Wedmore near Wells, Somerset (General)

by peteressex , Sunday, March 17, 2013, 18:33 (4270 days ago) @ Roger Griffiths

Jefff: if you're researching Hawkins I've got one way back. Edward Hawkins married Ann Bedoes at Awre in 1701, and (although I think it's only IGI for the three earliest generations and I've only got it from one fellow researcher living in Lydney) he was my father's mother's father's father's father's wife's great-grandfather. The Awre register entry says Edward Hawkins was "of Newland." The Newland transcriptions on here give baptisms of Edward Hawkins in 1651 and 1672 but I don't know if either was the Awre bridegroom.

I can also reveal that I've been through Wedmore. It was a dull, cold day with sleet in the air. Didn't hang around, and didn't notice any reason to go back. Fortunately Wedmore is slightly elevated on the Somerset Levels, between Rivers Axe and Brue. Otherwise it might have been submerged in the recent weather.