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jEANETTE, I HAVE A Database which have been collecting over the last 23 YEARS. WILLIAM FLETCHER 27 NOV 1808,DEATH 1891, MARRIED 19 JUN 1832. JAMES FLETCHER 25 APR 1788,from Bonwell,D1856,Marr, ANN URCH 1786-1854. JAMES FLETCHER 11 MAR 1759,from Yatton,D1792,Marr RuTH JONES 1763-1841. WILLIAM FLETCHER 1732-1802,from Kingston,marr Mary Hawkins, 1737-1802 WILLIAM FLETCHER 1700-1774,from Stapleford Hertfordshire,Marr Elizabeth JOHN FLETCHER 1682-1740 From St Catherines Parish,Dublin. regards John Poynton

Have you seen this? - it was published in the Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 29 April 1841

 "The Rector and inhabitants the village of Newton St. Loe have presented to Mr. Thomas Harrill, on his leaving the parish, a handsome silver tea-pot, with a suitable inscription, in testimony of their respect and esteem for his services, as Master of the Free-School and Clerk of the Church, dating a period of thirty-two years."

He obviously was only in Uphill for a short time as his death was announced in the Bristol Mirror - Saturday 05 February 1842

"DEATHS: - Jan 20th at Uphill, in his 76th year, Mr Thomas Harrill, upwards of thirty years Master of the Free School and Clerk of the Church at Newton St Loe"

In 1840 a Thomas HARRILL of Weston-super-Mare is listed in the press as having donated £10.00 towards the building of the new Church in Uphill - which Thomas was that?  But it looks as if his son, Thomas must have lived in Uphill after his father's death because in 1849 a Thomas HARRILL gentleman of Uphill  is listed as qualifying to sit as a Somerset Jurer.  Can you find the son on the 1841 census?  He's in Uphill in 1851 with his widowed mother, Jane and his brother Charles HARRILL is also living in Uphill.  By the 1861 & 71 censuses Thomas is living at Lansdown Villa, 66, Church Road Upper - that building can still be seen today - it's called Lansdown House and can clearly be seen on Google Streetview.

Thomas HARRILL(jun) became very active in the Weston area - He was one of the first Town Commissioners elected in 1842 when Weston-super-Mare became a Town.  In 1845 he served on a committee set up to finance the building a pier in Weston-super-Mare to connect South Wales and Ireland with the Western and Southern Counties, London and the North - The first attempt build a pier at Birnbeck.

Hello Denis, I have noticed that people on this site in particular are very helpful & I for one would rather share & get the facts right & as they say two heads are better than one! I have thanked Pat by replying directly to her email, it was very good of her to help out. I Must admit I was finding the Hardens difficult until I joined WSMFHS.  I hope I haven't made any errors but I also have a Jone Chapell on my tree, she is my 5x Gt grandmother, b1750 at Mark, married John West 12/12/1780 & died 1817 at South Brent aged 67.I don't know if she is one of yours?  Thank you for your offer of help, likewise if you should need any lookups in Essex let me know.

Linda

Hello, Pat. It's good to "meet" another Harrill researcher. Our connection with the Brislington/St Luke Harrills is direct descent from Thomas Harrill (1738-1824). His son and grandson farmed Eastwood and Hollybush farms on Earl Temple's Langton Court estate.

Like you, we are not 100% sure of Thomas Harrill (Uphill)'s place in the Brislington family but agree with your view. Thomas Harrill (Uphill) was known of in our family and we assumed he had set up the Harrill Charity but soon found that his son Thomas was the benefactor.

I'm wondering if you or other members can give me information on the lives of Thomas (Uphill) and son Thomas (WSM). Does anybody know of living descendants?