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Wem

One of the main streets in Wem. Chapel Street in Wem. A view of Chapel Street in Wem.  The church of St Peter and St Paul in Wem. The Reading Room in Wem. The new Methodist Chapel in Wem.

The Pattison Family:

The family of a non-conformist clergyman whose children were to choose different careers and, for the most part, left Wem.  

Gravestone of Thomas Lee.

Gravestone of Thomas Lee, died 1878

WILLS

Information about transcripts of wills can be found here

Ann PATTISON,  1834

Elizabeth PATTISON,  25 October 1832

Henry PATTISON,  13 January 1836

John Lee PATTISON,  31 January 1831

Joseph PATTISON,  20 August 1829

Martha PATTISON,  1843

Mary PATTISON,  1838

Simpson PATTISON,  21 April 1840

Thomas PATTISON,  1846


The Lee Family:

The family of an attorney who was a leading member of the Independent Congregation in Wem.  One of the Lee daughters married into the Pattison family.  

Ann LEE,  19 May 1800

Elizabeth LEE,  17 April 1808

Henry LEE,  18 March 1803

John David LEE,  29 May 1799

Joseph LEE,  12 June 1806

Martha LEE,  21 February 1814

Mary LEE,  21 June 1811

Thomas LEE,  13 January 1805


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A market town whose name is said to derive from the Old English “wamm” meaning a marsh.  

In the News…………….1866

The obituary of the Reverend Joseph Pattison

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