Eastwood family - travellers, Kent, 1860's

[e.livingstone]

Hi i am trying to trace my eastwood ancestors whom are of gypsy roots in the surrey/ kent area. I have a James and anna eastwood (wondering wether its john) who had a son james?

[diddymiller]

hi ladyn - think i put 3 times because you posted on beginners - but actually you have posted 16 times so no problem.

Hvae you got access to the 'breeds' tree on A* - put in Phoebes details and then scroll to trees. if not then PM me .

unfortunatly the 1861 census is the only one missing in osurces given - seems noone else can find them either.  probably mistranscribed ('Heastwood -1871!) they were in kent for 1851 /1871.

Diddy

[ladynicotine]

Hi E

Hi i am trying to trace my eastwood ancestors whom are of gypsy roots in the surrey/ kent area. I have a James and anna eastwood (wondering wether its john) who had a son james?

I could be - where have you found them living?  The John & Ann I'm tracing were in the Dartford area, but John's roots go back to Burwash in sussex.  Mind you, James was also an Eastwood family name, & they were fairly prolific!  I've got notes of an James Eastwood born 1811 & another in 1855.  One site I've found helpful is http://www.thesussexweald.org/home.asp, which lists (among other things) various geneologies.

Good luck, & let me know if I can be of any more help.

Lady N

[diddymiller]

Hi lady N - you sent me a PM but seem to have blocked me from replying??

Diddy

[Romany Knaves]

hi.
I have an Eastwood in a branch of my tree.

Phoebe Eastwood  birth,Peckham,Kent 1876 married 1912 at Milton,Gravesend to Obed Jones,

there are some more Eastwoods in Kent who may be related to your family you may have them already but here they are if you do not,

Wm Eastwood b 1860 unknown wife Elizebeth b 1860 unknown.
Wm Eastwood b 1842 Tunbridge wife Eates b 1833 Stone.
G Eastwood b 1820 Maidstone wife Liba b 1820 Maidstone.

Phebe Eastwood b 1859 marriage to William Wright 1878 Crockenhill.

[ladynicotine]

Hi Romany

Thanks for this.  First William is almost certainly "mine" - brother to my Gt Gt Gt Grandfather John.  I would suspect that the other William & the George are related somehow, but given how prolific they seem to have been, it's going to get a bit complicated working out exactly how!.

Again, the Phoebe is probably connected somewhere, as it seems to be a family name.  I know for certain though that "my" Phoebe, born 1860 (or end of 1859) married a chap called William Wingrove in 1878.

All useful though.

Lady N

[Kuri]

Hi
Not sure if this is of any help, but I have Eastwoods on my tree and they "married' into the Breeds family. Well they didn't excactly "marry' but had several children!
My Gt Grandmother Alvina Eastwood  [born 1851 in Brastead Kent] had children with John Breeds born in 1851.

Her father was John Eastwood born in 1816 in Burwash Sussex. He married a Harriett Jennings.

John's father was William Eastwood born 1772 also in Burwash, and his wife was Philadelphia Hawkins.  Hope this of help to someone, Cheers Kuri 

[Florence19]

Thanks for this.  First William is almost certainly "mine" - brother to my Gt Gt Gt Grandfather John.

[ladynicotine]

Hi Kuri

Sounds like we're kind-of related then!  Your Gt Gt parents (John Eastwood/Harriett Jennings) are my Gt Gt Gt grandparents (am descended from their son John, born 1821). 

Do you have any information about Harriett Jennings?

Lady N