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Source for: Thomas Anstiss, 1721 - 17 Dec 1809
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General Source: S5General Source: S4Page: p.74
Text: Infromation given in 1966 to Mrs. J.W. Lamb by Mr. John H. Bunting of Ciyahoga Falls, Ohio. NOTE #1 Thomas Anstiss, Sr. (b. 1721) was apprenticed in 1733 to a Mr. Butcher (of Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England) to learn the Patton-Sole, and Shovel. Making Business. (See Poor's Book for year 1733). We believe Thomas Sr. met his future wife ANNE in Winslow and married her there in 1765. Winslow is a lovely little English Country Town about 15 miles north of Quainton.
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Source for: Anne , 1744 - 22 Dec 1815
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General Source: S5General Source: S4Page: p. 75
Note: ERL entry has Anne's death date as 22 Dec 1815 age 75 Quainton, England from a Tombstone in Quainton Churchyard also notes a death date of 31 Dec 1815 age 74 found in the Quainton Parish Death Records.
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Source for: John Bunting, 10 Jul 1761 - 4 Feb 1846
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Death source: S4Page: p. 62-63
Text: In 1960, J. H. Bunting took photographs of the tombstones for John Bunting and his wife Elizabeth Anstiss in the Quainton Church yard at Quainton, Buckinghamshire, England. They are also buried next to his parents, William and Jane Bunting.
General Source: S5General Source: S4Page: p. 75 also p. 121
Text: Referring to a picture on page 75; "This is the house John Bunting and his wife Elizabeth Anstiss Bunting lived in at Quainton, Buckingham, England. John willed this property to his daughter (Selina Bunting) his only child who remained in Engalnd. Selina married John Shirley. After John and Elizabeth died, Selina and here husband lived here. In that part of the building, to the left, which now houses the Green Side Store, Mr. Shorley operated the Quainton post Office. After my visit to Quainton (1960), the lady I hired to do some work on family records found a very ancient woman (then 97 years old) who had lived in Quainton all her life. The ancient woman remembered Selina and Mr. Shirley and as a young person used to go to the post office when Mr. Shirley was Postmaster. She reported the house looks today just like it did then, even to the white picket fence and the vine over the door The English take care of their homes, lovely red clay of Quainton makes beautiful bricks, don't you agree?" Mr. J. H. B.
Letter referring to a picture on page 74. Information given by Mr. J. H. Bunting plus pictures: the low shed like buildings at the base of the mill were used by the local farmers who drove their wagons inside them out of the weather to unload grain and wait while it was ground. The Anstiss Mill was originally powered by wind. Only one of the long arms of the wind wheel(sic) remains, the other three were torn off the mill drive shaft in a violent storm several years ago. A few years after the mill was in operation, Thomas Anstiss purchased a Watt Steam Engine in London and had it installed in the mill to grind grain on windless days. Ralph Anstiss showed me the clay pit about 500 feet from the base of the Mill where clay was dug to make the bricks for the Mill Tower. The bricks were burned in a keln right on the Anstiss property. The family owned more than 30 acres of land north of Quainton Green. The house and the mill face the green. The small monument (grey color) at the base of the mill- but out on the green itself was erected by crusaders on their way to Jerusalem to fight the Turks Latin inscriptions on its base ask devine protection. It was was erected about ten hundred A.D. which gives us some idea of how old Quainton is We are not absolutley sure whether Thomas Anstiss Jr. built this lovely manor house for the Canadian bride or not, but we think he did. We know he built the Mill. Ralph Anstiss did not live in this house-he lived in a smaller house down the street on the road to Quainton church. Ralph did not know whether Elizabeth lived in this house as a girl and young woman before she married John or not. The Anstiss Family was numerous in those days and owned two or three houses at the top of the green. But after Thomas died, Elizabeth's family may have lived here-my guess is she did." Mr. J.H. Bunting 1967
Referring to a picture on page 74 "This is the Ancient Anstiss Mill and Manor house located at the north end (top) of the Quainton Green see rough color sketch showing layout of the villiage of Quainton, Buckingham, England." "The Mill Tower actually is much higher than it looks in this photo, because it is a considerable distance from the house. It is also higher than the tree which is between the house and the Mill. It is about 3 times as high as the house." Mr. J.H.B.