Surname Interests

[kena]

Hi, I was wondering if anybody could please help me with my Cumberland surname interests at all. I have the Kennedys in Stapleton, the Bells in Longtown, the Ewarts in Bewcastle and the Forsters in (I think) in Lanercost Abbey. The ancestor I have got furthest back with on the Forster side put himself down on one census as being born in Lanercost Abbey and another as being born in Bewcastle but I have already checked out the Bewcastle register and his name is definitely not down on them so I can only guess he was born in Lanercost Abbey. I would be very grateful for any help anyone can give me.

Thanks

[Marls]

What names, dates and location do you currently have?

[kena]

Hi all my Kennedy ancestors are from Stapleton, I have checked out some Stapleton parish records transcribed on the internet which go back as far as about 1813 which take me as far back to the deaths of David Kennedy (born 1742 in Stapleton) and his wife Ann Kennedy nee Gillesby (born 1750 I don't know where). I do also know the name of David's father, a John Kennedy as my dad searched the Stapleton parish records years ago with the vicar but he was only searching for direct Kennedy ancestors at the time and I am now interested in finding out about all of my Kennedy ancestors including siblings of David and his son Richard born about 1792.

The furthest I have got back with my Bell's is a William Bell born about 1816 in Longtown. The furthest I have got back with my Ewarts is a Margaret Ewart  born 1808 in Bewcastle, her parents were a Robert Ewart and Ann Ewart nee Nixon. The furthest I have got back with my Forster's is a Nicholas Forster who was born 1796/1797 in (I think) Abbey Lanercost. I have explored all the Cumberland censuses and would be very grateful for any information you could give me regarding siblings of the above or/and any further generations back.

[janjan]

Hi Kena,
     my family are from the bewcastle area and i have a family tree iv had a look and there is a robert ewart maried ann nixon 1799, daughter catherine born 1821 married john forster 1842,
 robert lived at crookburn,if this is the same family i have more info ,
 janice

[kena]

Hi, Thankyou very much for the reply, yes that does sound like my Ewart's, I would love to know about any further info you have on them.

[janjan]

Hi Kena,
     This could get confusing so bare with me,
 robert ewart 1764-1826 of cookburn married  in 1799 ann nixon 1776-1857,
 robert son of joseph 1727-1775 of beyound the moss,and sibella little 1735-1773,married 1751,
 robert had a brother john 1761-1831 of holmehead married elizabeth routledge 1758-1824 married in 1790,
 ann nixon daughter of richard nixon 1735-1830 of craggs,and mary telford 1749-1786 married in 1772,
 ann had a sister elizabeth 1780-1834,
 robert and ann had a daughter catherine 1821-1908 married in 1842 john forster 1818-1911 of hole of lyne,
they had a son thomas forster 1856-1940 married in 1883 ann cowan 1864-1945,and a daughter sibella who married john potts,
 thomas forster of hole of lyne had a daughter janet cowan forrester 1888-1968 married in 1917 james telford  1878-1953 of holmehead,
 james telfords father was joseph telford my great x3 uncle,
   hope this makes sense you are now part of a very big family tree!!
 i have my family tree on tribalpages I.D edgars if you want to take a look it might help you understand it better,
    hope to hear from you again soon
             janice

[kena]

Thanks so much for all the info, that's brilliant, I now have one further generation back on the Ewart's and the Nixon's. I have also written to another person who is descended from Ewart's so I'll let you know if anything new turns up from that.

[dasher]

Hi Keena,
Does Peter Forster son of John Forster and Ann Blaylock mean anything to you.Peter married Jane Crosbie 16/08/1834 at Stapleton.

[kena]

No, I'm very sorry it doesn't, my 3x great grandmother was a Mary Forster whose father was the Nicholas Forster I mentioned above, they could be related somewhere but I'm not really sure as yet.

Thanks again