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Keith Pearce bought a book in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England from the library

of Job Conworth and inscribed by him on January 18th, 1799. Note the similarity

in the book signature and the corkscrew signature.

Elizabeth Pugh, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada wrote:

Job CONWORTH appears to be a distant relation of mine. Job CONWORTH (1)

and his wife Elizabeth (BEART) CONWORTH of Peterborough had a son Job (2)

who was baptized 11 Jan 1758 at St. John the Baptist, Peterborough. Job then had

a son, Job (3) who died in 1855 in East Retford, Nottingham. He was married to a

Catherine PRESLEY and had a son named Job (4) in 1827.

Job(1) and Elizabeth were my 4x great grandparents. Genealogy is my hobby but

I have only recently begun research into this family.

I do have a copy of Job (3)

‘

s will that I downloaded from the PRO Wills on line

site. He calls himself a gentleman and names William NEWTON of Newark and

George RIDER(?) (difficult to read) of Cheltenham (both

―

gentlemen

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) and

appoints his son Job as his executor. He signed with rather a shaky

―

X

‖

which

could indicate he was ill at the time of the will being drawn up. It was dated 20

Feb 1855. Job had family connections in Bedfordshire. His brother John married

in Wymington, Beds.

Alwynne Conworth Mackiewe wrote:

Further work with my cousin Elizabeth Pugh from Whitehorse, Yukon, now tells

us that Job of Corkscrew fame was baptized Thomas Job Conworth at Rushden,