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Somerset / Re: Evill family - were they of Huguenot origin?
« on: Monday 21 November 16 16:44 GMT (UK)  »
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland (2016) has an entry for Deaville, the variants including Evill.  It gives 2 derivations for the name:

1. Norman, English: locative name from Déville in Seine-Maritime -  together with a lot of further information
2. English: nickname from Middle English 'devel' (devil or satan), possibly acquired as a pageant name or as a reduced form of a longer nickname such as that of Robert and William Drepedevel ('kill the devil').  A list of some early bearers of the name includes Devill  but not Evill

Nicky

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Somerset / Re: Evill family - were they of Huguenot origin?
« on: Friday 18 November 16 20:16 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks very much for the information about the earlier Evills, which seem to fit my tree. Looks as if my Evills did not have Huguenot origins.

Eville and its variations seems to be a fairly common surname in France, particularly Eveille (I found over 8,000 entries for it in a French genealogy website), so I should think that it has crossed the Channel a few times.

Nicky

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Somerset / Evill family - were they of Huguenot origin?
« on: Thursday 17 November 16 22:29 GMT (UK)  »
My 4 Gs grandfather Benjamin Evill, the base born son of Mary Evill, was born in Corton Denham in 1747.  I have been trying to work out where the surname came from and would welcome any suggestions.

As the name sounds French, I thought that a member of the Evill family could have been among the Huguenots who came from France after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.  The Register of the French Episcopal Church of Bristol 1687-1762 shows that many people fled from Saintonge, a well-known Huguenot stronghold on the French coast.  A  'Suzanne Eveille' is named as a relative of one of them.

An alternative possibility - maybe the Evill surname was derived from Yeovil?

Nicky

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Completed Northamptonshire Lookup Requests / Re: 1891 Lookup - Peach
« on: Monday 29 February 16 14:59 GMT (UK)  »
There is an ancestry tree for Edward Peach b. 1817 in Elton which lists him as the third child of John Peach (abt 1779-1848) and Mary Ann Vicars .  The other 2 children are Thomas (1812-1851 )and Marianne (1814-1875).
Edward Peach's mother is described in the Bramston book as ' a girl called Peach' so maybe she was a sister of John Peach?
The Northampton Record Office has Edward Peach's will.  The Probate Calendar has an entry dated 15 Dec 1891giving his  Personal Estate as £12,529 7s 5d.  The will was 'proved at Peterborough by Thomas James Newman of Barnsley in the County of York, Solicitor'.   There is also an obit for Edward Peach in the Stamford Mercury 27 Nov 1891 page 6.  It mentions that he died at Bramston and was interred in Elton churchyard. Also the great success of his business which 'earned the respect of all' . The shops in Oundle were closed during his funeral.

1901 census at Bramston has Thomas James Newman retired solicitor age 74 born in  Barnsley with his wife Maria and a 24 year old son called Kingsley who was a 'mechanical engineer' born in London. (in the 1891 census Thomas J. was living in London)

1911 census it is Charles Arnold Newman age 38 with wife Kate and 3 sons - Charles Edward and James Lister both born in London, and Arnold Rudolf who was born in Oundle. 

Hope this is helpful
Nicky

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Sedbergh Parish Register - lookup for marriage of Wilson and Knipe
« on: Tuesday 28 July 15 15:05 BST (UK)  »
I am trying to find a record of the  marriage of my 2 Greats- grandparents John Wilson and Agnes Knipe in Sedbergh.

Their first child Agnes was born in 1811 so the date of the marriage was probably somewhere around 1809.

Nicky   

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Huntingdonshire / Re: Gravestones in Stilton Churchyard
« on: Friday 26 June 15 14:48 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks for your second reply.  I will contact the vicar

NiccH

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Huntingdonshire / Re: Gravestones in Stilton Churchyard
« on: Friday 26 June 15 14:45 BST (UK)  »
I know that Agnes, at least, did have a headstone , as it is mentioned in an old  letter written in 1872.  The writer of the letter had been to see the graves and mentioned that her headstone  was 'beginning to lean a little' so it will be rather surprising if it is still there

NiccH

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Huntingdonshire / Gravestones in Stilton Churchyard
« on: Friday 26 June 15 14:27 BST (UK)  »
My 3 Gs-grandmother, Agnes Miller was buried in Stilton churchyard in 1870 beside her father, John Wilson.  Does anyone know if these gravestones are still there?

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London and Middlesex / Re: Hurdlestone/Hurlestone
« on: Wednesday 02 January 13 09:02 GMT (UK)  »
This could well be John H, but I suspect that I will not be able to prove it.

Thanks to those who have helped me

Nicky

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