The Denne & Collard Families;

and related Families

"Our" Denne and Collard Families originated in East Kent; and lived there for 30 Generations. There are still Collards living in Kent.

         They commence with the Denne Family, the Family of Robertus de Den, who was Pencerna [Butler, Keeper of the Wardrobe?, etc.] to Edward III [the Confessor]. Robertus owned Lands in Kent, Sussex and Normandy.
         The Denne Family Information was orginally provided by Anthony Armitage Bishop. It was considerably expanded in 2004-05 by Janet Denne, here in Sydney; and from a File provided by Sarah Thursby McFadden in November 2005, we have added another 250 Individuals. Following that Susan [Brice] Jones added further Information in 2006, Harry Lee added a large Group of Denne Family People in a File received in August 2008 and Anthony Bishop sent his Tree about the same time adding a further 200 odd Denne[s] to the Family. There are presently over 8000 Denne Family Members and related Families on the Denne Family WebPages.
The Denne Family have again been updated on August the 24th, 2009.

         The UK Genealogy Archives have placed the Visitation of Kent, 1619-1621 on the Web. It can be viewed at http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Kent/visitation/index.html. The Denne Family are to be found on Pages 99 and 100. You will see the Page Numbers at the foot of the Page.

         The Denne Family married into the Collard Family in a big way late in the 16th Century. The Collard Family have also been long time Residents of East Kent, our earliest, Ambrose being born in St Nicholas at Wade in 1630. They married into the Denne Family soon after.
The Collard Family have again been updated on September the 24th, 2009.

         Families that are associated with the Collard Family include the Robinson & Michaelis connections, who married into the Collard Family.
         Also marrying into the Collard Family we have the Families of John Hague and Daniel Wilbourne. Daniel's Descendants progressively changed their Names from Wilbourne to Wyborne and finally Wyborn.
         In June 2008, Timothy Powys-Lybbe sent Information on the Family of William Reginald Powys-Lybbe [who was actually born Lybbe]; and whose Family married into the Collard Family. Tim maintains a much larger Powys-Lybbe Family WebSite at www.tim.ukpub.net/Genealogy/AName.html
The Collard & Denne Families have been updated January 22, 2006; and again on April 21, 2006, with about 200 additional People.
The Collard and Denne Families have again been updated on March the 15th, 2007.
The Powys-Lybbe Family has been added to the WebSite on September 08, 2008.

        The Family of Richard Brice, born 1751 near Canterbury, Kent is also connected with the Collards.
The Family of Richard Brice was added May the 29th, 2006. In June 30th, 2006, another 605 further People have been added to the Collard and Denne Families mainly as a result of work done by Susan [Brice] Jones in collaboration with the Collard Group.
The Brice Family Pages have again been updated on March the 14th, 2007.

         Now, in September 2008, we have received from Anthony Armitage Bishop a very large File of Information. This was originally put together by Harry Lee.

         Amongst the Families included in Harry's File are:-
            The Austin Family, who had their origins in Wickhambreaux, Kent, in about 1839.
            The Family of Daniel Bailey who was born in West Langdon, Kent about 1780.
            The Family of John Barnes who was born in 1635 in East Langdon, Kent. There are not many Barnes Family, as they quickly merge into the Castle and further the Wellard and related Families.
           The Family of Edmund Batter and Mary Gookin, who married in Salem, Massachusetts in 1670.
           The Family of Thomas Bowles, circa 1600, from St Margaret's at Cliffe, Kent. The Bowles Family married into the Ffyneux/Denne Family when Thomas married Joane Ffyneux.
           The Family of Robert Cavell, circa 1520, who was probably born in Sellindge, Kent. The Cavell Family also merge into the Wellard Family.
           The Family of Nicholas Champion, circa 1540, probably from Little Chart in Kent. The Champion Family merge into the Golston, Atkins and Wellard Families within 7 or 8 Generations.
           The Family of Thomas Chidwick, born 1757 in Guston, Kent.
           The Family of John Collier, circa 1640, who was probably born in the Dover Area. This Family also merge into the Wellard Family.
           The Family of George Colsonsacke - the next Generation changed the Name to Goldsack. George was born in 1620, probably in the Dover Area of Kent.
           The Family of John Coppin, 1541-1581, from Deal in Kent. The Coppin family vanish into the Wynne Family within two Generations.
           The Family of Silvester Dixon, 1540-1595, who probably came from the area around Nonington, Kent. He died at Denton. The Dixon Family merge into the Wellard Family in the 9th Generation.
           The Family of Ralph Edwards is another Family that quickly merge into the Bailey Family, so there are only 4 Generations included in the WebPages.
           The Family of Henry Elgar, circa 1620, probably from Barham in Kent. The Elgar Family merge into the Hopper Family within 4 or 5 Generations.
           The Family of Thomas Fferne, circa 1630, probably from Walmer in Kent.
           The Family of George Follows, circa 1725, probably from Leicester, Leicestershire.
           The Family of Thomas Foster, 1726-1816, from Tilmanstone in Kent.
           The Family of Steven Gibbons, circa 1690, probably from East Langdon in Kent. The Gibson Family are absorbed into the Pettet and Wellard Families within a few Generations.
           The Family of Jeremiah Goddard, 1779-1831, probably from High Halden in Kent.
           The Family of John Goldup, circa 1690, from Coldred in Kent. The Goldup Family merge into the Bailey and Wellard Families within a few Generations.
           The Family of John Gookin, 1546 to 1623, who was probably born in Ripple, Kent, or nearby. John married Catherine Denne in 1566 at Bekesbourne. Many other Families are connected to the Gookins, including the Greenleaf Family who married into the Gookin Family in Massachusetts, USA in 1701.
           The Family of John Hodges, circa 1680. John's Family originally came from the Dover Area of Kent.
           The Family of David Hogben, circa 1580, probably from Lyminge in Kent.
           The very large Family of Stephen Hopper and Jane Hasselbye. Stephen was born in 1587; and they lived at St Margaret's at Cliffe in Kent.
           The Family of William Hoyle, circa 1660, probably from Walmer, Kent. There are only a few Generations of Hoyles or Hoiles, who fully merge into the Wellard Family in the 6th Generation.
           The Family of William Kingsford, born about 1640, probably from the Area around Northbourne in Kent. From the 2nd Generation the Family becomes the Kemp Family.
           The Family of Thomas Knight, 1715-1746, from Deal in Kent. the Knight Family merge into the Bailey, Lee and Tarrant Families within 7 or 8 Generations.
           The Family of Joseph Knott, 1777-1853, from St Margaret's at Cliffe, Kent, whose Family finally merge into the Bailey Family.
           The Family of Richard Marsh, born 1653, from Dover in Kent.
           The Families of Mary Ann Nuttall, 1806-1874, from Hythe in Kent. Mary Ann married Lewis Wellard; but had other Marriages and Relationships.
           The Family of Edward Pay, 1824-1913 from St Margaret's at Cliffe in Kent.
           The Family of George Pilcher, circa 1680, probably from Dover in Kent. The Pilcher Family merge into the Family of Thomas Smith, the Bailey and Wellard Families within 7 or 8 Generations.
           The Family of John Pittocke, circa 1460, probably from Tilmanstone in Kent. the Pittocke Family merge into the Cavell Family at about the 7th Generation.
           The Family of Thomas Pizinge, circa 1560, probably from Ringwould in Kent. The Pizinge Family blend into the Goldstone Family within a few Generations, so there are only 5 Generations shown in these WebPages.
                    Our original Information showed the Family as the Pizinge Family, whereas Harry Lee's Data show them as Pysinge.
           The Family of Thomas Redman, born about 1550, from the Area of Sutton and Dover in Kent; and the Family of George Fagge, 1570-1637, from West Langdon merge into the Redman Family within a few Generations.
           The Family of John Rogers, 1567-1624, who was born in Elham, Kent.
           The Family of Roger Sharp, circa 1640, probably from Womenswold in Kent. Roger's Family merge into the Goldsack Family within a few Generations, so there are only 5 Generations in these WebPages.
           The Family of John Silkwood, who died in Waldershare in 1709. The Silkwood Family merge into the Hogben and Wellard Families within 4 or 5 Generations.
           The Family of William Henry Swanwick, born in 1861 in Ashby, Colony of Victoria.
The Swanwick Family has been added to the WebSite on December the 27th, 2009.
           The Family of Thomas Smith, born about 1745-1750, probably in Dover, Kent.
           The Family of Edward Vile, circa 1650, probably from Dover in Kent. Edward's Family merge into the Goldsack Family within four or five Generations.
           Another very large Family is that of William Wellard, born in 1520 somewhere in the Dover or St Margaret's at Cliffe Area; AND,
           there is a second William Wellard Family. This William was born about 1680, probably near Ramsgate in the Isle of Thanet and died in Ramsgate.
          The Family of Thomas Wellard, 1733-1785, from Dover in Kent.
          The Family of John Wise, circa 1780, married into the Denne Family when he married
Ann, Daughter of John and Jane Spray in 1807.


Both sets of Denne and Collard Family Pages have been updated in October 2008; and we will progressively add other Families as a result of Harry Lee's Information.
The Barnes, Cavell and Collier Families have been added in December 2007.
The Dixon and Gookin Families in early Jan, 2009 and the Hopper Family in Feb, 2009.
The Wellard Family of 4776 Individuals was added on March the 4th, 2009 ; and has been updated with some additional Information on December the 27th, 2009..
Thomas Smith's Family was added on March the 14th, 2009.
Thomas Redman's Family with 3295 Individuals was added on March the20th, 2009.
Thomas Foster's Family with 874 Individuals was added on March the 28th, 2009.
The second William Wellard Family with 2243 Individuals was added on April the 12th, 2009.
In May 2009, the Families of William Kingsford [Kemp Family] and John Coppin [Wynne Family] have been added.
The Batter, Chidwick, Edwards, Fferne, Follows, Gibbons, Goddard, Goldup, Hogben, Hodges, Knott, Marsh, Mary Ann Nuttall, Thomas Wellard and the Wise Families have been added in June 2009.
The Champion, Elgar, Hoyle/Hoile, Knight, Pilcher, Pittocke, Pizinge, Sharp, Silkwood and Vile Families have been added in July 2009.
The Pay Family has been added to the WebSite on October the 14th, 2009.