Rev George Boyce b abt 1743. He was Curate of Winkfield, Berkshire for 49 years. He became a deacon on 7^th July 1772. Ordained 2^nd Jun 1776 at St George, Bloomsbury, London, by Richard Hurd, Bishop of Coventry & Lichfield 1775-1781. He was ordained without a degree, having demonstrated his suitability. Died 27^th Jan 1824, and buried at St Mary’s Winkfield.

He became Master of Cranbourne Hall School also known as Green School, Winkfield Charity School or Ranelagh School on 10^th June 1772 after his father’s death right through until his own death in 1824. He was my great great great great grandfather. See more about him here

Rev John Boyce father of above. Son of John Boyce and Judeth, he lived at Winkfield at the time of his marriage in 1738, and writing his will in 1771. He was master of Ranelagh School (see above) from 1750 until his death in 1772, having previously been an usher at the school. See more about him here. He was my 5 great grandfather.

Rev Jonathan Catlow 1703 - 1746 was Curate of St Michael’s, Ashton-under-Lyne 1725-1746 after being made a schoolteacher, teaching English, Latin and Greek at the ‘publick school’ in Ashton in 1724. Ordained as a Deacon on 21^st Feb 1724 by Richard Reynolds, Bishop of Lincoln . He was appointed (licensed) as a schoolteacher on 7^th Apr 1724 by Francis Gastrell, Bishop of Chester. Information from the CCED to date refers to him as Curate in 1733 and 1742. He was ordained as a Curate on 12^th May 1725 by Francis Gastrell, Bishop of Chester at New Chapel, St Margaret’s Westminster, at which date he was still a schoolteacher. He married Grace Smith née Pickford on 2^nd Apr 1727 at St Michael's, Ashton-under-Lyne. He is buried in the churchyard at St Michael’s, Ashton-under-Lyne. More about the School here. He was my 5 greats grandfather. See picture of the Church here.

Rev William Gwillim Chilman b 1842, married Elizabeth Pierce Boyce, daughter of George Boyce and Sally Pierce Dolby. Sally was daughter of Elizabeth Pierce, sister of Martha Pierce. This George Boyce is son of Rev George Boyce’s son John, publican of the Squirrel in Winkfield. In 1871 he was Curate of Beeford in Yorkshire, and in and 1877 to 1901 was Vicar of Wharram Percy and Wharram le Street, Yorkshire

Rev George Howard Chilman son of above, born 1870, was first a curate, then a priest at Topcliffe, Thirsk, Yorkshire at least 1893 - 1901.

Rev Harry Collard Wilkinson b 1851.

He attended Lichfield Theological College in 1875, was ordained as a deacon in 1875, and a priest in 1876. He was first Curate of Stoke-on-Terne 1875-9, then curate of Holy Trinity Bury 1879-1882. After he returned from a trip to Africa with a view to mission work, he worked as a Curate in Torquay. He met and married Elizabeth Ellen Douglas. They then moved to High Legh Cheshire where Harry was Chaplain to the Conwall-Legh family. He died suddenly from peritonitis at only 40, leaving Elizabeth Ellen to raise 3 children.

Rev Kirkwood was third husband of Grace Pickford, after ? Smith and Jonathan Catlow (above)

Rev Edward Charles Stukely married Ida Gavin, grand-daughter of William Northcroft.

Rev Ernest Alfred Gee son of Samuel Gee and Mary Cecilia Boyce, daughter of John Pierce Boyce snr. In Burslem in 1891.

Rev Richard Duffield Pope was Pastor of the Episcopal Church of the Advent in Westbury, USA. He married his own daughter Mary Dayton Pope to George Frederick Whitlock, son of George Whitlock and Charlotte (née Holmes)

Rev Edward J Carson was father of Julia Margaret Carson, who married William Stephenson Holmes on 7^th Sep 1940 at Van Nest Presbyterian Church, The Bronx, New York, USA

Rev Harold Stanley Patrick married Heather Douglas, daughter of William Boyce Douglas. He was Vicar of North Newton, Somerset and Rattery, Devon

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