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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

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?

My 2Gs aunt, Eliza Craighill worked as a hairdresser in Paris from about 1860 to 1880.
 The only address I have for her is in 1870, when she was living at 30 Fauborg St. Honoré.
I would be interested in finding her in a census, to find out who she was living with,

Nicky

I have found several of my family in the 1710 - 1774 indexes at TNA and am now wondering where to search for later apprenticeships in London.  I am particularly interested in Soho, St Martins in the Fields and Marylebone

Nicky

Hi,
Does anyone have early parish records  for St. Annes Soho, Westminster, as I am trying to find the marriage record of James (or Jacques) Duterrau to Mary (Marie) L'Honorey.  According to Boyds Marriage Index they were married in London in 1739, but no church is mentioned and the marriage is not in IGI.  However, IGI does have a record of the birth of their first child, Benjamin in St. Annes Soho in 1741, so it is possible that his parents were also married there
Thanks
Nicky