Update on Harriet Beresford (c. 1819 – 1876) In my book Genealogy, Essential Research Methods, I use my great-great-great grandmother Harriet Beresford’s missing London baptism and unsure parentage as an example of how to think and plan for solid research when following up family stories. In this case the story was that she was the… Continue reading Harriet’s missing father
Month: May 2022
Samuel Beachcroft, Clothworker (1673 – 1733)
Samuel was baptised on 13 August 1673 in Lavenham, Suffolk, the son of the Reverend Samuel Beachcroft and his wife Susanna. His father was the Rector of Semer and Great Cornard in Suffolk and his mother was the daughter of well-known Puritan Minister William Gurnall of Lavenham. William Gurnall was the author of a popular… Continue reading Samuel Beachcroft, Clothworker (1673 – 1733)