Ripple Court

[hellywelly]

Thank-you for the links i wasn't aware of F.W.L Sladen.  do you have a connection with the sladen family?

[bean]

found this while searching for ripple court on the net.
my family has link to the Sladens in the 1700's and i would like to know a bit more about them from that time

[hellywelly]

Hi Bean,

i wish i was able to help you.....i know the Sladen family used the surname Banks as a middle name because of this connection.  the guy in the middle of my profile picture had an uncle called Joseph Banks Sladen and then he called his son after him.  They used the surname St Barbe a lot too.   

it would seem a popular way of naming children of this period, especially with my scottish family tree.  Although the sladen family are english i haven't seen this with my husband's who are also english.

Just wondering if anyone has come across this pattern of naming children as well?

[bean]

i have a: Joseph Sladen Banks, John Sladen Marsh Banks, Edward Henry Sladen Banks, Elizabeth Sladen Banks (married Joseph St Barbe Sladen) and a Sarah Anne Sladen Banks so the arrangement obviously went both ways!!

Their father, Lawrence Banks of Boys Hall, married 3 Sladen cousins, Anne Sladen, Ann Harvey and their mother Sarah Sladen third.

[hellywelly]

Hi Bean,

Do you know what the Banks family did for a living? and do you know about the Sladen family? 

I was always told that the Sladen's were a military family but don't know how they had money or what they did prior to this. 

[bean]

trail gets a bit confused before Lawrence Banks - two different options!
i'm afraid i don't know too much more about the sladen family but typing
sladden slodden into google will produce a link with a lot of info.

[hellywelly]

Hi,

yeah found the same link by accident - it took me a while to realise that this was the same family.

i also have some wills but don't think they mention Banks.  I will have another look at it.  have you looked at wills relating to Banks?

[bean]

just managed to prove the link between Richard Banks of Kington and Lawrence Banks of Boys Hall to my satisfaction, was only rumour previously.
I have looked at some wills for the banks family from that era and i know that Lawrences will mentions his children by his third wife but didn't mention his earlier children hence my hunt for proof of the link.

[Tsladen]

My great grandfather was F.W.L Sladen of Ripple Court.  I am looking into our family history regarding beekeeping as i plan to buy a farm in the next couple of years and would probably be interested in keeping bees. Is there still a Sladen living at Ripple Court? My Grandfather Rudolph Sladen lived in Ottawa, Ont, Canada and my father Richard Sladen lives in Whistler, BC, Canada.  I live in Victoria, BC, Canada and if I have any family living close by, I should like to know.  Thanks, Trevor