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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Topic started by: KIMBER on Saturday 19 May 12 06:07 BST (UK)
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Hello, US newbie here. My mother has researched our genealogy extensively. Both my maternal and paternal families were in the colonies prior to the revolution. An ancestor by the name of Isaac Allerton came here on the Mayflower, 1586. I would love to find living English relatives. This is my first real attempt in that direction. Names: Edwards, Allerton, Terpenning (Turpenning), Munsell, Sloat (Slott), Hartshorn.
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you :)
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Need some idea of AREAS --- No living people must be mentioned, and you need to post at least a couple of replies to get personal messages.
But Hartshorn is of interest to me, in the Leicester area.
Besides that if I can help I will, but you have to pm, me with living peoples details.
WELCOME to the best genealogy/ +++++++ site on the net.
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xin
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Bit of background Xin;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Allerton
Trish :)
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Thanks Trish,
Thats really interesting.
:D
xin
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Thank you Xinia and Trish for your replies.
Regarding the Hartshorn connection, I will ask my mother for details, see if I can provide some names and birth years at least, see if those overlap with any of the Leicester Hartshorns.
Regarding Allerton, there seems to be some indication from legal records that the family property was in Bramfield in Suffolk, and that he had a son named Bartle who remained in England and was married there.
I expect that figuring out where they all came from within England will be difficult. My mother has used the usual birth, death, baptism and marriage records to get as far as she has gotten over here, and several of the ancestors have been verified as having been well established in the colonies prior to the revolution. The problem is that the records will show that they were born in England, who and where they married, when they died, the names and births of their children, but doesn't give any precise information about where exactly they came from within England. I do know that the New London, Connecticut area is where many of them seemed to take root here.
If I have names and years of birth, how would you suggest I go about finding birth records from that time period in England?
As I said, I'm a stone newbie. My mother's experience with this sort of thing has been only with obtaining records on this side, and my only experience is occasionally helping my mother find things on the internet. I know she has many books she has obtained from various historical societies.
I'm certain I have living relatives in England. Since that's where virtually all of my ancestors emigrated from, it would be very unlikely that I don't. I'd love to be able to find out exactly where the ancestors came from and see if it's possible to track down any long lost kin-folk.
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Yes, when you can find more details regarding Hartshorn's let me know. So that we can see if there is a link.
Xin
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Hi, I am from Nottingham and also have links to Hartshorn family from the Arnold area of the city. When you find out more info, please feel free to get in touch if you think there may be a link.
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Hello :)
My Hartshorns are from Thurmaston a little village in Leicestershire... No Links to Nottingham I am afraid.
xin
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Hi. I am also a descendant of Isaac Allerton. Pm me, i have a family tree and we have a very famous relative!