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Kentish Man or Man of Kent
« on: Monday 31 July 06 22:07 BST (UK) »
I see one of you out there is called Man of Kent.  Can you answer the question, which is which.  I've always assumed Man of Kent is east of the Medway, and Kentish Man is west of (in other words its more London but its Kent-ish.)  ;)

But that's probably completely wrong.  :-\

My ancestors are Thanet anyway, so they are a separate breed apart are they not?   ???

Graham
HORN, BARTLETT, HIGGINS, BUDDINGTON, CROW, EMERY, TWYMAN, BURBRIDGE, SOLLY, FRIGHT; Kent, mainly Thanet
MASON, PILLEY; Cheltenham, Tewkesbury and Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
CAUDELL, HORTON, CHASE; Berkshire/Hampshire border
BRAY; Taunton, Somerset
MANFIELD; SW Surrey (and maybe Devonshire)
KIRBY, LASSAM; Kingston, Surrey
WOODS, STEVENS, PULLEN, SW Surrey
WILEMAN, ARGYLE; Derbyshire/Leicestershire border
FOX; If anyone can trace any of this line you will be my friend for life!

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Re: Kentish Man or Man of Kent
« Reply #1 on: Monday 31 July 06 23:23 BST (UK) »
You are right about the east/west division: the Men of Kent were considered to be of "pure blood", being separated from adjoining counties by the Medway and the Wealden forest, while the Kentish Men were more likely to inter-breed with "foreigners" from across the border!

Thanet is definitely a separate breed!!  ;D

Regards, Bill
Banks, Beer, Bowes, Castle, Cloak, Coachworth, Dixon, Farr, Golder, Graves, Hicks, Hogbin, Holmans, Marsh, Mummery, Nutting, Pierce, Rouse, Sawyer, Sharp, Snell, Willis: mostly in East Kent.
Ey, Sawyer: London
Evans: Ystradgynlais, Wales
Snell: Snettisham, Norfolk
Knight, Burgess, Ellis: Hampshire
Purdy: Ireland/Canada/Durham/Pennsylvania
McCann: Ireland
Morrow: Pennsylvania
Sparnon: any
Beers, Heath, Conyers, Miller, Russell, Larson, Clark, Sibert, Hopper, Reinhart: USA

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Re: Kentish Man or Man of Kent
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 01 August 06 20:28 BST (UK) »
Thanks for clarifying that Bill.  You must be a Man of Kent.   :D
I see from your names that none of them match with mine (I'm just about to add mine to my profile).  That's probably the Thanet for you.   ;D

Cheers
Graham
HORN, BARTLETT, HIGGINS, BUDDINGTON, CROW, EMERY, TWYMAN, BURBRIDGE, SOLLY, FRIGHT; Kent, mainly Thanet
MASON, PILLEY; Cheltenham, Tewkesbury and Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
CAUDELL, HORTON, CHASE; Berkshire/Hampshire border
BRAY; Taunton, Somerset
MANFIELD; SW Surrey (and maybe Devonshire)
KIRBY, LASSAM; Kingston, Surrey
WOODS, STEVENS, PULLEN, SW Surrey
WILEMAN, ARGYLE; Derbyshire/Leicestershire border
FOX; If anyone can trace any of this line you will be my friend for life!

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Re: Kentish Man or Man of Kent
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 01 August 06 21:12 BST (UK) »
How did you guess??   ;D

Regards, Bill
Banks, Beer, Bowes, Castle, Cloak, Coachworth, Dixon, Farr, Golder, Graves, Hicks, Hogbin, Holmans, Marsh, Mummery, Nutting, Pierce, Rouse, Sawyer, Sharp, Snell, Willis: mostly in East Kent.
Ey, Sawyer: London
Evans: Ystradgynlais, Wales
Snell: Snettisham, Norfolk
Knight, Burgess, Ellis: Hampshire
Purdy: Ireland/Canada/Durham/Pennsylvania
McCann: Ireland
Morrow: Pennsylvania
Sparnon: any
Beers, Heath, Conyers, Miller, Russell, Larson, Clark, Sibert, Hopper, Reinhart: USA

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Re: Kentish Man or Man of Kent
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 01 August 06 22:32 BST (UK) »
The confidence that made you talk about "pure blood" and "foreigners"??
What do you say about us Thanet people then? ;)
HORN, BARTLETT, HIGGINS, BUDDINGTON, CROW, EMERY, TWYMAN, BURBRIDGE, SOLLY, FRIGHT; Kent, mainly Thanet
MASON, PILLEY; Cheltenham, Tewkesbury and Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
CAUDELL, HORTON, CHASE; Berkshire/Hampshire border
BRAY; Taunton, Somerset
MANFIELD; SW Surrey (and maybe Devonshire)
KIRBY, LASSAM; Kingston, Surrey
WOODS, STEVENS, PULLEN, SW Surrey
WILEMAN, ARGYLE; Derbyshire/Leicestershire border
FOX; If anyone can trace any of this line you will be my friend for life!

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Re: Kentish Man or Man of Kent
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 01 August 06 22:51 BST (UK) »
Hi,
It all depends which part of Thanet you are from. ;D
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Re: Kentish Man or Man of Kent
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 01 August 06 23:58 BST (UK) »
I don't think I want to comment on that!   ;D

Regards, Bill
Banks, Beer, Bowes, Castle, Cloak, Coachworth, Dixon, Farr, Golder, Graves, Hicks, Hogbin, Holmans, Marsh, Mummery, Nutting, Pierce, Rouse, Sawyer, Sharp, Snell, Willis: mostly in East Kent.
Ey, Sawyer: London
Evans: Ystradgynlais, Wales
Snell: Snettisham, Norfolk
Knight, Burgess, Ellis: Hampshire
Purdy: Ireland/Canada/Durham/Pennsylvania
McCann: Ireland
Morrow: Pennsylvania
Sparnon: any
Beers, Heath, Conyers, Miller, Russell, Larson, Clark, Sibert, Hopper, Reinhart: USA

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Re: Kentish Man or Man of Kent
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 02 August 06 18:59 BST (UK) »
I see, its not a simple matter of "Thanet is separate from the rest".  Its "which part of Thanet are you from?" ;)

Well most of mine are Minster/Monkton, but one of those at least came over from Petham/Lower Hardres (south of Canterbury), and they then migrated to Margate.  Another lot came from Woodnesborough (near Sandwich) via Cliffs End and then St Lawrence. :D

They all finally ended up in St Peters, until my grandfather "escaped".  I was born in Portsmouth!  :-[

What do the runes tell us about all that? ???
Graham
HORN, BARTLETT, HIGGINS, BUDDINGTON, CROW, EMERY, TWYMAN, BURBRIDGE, SOLLY, FRIGHT; Kent, mainly Thanet
MASON, PILLEY; Cheltenham, Tewkesbury and Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
CAUDELL, HORTON, CHASE; Berkshire/Hampshire border
BRAY; Taunton, Somerset
MANFIELD; SW Surrey (and maybe Devonshire)
KIRBY, LASSAM; Kingston, Surrey
WOODS, STEVENS, PULLEN, SW Surrey
WILEMAN, ARGYLE; Derbyshire/Leicestershire border
FOX; If anyone can trace any of this line you will be my friend for life!

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Re: Kentish Man or Man of Kent
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 02 August 06 20:44 BST (UK) »
Ah! St.Peters,I know it well .I have lived there 30 years but from London originally. ;)
bulsara
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