I had hoped to publish another Beake-related account this week, but circumstances have conspired against me. Part of the reason is I am now much-more disciplined in the amount of work I do before beginning the actual writing. Let me explain. In times past, I’d write a post, including sources, but without adding details to my Family Historian (FH) database. Ancestry is my testing tree to which I…

Since my last Beake-related post, I’ve squeezed in some research and data-entry time to sort through the three cousins named Elizabeth Beake highlighted in two previous posts: Which Elizabeth Beake…Part 1 and  Mind-mapping the three Elizabeth Beakes and their Families. They were born within six years of each other, the daughters of brothers born to Robert Beake (1668-1742) and Mary Mount…

While searching newspapers again a couple of weeks ago, I stumbled across the following advert in the Islington Gazette: MACHINE Ruling and Binding Business for Sale,    through ill-health, at West-end.   Apply G Yarranton, 16, New Compton-street, W.C.    (1)1 The first question that came to my mind was whose ill health? Sarah’s? George’s? Both? Fortunately in this case, the sources to help me…