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Sheila,
Lynn here.....

I just reviewed this conversation, along with another thread, plus our personal messages,  so would like to resume our conversation!  I have researched and found the earliest Billiald/Billiard etc to be 1596, same as you mention.

You might find it interesting a research paper includes some Billiald/Billiard history of the surname :  "The Methods of Studying the Origins and History of Family Names" that suggests the name goes further back to 1300's in East Markham.   

(I have included the link to this paper here but I am not sure you will be able to get to the article.  If not, please let me know so that I can email you the pdf document)  It is titled Methods for studying the Origins and History of Family Names in Britain:
Philology meets Statistics in a Multicultural Context
from L. Larsson and S. Nyström (eds)

 https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=www2.uwe.ac.uk/.../Methods-for-studying+the+origins+and+history+of+family&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
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One another line of thinking....

I have many names, mostly unattached to a direct line, but they all have the Markham area in common.  I have put the names into 3 charts, including Christenings, Marriages, and  Notations of Male Billiald names (from the mss.cat.nottingham.ac.uk

I have a John married to Ruth Otter.  John was brother to my gg grandfater William.  John and William's father was Samuel ( my ggg grandfater) so we are what degree of cousins? 

Would you like to share information, either here on rootschat or private messaging or email?

Hope to hear from you here or through messages soon!

Lynn

PS:
I know Andrew has a vast database of Billyard etc and our Billiard line is included in it as "unattached" to any direct lines.  I have hoped to figure out how his information can help me get further back than Richard Billiald b. 1725.

*waves to Lynn and Andrew*

Marking my place as a great grand-daughter of Samuel Billyard (1853-1933), son of John Billyard and Ruth (née Otter) of Walesby.

I am intrigued that the family's roots go back in the Markham area to the 1590s, as I had been told when I first started my research that they were immigrants from Flanders, following the Edict of Nantes in 1598, so that seems to fit together.

Larkspur,
Frampton Parish is one location I know about.

Thanks for helping!

Lynn

Del,
you asked:  "there are several Billyard websites/trees.....have you seen them ?" No I have not.  If you can access the web addresses I would appreciate it!

The earliest Richard you have described is the earliest Richard I have in my notes.  It is finding his parents that would help me on the brickwall.

I do have basic information on the generation of my GGgrandfather William Bilyard b. 1818 to Samuel and Mary (Booth), including some of his siblings' families.  I wonder if your Elizabeth might be one of his sibling's daughters.  Will go find my notes as soon to see if she is included. 

Again, thank you so much for your input! 

Lynn

Del,  I have not seen Bob Copeland's website.  Can you share the link please?  I live in Colorado so all of my research is through the internet and wonderful volunteers such as yourself!  Thank you so much for the lead!!

Lynn

I am interested if anyone has evidence of a connection between Billyard/Billiald/etc family histories in the counties of Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. 

I descend from Billiald families as early as late 1590's in East Markham region and know of an individual who has records of his history in Lincolnshire.  We would like to know if there is evidence the two groups are related.

Thank you for any leads or insight!

L Bilyard