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jason 20
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Just thought this would be an interesting topic
Has anyone found a massive bundle of there family living in one town / village that haven't moved around and stuck in the same place ?
my examples are as follows the Wildman's , Wileman's from Measham in Leicestershire formerly Derbyshire
lived there since records begun in the 1640's and in 1841 out of a population of about 1,500 over 200 were Wileman's with more women in the village who married out of the family !
another of mine is Prestidge from Moreton Pinkney , my ancestors Elizabeth Prestidge and John Prestidge came from the tiny village had about 11 kids , John was transported to Australia as a convict , one of the first there and Elizabeth died leaving over 100 descendants in the tiny village !
look forward to hearing what you have :-D
Jason
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jason 20
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wow Irish :-) i don't envy you trying to untangle that tree :-)
Yes i did , he stole a sheep and was due to be hung when they started transporting convicts there to build the population and so he went , never saw his family again even though he was a free man in the end !
the Archives hold copies of letters about a debate from the time , about 20 years after he was transported Elizabeth fell for another man , she wanted to marry him but could only do so if there was proof John was dead , there had been no word of him for several years but alas he was still alive after they received a letter stating so from the English Governor over there so she could not marry him :-s
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Lloydy
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Yes I have.
Luckily, for me, most of my father's ancestors were all born, lived, married and died in Llanidloes, Powys  Finding them in all the census has been easy because most of them even remained in the same houses, but the only downside is they are mainly JONES!!! 
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Bennett, Challinor/Challenor, Mills, Evans, Lewis, Owen, Owens, Trow, James, Ashton, Betton/Beaton, Breese, Breeze, Crisp, Davies, Elias, Hudson, Hughes, Jenkins, Turner, Richards, Gethin, Trow, Tudor, Simon....plus tons of Jones!!! - All my Montgomeryshire lot!!
Challinor/Challenor - Shocklach, Cheshire
Betton - Worthen, Shropshire
Trow - emigrated from Wales to New Zealand
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leofred
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I had a stroke of luck Ive got Hardcastle in my family tree and they came from Hampswaite, West Yorkshire.
This village has all its records transcribed and online for free, the baptism records go back to 1603 and not only do they have marriage & burials but excomminications and lots of other interesting records. An absolute dream and I wish more of my lot came from there it seems the Hardcastles never strayed and had a variety of occupations through the generations.
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LindaJ1959
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One line of my family, the Durrants, were all born in Stourton Caundle, Dorset, from 1648 until 1873, the last being my great grandmother, who is remembered well by my father, so that was an easy line to trace! There were many children in each generation, too, and one of these days I'm going to go there and see if I can find any rellies!
Linda
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Francis, Sopp, Durrant, Hatcher and Read: all in Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire. Poynter, Fidler. Rolfe, Hedges and Scorey: all in Hampshire. Allen: Dorset/Somerset/Wiltshire, and Longford, Derbyshire. Miles: Bournemouth. Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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leofred
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Thats amazing about the Wild family and has to be some sort of record.
Most farms stay in the family and pass from generation to generation so its always good to find a farmer in the family as you know they wont have moved far.
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but they must have a common ancestor somewhere - while flying through parish records today I see there's still a few of them dying in the 20th centruy so I assume there's still a fair few in the area - though I'm not even going there yet!! 
I'd like to know what for though.
