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Title: Sarah Givings EXCELL from Marden, Kent.
Post by: smuckerooney on Tuesday 01 November 05 16:11 GMT (UK)
I have a query on the name of EXCELL.  Has anyone come across it before?

Sarah Givings EXCELL chr 18 Mar 1801 in Marden, Kent married a distant cousin of mine, one Thomas LAMBKIN in 20 Oct 1826 in Horsmonden.  She is not blood related to me but the name is so fascinating I keep returning to it.  It seems it wouldn't be out of place in a journal of how the wild west was won (west of the Medway that is) ;D

Any thoughts gratefully received.

as always
Rog
Title: Re: Sarah Givings EXCELL from Marden, Kent.
Post by: Burrbath on Monday 05 November 07 12:48 GMT (UK)
Noticed the name and had to reply. The IGI is not quite right her middle name was Gibbons after her mother's maiden name (she was born in wedlock). Her farther was Henry Excell and her mother was Elizabeth Gibbons. One of Sarah's younger brothers was Thomas Excell my Great Great Great Grandfather. There are lots of Excells around with various spellings. I must admit it was not a name I had come across before until I started looking at my family on my mother's side.
Title: Re: Sarah Givings EXCELL from Marden, Kent.
Post by: smuckerooney on Tuesday 06 November 07 21:19 GMT (UK)
Hiya
Thanks so much for taking the time to reply to me, that seems to make a little more sense.  I have seen the name 'Givings' before in some online sites but wondered where it may have come from in my own line.

Thanks again

Roger
Glasgow Scotland


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Title: Re: Sarah Givings EXCELL from Marden, Kent.
Post by: toni* on Tuesday 06 November 07 21:37 GMT (UK)
i have Excells in my tree i don't think i have come across Sarah will check
Title: Re: Sarah Givings EXCELL from Marden, Kent.
Post by: toni* on Tuesday 06 November 07 21:41 GMT (UK)
i think Excell is derived from Axell

mine come from Framfield East Sussex some moved towards Rotherfield but most ended up in Heathfield




 
Title: Re: Sarah Givings EXCELL from Marden, Kent.
Post by: Burrbath on Wednesday 07 November 07 09:18 GMT (UK)
The earliest one found recorded in Kent was Axel in the 1600s and Axell a little later. Several spellings are recorded but this is not unusual.
Title: Re: Sarah Givings EXCELL from Marden, Kent.
Post by: toni* on Wednesday 07 November 07 09:29 GMT (UK)
would you like me to PM you the detail sof the Excells in my tree?

mine begin circa 1655