HEADs of West Berkshire

[newburychap]

The book I referred to is Hundred of Compton by 1844 by William Hewitt.

Download it free at http://www.archive.org/details/historyantiquit00hewegoog

[matgeorges]

Many thanks Newbury Chap. 

[malshep]

Michelle,

Thank you very much for the clarification of the HEAD tree. Just one question. Is the following right:

Thomas Head = Elizabeth Allington
Thomas Head (1667-1758) married Ann, then married Rachel Gregory. Is this the Sir Thomas Head that was knighted.

Thanks for your help.

Malcolm

[matgeorges]

Malcolm
I have that marriage on the top of my tree. I think I picked it up from a record found on the internet about the memorial at Charterhouse Chapel. I have not been to the church.
Thomas Head mentioned his granddaughter Saah Puckeridge in his will of 1758.
Richard Puckeridge gentleman of Compton married Sarah Puckeridge. Died 1791 Will proved Oxford 1792. Monumental inscription and coat of arms in Compton church. Sarah had a brother John and a sister Elizabeth.  She married William King of kintbury  1736 Compton.
John Puckeridge, yeoman of Deacon? farm, Wilcot? married Hannah. Will proved  Marleborough, 1784. 9 children mentioned in will.
Do you have access to the Victorian Couty History Book for Berks.? There is a lot of info on all these familes.Michelle

[matgeorges]

Malcolm
I have the story of how the money came to the Head family I will look it up. Hope you are not get confused with all this info.Michelle

[malshep]

Hi Michelle,

Thanks again for the help. I have a slightly different tree. I don't know if I have errors. I have Richard Puckeridge married Sarah Head (1733-1766)
Sarah had a brother William Head and a sister Elizabeth Head who married John Pottinger.

Sarah's husband Richard had a sister Elizabeth Puckeridge who married William King. He also had a brother John Puckeridge who married a Hannah ?

I don't know if all this is right.

I am still trying to find out which Thomas Head was knighted.?
By the way thank you for the reference to the victoria County History of Berks. I have found it on the Internet. Excellent refererence.
Thanks again for your patience, Malcolm

[matgeorges]

Malcolm

If you have read the Victorian County history book all should come clear. I have looked at my Pottinger records and found my typed history of the House and my tree ties up with this. Thomas Head knight comes from this line and Thomas born in 1667. I have not been able to check all that is listed by the VCH book. Some of the information is what the families thought happened in the past. This is true of our line as well. Stories becoome distorted.
I do have a Pottinger tree back to the 1500's.
The grave of Rachel Gregory is a large stone slab set in the tiled floor of the church so she must have been very influential to be buried there. The stone reads:
Here Lieth the body of Mrs Rachel Head. Who died 3o th november 1731.Michelle

[malshep]

Hi Michelle,

Thanks once again for the rapid response and clarification. I am wading through the History of the county of Berks. Eye opening!!!. It's clearing up a lot of issues with my tree. Thanks so much for the recomendation.

Malcolm

[cjtu]

In common with Malshep and Matgeorges, I am looking at the Head family of Compton and surrounding area,and their links to the Chancellor family of Compton and possibly Hungerford. I have one  half of the tree made by Cherry drawn up in ca1840-50, showing a clear line back to the Thomas of Roden House,ca1667.Earlier than that ,key parts of the Cherry tree are missing. I keep finding references to this tree ,in Berkshire histories but all search engines refer me to the arboreal plant,hostelries etc !Any ideas of where it is on line or means of accessing it.Thanks in advance,Chris