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I've just received my DNA results and as expected 94.8% British but 5.2% Asia (Northwest Caucasus) which was a total surprise. How accurate is 5.2 %? I have found via documentation two Irish family lines and the DNA results stated 7.1% Irish. I'm not sure how I could follow up on this Northwest Caucasus line? Any ideas?

Hello, everyone and hope all is well,

I've never noticed previously but my ancestor's will is listed on the Index of Wills - Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, 1620-1780, however, I've just noticed something that's confusing me:

Personal Details
Surname: Hide
Forename(s): Lydia

Place of Residence: Wednesbury
County: Staffordshire

Occupation / Status:Widow

Type of Document Recorded
Will: Yes
Letter of Administration: No
Inventory of Goods: Yes

Date Recorded: 26 Jul 1727

Diocese of Lichfield
Reference:
P/C/11

I'm puzzled because all the other wills that I've checked for Wednesbury are held under
Lichfield Consistory Court B/C/11

My ancestor's will is held under Peculiar courts P/C11 and other wills held here were usually some distance from the Wednesbury area.

Is it possible that my ancestor held some land interests outside of the Wednesbury area?

She was Bapt' at Great Barr, Staffordshire but I've found very little else in her family except her father was John Cox.

Typically the Peculiar courts' wills are not yet available to view online.

It just seems strange to me that the other Wednesbury wills were not proved at the Peculiar courts.

Any ideas?

Kind regards
Adrian Powell

Hi,

I've hit a brick wall attempting to uncover any details on my ancestors John Watts & Martha Daniel.

This is all I have:

8 Feb 1786 Trowbridge, St James church
John Watts Bachelor (wool picker)
&
Martha Danial Spinster
Both of this parish
by banns   
Witness 1. Thomas Tyrrel (church)
Witness 2. Henry Nightengal (church)

I thought I may have found Martha Daniel bapt' 1765 Rushall but then found a burial for her 1785 Rushall (daughter of George).

I've no idea and have checked the FindMyPast website for suitable Bapts' but I can't find any. The only other interesting information was that their two daughters were bapt as adults (over 18yrs old) at St James church, Trowbridge. Their daughter Mary married a soldier in Trowbridge, St James church.

I know it's a long shot but any ideas on the parents of John & Martha?

Kind regards
Adrian
 

Hello everyone,

I've traced my ancestors:

Samuel Morris & Anne ?

Their marriage:
Samuel Morris & Anne Smedley (Lic)
14th January 1799 (Mickleover, Derbyshire)

On their marriage licence
Anne was a widow (unable to find a suitable Ann marrying Smedley pre 1799).

I found their daughters baptisms including my direct ancestor Elizabeth:
Elizabeth Gregory Morris 1801 Stapenhill, Derbyshire.
Francis Swift Morris 1802 Stapenhill, Derbyshire.
Sarah Hines Morris Unknown Bapt' but mentioned in the will of her father.
A number of boys who died young but no middle names.

I assume looking at the middle names that they are surnames but why three different ones ?

 Are they connected to the family I wonder ?

Any ideas would be fantastic ?

Kind regards
Adrian

Hi,

I'd hit a brickwall with my family tree please help :
Parents
William & Eleanor
William Dean Bapt' 10 Jun 1753 Ellenhall, Staffordshire

I can't find a marriage entry for William & Eleanor anywhere but I've just obtained the will dated 1766 of Ellin Dean wife of William from Ellenhall, Staffordshire mentioned above and thankfully she mentions in the will her siblings. Sisters mentioned were Ellin (odd given same as her name but maybe an error) & Mary Lynell including Elizabeth Podmore (assume married name) with her brother Thomas Lynell yeoman of Walton Hurst as an exec' of the will. One of the witnesses to her will was Henry Lynill maybe a relative.

I think this is the bapts' entry of Ellin and her siblings:
Thomas & Hannah
Ellin Lynel 1731 Eccleshall, Staffs'
Thomas Lynel 1733 Eccleshall, Staffs'
Mary Lynill 1736 Eccleshall, Staffs'
Elizabeth Lynel 1738 Eccleshall, Staffs'
Henry Lynill 1741 Eccleshall, Staffs' buried same day

Possible marriage
Thomas Lynell & Hannah Yates
21 Dec 1730 eccleshall, staffordshire

The problem is I still can't find a marriage entry for Ellin Lynil and William Dean anywhere on the internet and Staffordshire is well covered.

Anyone have further information on the Lynill family of Hurst Walton of Staffordshire. They are difficult to find on documents given the different ways of spelling of their surname, however I did find mention of an old family the de Linhills:
From the village of lyne Hill or Linhull, apparently belonging to the deanery, but mainly in the hands of a family who are called variously de Linhill, de Lynhull, Lynell or Lynehill. near Penkridge, Staffordshire. I've been able to find very little information on this family and would love to uncover more.

Any help would be fantastic on how I could if possible research further the Lynhill family and any ideas on a marriage entry for Ellin and William. Interestingly I also have been unable to locate a marriage entry for Elizabeth and a Podmore or their brother Thomas. I'm thinking maybe they married outside of Staffordshire.

Merry Xmas and many thanks
Adrian