You could try Deceased Online http://www.deceasedonline.com.

Best wishes

Alan

I did send a message to what I thought was your e-mail address, but I think you probably didn’t receive it. Please let me know your e-mail address and I’ll send the message again.

Best wishes

Alan

I’ve had a look and found someone who may be the Susan you’re looking for, but I’ll send you all the details in a private e-mail.

Best wishes

Alan

Back to Emma Pollard, whose GG-grandparents were Thomas Pollard (b. c.1684) and his wife Elizabeth Kidd (1686-1727), who married in Walsham in 1712. Thomas’s mother was Jane Hawes (b. c.1657, daughter of James Hawes and his wife Elizabeth). The GGG-grandfather of Jane Hawes was John Hawes “of West Street” (1470-1528), who was married to Katherine Holmes. The line runs from John Hawes “of West Street”, through Steven Hawes, a second Steven Hawes, a third Steven Hawes, and James Hawes to Jane Hawes.

Elizabeth Kidd’s mother was Elizabeth Hawes (1656-1708), daughter of Thomas Hawes and his wife Sarah Quarry, who married in 1649 in Badwell Ash, next to Walsham. John Hawes “of West Street” was the GGGG-grandfather of Elizabeth Hawes through two lines of descent. One of these was an all-Hawes line from John Hawes “of West Street”, through John Hawes “the tailor”, John Hawes “in the Bushes”, Andrew Hawes, Thomas Hawes, and a second Thomas Hawes to Elizabeth Hawes. The other line runs from John Hawes “of West Street”, through Steven Hawes, Catherine Hawes, Thomazin Vincent, Anne Page, and the second Thomas Hawes to Elizabeth Hawes. This makes Elizabeth Kidd the fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Pollard.

Linda and I have CDs (the Walsham le Willows parish register and Walsham wills) and books (including Who Lived in Your House? by Audrey McLaughlin) that we bought from the Walsham History Group. In addition, when we were at the Norwich Heritage Centre this summer, I photocopied the Hawes family tree in the book East Anglian Pedigrees.

Linda got her tree information from a woman named Jenna Twyford-Jones, who says she got it from someone called Peter Ellis. The tree quotes Jim McNeil and East Anglian Pedigrees as the source for the early information and mainly the Walsham church records as the source for the later information. Linda and I have also read Jim McNeil’s two articles on the Walsham le Willows website.

I hope this helps you place Linda on the Hawes family tree.

Best regards

Alan

There are various West Indies databases on the free FamilySearch pilot Record Search site at http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=allCollections&r=2.

Best wishes

Alan

Can you help me? I have an Henrietta Elizabeth Slater on the censuses born in West Indies (British Subject) in about 1819. Is there any help on line?

Diana

This is a first for me!! I have been surfing this morning and by chance came across a comment that your wife Linda is part of the Walsham le Willows Hawes family and that she has, sometime in the past, been aware of the family through Jim McNeil. Since he and I are related , (we share the same great great grandfather, Daniel Hawes) I was immediately interested. My account and that of Jim’s are largely the same but we disagree on several points that makes genealogy so fascinating. He has largely retired from active research which is a great pity while I have pushed on, taking the Hawes family in many other directions. I would very much appreciate the opportunity to exchange thoughts with both you and your wife on the subject and determine how we are related!!

Glad to be of help.

Best regards
Alan