Showing posts with label 1760's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1760's. Show all posts

Saturday, October 19, 2024

UNIDENTFIED: October 1767 South Shields Doe

 In October of 1767, a drowned Person was found in or near South Shields, England. They would be buried on October 20th in St. Hilda's Church. The gender of the victim is unstated.

SOURCES:
Find a Grave

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

UNIDENTIFIED: Winter 1766 Barbecue, North Carolina Stranger

 In the winter of 1766, the body of a man was found frozen to death on the steps of the Barbecue Presbyterian Church in Barbeque, North Carolina. He was never identified so he was buried in the cemetery.

SOURCES:

Find A Grave

Monday, September 27, 2021

Murder of Frances Ruscombe and Mary (Champness) Sweet

 On September 28, 1764, Frances Ruscombe and her maid Mary (Champness) Sweet were brutally murdered in Frances's home on Green College in Bristol, England. The murders were described and being barbarous and brutal.

The murder was done during the day while people were passing and repassing the door. The home was within a few yards of the cathedral and during divine service. Even though the area was busy that day there was no clue who brutally murdered the two women. 

It would eventually be demolished in 1860. The house stood what is now part of the Royal Marriot Hotel.

SOURCES:

Twitter @WeirdBristol

Unsolved Murders UK Frances Ruscombe

Unsolved Murders UK Mary Sweet

Bristol History

Family History Directory

Map Your Bristol

The Popular History of Bristol by George Pryce page 569

The London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, Volume 33 page 537