Monthly Archives: December 2017

To understand the principle of the English kinship group, as a method of protection and advancement, furthered by associations to the ‘lordship’ class, of which they were tenants, is a gateway into discerning ancestry. The notion of random marriages was … Continue reading →

1. John Fuljames, yeoman, of Weston Zoyland, Somerset (15 mls fr. Wedmore/Cheddar). Probate 11/55/485; Nov. 28, 1573. 1.1. John Fuljames, bur. May 10, 1601, in High Ham, Somerset (5 mls fr. Weston Zoyland, 10 mls. fr. Wedmore/Cheddar). The distances betw. … Continue reading →

Nothing more accurate has been said about the faintly visible characters that inhabit the distant past of Normandy than by David Bates, who commented about the mythical status of Duvelina, a supposed sister of Gunnor, and her supposed relationship with … Continue reading →

From Robert Goodricke of Nortingley, Somerset, descended: 1. Richard Goodricke, of Ribstone (1559-1601), Sheriff of York, who m. Muriel Eure, da. of William, Lord Eure. 1.1. Sir Henry Goodricke, of Ribstone (1580-1641), m. Jane Savile, da. of Sir John Savile, … Continue reading →

A fundamental difficulty in determining English ancestries in Virginia is the practice of English cousins intermarrying into the same families, so that consanguineous links were strengthened at each generation by non-consanguineous ones. This makes it difficult to identify different strands … Continue reading →

1. Torf. 1.1. Turketil (GND, viii. c. 37; OV ii. 12); died sans issue. 1.2. Turold ‘Turoldis teneri ducis pedagogus perimitur’ (Will. Gemet, VII.). 1.2.1. Hunfrid (Onfroi) de Vieilles, alias Vetulis or Vaux, lord of Vieilles; a small commune in … Continue reading →

When considering the the ancestry of William and Edward Carter of Virginia, previously of Sussex and London, England, and being perplexed as to how their family became associated with families of the Bristol basin, it is only necessary to understand … Continue reading →

Within the sheer density of kinship group intermarriages, it is possible to gain an insight into a particular family by focusing on another, so as to view through a different prism. In the case of many families of the Somerset/Gloucestershire … Continue reading →