« Reply #5 on: Friday 16 December 16 22:09 GMT (UK) »
Hello Terry,
So good to hear from you! We share the same branch, you'll be pleased to hear. I haven't replied sooner because I'm away from home at the moment but will do so early next week. The Edward Nye trail is very confusing because there were father and son Edwards and second marriages etc, so it's difficult to work out which one's which. When I get back to my records, I'll pass on the info I have.
There was certainly a tradition of calling the first born son Jabez for a few generations, which eventually died out but I have a great cousin who has it as a second name. The Nye name descended from my grandfather will die out in a few years because there is no next generation to carry the name- all males either unmarried or childless.
I hope those nuggets will do for now.
All the best, Heather aka HH
Hine, Algar, Dyble, Kettle- Devon
Kingett, Bishop, Elt, Jenkins, Wheeler- Worcs.
Crabb, Carder, Levens- Surrey
Senior, Shaw, Schofield, Randerson, Crowther, Whitwam, Walker, Stott, Dawson, Sykes, Blackburn, Leech- W.Yorks.
Baldry, Cole, Borrett, Brabbon, Eastaugh- Suffolk
Evans, Jones, Davies, Rees- Llandilo
Nye, Beer- Kent
Sippitt, Clark- Essex
Longmuir, Wishart, Kennedy, Cumming, Ronaldson, Crocket, Hood- Scotland
Mather- Northumberland