Any information concerning William PORTER and his wife,Deborah SALTER/SALSTER,appreciated.They had four known children;Sarah Elizabeth (m.Thomas CAREY),Ruth (m.William TEAGLE),Charles,and Lot,all born in England in the 1820's.The family settled in Wayne co,OH. from Wiltshire,England.Thanks

Hi there,
All my Porter family come from Wiltshire, and I do have a Lot Porter in the family.
He was my g-g-grandfather's brother (I think!). They were from the Atworth (Bradford) area and the descendants lived there until the late 1800's when they moved to Bristol.
I have a diary that my g-grandfather wrote before he died in the mid 1950's that gives some information. One titbit that may help us tie in is that he knew his father had a brother who emigrated to the US. He had written to the family asking them to join him in the US, but the brother (Samuel) had a family and didn't want to take the chance. In the diary, it mentions what the brother's business was in the US, but have forgotten at the moment.
Think we can make a match?

Thanks so much for your response! Believe it or not,you are the only one to have responded to this message!
I know so very little about my family,prior to their coming to America,that it's hard to tell if we can connect.
My Porters were in Great Somerford and Seagry as far as I can tell.As it turns out,William and Deborah (Salter) Porter came to America,as well.Their daughter,Sarah Elizabeth,came with her husband Thomas Carey) and their family probably around the same time,if not on the same ship.I haven't checked the ships passenger log for quite awhile.Lot (son of William and Deborah) came,too,along with the sister,Ruth.It appears that a whole segment of the community came along around the same time and all settled in the same area of Ohio (where I presently live).
You've sparked my interest in this branch of my family again,so I'll check out a little further there.I sure would like to find a connection with your family.It would be the first on that branch!
Where do you live?
Thank you. Ron Bubb (rhkb253@aol.com)

Hi there,
I'm about 80km outside of Toronto - in Bradford, Ontario.
If you'd like to contact me at kayped at rogers.com, I'll give you the excerpt of the diary I mention, and how far back I can go. I've actually just got access to Parish records and have gone back another couple of generations - but only my direct line so far. The branches are always the problem!
I was in Great Somerford a few years back doing research, and have some names and dates listed from the death register in the church there of Porters. Also photos (I think) of Porter headstones.
I put an ad in the Parish newsletter - but have never had a response! There are some Porters left in the area and have done mass letters in the mail a couple of times - but no real bite.