Wiltshire Ancestors

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Comment by Tony Williams on September 1, 2009 at 12:20pm

To introduce myself:

My main ancestral lines are based in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire but some came from Wiltshire. In particular I am interested in

BENNETT (Draycot and Wiltshire generally)
CONSTABLE (Swindon)
POOLE (Ashton Keynes)

Tony Williams

Comment by Jim North on September 1, 2009 at 10:55am

Hi
For my interests click on the - Related Surname Groups at the top of this page:
HELLARD Family from South Wraxall, Wiltshire.
Jim

Comment by Keith Cruse on September 1, 2009 at 10:25am

Hi everyone,
My interest's in Wiltshire are the SIMS family in Steeple Ashton / Semington area and the JOBBINS, HAYES, DICKENSON and GOSLETT families from Sherston Magna. I hope to visit Sherston soon and look for headstone inscriptions at Holy Cross churchyard.
Keith Cruse

Comment by Dorothy Gurd on September 1, 2009 at 10:14am

Have you looked on the Wiltshire Wills website for your Griffins Rita? There are 93 documents. The indexed Wills are all held at the Wiltshire Archives and you can order copies by email. It's worth running a search for a place rather than a name, as this may pick up names which have been spelled differently. The website is at http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/heritage/index.php
Hope all the Group members find something useful. Keep checking back, as they are still adding to the list.
Dot

Comment by Andrew Young for Margaret Young on September 1, 2009 at 6:14am

Welcome Roux - now there's a challenge!

Comment by RouX Renard on September 1, 2009 at 6:11am

I have a bunch of SAINSBURY and CLELFORD ancestors on my tree at Ancestry.co.uk, plus many, many more old Wiltshire families. Happy to help folks looking for these.

I'd also like to offer a cheque for £1 MILLION to anyone who can find my suspected father, Christopher Henry Lodge Thomas, b.21 Oct 1909 in West Lavington. He is on the 1911 Census at my Great Grandfather Archibald Wm Phillips, but NOTHING from there on. He may have become a Phillips, or may have changed his name entirely. As I said, I'd LIKE to offer a cheque... ;-)

I'm happy to go with a 'No Find - No Fee' detective agency, if anyone can suggest one, but either way the finder will get a mention in the book I am writing on my search.

Comment by Andrew Young for Margaret Young on September 1, 2009 at 3:10am

My own interests are
BREADMORE - my One Name Study - probably originated in the Bridmore area, near Berwick St John as first sightings were at Tisbury.
GODDARD at Easton Royal, CHOULES and STURGES in the Burbage area.
DAUGHTON, LEWINGTON, SIMS and TARRANT from Mildenhall.
On my husbands side
POTHECARY from Corton and Boyton.
BENNETT, FORD, THRING and WHATLEY from Steeple Langford and Hanging Langford.
MACEY from Fisherton Delamere.
BOUNDS / BOWNS and YOUNG form Wylye.

Comment by Andrew Young for Margaret Young on September 1, 2009 at 2:11am

Welcome to the 12 members who have joined overnight. If you have not already done so please tell us your Wilshire interests and names.

Comment by rita a gerrard on September 1, 2009 at 2:07am

I've recently got back to my maternal 2xgt grandfather Robert GRIFFIN who is believed to originate from Salisbury, bc 1790 - this has yet to be confirmed.Another recent discovery is my gt grandmother Elizabeth WATERS' ancestors originate from Stratford sub Castle and Durnford area. Elizabeth's grandfather George WATERS brn c 1787 in SSC, died 1874 Edmonton, N London having moved around Kent & Lowestoft. My GERRARD line are believed to originate from Broad Chalk way back, before emigrating to Somerset and Dorset.. Any links to these families will be most welcome. rita

Comment by Kay Pedrosa on August 31, 2009 at 12:58pm

I'm a descendant from the Porter / Sheppard line - both of Atworth, Wilts., later from Bristol, and eventually Cwmbran, South Wales.
I'd be interested in hearing from anyone else interested in these lines. I have traced back to mid 1700's.

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