The Gaits came lived within a 10k radius of Chilcompton from 1735 to 1901. Their spouses, Emma Southcott, Susanna Badman & Ann Evans, were also Somerset lasses, although Emma's father, William Southcott, originated from Devon.

Wick St Lawrence : Susannah Badman 1800 ;

Yatton : Thomas Badman 1750 ;

Congresbury : Badman funerals 1818 & 1831

Banwell : Emma Southcott 1843

Timsbury : Betty Parfit 1786 ; Ann Evans 1809 ; John Evans 1793. Isaac Evans ~1769

Ston Easton : James Henry Gait 1874

Midsomer Norton : William Gait 1768 & George Gait 1807 : Ann Smith 1790 & John Smith 1737

Chilcompton : Jacob Gait 1837

Binegar : John Gait 1735

DEVON

Morchard Bishop : William Southcott 1795 ; Henry Southcott 1756 & Southcotts back to 1688

Morchard Bishop to Banwell is a distance of ~105 k - some way in those days!