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| 301 | A history of the Coltman family from "Catherine Hutton and her Friends": THE COLTMAN FAMILY. The Coltman family, like many of our old families, had their sad experiences in the troublous times of Charles I. and his Parliament. I cannot find that they fought in the Civil Wars, like the ancestors of the Cartwright and Hutton families, but they came very disagreeably in contact with those who did. The following interesting extract is taken from " Historical Notices of Events Occurring Chiefly in the Reign of Charles I." By Nehemiah Wallington, of St Leonards, Eastcheap, London, edited from the original MSS., 1869, Bentley. Vol ii., p. 93 :? " 1642, September 9th. One Mr. Coltman, being by God's providence at his country house at Fleckney in Leicestershire, having another farm house in Gumly, 2 miles from the said Fleckney, one of his servants came unto him like one of Job's messengers, with a relation that Prince Rupert with his troops were in their fields, and had taken 5 of his horses and had burned houses and barns. But it fell out otherwise by the power and Providence of God, though it was attempted and earnestly endeavoured on this wise. Captain Sands, pulling a note out of his pocket, made us stop till he came to the said Mr. Coltman 's house, then he commanded his servants (or soldiers) to go into the house and fire it ; who accordingly went into the house, fetched out fire, raised the thatch, and put the fire in and kindled it (the thatch being extraordinary dry and combustible). But so soon as the wretched persons were down, the fire went out, and fell after them upon their heads, and thus they did 3 several times, with the same success as at the first. Then the captain assayed to fire it himself, on this manner : he went to a poor man's house, from whence he brought a wisp of straw, put fire into it, then put it into the thatch again, the fire flaming. But the captain no sooner came down from the ladder but the fire went out and fell upon his head again. This not taking effect he went into the said house, where a woman was brewing, took 2 great firebrands of fire, went up the ladder {like a hangman to do execution), again put in the burning brands into the dry thatch, and kindled it with fanning his hat to and fro, till it did burn as he thought to consuming, but with the same success as before, this being the 5th time of their ungodly attempt, for the captain was no sooner down from the ladder, but the brands fell after him as before. Then with hideous oaths he commanded his soldiers to shoot their carbines in several places of two haystacks together, one of them being very old hay, yet God would not let it fire. Then they returned, only burning and slamming themselves in rage and malice. One of the neighbours asked why he would burn that house. His answer was because he was a Roundhead. There were many spectators who were exceedingly astonished at this miraculous preservation, saying they never knew in their lives before but when fire was joined unto dry stubble it would burn to consumption. So this servant of God escaped only with the loss of 4 horses ; but if his house had been burnt he had lost about 600 pounds, his barns being full of corn and other things. All praise and glory be given unto God. This wonderful work of God I did hear Mr. Coltman relate it himself, and that revd. minister of God's word, Mr, Perke, wrote it from his mouth." In his will (proved 1643) William Coltman directs his body to be buried at Fleckney, Leicestershire, where he was born, if in those times of trouble it could be accomplished. He bequeathed ;f 100 towards the settling of a preaching ministry at or in the church or chapel of Fleckney. He left 5 (pounds) each to two ministers, Francis Perke and Nicholas (?) Byfield. He left two daughters, but no son. His brothers and nephews are named in his will, and from them there is reason to believe the Coltmans of Hagnaby Prior, Lincolnshire, the family of the late Sir Thomas Coltman, Judge of Common Pleas, and the Coltmans of these memoirs are descended. William Coltman would then be residing in London, hence the anticipated difficulty about his body being buried at Fleckney, He was eventually interred at All Hallows, Barking. The arms of the Coltman family are : ? az., a cross patonce pierced of the field or, between four mullets, pierced ar. ? Crest, a nag's head erased sa., maned and bridled an, tasseled or. In Fleckney Churchyard, under a yew tree, close to the church porch, is a slab of slate, partly buried in the earth, with the following inscription (copied literally) : ? " Here Lyeth the bodyes of Robert Coltman and jone* his wife he dyed ye 14th and she 22nd of August 1 70 1 both in the 48 year of their age Under this Earth : A loveing Pal re doth ly : who was adorned with Faith and Piety : when jesus' Cumes though they now Sleep in dust : heel Raise and Share their joyes Amongst ye just." ? Joan Iliffe. The names recorded on this old tombstone were ancestors of the Coltmans of these memoirs. Miss M. A. Coltman remembered hearing her mother speak of them. There are many old tombstones in country churchyards with similarly arranged inscriptions. It is possible that the erection of them, and the arrangement of the epitaphs, may have been left to the village stonemason, whose strong point was certainly not orthography. In Fleckney Church-yard there are many members of the Coltman family buried, who seem to have been yeomen or small freeholders. It was in or about the year 1757 that Miss Cartwright first met Mr. Coltman at the temporary residence of their mutual friend, Mr. Unwin, at Matlock. John Coltman was born at Leicester, December 20th, 1727, at Castle House, an antique edifice adjoining St. Mary's Church, and which had been erected (probably) out of the ruins of John of Gaunt's Castle, the site of which was close by. Of the father of John Coltman, Mr. Samuel Coltman, his grandson, has preserved the following recollections : ? Castle House was rented of the Duchy of Lancaster ; during a Borough Election the Steward of the Duchy, finding his tenant unwilling to vote with his party, gave him notice " to quit and leave," but the election over, caused him to understand that he might remain if he chose ; he did not choose to be thus trifled with, nor to subject himself to what might possibly occur a second time, and therefore he quitted and left John of Gaunt's House, as it was called at that time. During the persecutions of the Nonconformists in the days of Charles II, a band of humble but sincere Christians fled for refuge to a village called Sutton-in-the-Elms, about a dozen miles from Leicester; here they formed themselves into a church of the Baptist persuasion. About a century after this event seventeen members of that church, in a time of great commercial depression, came to Leicester in hope of improving their temporal concerns, and to assist their spiritual ones, they united in Church Fellowship, in a building belonging to Mr, Coltman, which was situated at the corner of Harvey Lane ; this site he presented them with, and upon it was erected the chapel wherein Dr. Carey and Robert Hall successively ministered. The chapel is still standing and in use, but the church commenced by the seventeen members from Sutton-in-the- Elms has been removed to a more commodious edifice in Belvoir Street. When the husband of Miss Cartwright was quite a youth his father took him to a bookseller*s shop, " The Bible and Crown," in the Market Place, purchased a book and presented him with it ; he said, " Father, write something in it" His father wrote, " My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not." These solemn words of Scripture, traced by the hand of paternal affection, were never obliterated from the memory of his boy, but exerted a kindly restraining influence over him in the hour of need. John Coltman received his education at Kibworth, where his father placed him under the care of the Rev. John Aikin, the father of 'Dr. Aikin, and of Mrs. Barbauld ; * for his tutor, Mr. Coltman retained throughout life the greatest love and veneration ; he remained with him until he was nineteen years of age, * Eminent literary characters. and imbibed from him that love of study and sense of moral rectitude which, uniting with his innate refinement of feeling and desire of knowledge, laid the foundation of that sterling character which he bore through life, and which imparted even in his early days a certain degree of gravity to his manners, and caused Miss Cartwright to distinguish him among the variety of her admirers as " The Philosopher." John Coltman had had Mrs. Barbauld, as an infant, many times in his arms. The Academy, after flourishing some years at Kibworth, was removed to Warrington in Lancashire. | COLTMAN, John (I1220)
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| 302 | A John Shiel died in 1878 aged 76Y. His probate record gives his wife as Sarah, his residence as Wellington and his occupation as Naval Engineer. This is not the same John Shiels. | SHIELS, John (I3775)
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| 303 | A lawyer. | RUCK, Geoffrey Francis (I1123)
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| 304 | A letter from Ed Thatcher mentions him in Los Angeles; when was Ed Thatcher visiting here? | BAGOT, John (I1155)
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| 305 | A Lily Kervel age 30 travelled from London to Wellington on the Tainui, departing 12 Sep 1912. There is a Lily Kirvell in the 1901 census (Middlesex), age 20 (born abt 1881), relation to head servant, occupation housemaid. Born Marylebone, London. There is a Lily Kirvell age 30 (born abt 1881) in the 1911 census (Lewisham, London), occupation Nurse. | KIRVELL, Lily (I2089)
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| 306 | A match from Horsley (St Martin) parish registers - marriages - for Jane Watts' parents: County Gloucestershire Place Horsley Church name St Martin Register type Phillimore's Transcripts Marriage date 20 Sep 1807 Groom forename John Groom surname WATTS Groom condition widower Groom parish Minchinhampton Bride forename Margaret Bride surname ALDRIDGE Available on freereg.org.uk Ancestry.Com has extensive Gloucestershire parish records - could probably confirm this there. | WATTS, Jane (I03817)
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| 307 | A meeting of Torkington cousins, and their families and friends, 991211, but the particular informant was not noted. | Source (S353)
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| 308 | A merchant in Sheffield; died a bachelor. | CLARKE, Thomas (I1934)
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| 309 | A Mrs Bradbury | LORANS, Sarah (I2670)
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| 310 | A Mrs Tracy | SWINDBORNE, Elsie May (I2708)
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| 311 | A niece of Eileen Webb's, her sister's child. But Robyn's mother died. | Robyn (I3243)
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| 312 | A note on the Astwoods c. Sep 1970. Trudy was looking for info on the Astwoods. Owen's mother was Syvlia Astwoo; shedied and was cremated. Betty is the sister of Owen; she lives in Leigh. | ASTWOOD, Owen Maxwell (I52)
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| 313 | A notebook for additions and corrections to the genealogical printouts, and some of the entries are unsourced. | Source (S350)
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| 314 | A partly legible note; died aged about 90 some years ago. | CLARKE, Ethel G (I1272)
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| 315 | A permanent resident; later moved to Waitakere Hospital, near Henderson. | SMITH, Victor Harvey (I19)
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| 316 | A school assignment, in the archives at Warkworth Museum. | Source (S384)
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| 317 | A sudden death. | FINLAYSON, John Alexander (I118)
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| 318 | A Thomas Shields was born in 1849 to mother Anne and father John. | KEARNEY, Anne (I3673)
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| 319 | A tractor rolled on top of him. | MATHESON, Colin Robertson (I167)
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| 320 | A typescript draft, undated. | Source (S379)
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| 321 | A watchmaker in Albert St. | SEALY, Thomas (I3388)
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| 322 | A wild guess at the date | NEELEY, William Edward (I203)
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| 323 | A William Bond is listed as managing the Sea View Hotel at Omaha | BOND, John Henry (I2554)
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| 324 | A William Richardson married in 1849 in Horncastle, Elizabeth Clark is one of 5 possibilities of spouse. No other possibilities for Horncastle. | Family: RICHARDSON, William / Elizabeth (F1352)
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| 325 | A xerox taken from the Waipu Museum's genealogical record. Tanken perhaps 1 Oct 1996. | Source (S402)
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| 326 | About a week ago she had a fall from her horse, and has been unconscious ever since. She's in Auckland Hospital,intensive care. With brain injuries. | DUNCAN, Kelly (I1137)
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| 327 | According Sarum Marriage Licence Bonds Transcription | FRANKLIN, Robert (I4841)
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| 328 | According to Ancestry tree 4 children, first was Loise Frances Adams 1926-2012. Three others still living (2 females, 1 male). Lois Frances Adams married Terence Galvan Schrafft. They had 5 boys. | ADAMS, George Edward (I3714)
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| 329 | According to Cenotaph Record for son Leonard who died in WWII | CASEY, Joseph Michael (I3506)
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| 330 | According to Dorothy Davies: *He travelled in the USA, and in NZ, and back to the UK, before settling in NZ. *Krakatoa erupted as they were waiting for passage in London. | TORKINGTON, William (I1)
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| 331 | According to Doug, the move was made when Mattie was eight years old - hence my estimate of the date of the move. The first house occupied was a narrow house, near St Pauls School. Two rooms down, a narrow staircase, and two rooms up, a double storied house. This was the first house that John and Christina occupied after leaving Ti Point. PS: I've just had a look at a pair of candidate houses, immediately to the east of the boundary of the St Paul School on Richmond Rd, presently house numbers 179 and 177. I wonder of they're on an electoral roll that shows their occupancy of either of these houses? | SMITH, John Benjamin (I186)
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| 332 | According to Fencibles information (?). I have an image of the relevant paragraph as a file but didn't record what the title was. | Family: SHIELS, John / KEARNEY, Anne (F1157)
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| 333 | According to Fencibles information. | SHIELS, John (I3775)
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| 334 | According to Gordon S. Haight, he "appears plainly in Middlemarch as Tertius Lydgate, who was not unwilling to have people know that he was better born than the other country doctors and who also had debts of (pounds) 1000 when bankruptcy threatened him." | CLARKE, Edward (I1928)
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| 335 | According to his obituary - though I can't find anything to back this up. | HOWARD, James (I3682)
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| 336 | According to his service record he was born 7 Sep 1890 in Whangarei. | CAIN, William Gerald (I3773)
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| 337 | According to House of Memory xx, born c. 1826; died 29 July 1914. She married her cousin, Duncan Matheson, in NZ.Catherine Finlayson was the sister of Bill England's grandfather. She is also the sister of #119, Donald F. She ismentioned in R D Finlayson, Journey to Cape Breton Island, p. 23, where we see confirmation of her marriage. | FINLAYSON, Catherine (I77)
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| 338 | According to http://www.genealogy.ianskipworth.com/pdf/skipsjohnhalton.pdf | SKIPWORTH, George (I3810)
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| 339 | According to Joyce Wyatt, the old three-gabled house was abandoned in 1920, some of it being used to build Eddy Wyatt's house. Charles Clarke then boarded with Eddy and Ivy Wyatt. Later he went to his daughter Jane's place at Whangateau. At some time after his death, Jane offered the diaries to her daughter Mildred, but she was moving out of the district and didn't want them. It was then that Minnie received them.. | CLARKE, Charles Septimus (I1139)
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| 340 | According to marriage transcription for Richard Atkinson Read and Rosamond Loughton. Not sure why daughter has a different surname to him. | CAUKUELE, William (I4810)
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| 341 | According to note written by Norbert Casey (in possession of Pat Hooper) left Ireland for Australia at the age of 3 with sister Mary and parents. Settled in Melbourne 1848. Other children born in Australia? Charles, Micheal ??, Catherine, Anne. One daughter Kate born in about 1866 in Australia. | KAVANAGH, Bernard (I3544)
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| 342 | According to obituary he immigrated to NZ in 1863, however he was married in Sydney in 1865 so maybe this is the date he immigrated to Australia, then to NZ a few years later. Death certificate says he has been in NZ for 46 years. That fits with the 1863 date. | CASEY, James (I3493)
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| 343 | According to places the siblings were born (Source AnnOliver39's family tree on ancestry) they left Ireland between 1844 and 1846. | KAVANAGH, Bernard (I3544)
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| 344 | According to records of 65h Regimentals he was born in Congleton, a small town close to Macceslfield. | TURNOCK, Adam Cotterill (I3640)
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| 345 | According to the Leo ts, has died. | YOUNG, Charles Clyde (I2696)
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| 346 | According to the NZH death notice (in the Museum), she was aet. 62 at death. This gives a birth date of 1875 An obituary appeared in the Rodney and Otamatea times, 10 Nov 1937, and I guess written by Agnes Matheson. 'Shesuccumbed to pneumonia, following an attack of influenza. Her little grand-daughter, Ella Came, passed away theprevious day, also a victim of pneumonic influenza.' | KEMPT, Ellen Marjory Margaret Agnes (I164)
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| 347 | According to Wharton Family Tree (descendent of Edward Gascoigne Brewster). | BREWSTER, Robert Lowe (I3677)
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| 348 | Address confirmed by Val Stern. Still writing, c. July 2001 | DENTON, Ruth Mary (I2838)
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| 349 | Address from the entry for Eliza Jane Torkington. | MORAN, Maud (I3032)
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| 350 | Adopted | ROBINSON, Michelle Dianne (I1477)
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