Monthly Archives: October 2016

VIRGINIA COLONISATION AND BARRIERS OF LANGUAGE

Posted on October 29, 2016 by genealogy1066

James Jennings (Observations on some of the dialects in the west of England, 1827) made the point that the spoken English of Chaucer treated syllables in the same way as occured in the Somerset dialect north east of the River … Continue reading →

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DARWIN HARRIS

Posted on October 28, 2016 by genealogy1066

Although the determinants of family alliances in the 17th century appear to the continuing intermarriages within kinship groups; the desire to intermarry into families of a higher social strata (very often, the squirearchy); and the attraction of alliances with the … Continue reading →

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BLOOD FROM MONEY – HARRIS OF HANOVER

Posted on October 15, 2016 by genealogy1066

One of the great difficulties in tracing ancestries with the commercial hub of 17th century Southwark is seperating the components of ‘blood’ from ‘money’, that is, people who shared a surname and not ancestry would often be associated with the … Continue reading →

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WALL AND ROWE IN KINSHIP CONTEXT

Posted on October 10, 2016 by genealogy1066

Bath is abt. 25 mls fr. Wedmore/Cheddar, where the Hickes interm. with the likes of the Cowncell family, and were, thus, of some status. The Chapmans were an influential and long established family of Bath. (See Transcript of indenture of … Continue reading →

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WALTONS OF BRUNSWICK COUNTY

Posted on October 9, 2016 by genealogy1066

The Walton family of Brunswick County, Virginia, resided in the Glastonbury area of Somerset, England. They took their name from the village of Walton, which is 3¼ miles (N. W. by W.) from Glastonbury. Immediately west of Glastonbury are the … Continue reading →

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DUCHESS GUNNOR

Posted on October 6, 2016 by genealogy1066

  1. Sigfrid – alias Sigurd, the nephew of Godefrid, King of the Danes, or, perhaps more accurately, as ruler in Hedeby, a modern spelling of the runic Heiðabý(r), which was an important trading settlement in the Danish-German borderland, located … Continue reading →

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NATHAN HARRIS OF GREENVILLE – HIS ASSOCIATIONS

Posted on October 5, 2016 by genealogy1066

Will of Nathan Harris; Will Book 1, pages 236-238, Greenville County, Virginia: “In the name of God, Amen, I, Nathan Harris of the County of Greenville, in the State of Virginia, etc. First: It is my will and desire my … Continue reading →

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HORNER/SYMES

Posted on October 4, 2016 by genealogy1066

1. … 1.1. Sir Thomas Horner, purchased the manor of Mells in 1544. 1.2. John Horner, gent., of Stoke St Michael, Somerset. The Horners were landlords of the Peace family: (1. … Peace. 1.1. John Peace, bur. 19 Oct. 1677. … Continue reading →

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