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William Elliott and Elizabeth Russell © A Baptism for a William Elliot has been found in Crewkerne, Dorset. The son of William Elliot of Tail Mill, William was baptised in the church of St Bartholomew, on the 22nd June, 17181. The Church of St Bartholomew in Crewkerne, Somerset, dates from the 15th Century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. Standing on high ground to the west of the town the church has been at the heart of the community for over 1000 years. The first Saxon church was founded before the end of the 9th Century as a ‘minster’, or main church of a Saxon royal, and its territory extended over the later parishes of Misterton, Wayford, and Seaborough, with chapels at those places and at Eastham dependent on Crewkerne as their mother church. The name Crewkerne is thought to be derived from Cruc-aera; from the British cruc - a spur of a hill, and the Old English aera - a house, especially a storehouse. The town was also known as Crocern, or Cruaern, with the the earliest written record of Crewkerne from the 899 will of Alfred the Great who left it to his youngest son Aethelweard. By 1066 the manor was held by Edith Swanneck mistress of King Harold, and was described as a royal manor. By 1086 there were six mills in Crewkerne, four on the principal manor, one on the rectory estate, and one on Eastham manor5. Tail mill, called the 'Tayle' in 1292, was probably named after the family of Hubert le Taile of Merriott mentioned in 1225. It was held at farm under Crewkerne manor between 1294 and 1297. It was held by William Mitchell in 1548 and by him or his namesake in 1599. The premises were sold to Henry Elliott in 1632 as a 'late' water-grist mill. 'The house of Henry Elliott called Tayle mill' was a nonconformist preaching place in 1669, and the Elliott family were still occupiers in 1737. The Manor Farmhouse in Henley was built from hamstone in the early 17th century, and during the 18th and 19th Centuries the main industry was cloth making, including webbing, and sails for the Royal Navy. It is interesting to read the history of Crewkerne and surrounding estates and to discover that over the centuries the Manor of Crewkerne has been subdivided between descendants of the original owners, and by the early 1700s part of the estate had been conveyed to William Hoskins4. It is believed William Elliot's mother was Hannah Hoskins. On the 29th December, 17392, William married Elizabeth Russell in St Mary’s Parish Church, Beaminster, Dorset. William is said to have been from Crewkerne and Elizabeth from Netherbury. Beaminster is approximately 48km north of Portland, Crewkerne is 9km north of Beaminster, Netherbury is 3km south of Beaminster. We have no information to suggest what William’s occupation was nor why he was from Crewkerne or why he and Elizabeth married in Beaminster. Elizabeth Russell, the daughter of Christopher Russell was baptised in St Mary’s Parish Church, Beaminster, on the 7th July, 17171. Parish records of Beaminster suggest William & Elizabeth had at least five children: William 1740-1755; Sally 1743; Robert 1751; William 1757, he married Martha Oliver 1780; and Elizabeth 1758-1758. The Beaminster parish Records indicate that at the age of 68, Elizabeth was buried in the St Mary’s Churchyard on the 4th February, 17873. Her husband William was buried just two months later on the 19th April, he was 69years old3.
References: 1 Parish Baptism Record via Ancestry.co.uk https://www.ancestry.co.uk 2. Parish Marriage Record via Ancestry.co.uk https://www.ancestry.co.uk
3. Parish Burial Record
via Ancestry.co.uk
https://www.ancestry.co.uk 5. Open Domesday Book http://opendomesday.org/
Other Sources:
Public Family Trees
via Ancestry.co.uk
https://www.ancestry.co.uk
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