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Azzabuv	Heanor/Ashover connection? replied on: 9/12/2005 2:50:47 PM Hi, San. I've got it in my records, but not at hand, though it could be found. I'm practically sure it was Ashover or the very close area. R.E. your Ancestor search. I did find quite a few Joseph slacks going back to the 1600s, but, unfortunately, no Mary B. anywhere. Azzabuv.
san	Heanor/Ashover connection? replied on: 9/12/2005 2:46:38 PM Azzabuv, Did the incident with the thieving woman supposedly take place at Ashover? San
san	Heanor/Ashover connection? replied on: 9/12/2005 2:40:24 PM RMMee, Maybe you're right, and if they are 'good old Derbyshire names' that makes searching a Derbyshire based family tree all the more difficult Sandra
Azzabuv This message was updated on 9/12/2005 2:44:00 PM by Azzabuv	Heanor/Ashover connection? replied on: 9/12/2005 2:40:17 PM San. The woman thief was working on a regular site, riddling for bits of ore i believe. A young lad had previously noticed some money disappearing from his hung up coat pockets. A penny was deliberately marked and when he found the penny was among some more vanished coins, he accused the woman. The area was notable for both its surface and underground streams and over time, giant hollows had been formed underground, leaving just a 'skin' covering of earth over a few of them. Unfortunately, at the precise moment of the woman's speech, a large hollowed out section of the earth on which she was standing, collapsed. When they eventually found her body, the marked penny was in her possession. I've rechecked the names you have given, but unfortunately, the furthest back in time which i can locate is the late 1700s. Perhaps another member, hopefully, will aid you in you quest? Azzabuv.
san	Heanor/Ashover connection? replied on: 9/12/2005 11:04:31 AM Thanks for your replies. I also have heard something about the 'thieving woman'. I think she may have actually fallen down a pit shaft (or maybe not). The reason I'm asking about the connection between the names and places is because, in my tree, I have some of them connected together by their combined surnames and it is frustrating trying to find the original couples. For example Willmott Wood, Fletcher Woodward, and Fletcher Slack, (the latter already solved). Still looking to find the parents of Mary Birkumshaw and Joseph Slack who were married at Heanor or West Hallam 27 August 1752. Their children, Joseph and Samuel were baptised at St Lawrence, Heanor.
RMMee Moderator	Heanor/Ashover connection? replied on: 9/12/2005 2:21:10 AM Are they just good Derbyshire names, rather than good Heanor names?
Azzabuv	Heanor/Ashover connection? replied on: 9/11/2005 9:59:22 PM That's very interesting, San. We'll see if anything can be dug up. I remember the true incident of the thieving woman, who cursed her innocence in the words "If i'm guilty, may the Devil make this ground swallow me up", or something very similar. I believe it was approximately 3 days before they found her body in the cave-in. It occurred approximately 150-200 years ago. Azzabuv.
san	Heanor/Ashover connection? replied on: 9/11/2005 9:41:01 PM The list of weddings taking place between 1642 and 1724, at All Saints Church, Ashover, contains many of the Surnames listed in Heanor records. Is this a coincidence or was there some reason for those families to move into Heanor?

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