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Suffolk / Re: Devereux family
« on: Wednesday 30 November 16 17:11 GMT (UK)  »
What is the best way to share information? I'm a little new to this web-based stuff... As I said in an earlier post, I have details back to Edmond's Gt Gt grandfather, Isaac Allerton, who was one of the leaders of the Mayflower expedition and subsequently had a long career in Massachusetts. Isaac is well documented on web sources. His son Bartholomew returned to England, and hence the family here continued. He had two sons, Isaac and John, and it does not seem to be possible to prove which of them was father of Bartholomew's grandson, also Bartholomew, who was Edmond's father. I have the text of Edmond's will, if you hadn't seen it. It is my supposition that Henry "lost out" on his father's inheritance, moving away from the area of his birth (Worlingham), and apparently being poorly educated. I am intrigued that their is no knowledge of the "Mayflower" link on this side of the family - something one might expect to be passed down - and I know from contact with descendents of Susannah and Henry's other siblings that it was passed on in their families. Henry's family is well documented from the parish records of Little Saxham, where he settled, which are published and available online. Let me know if you would like specific details on any of the above. Oh, and in case you didn't already realise, you are a distant cousin of two US presidents, Zachary Taylor (12th) and Roosevelt (32nd), also direct descendents of Isaac!

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Suffolk / Re: Devereux family
« on: Wednesday 30 November 16 11:20 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Hollyberrytime. Yes, same family. I'm in fact researching my wife's family, which is Allington, as various name variants seem to have crept in during the "Little Saxham years" of the 18th century. My wife is a direct descendent of Henry, but I think Henry born 1759, and by my records the next child of Edmond and Elisabeth, so I assume Henry (1757) died in infancy. Edmond was a prosperous wheelwright, whose will survives. Henry (1759) was his 12th child, 8th son, and although was born after Edmond's death, is mentioned in his will. Henry and his family seem to have worked out their lives as illiterate farm labourers, and it is therefore tempting to speculate that, despite his father's efforts, the newly born Henry lost out on his inheritance!

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Suffolk / Re: Devereux family
« on: Friday 18 November 16 11:59 GMT (UK)  »
Hi, I'm new to this forum, so picking up an old thread! I have a John Devereux, born Suffolk 1748, married Elizabeth Ranson Aug 1762 in Chevington. Their daughter Elizabeth was born in Nowton, Bury St Edmunds 1767 and marr. Henry Allerton/ Ollerton. They lived in Little Saxham, where the family (with several name variants) remains to this day. The Devereux name seemed important to the family and was passed down the male line for 4 generations. However, I have been unable to trace John or his parents. Can anyone help? The Allertons were poor farming folk, so perhaps the Devereux name had greater associations? (Henry Allerton in fact had an interesting history, as his Gt Gt grandfather was Bartholomew Alleton, who sailed on the Mayflower, with his father, Isaac, one of the "Pilgrims").

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