Who Do You Think You Are - Olivia Colman 9th Jul

[kiterunner]

Originally Posted by Blaquiere Talbot

Oh dear I am getting in a muddle.
1: Kiterunner: I was reading the original. I have misplaced the transcript please repost.

See post #21. Sorry, now I do see you were not using my transcription!

[Blaquiere Talbot]

Kiterunner: I understand there is available on-line Seraphina's property inventory of several pages taken by the EIC executors after her death. There may be something there which will identify her origins. Where can I find it?

[kiterunner]

Originally Posted by Blaquiere Talbot

Kiterunner: I understand there is available on-line Seraphina's property inventory of several pages taken by the EIC executors after her death. There may be something there which will identify her origins. Where can I find it?

There is a link to it in post #28.

[Blaquiere Talbot]

Thanks but I do not have access to "Findmypast". Where else?
Richard

[Merry]

FIBIS only seems to direct you to FMP:

https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Wills,_Admi...nd_Inventories

You can get a free trial on FMP if you haven't already had one.

[kiterunner]

Findmypast does pay-as-you-go now, so it is meaningless not to "have access" to it. When you have clicked on the link from post #28, scroll down to where it says "Commitment shy? Buy the record on its own" and it will say you need to pay £1.50. The same for the second link. I think you will need to make a free account first if you haven't got one already.

[Merry]

Oooh I wondered if that was the case!

[Blaquiere Talbot]

Progress!

1: Seraphina Donclere:
I have found another Donclere. She is on Facebook name of living person removed. I have messaged her but doubt I’ll receive a reply - “weird old man claiming to be a relative!”. However in reviewing her connections on Facebook they all seem to come from the Flemish part of Belgium. Now in the early 1800s Belgium was part of Holland so I think we can assume that Seraphina was indeed of Dutch (but Flemish? Walloon?) heritage and that is where her name originated. Thus we can pretty confidently say she was a “Dutch Burgher” from Ceylon (probable Galle or Trincomalee where Lt-Col Hunter commanded). Next step? Dutch church records for both towns?

2: Bridget Watson.
I found a Ricketts family tree on-line (see: https://woodlloydfamilyhistory.com/fam3172.html). Fanny Ricketts, is listed as the eldest daughter of Mordaunt Ricketts & Maria Elizabeth Crommelin. She was born in Barrackpore in 1808. However a note at the bottom says her christening document states her mother was Bridget Watson! We all know that is Mordaunt’s mistress and Seraphina’s friend who was guardian to her 2nd daughter Harriet Slessor when she died in 1810. So that resolves the earlier Crommelin/Watson confusion in the earlier posts!

Again many thanks to the team! Richard

[kiterunner]

Please don't post information about living people without their permission. Also I think you are making a lot of assumptions based on very little evidence there.

[Blaquiere Talbot]

Agreed but I think I am on the right track as do the Dutch Burgher Association. See:
Netherlands, Dutch East India Company Crew Index, 1633-1795
Name: Jacobus Doncler
Departure Date: 13 mei 1685 (13 May 1685)
Departure Place: Sluis
Arrival Date: 4 Feb 1686
Relative: Cornelia De Janse