The
Family of William Bishop, the Family
of another of my [Howard Smith's]
Paternal Great-Great-Grandmothers; and, of course Anthony's Family.
Anthony and myself are both descended from William Bishop and
Diane Harwood, as are members of several other Families.
For
more Information on the Bishops, email Anthony
Bishop, in Cornwall
The Bishop Family have been updated, March the 11th, 2007;
and again in August 2008 after more Information was provided by Anthony Bishop.
My Cousin, Anthony [Bishop] was twice married. Firstly, to Betty Pascoe in 1953; and secondly to Eileen Norman in 1980.
Betty's Family is the John Pascoe Family, circa 1530, who came from the area around Wendron in Cornwall. Associated with the Pascoe Family is the Family of William Bolitho, who was born abt. 1545 in Helston, Cornwall. The Family of Martin Glasson, circa 1640 & Perry Family were also related to the Pascoe Family.
The Pascoe Family have been updated [with 300 more Individuals] and the Bolitho Family added, May 27, 2006.
The Loveitt, Mitchell, Moore, Annesley, Owens, Pascoe and Bolitho Families have been updated on March the 19th, 2007.
Eileen's Family is the Norman Family, who probably came from the Area around Bath, the earliest being and unknown Norman, who had 3 Sons, probably more, William, Joseph and John, born between 1722 and 1748.
The Norman Family Information has been added to the WebSite on May the 25th, 2010.
The Armytage/Armitage Family, the Descendants of Sir John Armytage of Wrigbowls,
born about 1100, who came from the Area near Gosberton in Lincolnshire.
The Armytage Family have been updated, August the 11th, 2007.
For any Information on the Armitage Families, contact Anthony
Bishop.
In October, 2007, Mike More sent a large amount of Armitage Family Information covering the Armitage Family in North America. These had not previously been on the Armitage Family Pages; and included Information on the Perrin, Sturman and Ufford Families amongst others.
There are now a separate set of WebPages limited to these [North American] Armitage Families. ;
and for the Perrin Family who were married into the Armitage Family in Ontario, Canada, the Ufford Family who also married into the Armitage Family in York Co. Ontario in 1862; and the Family of John Timberlake, born about 1761, whose Family married into the Armitage Family when Eloisa married Seth in Indiana in 1845.
Earlier in 2007, Rick Waggener had sent Information on the Family of Charles Thomas Sturman, of Detroit, Michigan, USA, another part of the American Armitage Family Group.
The Family of Joseph Doane, or Doan, circa 1710, married into the Armitage Family in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; and moved on to Ontario in Canada where many Armitage Family Members settled. To see old Maps of the Townships and Counties of Ontario click here.
Now, in May, 2009, Kale Hobbes has sent Information on the Atkinson and Sanderson Families, who married into the Doane and Armitage Families when Elizabeth Doan married Jacob Atkinson about 1850.
The Rae to Sturman Families have been updated on March the 19th, 2007.
The Ontario Armitage Family has been added, November the 2nd, 2007.
The Perrin Family WebPages have been added in December 2007; and
the Timberlake Family Pages have been added in April 2008.
The Atkinson/Sanderson Family WebPages have been added in Ocotber 2009
.
The Family of Rogeri Bettany, 1651-1772, probably born in Dilhorne in Staffordshire, England.
The Brockman Family, married into the Drake Family; and became
the Drake-Brockman Family. They are connected to the Armitage Family through the Hunter,
Cassells and Watson Families.
Hugh Drake-Brockman has provided much of the Information.
The Brockman Family have been updated March the 12th, 2007.
Following receipt of further Information from Hugh Drake-Brockman in December 2009,
the Brockman Family have been updated on September the 3rd, 2010.
The Brown Family, of Wiltshire, who eventually
married into the Bishops.
The Brown Family have been updated March the 12th, 2007.
The Family of Thomas Clabburn, born 1760, probably in Norwich, where the Family were noted Shawl Makers.
The Clabburn Family have been added on October the 16th, 2009;
and have ben updated on April the 15th, 2010
.
The Family of Joseph Cooke-Hurle,
born 1814, in Brislington in Somerset,
who married into the Armitage and Forbes Families.
The Cooke-Hurle Family have been updated March the 12th, 2007.
THE DENNE & COLLARD FAMILIES:
The Denne Family are an ancient Kent Family originating there, probably in the 10th Century. Although we have, now in late 2008, several Families associated with the Denne and Collard Families, we have recently received an extremely large File of Information on the Denne and related Families. Since this now results in many more Families to be added to our WebSite.
They can now be accessed on a separate Denne & Collard Family Intro. Page.
The group of Families descended from Gertrude
de Walt, including the Allens, Taylors and Merricks.
Gertrude was born about 1870, in Illinois.
The de Walt Family Pages have been updated on March the 15th, 2007.
The Forbes Family, of Knappernay, Aberdeenshire,
Scotland. For more information on clan Forbes, click
here.
Marrying into the Forbes Family, were the Wilkinsons.
The earliest, Joseph, circa 1700,
came from Leeds in Yorkshire.
The Forbes Family Pages have been updated on October the 1st, 2009 after some Brown Family were added.
The Wilkinson Family are also associated with, the Chaplin Family, who trace their origins back to Robert Chaplin, born in Long Melford, Suffolk about 1504;
and the Archer [l'Archer] Family, starting with Fulbert l'Archer, born 1066, whose Family occupied Umberslade Hall in Warwickshire for most of the last Thousand Years.
The Parke Family is another Family closely associated with the Wilkinsons and Chaplins. All of the Parke Family Information can be found within the Chaplin Family Pages.
Most of the Wilkinson Information has
been provided
by James Wilkinson & David Allison.
All of the Information on the Chaplin and l'Archer Families was also provided by James
The Forbes Family Pages have been updated on March the 15th, 2007;
and the Wilkinson Family Pages have been updated on March the 16th, 2007.
The Chaplin and l'Archer Family Pages have been added on April the 12th, 2007;
The Family of Henry Ayscough,
a Family of Undertakers and Carpenters are also
closely associated with the Wilkinson Family; and James
can be contacted for more Information.
David Allison and James Wilkinson have also very kindly permitted the inclusion of a
History
of the Wilkinsons and another of the Chaplin Family that they have written.
The Ayscough Family Pages have been updated on March the 17th, 2007.
The Families associated with the Wilkinson Family are also connected to the Playfair Family, who, in turn are part of the Keep Family Connections. Links to these Families can also be found on the Keep Group Intro Page.
Another Family closely associated with the Wilkinsons is the Family
of James Douglas,
who was born about 1740 in the Area of the Surrey Hertfordshire Border.
The
Douglas Family Pages have been updated March the 17th, 2007..
The Family of John Gascoigne, who came from Aberford in Yorkshire, who was born around 1500; and who married into the Armytage Family is also available.
John Gascoigne's Family have been updated March the 12th, 2007.
As a result of the receipt of a large File of Data from Timothy Wallace
in November 2005,
a number of Families who are connected to the Forbes Family have been
added. These include,
the Family of William Phineas Bury, 1842-1884, probably from County Cork, in Ireland.
the Family of Thomas Dashwood, born
1528, probably in Somerset,
the Descendants of Duke Robert I of
Normandie, father of William the Conqueror,
the Family of the Rev. George Dupuis,
circa 1760, probably from Oxfordshire,
The Dupuis Family WebPages have been updated August the 29th, 2009.
the Family of Jonkine Fergusson,
born about 1330 in Craigdarroch, Dumfriesshire, Scotland,
the Family of Andrew Goldie, circa
1560, probably from Dumfriesshire in Scotland,
the Descendants of Edward Jeffreys,
born 1716, probably from Hertfordshire in England,
As a result of a further File specifically concerning the Jeffreys and related Families, received from
Alison [Jordan] Elkin in November 2006, the Family of Edward Jeffreys has been dramatically expanded.
The Jeffreys Family Pages have been updated on October the 1st, 2009 after some Brown Family were added.
the Family of Stephen Laurie, born
1575, probably in Dumfries, Dumfiresshire, Scotland,
the Family of Thomas Latter, born about
1750, probably from London. There are really very few
Latters in these Pages they are mostly of the Goldie Family with some
early Latters.
We also have the Family of Sir Charles
Granville Stuart Menteth, born 1769 in Closeburn,
also in Dumfriesshire, Scotland,
the Family of Sir Walter Riddell, Bart.,
circa 1620, probably from Roxburghshire in Scotland,
the Family of Richard Valpy, circa 1790,
from India and later New Zealand; and lastly,
the Family of Robert We Sterne [later
to become the Western Family], circa 1290, from Holland.
The
Forbes Family has been updated and the associated Families added March
05, 2006.
All of the Families associated with the Forbes Family, from Dashwood to Western [We Sterne]
have been updated between March the 21st and march the 24th, 2007
.
The Hardy Family, of Herefordshire and India,
who married into the Armitages
The Family of Nathaniel Harwood, from
Sparsholt, Oxfordshire, circa 1650.
The Haber/Haver/Havers Families, of Norfolk.
The Family of Henry Courtenay, from
Virginia, USA.
For Information on the Courtenays, contact Sally
Hazzard.
The Hardy, Harwood, Havers and Courtenay Families have been updated March the 18th, 2007.
The Family of James Hume, born 1831, died 1809, who probably came from the Area around Athelstane in East Lothian Scotland . The Hume Family expanded into the Gunion, Nisbet and Humbley Families. They connected to the Armitage Family through the Cassels Family.
The Information on these Families was provided in January 2007 by Debra Humbley;
and have been updated on March the 18th, 2007.
More Information has been provided by Ian Hume in 2009; and the WebPages have been updated in March 2010
.
The Family of Sir Walter Hungerford
[1st Lord], of Somerset,
who married into the Armitage Family.
The Family of William de Leigh, circa 1420, probably from Kempthorne,
in Cornwall,
whose Name was changed over a period of time to Kempthorne. In November 2009, Caspar Graham provided details of another Kempthorne Family, that of Edward Kempthorne, who probably originated in the same Area of the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall. These 2 Kempthorne Families are probably connected; but we have not yet established that Connection. However, later in the same Month further Information from Anthony Bishop established that Connection. The entire Kempthorne Family, as we know it is now available on the Kempthorne WebPages.
In November 2009, Caspar Graham has provided Information on the Family of John Frank Tallyfer Borlas [Borlase], circa 1330, whose Family probably originated in the Area of Helson, in Cornwall. Caspar also provided Information on the William Sandys Family, circa 1605, probably from the St Austell Area of Cornwall; and of the Thomas Watts Family, circa 1695, whose Origins are unknown; but who were heavily involved in the Area of South East Asia, Singapore and India.
The Hungerford and Kempthorne Families have been updated on March the 18th, 2007.
The Edward Kempthorne Family has been added on August the 9th, 2010.
The entire Kempthorne Family has been updated on August the 10th, 2010
The Borlase, Sandys and Watts Families have been added on August the 27th,
2010.
The Family of John Lewis, born about 1839 in Fareham, Hampshire.
The Mitchell Family, of Cornwall.
The Family of Capt. Hugh Moore, who
married Priscilla Cecilia Armitage
and into the Family of the Earls Annesley.
More detailed information on the Earls Annesley is available
at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. [click
here]
The Owens Family, of Ontario Canada, who
married into the Armitages.
The Pearson
Family, of Lincolnshire.
The Pennington Family, of Indiana,
USA.
The Pearson and Pennington Families have also been updated on March the 19th, 2007.
The Rae Family, who married into the Armitage
Family in Ontario, Canada.
The Robinson Family, or Armagh, Ireland.
The Family of Richard Routledge
of Cumbria and the Scots Border;
and the associated Latimer Family
of the same general area.
The
Routledge Family have been updated October 26, 2004; and
the Latimer Family have been added;
and now, February 01, 2007, the Latimer Family have been updated as a result of a lot more Information from Ann Kinross
.
The Family of James Saxby, of Battle
in Sussex, England.
The Family of John Siddons, born near
Reading in Pennsylvania, USA,
in 1729. The Siddons Family married into the Armitage Family.
The Siddons Family have been
added, November 8, 2004.
The Thane Family, of London.
The Thane Family has been updated on Ocotber the 12th, 2009.
The Robert Wells Family, of Ontario,
Canada.
For more Information, contact Patricia
[the Shadow] Wells.
The Family of James Whittem, circa 1675, probably from the
Coventry Area, in Warwickshire.
Associated [married into] the Whittem Family is the
Family of John Loveitt, born about 1703, probably in Shilton, Warwickshire. Another smaller Family Group that were associated with the Loveitt Family are the Families of Thomas Voyle and Robert Reader. Thomas was born about 1713, probably at Ansty in Warwickshire; and Robert Reader married Thomas' youngest Child.
The Whittem and Loveitt Families have been updated on August the 8th, 2008.
The Thomas Voyle Family has been added on August the 9th, 2008.
The Family of Henry Willis,
of Essex, England.
The Family of Henry
Wood, born abt 1707 in Leicestershire, England.
The Woodroffe Family, of Gloucestershire
and America.
For
more Info contact Janice
Woodroffe, in Iowa USA.
The Thane to Woodroffe Families have been updated on March the 20th, 2007.
In July 2009, Janice Marie Woodroffe sent an eMail that contained the following:
"I was going through some old family papers this evening that were originally possessed by Randy's aunt, when I came across some Bishop/Harwood information. The beginning states "Diana Harwood Bishop's sister was Mrs. May. She owned "Rose Cottage" in Bath - rented to the poet Thomas Hood who wrote a verse about our grandparents - Begins - "When Mr. Band Mrs. B (sic) were sitting down to tea"
To read the Poem written about our Ancestors, click here.