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Bedfordshire / Re: Brittons, Brittains, etc. from Bedfordshire
« on: Wednesday 03 July 13 19:07 BST (UK)  »
David and Bev,

I hope someone from your line with a Britton/Brittain relative will see this discussion and get in touch with all of us.  The Britton Project is looking for Brittons from eastern counties.

Lindsey Britton

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Bedfordshire / Brittons, Brittains, etc. from Bedfordshire
« on: Tuesday 02 July 13 18:55 BST (UK)  »
Is anyone here researching Brittons (all variants) in Bedfordshire?

Lindsey Britton


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England / Re: 17th Century Brittons, Bretons, etc. in England
« on: Tuesday 02 July 13 18:50 BST (UK)  »
To Bevj,

Tracing lines forward past c 1930 is a big problem, but I will try posting a message on the Bedforshire board and see whether we can get a response.  Thank you for telling me about this large Britton family.  I'd love to find a representative for the project.  I suspect that my Brittons came from eastern England and were in the London area by the late 17th century.

Lindsey

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England / Re: 17th Century Brittons, Bretons, etc. in England
« on: Tuesday 02 July 13 18:45 BST (UK)  »
To Bristol Clark:
I have heard from my one of the Brittons from Bitton who is a member of my project. He would like to discuss ancestors with you.  If you will send me your e-mail address by private message, I will forward it to him.  Or you may e-mail me either from the Britton project or the Britton One-Name Study at GOONS.

Lindsey

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England / Re: 17th Century Brittons, Bretons, etc. in England
« on: Monday 01 July 13 22:13 BST (UK)  »
This is no use for your project since I am a female Brittain descendant but I would just mention that there was a large Brittain contingency in Bedfordshire.  I have at the moment got no further back than William Brittain b. 1787 in Biggleswade (my 4xgreat grandfather).  He married and settled in Colmworth.
The Bedfordshire Brittains were a very prolific lot.  Three of William's children ended up in Australia:  one son in Western Australia, where I believe they are still very numerous, and two (separately) in Victoria.  As far as I know, none of this line went westwards to America.

Bevj.

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Thank you--that's quite interesting.  I had noticed there were a number of Brittons in Bedfordshire and wondered whether their ancestors originated there or whether some of them might have come from Essex where the name was known from the earliest times or perhaps Northamptonshire which Guppy identified as one of the homes of the Britton name.  I wish we could find some of these Brittons to test.  I assume you don't know any Britton males who are related to you?

Lindsey

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England / Re: 17th Century Brittons, Bretons, etc. in England
« on: Monday 01 July 13 22:03 BST (UK)  »
Thank you--I will forward your information to a member of Group 7 and will let you know as soon as I hear from him.  I assume the two of you would like to discuss your common ancestors.

The family haplotype may be seen at these links:

http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Britton/?iframe=ydna

Note: Patton descends in the male line from Brittons, but there has been a name change. 

There are two other Brittons from Bitton in the SMGF database.  Their haplotypes may be seen on the page Y-Results Ancestry, etc.:

http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/britton/order

Most Brittons, and indeed the majority of men in northwestern Europe, belong to Haplogroup R1b--the Brittons of Bitton belong to the L21 subgroup of R1b.

Lindsey

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England / Re: 17th Century Brittons, Bretons, etc. in England
« on: Monday 01 July 13 20:08 BST (UK)  »
Group 7 in the Britton Project claims descent from the Brittons of Bitton--one member is from NZ and the others are Americans.  Use this link and scroll down to Group 7 to see their pedigrees:

http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/britton/pats

How does your line fit in? 

Lindsey





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England / 17th Century Brittons, Bretons, etc. in England
« on: Monday 01 July 13 15:59 BST (UK)  »
Are there any Brittons, Brittains, Brettons, etc. here who can trace their line back to England c 1700 or before?

The Britton Project may be able to offer you a free DNA test if you have a qualifying male relative named Britton, etc. and a well-documented pedigree to c 1700 or before.  We are especially interested in modern descendants of mediaeval and Visitation families.

The earliest forms of the name were Brito, Breton, and Bretun.

Lindsey


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One Name Studies: A to G / Britton One-Name Study
« on: Tuesday 16 April 13 22:06 BST (UK)  »
http://www.one-name.org/profiles/britton.html

Lindsey Britton

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