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We have just bought an old letter dated 1770 from a person called James Pobjoy to a Miss Mollie Perry - I have added a link to copies of the contents. Wouldn't it be great if we could find descendant of James and let them know of the assistance of the letter

I have been able to read most of the letter and it is fascinating

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LwKcmGk1XraRwapEihAdaBTlg7nmHiID

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1yi6QULejiH-yAgxAX2UUphxHQMeGXuhw

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GJ9FrjwPa0d7MrArXErf36bo2fcDvZv8

https://drive.google.com/open?id=114VH26i0vE4ItX3BNTe3FOFTtjYd6rg9

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1z294S9jUR4yzoGN7ULVr73dtLLVdw10q

Have you started looking for info?

In 'search all member trees' for instance?

It may be a descendant who sold the letter..............

James POBJOY
Ancestral File

birth:
about 1703 Norton St.Philip, Somerset
christening:
25 June 1703 Norton St.Philip, Somerset
death:
before 25 December 1799
burial:
25 December 1799 Norton St.Philip, Somerset
marriage:
20 May 1756 / 1738 Norton St.Philip, Somerset

You don't give any location info, so this is speculation, based purely on the year of the letter

Name James Pobjoy
Residence Place Bristol, Gloucester, England
Gender Male
Christening Date 06 Jul 1735
Christening Date (Original) 6 Jul 1735
Christening Place Bristol, Gloucester, England
Father's Name Joseph Pobjoy

Hi yes that is the only info I can find, in the letter he says he travelled to Bath and back to Frome, there are people on her that are linked to James Pobjoy, if the letter was sent Mollie I assume it was in her possession and not his and the front of the letter says miss perry so I assume she is Miss Mollie Perry living in Bath, but the letter is so early she may have married or died by the time of the census

But the letter is nice to look at anyway isn't it!

A few POBJOYs from Frome mentioned here

http://www.gomezsmart.myzen.co.uk/families/pjbranch.htm

The National Archives site mentions the Will of a James Pobjoy.
It would be interesting to compare the writing and hopefully establish whether or not it was letter-writer James.

Gwyn that is a great Idea I will try that :-)

I cannot make out in the letter if James is advising Mollie or pursuing her, either way it is a lovely piece of history

Thanks all, I have found exactly what I was looking for

Special thanks to Gwyn