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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Worcestershire => Topic started by: Cember on Sunday 30 October 11 12:48 GMT (UK)
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This may seem a funny question but does anyone know how Dunns Bank near Quarry Bank got its name
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found this on another site dont know if it helps
I've been doing research on the DUNN family of Dunn's Bank, Quarry Bank,
Netherton and Old Hill. In particular descendents of Solomon DUNN and Mary
Ann PARKES m 1821 Brierley Hill. I have a DUNN family Bible for this
particular branch which goes back to prior to the date of Solomon and Mary
Ann's marriage. Related families in this research, mainly of Quarry Bank,
but later Cradley area, are GREENWAY BLOOMER WHITE GRIFFIN YARDLEY HURLEY
GILES GORTON MARSON and in particular RICHARDS.
Cheers,
Daniel Winters
A product of post-war Black Country migration in Australia
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This may seem a funny question but does anyone know how Dunns Bank near Quarry Bank got its name
A large family of Dunns lived there Cember, I have these notes:-
Daniel Dunn and his brother James born about 1743 were the original occupiers of Dunns Bank, the land was divided amongst their children and grandchildren. Daniel was a Scythesmith working for a Thomas Raybould circa 1765.
Linell.
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Thanks both of you.
I've been helping my brother-in-law with his family tree, we have only just started on the Dunns so we are only back to 1820 and Job Dunn. Will look and see if there is a connection to the Solomon you mention Absolom
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Hi Cember, that is my line see here:-
http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/family-tree/bcconnections/123641/12002/Job-Dunn-Family
Solomon mentioned by absolom I believe is Job's brother.
Linell.
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will have a look at that. Thanks Linell
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This thread is very old but I am also looking for Dunns of Dunns Bank.
My ancestor is Elijah Dunn who married Ann Westwood in about 1845. His father was William Dunn who married Sarah. I'm not sure of her last name.
I wonder if William is a relation to any of the Dunns you all have mentioned.
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This thread is very old but I am also looking for Dunns of Dunns Bank.
My ancestor is Elijah Dunn who married Ann Westwood in about 1845. His father was William Dunn who married Sarah. I'm not sure of her last name.
I wonder if William is a relation to any of the Dunns you all have mentioned.
I have Elijah born 1818 son of William born 1779 and Sarah Whitttaker born 1783 Old Swinford. Wm son of James Dunn born 1743 Dunns Bank he Married Sarah Forrest. James was son of Wm born 1703 he Married a Mary. Wm 1779 and Sarah had 15 Children! Hope this helps.
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This thread is very old but I am also looking for Dunns of Dunns Bank.
My ancestor is Elijah Dunn who married Ann Westwood in about 1845. His father was William Dunn who married Sarah. I'm not sure of her last name.
I wonder if William is a relation to any of the Dunns you all have mentioned.
I have Elijah born 1818 son of William born 1779 and Sarah Whitttaker born 1783 Old Swinford. Wm son of James Dunn born 1743 Dunns Bank he Married Sarah Forrest. James was son of Wm born 1703 he Married a Mary. Wm 1779 and Sarah had 15 Children! Hope this helps.
Yes that's the one! Thank you. Where did you find all that information? I'm always stuck when it comes to researching the Dunns.
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Mostly from Parish Records. Later the 1841 Census.
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Good to know. Thank you.
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I haven't been able to find anything about William Dunn marrying Sarah Whittaker. I've seen a lot of Family Trees that have William married to Sarah Whittaker but no sources. I tried finding a marriage certificate for them but can't find anything. There is a William Dunn who married Sarah Ingley. Do you know where Sarah Whittaker came from?
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I received a message from a very distant relation with some of the history of Dunns Bank.
He said that Dunns Bank was originally part of the southern edge of Pensnet Chase and was hunting ground for the Earl of Dudley. It was uninhabited except for a few charcoal burner huts which would have been used by Nailers for the smithing process. Eventually the land became more inhabited and the Earl of Dudley decided to use that land for industrial development. He allocated the land to Thomas Raybould. Apparently Daniel Dunn worked for Thomas Raybould. T.R. sold the land to Dunns. According to an Enclose Map, James Dunn (Daniel's brother and my 5th great grandfather) built the first house on Dunns Bank and Daniel later built next door. Years later, James Dunn's plot was divided between two of his sons, William (my 4th great grandfather) and Silas Dunn.
I hope this helps and/or is of interest.
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,,, And of course , a lot of Dunns still live in the area
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I received a message from a very distant relation with some of the history of Dunns Bank.
He said that Dunns Bank was originally part of the southern edge of Pensnet Chase and was hunting ground for the Earl of Dudley. It was uninhabited except for a few charcoal burner huts which would have been used by Nailers for the smithing process. Eventually the land became more inhabited and the Earl of Dudley decided to use that land for industrial development. He allocated the land to Thomas Raybould. Apparently Daniel Dunn worked for Thomas Raybould. T.R. sold the land to Dunns. According to an Enclose Map, James Dunn (Daniel's brother and my 5th great grandfather) built the first house on Dunns Bank and Daniel later built next door. Years later, James Dunn's plot was divided between two of his sons, William (my 4th great grandfather) and Silas Dunn.
I hope this helps and/or is of interest.
Yes I've heard that and the Rayboulds were my ancestors. :)
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I am also a descendant of James Dunn via his son William who married Sarah Whittaker in sept 1803 in Halesowen so I found this thread of interest.
The name Dunn is very common in this area- not surprising since they nearly all had between 7-15 children ( My grandmother Kate Dunn was one of 11 children)A lot of the names repeat across the generations and most are biblical.
If you are tracing Dunn family try;
https://bcconnections.tribalpages.com
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I am also a descendant of James Dunn via his son William who married Sarah Whittaker in sept 1803 in Halesowen so I found this thread of interest.
The name Dunn is very common in this area- not surprising since they nearly all had between 7-15 children ( My grandmother Kate Dunn was one of 11 children)A lot of the names repeat across the generations and most are biblical.
If you are tracing Dunn family try;
https://bcconnections.tribalpages.com
Which of William and Sarah's children do you descend from? I'm from Elijah Dunn though there may have been an adoption down the line. I'm still a Dunn though, adoption or not :)
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I received a message from a very distant relation with some of the history of Dunns Bank.
He said that Dunns Bank was originally part of the southern edge of Pensnet Chase and was hunting ground for the Earl of Dudley. It was uninhabited except for a few charcoal burner huts which would have been used by Nailers for the smithing process. Eventually the land became more inhabited and the Earl of Dudley decided to use that land for industrial development. He allocated the land to Thomas Raybould. Apparently Daniel Dunn worked for Thomas Raybould. T.R. sold the land to Dunns. According to an Enclose Map, James Dunn (Daniel's brother and my 5th great grandfather) built the first house on Dunns Bank and Daniel later built next door. Years later, James Dunn's plot was divided between two of his sons, William (my 4th great grandfather) and Silas Dunn.
I hope this helps and/or is of interest.
I have both Dunns and Rayboulds as my direct ancestors in my family tree and I have this will from my 5th great grandfather, Humphry Raybould (Bpt: 13 Apr 1746 - buried 3 July 1827 at St Michael's, Brierley Hill), regarding the three cottages and premises while he (Humphry) held under the right honourable Lord Viscount Dudley and ward and which were in the several occupations of his three sons Thomas, Joseph, David Raybould and two daughters, Ann and Prudence:-
This is the last will and Testament of Mr Humphry Raybould of the parish of Kingswinford in the County of Stafford yeoman I order and direct that all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses shall be paid and discharged by my Executors hereafter named I give and bequeath all my household goods and furniture bedding linen and other effects that shall be in and about the dwelling house and premises in my occupation at the time of my decease unto my two daughters Ann the wife of George Easthope and Prudence the wife of Isaac Beddard equally between them.
Also I give and bequeath unto my wife who lives separate and apart from me and has behaved extremely unkind to me the sum of one pound only to be paid to her within one month next after my decease.
Also I order and direct my Executors hereafter named to pay to my son in law the said George Easthope in three months after my decease the sum of five pounds and twelve shillings in satisfaction and discharge of a debt but from me to him also I give my tenant right in and to three cottages and premises while I hold under the right honourable Lord Viscount Dudley and ward and which are now in the several occupations of my three sons Thomas, Joseph and David Raybould and for which they respectively pay me rent and it is my will that care of them shall hold and enjoy after my decease the cottage and premises now in his own occupation and in case any or either of said sons shall at the time of my decease not owe any rent or arrears of rent for their respective cottages and premises then and in such case I do hereby authorise and support my Executors to stop and adjust out of his or their share or shares of the monies personal estate in and effects hereafter given and bequeathed by me to them respectively all such sum and sums of money as they shall or may not and be indebted to me for rent and arrears of rent as aforesaid all the rest and residue of my monies personal estate and effects that I shall die possessed of I give and bequeath unto my said five children Thomas, Joseph and David Raybould, Ann Easthope and Prudence Beddard equally amongst them share and share alike and lastly I appoint Daniel Heathcock, Coalminer and Benjamin Hancox, Tracemaker but of Mushroom Green in the parish of Dudley in the County of Worcester Executors of this my will and revoke all former will and wills by me heretofore made in Witness whereof the said Humphry Raybould have hereunto set my hand and seal published and declared this to be my last will and testament the fourth day of April in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five. The mark of X Humphry Raybould SS Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Testater Humphry Raybould as and for his will and testament in the presence of us Phebe Fellowes & Thos Orme Clerk to Mr Fellowes. Dudley.
Proved at London 25th October 1827 before the Judge by the oaths of Daniel Heathcock and Benjamin Hancox the Exors to whom Admin was granted having both first sworn duly to Admr.
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My Lloyds lived in the area and Maria Lloyd youngest daughter of John Lloyd and Honor Pearson married George Edward Dunn 1823 - 1896 in 1841 in Dudley.
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That's excellent! I love reading wills. Most of my ancestors were poor and didn't leave a will.
I wonder what poor old Humphrey's wife did to treat him unkindly. I've just had a look and I have Humphrey in my family tree. He's not a direct ancestor. Thomas Raybould's son Joseph was married to Honor Dunn who was the sister of my 3rd great-grandfather, Elijah Dunn.
That being said, I recently proved that my great-grandad George was born a Stuart (as per a family story) and not a Dunn. I still love the Dunn family connection though.
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That's excellent! I love reading wills. Most of my ancestors were poor and didn't leave a will.
I wonder what poor old Humphrey's wife did to treat him unkindly. I've just had a look and I have Humphrey in my family tree. He's not a direct ancestor. Thomas Raybould's son Joseph was married to Honor Dunn who was the sister of my 3rd great-grandfather, Elijah Dunn.
That being said, I recently proved that my great-grandad George was born a Stuart (as per a family story) and not a Dunn. I still love the Dunn family connection though.
Joseph Raybould and Honor Dunn were my 3rd great grandparents.
Sounds interesting re you proving that your great-grandad was born a Stuart and that's a Scottish surname.
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I was able to figure it out using atDNA. My grandad visited England and came home with a story that his dad was a Stuart-Dunn and was adopted by the Dunns but within the family. We have no idea where this came from but we suspect his much older sister old him. She also happened to name her only son Stuart and I don't think it's a coincidence.
The DNA lead me to his biological mother, who was a milliner, and then I was able to find his birth certificate with a father's name, last name Stuart. I traced the father's family to India and Northern Ireland. It's likely that this Stuart line in NI were given lands during the Ulster Plantation and they went over from Scotland.
I don't know how my grandad George ended up in Wollescote with the Dunns. His biological parents were basically playing house but he was married to another person. He seemed to do that a lot. I think it's likely that he took off or the mother realized he would never marry her so she took off. George's adoptive mother, Betsy Brooks, had a cousin who was a milliner and dressmaker. I wonder if that's where the connection was between the to families.
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The was a George Dunn who lived in Quarry bank who was a chainmaker and noted singer of traditional songs. There is a double CD and comprehensive booklet about him available from Musical Traditions, MT CD 317-8. Their website is www.mtrecords.co.uk . Only 2 left!
George was a well-known personality, and recordings of George were made by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger.
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I’m researching the Dunns of Dunn’s Bank too. Does anyone know where they came from originally please? Family legend says they were Scottish. Thank you.