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The earliest progenitor for this family was Joseph Choice. He is identified here as being of Mancetter, Warwickshire, because that is where he married and raised his children.
There's an IGI record for a Joseph Choyce christened 3 Feb 1710, at Sutton Cheney, Leicestershire, son of Elizabeth and Thomas Choice. (Also an Elizabeth Choice, christened 28 Nov 1718, same place, who may have been Joseph's sister).
There were other Choice and Choyce families living in the general area surrounding Mancetter from the early eighteenth century, right through the nineteenth. They all need to be carefully sorted out.
This chapter had its confusing moments. Even now, I cannot say with any certainty that my charts are accurate; that I have the right children with the right parents; or that I have the right bride with the right groom. I urge each family member to use my charts merely as a guide. Unearth your own proof. I've given you a starting place.
SC refers to St. Catherine's House, London, where Indexes of their holdings for birth, marriage and deaths in England and Wales, dating from 1837 are available to the public. After 1912, the full name of the spouse is contained in the Index entry. Each Index contains the volume and page for the original document.
If you are able to supply the volume and page when you request a copy of a document, the expense is cut almost in half because the Staff at SC does not have to conduct a search. For that reason, I have included SC references whenever possible. IGI refers to the International Genealogical Index compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, commonly referred to as Mormons. Originally, they referred to their index as the LDS, but later changed terminology to the IGI, so both abbreviations refer to the same source. |