PAUL families in Isle Abbotts, Somersetshire and wills
I am trying to find out how the various PAUL families in Isle Abbotts are related to one another (or if there is no relationship).More specifically, can anyone suggest how I may find wills of the two * starred ones?If you connect to any of the couples listed below, could you share which later marriages are of their children?Or can you answer any of the questions below?
1792William VIRGIN married Hannah PAUL
*1793John PAUL married Ann TAYLOR
a.Is he the John PAUL that was buried in 1823 at age 57?
b.Is she the Ann PAUL that was buried in 1841 at age 76?
*1799Thomas PAUL married Elizabeth HOUSE of Fivehead
a.Is he the Thomas PAUL that was buried in 1839 at age 68?
b.Is he a brother to above John PAUL?
c.Is she the Elizabeth PAUL that was buried in 1836 at age 74?
1814James MARE married Sarah PAUL
1814James PAUL married Sarah PAUL
a.Is he the James PAUL that was buried in 1872 at age 78?
b.Are they the parents of Elizabeth PAUL and George PAUL that married in 1844 and 1847.
about 1817Joshua GREGORY married Phoebe.
a.They had a number of children in England and New York.
b.Joshua died in 1851 in Skaneateles, New York.
c.In 1855 widowed Phoebe married a widowed George PAUL of England that came to Skaneateles with several children and perhaps his wife.
d.Phoebe died in 1875 and this George PAUL died in 1891 in Skaneateles.He is NOT the George PAUL Sr. below.
1823George PAUL Sr. of Isle Abbotts married Mary BRASS of Durston Parish in Durston (her parents are William BRASS and Sarah INNALL)
a.Would like to determine siblings and/or parents of this George PAUL Sr.
b.This George PAUL Sr. had nine children baptized in Isle Abbotts between 1824 and 1840.
c.George, his wife, and their nine children arrived in the United States in June 1844 and eventually settled in and near Will County, Illinois.His brother William PAUL may have came with them.It is also possible that the parents of this George PAUL Sr. came to Illinois and were buried there.
d.After death of his first wife, George went to Skaneateles, New York where he married again (twice) before his death there in 1881 about age 85.His second wife was widowed Hannah PAUL FRENCH.His third wife was twice widowed Sarah ADAMS PAUL WINNEL.
1825John FRENCH married Hannah PAUL
a.This couple had six children baptized in Isle Abbotts between 1826 and 1836.
b.The husband, wife, and six children arrived in the United States in December 1841 (on same ship as Thomas LUMBARD family) and settled in Skaneateles, New York.
c.After the death of John FRENCH in 1859, Hannah PAUL FRENCH married widowed George PAUL Sr. (see above) in 1871.
1830William PAUL married Lydia NEWTON
a.This couple had eleven children baptized between 1831 and 1851 in Isle Abbotts.
b.It appears this family remained in Isle Abbotts with Lydia buried in 1854 at age 48 and William buried in 1872 at age 72.
1837Thomas LUMBARD (father Thomas LUMBARD) married Selena (Sebra) PAUL (father Thomas PAUL)
a.Is her father the Thomas PAUL that married Elizabeth HOUSE in 1799?
b.Thomas, Sebra, and their three children arrived in United States in December 1841 (on same ship as John FRENCH family) and settled in various areas of Illinois.
c.Sebra PAUL, born 1802 England, died 1886 Illinois.
d.Is she a close relative of Hannah PAUL or Joseph PAUL or George PAUL Sr.?
1838Joseph PAUL of Beercrocombe (father John PAUL) married Sarah ADAMS (father James ADAMS)
a.It is believed he died the end of 1839 in Langport registration district of Somerset (certificate has been ordered)
b.Joseph and Sarah had son James PAUL, believed to be born in Isle Abbotts in late 1838 and baptized in Curry Mallet.
1843John WINNEL (father John WINNEL) married widowed Sarah PAUL (father James ADAMS)
a.John, Sarah, and her son came to United States about 1855, settling in Skaneateles, New York
b.John WINNEL died in 1864 in Skaneateles.
c.Twice widowed Sarah ADAMS PAUL WINNEL married George PAUL Sr. sometime between 1876 and 1880.
d.Sarah died in 1895, outliving all three of her husbands.
1844Charles HARBARD (father Thomas HARBARD) married Elizabeth PAUL (father James PAUL)
1847George PAUL (father James PAUL) married Mary Ann VILE (father John VILE)
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