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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Surname "Stakes"
« on: Tuesday 24 May 16 00:32 BST (UK)  »
Just popping in to check on this post.

I am still researching my Stakes surname. 
Just want to keep this post active.
Any thoughts on the post or responses is appreciated.
If you are also researching the STAKES surname, feel free to contact me



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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Surname "Stakes"
« on: Monday 12 July 10 02:10 BST (UK)  »
Hi Mike, How are you?

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Aberdeenshire / David Steuart Robertson 1817-1848
« on: Tuesday 29 June 10 05:06 BST (UK)  »
I happened across the following grave/obit and thought it might help someone here with their ancestor.

I have transcribed it exactly as it is written. Taken from the book entitled...

"The birth, marriage, and death register, church records and epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts: 1643-1850"; Printed by W. J. Coulter, 1890

In memory of Davis Steuart Robertson; second son of John Robertson Esq., of Foveran House, Aberdeenshire. Born in Scotland. Educated at Rugby in England and at Giessen in Germany, in which country as well as in Sicily he had spent several years. At the age of twenty-three he came to America. Having, after various experience of the Old World acquired an ardent love for the New. He settled in this town of Lancaster and became a citizen of the United States. Deceased on the twenty-first of July, A.D. MDCCCXLIX. (1848)  In the Thirtieth year of his age.

** Epitaph**

Here Steuart sleeps and should some brother Scot,
Wander this way, and pause upon this spot,
He need not ask, now life's poor show is o'er,
What arms he carried, or what plaid he wore;
So small the value of illustrious birth,
Brought to this solemn, last assay of earth;
Yet unreproved, his epitaph may say,
A royal soul was wrapt in Steuart's clay,
And generous actions consecrate his mound,
More than all the titles, though of kingly sound.


Located on page 414, 4th entry of the above book which can be found on Google Books. Link below.
http://books.google.com/books?id=RBN5AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=marriage+records&hl=en&ei=NZQoTIeGJtG1nAf8yeCoAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=epitaphs&f=false





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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Surname "Stakes"
« on: Wednesday 23 June 10 21:08 BST (UK)  »
The "Stakes" ancestor was Henry H. Stakes; he had to pay a "head tax" in 1684,  so the thought is that since all white males age 16 and up had to pay this tax he was at least 16, making his probable birth year 1668. Though he could have been older.

We know that after he arrived in 1684 he lived in Accomack County, Virginia and died there in 1727, was married to Margaret Mitter on July 19, 1688 and fathered 9 children.

Though I have not validated the following information that a cousin sent me I will include it here, on the off chance that it might be useful. "our Stakes family came into America in the early 1600's on a ship they owned out of the West Indies called The Pilgrim of Virginia".

In all my reading and research I have yet to come across anything to do with the Stakes owing a ship for heavens sake. I could be wrong but I don't think so.

The other ancestor was a Patrick Stakes but beyond a name that is all I have which really isn't helpful.

Thanks for any help or direction to go in.

Kayellen

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Surname "Stakes"
« on: Wednesday 23 June 10 15:43 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Ruskie for also taking the time to reply.  

Yes, I do love the history associated with researching my family but I have no illusions of grandeur. I am afraid that if I did "Find" that my ancestors were of royal or wealthy descent I would fall over dead and leave a mess of papers behind for my children to curse me for!

As I said earlier, my family were shoemakers untill the early 1900's and later were farmers.  I am willing to bet that the closest they ever came to wealth were the waiting feet of the wealthy.  :D  I never thought to look up "family seat" on Wiki. I will chalk that up as a senior moment of forgetfulness.

As for our name.. while it is something I would love to learn the origin/meaning of I am more concerned with following my ancestral line as far back as I can document.

There are couple of Stakes that I am wrestling with at the moment.  Let me pull out the information to double check my facts and then I can post them with confidence and accuracy as to dates and such.

Thank you again for your reply and the kind offer of assistance.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Jarose...  :D   Well that sure is pretty close to my thought process as far as the name goes and to be honest it fits my father and his ancestors since they were 6 foot and slim to medium builds.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Surname "Stakes"
« on: Wednesday 23 June 10 14:20 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Jorose,

Thank you for taking the time to answer. I kind of thought that was the case with those surname sites. So I can stick with my original thought that the meaning of Stakes is most likely derived from someone who made/makes stakes or someone who live near the stakes.

Our Stakes were shoemakers up until the early 1900's when they turned to farming. It is just curious that they would be names stakes rather than shoemaker.

I will add my surname interests here and keep digging.

Thank you again for your help.

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US Lookup Requests / Re: Looking For Thomas Harris
« on: Tuesday 22 June 10 22:59 BST (UK)  »
Not knowing much about the UK census and how they are set up...does your great grandparents show up on the census there along with their children?

Does the census there list the place of birth by Country and State or just the country?

Here the census lists by State of birth or Country of Birth. Sometimes you get lucky and it lists the city as well.

That might help narrow the search.

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Family History Beginners Board / Surname "Stakes"
« on: Tuesday 22 June 10 20:51 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

First, my name is Kayellen and I live in the US (Texas actually). A fellow researcher of the same surname shared with me a history of the name which was purchased by one of those "Find your surname" sites.

Since I have very little knowledge of the UK and prefer my information to be factual I was wondering if anyone could assist me.

I am researching the surname "Stakes".
The information shared states in part "When the ancestors of the Stakes family emigrated to England following the Norman Conquest in 1066, they brought their family name with them. They lived in Pembrokeshire. ...In-depth research by skilled analysts into ancient manuscripts such as the Domesday Book (compiled in 1086 by William the Conqueror), the Ragman Rolls, the Wace poem, the Honour Roll of the Battel Abbey, the Cruia Regis, Pipe Rolls, the Falaise Roll, tax records, baptismals, family genealogies, local parish and church recores, shows that the Stakes name was first found in Pembrokeshire where they held a family seat from early times."

Could any of this be true? I know that our ancestors came from "England" but have yet to locate any record of immigration for my ancestor.

I do know that there are variant spellings of the name, so I am thinking along the lines that it has probably changed over the past couple of centuries.

What is meant by "held a family seat" , and has anyone here found the surname in their own genealogy?

Any help would be greatly appreciated and I will do my best to help anyone in return.

Kayellen ( pronounced K-l-n)

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