My convict great grandfather Abraham was drinking in a pub "The Ship" (Joseph Emson host)at Inworth in Feb. 1834 on the day he was arrested, along with Henry Pye, for a robbery of Timothy Helen. I have been told that The Ship was NOT located in Inworth but at Tiptree, that the newspaper report I have read was incorrect. I am finalising a book about my ancestor and his adventures in Australia and am keen to be accurate in my details. Can anyone advise me? Was The Ship on Potters Row at Inworth as I believed or was it at Tiptree? I believe that there is a current "The Ship" there and it has been so for many years.The newspaper article of the time was quite clear in its report. Quote from the court witness: "Im Joseph Emson, I keep The Ship at Inworth."

Contact Ian Braybrook at ianandmaz@gcom.net.au

Researching South Family

Can anyone help an Australian from Tweed Heads, New South Wales, who is compiling the South family tree and seeking living family members in the Inworth area? He writes:

"A Warm Welcome from Australia! I am trying to contact All Saints Inworth. My ancestor Alfred South was Parish Clerk, I believe for 62 years, from 1855 to 1917. I am hoping in that time he may have left records, notes etc. The South family lived in both Inworth and Messing.
Do you know if the Wingfield-Baker family had any connection to Inworth at all?
I believe they were great benefactors of the Church, and many of their number were Ministers".

If you are able to help in any way please contact the editors of the Messing, Inworth, Copford & Easthorpe Post, Jon and Helen Longman as follows:

1 Bouchiers Place
Messing
CO5 9TY
Tel: 44 + (0)1621815742
E-mail: micepost@aol.com