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Scotland / Re: Scottish ancestors at Battle of Worcester 1651?
« on: Sunday 15 January 12 07:41 GMT (UK) »
G'day from David, in South Australia
My Family is from Worcester and Warwick. My Grand-dad was born in Alcester.
My brother has a Bible which was handed down from generation to generation in our family. One of the Family Stories was that it was given to our family after the Battle Of Worcester, by Oliver Cromwell. I do not believe that my family was actually involved in the battle, but that they were Land Owners and Cromwell visited their Family House. There was a reference that Cromwell read this Bible before the Battle. I have been unable to obtain proof of any of this information that has been handed down from father to son, but the dates in the Bible and the Bible itself is from the 1600s.
I'll have to check through the Family Holdings back then and see whether I can hone in on the information that way. Thankfully a relative in England did an extremely good history of our family, going back to the Crusades (which Crusade I don't know)
Thanks for your post. I am enjoying reading all of the replies
My Family is from Worcester and Warwick. My Grand-dad was born in Alcester.
My brother has a Bible which was handed down from generation to generation in our family. One of the Family Stories was that it was given to our family after the Battle Of Worcester, by Oliver Cromwell. I do not believe that my family was actually involved in the battle, but that they were Land Owners and Cromwell visited their Family House. There was a reference that Cromwell read this Bible before the Battle. I have been unable to obtain proof of any of this information that has been handed down from father to son, but the dates in the Bible and the Bible itself is from the 1600s.
I'll have to check through the Family Holdings back then and see whether I can hone in on the information that way. Thankfully a relative in England did an extremely good history of our family, going back to the Crusades (which Crusade I don't know)
Thanks for your post. I am enjoying reading all of the replies