Phillpott - Gregory

Morgan - Watson

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Last update: 9 November 2011

New programme for Hinckley Local History Group now loaded.

'Hinckley Times' obituaries page abandoned due to falling content and value of published obituaries in the newspaper.

More information received about Hunter's Row in Hinckley.

Further links back in Kent: my PHILPOT ancestry now reaches back to the early 1700s.

Research from MW on family links to my GREGORY ancestry.

In the Sturry/Herne area of Kent, mid-19th century, and connected via a g-g-g-great aunt.

An old name in Coventry, linked into my GREGORY line by marriage.

More from MW and links to my GREGORY ancestry.

This is my wife's maternal ancestry. The question that her mother has asked - and which we're hoping to answer - is "are the CHEADLEs from Cheadle?" Looking as though its going to be Stoke-on-Trent!

Another connection to my GREGORY ancestry.

Based around the Lutterworth area and moving across into Warwickshire & Coventry, this family eventually linked by marriage to GREGORY. There is an intriguing marriage of two first-cousins that confuses family history software and causes this family listing to look longer than it really is!

Connected through my g-g-grandmother's sister, my research into the DILLEY family of Hinckley has produced a sad story of infant mortality.

Linked to my GREGORY ancestry.

It was my g-g-grandmother's "mark" on the birth certificate of her son that was one of the reasons why I began researching my family history. Tracking down her family and relatives was all the harder due to the many spelling variants that were used.

My aunt's ancestry linked by marriage to SIMMONS, and via my uncle to PHILPOT.

An early link into the MORGAN family; my wife's great-great-grandmother. Also appears as GODDARD.

I started research into the GREGORY's of Hinckley as idle curiosity - but have now found a connection by marriage to my WRAGG tree. In addition, another connection has surfaced through marriage to Willoughby FARMER of Hinckley - the son of Catherine nee MAUDLEY who married my g-g-g-uncle in Hinckley in 1896!

Linked by marriage to our WATSON tree when Esther HALES married Joseph WATSON in 1844. This has turned into a fascinating family to research, including finding a living relative in Canada.

My wife's grandmother's ancestry in Warwickshire. Still searching for the marriage of her parents, William Henry HAYWOOD and Emily TRICKETT.

A somewhat distant link in Barwell, Leicestershire, by marriage through my g-g-grandmother's sister. Although distant this family has turned into something of a project in its own right, but has found an echum in Wales.

Another early link into MORGAN and another generation back from GODARD.

A further link via a g-g-g-great aunt in Kent and, again, the Sturry/Herne area. Spelling is a problem here - I've already found HOLLIDAY and HALLADAY variants.

My uncle's family, related by marriage to Gladys Philpott.

Connected by marriage to the WATSON family. We still have the mystery of why Ellen went to London to marry William WATSON - when both were born and bred in Warwickshire!

Linked by marriage to my GREGORY ancestors, the family at the time (late 19th century) were living in Bedworth, Warwickshire and had very strong ties with mining. This was a major industry in the area around the turn of the 19th - 20th centuries.

Appearing as a middle name with my g-g-grandfather, LAXON always intrigued me. I have been researching to try to find the precise connection between GREGORY and LAXON.

My g-grandmother's maiden name and more family links around Warwickshire.

My paternal grandmother's maiden name and highly localised to our region of the Midlands. Much of the 'ancient' research information was kindly supplied by Richard Kendall - visit his website at

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~richardkendellfamily/

Connected via a marriage into the CHEADLE family line.

This is a very well-represented name in Hinckley! There are numerous PAYNE families in the area and researching them and differentiating them is something of a task in itself! Part of the investigation (that probably will never be concluded) is trying to understand how Charles - from Kent - ever met Prudence PAYNE from Hinckley. There were no PHILPOT's in Hinckley but there were many PAYNE'S in Kent. However, I have yet to find any family connection between these and Prudence. As the local railway connection opened in 1862-4 perhaps she travelled and found work in service in Kent? There is certainly anecdotal and photographic evidence that a distant GREGORY ancestor did just that around the same time, going into service in Reigate.

More connection to my GREGORY ancestry.

A side branch of my wife's WATSON ancestry, based around Stretton on Dunsmore, Warwickshire, in the 19th century.

Connected by marriage to my GREGORY ancestry in Coventry. Like so many others, they were part of the Coventry silk weaving industry in the 19th century.

Again linked by marriage to the GREGORY family, they seem to have originated from Walsgrave-on-Sowe and were in the Foleshill area at the time of the connection with my ancestors.

My g-g-grandmother's maiden name and a growing family tree in Warwickshire.

Connection by marriage to our Burbage branch of the PHILPOT tree, with additional lins back into the EADON family.

My aunt's Tamworth/Walsall roots. William SIMMONS (born about 1858) is said to have been the last clay tobacco pipe maker in Britain.

Mid-19th century Kent, around Sturry/Herne, and connections via a g-g-g-great aunt.

Linked by marriage to my wife's WATSON ancestry. Based around the Stretton on Dunsmore/Frankton area of Warwickshire in the 19th century.

My wife's grandmother's maternal family. I though this may be an unusual name - until I started the research. . .

Connected by marriage to the SHARRATT family, my g-gtandmother's maternal family line.

Very active in the area of Priors Hardwick in Warwickshire, the WILKINS are my mother's maternal ancestors. Much of the information was gathered by mum's cousin and should be reliable, but will be progressively verified over time.

The ancestry of my uncle's maternal line, and focussed around Thurlaston, Earl Shilton & Hinckley, Leicestershire.

Connected via the marriage of Edith GREGORY in 1913.

My paternal great-grandmother's maiden name. WRAGG is, again, relatively common in our region of the Midlands. There is a Harry WRAGG who was something of a hero in WWI - but unfortunately I haven't yet found any connection with our family.

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