried 16 Jun 1662) and Anne Tarrant
Elizabeth baptized 21 Aug 1642
Margaret baptized 5 Feb 1643

Edward and Elizabeth Tarrant
Edward baptized 1 Jan 1644
Mary baptized 1 Sep 1647

William (buried 21 Jul 1682) and Alice (buried 26 May 1674) Tarrant 
William baptized 17 Nov 1658
John baptized 31 Dec 1660; buried 11 Aug 1674
Margarett baptized 15 Oct 1665
Bettoris baptized 14 Jan 1667
Edmund baptized 16 Oct 1670; buried 24 Jun 1674
Benjamin baptized 16 Jun 1673

Thomas and Rose Tarrant
Edward baptized 6 Nov 1659

Thomas and Kathryn Tarrant (junior)
Ralph baptized 22 Mar 1663
Beniamin baptized 27 Dec 1665

Thomas and Elizabeth Tarrant
Edward baptized 16 Oct 1673
William baptized 21 Jan 1676
William baptized 20 Oct 1678
Margaret baptized 15 Nov 1682

Ralph and Ellenor Tarrant
Ralph baptized 4 Jun 1676
Anne baptized 4 Apr 1678
Anne baptized 31 May 1680
James baptized 31 Jan 1681
Ellenor baptized 11 Sep 1684
Elizabeth baptized 17 Mar 1689

Edmund (buried 9 Dec 1702) and Ruth Tarrant
Edmund baptized 30 Jan 1676
Ruth baptized 23 Dec 1677
Elizabeth baptized 6 Jun 1680
Edmund baptized 29 Nov 1682
Mary baptized 11 Sep 1685
Thomas baptized 25 Nov 1686
Mary baptized 19 Jul 1689
Elizabeth baptized 20 Apr 1692

George (buried 15 Feb 1703) Tarrant and Alice (buried 11 Feb 1697) Sh_ married 13 Oct 1679
George baptized 2 Dec 1680
Thomas baptized 2 Sep 1683
Thomas baptized 1 Aug 1686
Alice baptized 3 Aug 1690

Ralph and Elizabeth (London) Tarrant
Elizabeth baptized 2 Aug 1691

William and Ann Tarrant
Ann baptized 10 Apr 1692
Ruth baptized 2 Oct 1694
William baptized 2 Feb 1696

James (buried 26 Jul 1715) Tarrant and Mary Durnford married 1 Mar 1702
Mary 10 May 1703
James baptized 14 Nov 1706

Edward and Mary Tarrant
Thomas baptized 11 Apr 1704
Mary baptized 15 Dec 1706
William baptized 3 Feb 1709
Edmund baptized 29 Jan 1712
George baptized 18 Aug 1717

Ralph and Patience (buried 4 May 1710) Tarrant
James baptized 5 Jun 1704
Mary baptized 5 Nov 1706
Sarah baptized 4 Sep 1709

James and Jane Tarrant
Sarah baptized 31 Oct 1727
Mary baptized 10 Oct 1729
Elizabeth baptized 10 Oct 1729
Jane baptized 29 Jan 1730
Martha baptized 27 Dec 1732
Thomas baptized 2 Mar 1737

James and Sarah Tarrant
Patience baptized 9 Nov 1735

Daniel and Sarah Tarrant
John baptized 14 Jun 1736

George Tarrant and Mary Kingston married 21 Nov 1738
Mary baptized 11 Feb 1738
William baptized 27 Nov 1740
Mary baptized 25 Sep 1743
Anne baptized 15 Nov 1745

William Tarrant and Anne Holloway married 9 Oct 1738
Mary baptized 25 Jun 1739
Anne baptized 2 Jun 1742
William baptized 12 Oct 1744
Thomas baptized 16 Jul 1749
Sapphira baptized 15 May 1753
Sarah baptized 25 Jun 1756
Charlotte baptized 11 Nov 1761

Joseph and Mary Tarrant
John baptized 5 Mar 1769
Sarah baptized 10 Nov 1771
Joannah baptized 26 Mar 1775

Mary Bartlett's father John was baptized 30 Jan 1736 at Burbage the son of John Bartlett and Mary Wilkins who were themselves married in 1735 at Burbage.There is a John Bartlet baptized at Edington (9 miles from Burbage) 14 Jul 1709 son of James and Jane Bartlet. This is likely the James Bartley who married Jane Scoetling at Edington 15 May 1704.

Children of James and Jane Bartlet baptized at Edington:

Edward baptized 20 Mar 1705
Robert baptized 18 Nov 1707
John baptized 14 Jul 1709
Jane baptized 9 Jul 1712
James baptized 27 May1714
Isaac baptized 14 Nov 1716
Richard baptized 27 May 1720
Thomas baptized 10 Mar 1722

There was also a John Bartlet baptized  5 Dec 1705 at Edington son of William junior and Mary. Both of these Bartlet families lived at Tinhead.

Children of William junior and Mary baptized at Edington:

William baptized 14 Nov 1699
John baptized 5 Dec 1705

At this point it isn't possible to determine which John Bartlet is the correct one.I could not find a Mary Wilkins baptized in this area.

Ancestry of Mary Bartlett:

1. Mary BARTLETT (b 13 Oct 1764) - Burbage Wiltshire England
2. John BARTLETT (b 30 Jan 1736) - Burbage Wiltshire England
3. John BARTLETT

Charles Cotterill (1767 - 1810)

52 Ancestor Challenge - Challenge 27

Blake, King, Coleman, Pearce, Farmer, Mary (unknown), Lambden, Sarah (unknown), Knight, Ellis, Knight, Vincent, Butt, O'Ford, Arnold, Molton, Cotterel, Bartlett, Alderman, Shepherd, Sherwood, Elizabeth (unknown), Happerfield, Collins, Rawlings, Tanner, Dove, Morgan, Lywood, Lanham, unknown, Peck, Pincombe, Charley, Rowcliffe, Pearse, Rew, Moggridge, Siderfin, Kent, Gray, Hilton, Cobb, Sproxton, Routledge, Tweddle, Routledge, Routledge, (unknown) Buller, unknown, Beard, Hemsley, Welch, Brockhouse, Cheatle, Woodcock, unknown Taylor, unknown, Harborne, Lewis, Roberts, Croxall, Lawley, unknown

Charles Cotterell is possibly one of my 4x great grandfathers (I decided to do this next set of seven "ancestors" just because it appears to fit into the father's line for my paternal grandmother (her mother is known but the father can only be guessed at). Kimpton is a very small village in Hampshire not far from Upper Clatford and Andover.

Charles married Mary Bartlett 31 Dec 1786 at Woodborough, Wiltshire. Charles was baptized 19 Jul 1767 at Beechingstoke son of William Cotterell and Elizabeth Kempton who were themselves married 3 May 1760 at Wilsford near Pewsey. Elizabeth was baptized 27 Jun 1731 at Wilcot daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth Kempton. William father of Charles was buried 5 Jan 1770 at Beechingstoke.

William and Elizabeth baptized three children at Beechingstoke:

William was baptized 24 May 1761
Charles was baptized 19 Jul 1767
Elizabeth was baptized 13 May 1770 and buried 6 Sep 1770 at Beechingstoke

Elizabeth Kempton married a second time to Robert Chandler 12 Jan 1773 at Beechingstoke. Charles would have been just six years old when his mother remarried and this family then appears at Woodborough where Elizabeth's second husband lives).

Charles Coterill married Mary Bartlett 31 Dec 1786 at Woodborough (location for Robert Chandler on the marriage registration). Charles their son was born 1786 at Woodborough according to the 1851 census. Charles, the father, is likely the Charles Cotterell buried at Fittleton 23 Sep 1810. The son  Charles married Hannah Alderman 23 Oct 1824 at Kimpton and they baptized two children at Kimpton:

William baptized 12 Jun 1825; married Jane Sherwood 21 Feb 1852 at Kimpton
Mary baptized 2 Jun 1829; married Henry Chandler June quarter 1854 at Kimpton

William  Cotterill  married Jane Sherwood 21 Feb 1852 at Kimpton and they had four children at Kimpton:

Jane born circa 1854, married Francis Ford mar quarter 1879 at Mere
Ann born circa 1855, married William Henry Fisher dec quarter 1878 Pewsey RD
George baptized 6 Mar 1859; married  twice, first Ann Matthews 28 Jun 1879 at Kimpton and Fanny Somner Dec quarter 1887 at Thanet, Kent.
Ellen was born circa 1869 

I did try to find a baptism for William Cotterell married to Elizabeth Kempton/Kimpton but will work on that again  as well as the baptism for their grandson Charles. Interestingly the Cotterel family appears earlier in the Rawlings family as the eldest daughter of William Rawlins and Mary Ford married Stephen Cotterel 28 Jan 1764 at Enford. Woodford is only ten miles from Enford where the Rawlins family lived. Stephen was perhaps the son of William Cotterel and baptized 8 Jan 1738 at Wilsford near Pewsey (2.5 miles from Woodford and 8 miles from Enford).I did consider that this could have been significant in the naming of my grandmother but I think 100 years later that is unlikely especially given that the Lywood surname of her maternal grandmother would have likely been chosen. More on the Lywood family in a couple of months.


Ancestry of Charles Cotterell:


1. William COTTERILL (b 12 Jun 1825) - Kimpton Hampshire England
2. Charles COTTERILL (b circa 1786) - Woodborough Wiltshire England
3. Charles COTTERELL (b 19 Jul 1767) - Beechingstoke Wiltshire England
4. William COTTERELL

Webpage Update and Bishops Nympton PRs

After overhauling my webpage "Table of Contents" the day before, I spent a little time compiling a list of people that I have in each generation back to the 6x great grandparents that I have not yet put on my webpage or that I am missing. I was missing 1 at the great grandparent level, 1 at the 2x great grandparent level, 5 at the 3x great grandparent level, 10 known at the 4x great grandparents level (with nine unknown), 11 known at the 5x great grandparent level (with 47 unknown) and 19 known at the 6x great grandparent level (with 185 unknown). A lot of work to do at the 4x, 5x and 6x great grandparent level even yet (241 people to find although some of these will be included in my Routledge/Knight lines that collapse together). I have 2 Routledge cousins at the 3x great grandparent level and 2 Knight cousins at the 3x great grandparent level (reducing the number of lines as I work my way back) and then a likely Knight line in common at the 6x great grandparent level. It is amazing how quickly your tree collapses when there are first/second/third cousin marriages. I then added the Cotterill, Sherwood, Alderman, Habberfield, Dove, Harborne and Lawley lines to my webpage. That brings me to the 4x great grandparent level which I am now proving. As I prove each line back I will add them to my webpage. I find this an interesting way to display my information plus I can begin adding transcriptions of documents about people for whom I receive requests for information. This has its pros and cons in that people might not then write to me and I would not gain their insight into the family lines.

I continued working on the Bishops Nympton PRs for marriages bringing me up to 1803. I continue to find so many interesting witnesses to these marriages that I am finding my process through this material rather slow. I have quite a number of lines at Bishops Nympton since my families were there from 1599 up to the present. I did correspond with one family member but haven't heard back from her. I believe she is descended from the brother of my 3x great grandfather.