Harriett Lamb and George Cooper

[ElizabethHerts]

I have just ordered two wills from Whitby Museum - £5 for both!

[Merry]

A bargain!

[ElizabethHerts]

I just hope they are in OH's tree.

His 4x-great-grandmother was Jemima Duck of Whitby who married Christopher Kingston. I have just ordered a couple of Duck wills.

I love Jemima's name! Very Beatrix Potter.

[Merry]

re Tierbuck:

then a gap

Sarah Tierbuck 27 Jul 1778 St. Martin, Birmingham, Warwick, Joseph and Sarah

Joseph Tierbuck 28 Dec 1779 Saint Martin, Birmingham,Warwick, Joseph and Sarah

Susanna Tirebuck 1 Oct 1781 St. Martin, Birmingham, Warwick, Joseph and Sarah

also:

Elizabeth Tirebuck 12 Sep 1785 St. Martin, Birmingham, Warwick, Joseph and Sarah

Matthew Turbuck 19 Oct 1790 Saint Martin, Birmingham,Warwick, Joseph and Sarah



I don't know if it's a coincidence, but there's a Joseph in London, marrying Grace Drew in 1806:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageview...rce&pId=711336

Two of their three children show occ of father at their baptisms - gunmaker or similar.

Joseph died in 1815 aged 35, so b abt 1779/80:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageview...71&pId=1622049

and his will gives his occ as gun maker:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageview...e9b&pId=356552


Grace went on to remarry to widower Mark Unwin in 1827:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageview...b4&pId=1433465

Looks like they had one child bap before the marriage:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/co...38a388f287c24b

Ooo, no, maybe not as there's a Mark Unwin marrying another Grace in 1825:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageview...59&pId=4168265

That's what comes of getting complacent because the name combinations seem uncommon!!

There's only one obvious death though, so I'm wondering if there's any mystery or just that I've not looked thoroughly!

Grace Unwin Burial abt 1784 5 Dec 1847 St Mary, Islington, Islington

I think that's the right Grace as this is her in 1841 with two of her sons from her first marriage:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageview...n&pId=15338093

Of course I didn't think to see if there's an alternative route forward for your Birmingham-born Joseph as I was too busy with this one!!

[Merry]

There's only one Mark Unwin dying - in 1827. His will has wife Grace and that he is a bricklayer, which was the occ mentioned on the 1825 marriage (I think).

No time to look further....

[ElizabethHerts]

Merry, I've found more Tierbuck baptisms, all mistranscribed, filling in the gaps.

I've got a visitor coming very soon so I'll get back to this after lunch.

Thanks for looking!