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Offline DR Arathoon

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Re: what's YOUR family's "related to royalty" story
« Reply #18 on: Saturday 07 January 06 20:36 GMT (UK) »
This Newbie:
is not sure how to look further back, but I will try. I would very much like to here about your Acheson's...as there children are cousins and I am 100 % sure.

I have a Mary, and Robert Sparrowof Worlingham Hall, Suffolk and a Millicent Sparrow caught up with a Duke of Mancester.  I would like to work on it, if you are interested in filling me in.

DR

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Re: what's YOUR family's "related to royalty" story
« Reply #19 on: Monday 24 April 06 05:45 BST (UK) »
I was interested to read about the connection to Paul Morphy. His brother, Edward, is my great grandfather. And yes, their original MURPHY name became MORPHY when they settled in Spain.

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Re: what's YOUR family's "related to royalty" story
« Reply #20 on: Monday 24 April 06 07:44 BST (UK) »
A very distant relation(still to prove the connection) was the first man to be hung in private in England Thomas Wells August 1868 at maidstone prison. Not exactly royalty but a good bit of scandal to bring out over dinnerconversation
Chapman. Kent/Liverpool 1900+
Linnett.Kent/liverpool 1900+
Button. Kent
Sawyer. Kent
Swain. Kent
Austin/en. Kent
Ellen. Kent
Harman. Kent/ norfolk

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Re: what's YOUR family's "related to royalty" story
« Reply #21 on: Monday 24 April 06 10:42 BST (UK) »
The best I've been able to do is look at surnames I have and see if there's a connection further back, so it's not 100% certain.  I have Scholey on my tree, which supposedly comes from King Harold's brother's son, Skuli.  There's also Blount on my mum's side, and there was a Robert de Blount (or something) who came over with William The Conqueror.

Andrew
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