Hi
I have been searching for my own Chants in the Odcombe Parish Registers Film
No. 1526381 (unsuccessfully so far) and found an unexpectedly large number of
Chants living there continuously from the 1740s to 1900s -- at least. This
must have been a very large family as I can only connect many small groups of
them.
Anyway, I thought it is of interest that I found two strays as follows
(complete entry as listed):
Buried Mary Chant, Stoke (no age given) 20 Nov. 1825
Married: William Ernest Chant from Stoke under Hamdon (sp?), occ: Baker (age
28)
and Hannah Strong (age 28), Odcombe
by Banns Fathers: Walter Chant, occ. Baker and Charles Strong, occ.
Innkeeeper
Wit: George Vigor (sp?) Strong and Jacki (sp?) Ann Sarah Chant
There was a Walter Ernest Chant born of James and Louisa 2 Mar 1874 of
Odcombe but it is clearly not the same person.
Regards,
Sherron Biddle (will spring EVER get here in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania?)