Hi,
Have a complicated search.
I match a Stevens [my mother's unmarried name] but we don't appear to be directly connected. However, my mother descended from Fountains on one side of her tree, and my distant Stevens cousin '1' has Fountains in her tree.
Both my (mum's) Fountains & my cousin's had ancestors in Holborn, London; but my cousin's Fountains hail from Denham in Buckinghamshire, while a different dna-match cousin '2' of mine has Fountains also in Buckinghamshire, about 25 miles north of Denham.
So I was wondering if there is common ancestry here? But I can't get back beyond ancestors who are already known, so it's a brick wall - can anyone help please?
Cousin '1's earliest Fountain is:-
Edward Fountain snr bc 1770 - d.1861 born in Holborn, married
Sarah Weatherby, 1770-1822, Holborn.
son
Edward Fountain, 1789-, b. Denham Bucks, married
Harriet Morten, 1789-, Denham Bucks.
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The Fountains in my cousin '2's tree are located at Stoke Hammond & Cheddington, approximately 25 miles from Denham & their age dates range from about 1629 to 1777, so slightly earlier than cousin '1'.
I'm wondering if these Denham - Stoke Hammond Fountains were related at an earlier stage?
Many thanks