Mary Mayne Stevens of Ash: 1689 – 1750
Mary Mayne was born in Farnham, Surrey in 1689 to George Mayne (Yeoman) and his wife Ann Warner. Margaret married Thomas Stevens, Yeoman of Ash,
War Graves ~ Upper Hale Cemetery in Surrey
A rather sombre topic but still a slice of local Hale history After my last post on Private Maud Rose Payne, written for Remembrance Day,
Pte. Maud Rose Payne
Upper Hale Cemetery has four Commonwealth War Graves Commission graves from World War II This is the story of Private Maud Rose Payne of the
George Cobbett ~ 17th Century Ash Parish Clerk
When you look at a Parish Register on an on-line genealogy site, you get a list of births, marriages, and deaths – sometimes accurately transcribed
More Mabberlys of Farnham
“Mabberlys had properties in The Borough, East Street, and Downing Street” (Pat Heather, Farnham Town Books) “Mabberlys were frequently encountered in Farnham in the 17th
Edward Reeves ~ Apothecary of Basingstoke
Why so many deaths around the 1750’s? Smallpox reached pandemic proportions at this time and the number of deaths exceeded any smallpox outbreak up to
Francis Mabberly ~ Fishmonger and Keeper of The Bush Inn, Farnham
Farnham Town & Borough Court Leet 3 April 1663 ~ We present in Dogflud the survaiors of the highway for not mending Bickemead Bridge and for