G'day Tim,
Seasons greeting to you and all the other listers.
Sharon and I have had several exchanges of e-mails over the Wiltshire
Catleys which we believe started with James Catley c. Barkway 7 Nov 1740.
As with all genealogical matters I should say that there is no absolute
proof but some documented records and educated guesses support this belief.
Firstly, I have examined the microfilms of the Barkway C of E parish
registers and found the record for James christening where the entry states
"son of Charles Catley". Over a period of several years around this time
there are several other christening records for children of Charles Catley
but their spacings suggest they are siblings. Some of the records also
include the mother's name as Mary.
I have assumed this family is that of Charles Catley and Mary Newman, whose
marriage is entered in the Barkway registry on 30 July 1738.
The only other information I have about James Catley at Barkway came from
Tom Doig a professional historian in the hamlet of Nuthampstead within the
parish of Barkway who advised me:
"James (bp7.11.1740 son of Charles & Mary), labourer, was alive at
Barkway 1764 (re Militia List.) He is not listed as 'married with
children' however he could have been married as 'married with children'
indicated 'more than three children' - if you see what I mean! James
disappears from Barkway after 1764 and I have no record of what happened to
him. There was also a James buried at Barkway on 20.5.1759 - it clearly
was not
him!"
The next piece of information is the IGI christening records for Tisbury
Independent Church in Wiltshire where there are eight children listed as
children of James and Martha. The christening dates, 1766-1784 are
consistent with the expected fathering period of James. The forename
"Newman" for one of the children is a strong link to the Barkway Catleys
where it appears several times in different branches of the family.
I have not done any detailed research on lines of the Barkway Catleys apart
from my own. However I have documented records as I have come across them.
I cannot send attachments to the list so I will send to you directly the
descendants of James and Alice Catley of Barley, which are my earliest records.
At 03:30 PM 24/12/03 +0000, Tim Cattley wrote:
Hello Mick and Sharon
Happy Christmas to you (and all the other listers by the way) before I
forget.
I am doing a bit of digging into the Anstey Tree myself at the moment using
my PRO extracts,the Roger Tamplin Anstey Parish Record chart supplied by
David Henry Cattley of Stotfold and the Anstey Chappell/Cattley list
together with Candis Cattley-Sanders own work and have a couple of questions
for you:-
Regards,
Mick Catley