BONES & SKELETONS - ENIGMA WRAPPED IN MYSTERY
by Bruce CAVANAGH
Family – That six letter word that binds ancestors and descendants alike together
I have had a little more success with my birth mother’s family, with the majority of her paternal side also having origins in England and on her maternal side from both Scotland and Ireland.
I have traced the KENNARD (also known as KENWARD) family back to the 1680’s to Aylesford in Kent and where my 6x gt. grandfather Thomas Kenward was married to Mary BOWLE in 1703.
My 5x gt. Parents were John Kenward & Mary FULLER who were married at Maidstone in 1727.
A number of other ‘family members’ are also researching this family and if they are correct with their discoveries then it’s possible that we can track this family back through the interweaving connections (as you do) for a few hundred years or so via Fuller, GAINSFORD, HAUTE (HAWTE), TYRELL, MARNEY, SERGEAUX, FITZALLAN, DE SPENCER, DE CLARE & PLANTAGENET. If this is indeed correct then it would appear that my 21st gt. grandmother was Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward 1st and consequently her 5x gt grandfather was William the Conqueror.
I told you I ‘was special’. Seriously though whilst it is interesting it is also fraught with the usual dangers of providing absolute proof and I must confess that I find that my many ‘Ag lab’ ancestors are more interesting. In saying that I have managed to trace a few maternal families back to the mid 1500’s and my most interesting find to date being a marriage at Pluckley in 1615 of my 10x gt. grandparents Thomas ADGORE and Mildred MARRIS. In the Bishops Transcripts the Curate had written quite a spiel to the Bishop lamenting the cost to the poor for their marriage licence & quoting scripture to reinforce his point.
It appears that Mildred was a widow and ‘with child’ and that Thomas Adgore poor as he was, was taking on responsibility for caring for her and the unborn child so the Church Wardens paid the licence fee.
Other mainly Kent and a few Surrey families connected on my mother’s Kennard side of the family includes: BATCHELOR, BEECHING, BOOKMASTER, BOWES, BURTON, BUTLER, CACOT(CACKET), CARRIER (CARYER), CHAMPION, CHEESMAN, CROWHURST, DANE, DAY, DEAN,GILBERT, GRAHAM, GROVE, KING, MARCHANT, MESSENGER, NEWMAN, PHILLIPS, PINK, RAN,RANSOM, READ, SANDES, SPICE, SMITH, STORY, TERRY, WARD, WEDD, WENHAM, WILLIAMS.
On my mother’s maternal side her mother was Alice Maude GLOVER and this family through her father William George Glover has it’s origins in and around Edinburgh and Lasswade.
Other connecting families also around Midlothian includes: BORTHWICK, SLYMAND(SLYMOND), MERCER, BIZET, SMITH and CLELAND.
My gt. Grandfather William George Glover was married to Agnes McNATTY and whilst the McNatty family come from Girvan in Ayrshire the name has its origins in Ireland somewhere in Co. Down. After perusing census, parish and civil registration records it seems that most if not all of the other family ancestral connections to the McNatty family with so called Scot’s names like MORRISON, WATSON, WELSHMAN, GORDON and INNES, appear to also come from Ireland.
My biggest challenges therefore are these particular families which are currently providing me with a really large ‘brick wall’.
However I have plenty to go on with as I am also researching my daughter-in-law's families as well and with their families coming from all over England and Scotland, life isn’t boring.
by Bruce CAVANAGH
Family – That six letter word that binds ancestors and descendants alike together
I have had a little more success with my birth mother’s family, with the majority of her paternal side also having origins in England and on her maternal side from both Scotland and Ireland.
I have traced the KENNARD (also known as KENWARD) family back to the 1680’s to Aylesford in Kent and where my 6x gt. grandfather Thomas Kenward was married to Mary BOWLE in 1703.
My 5x gt. Parents were John Kenward & Mary FULLER who were married at Maidstone in 1727.
A number of other ‘family members’ are also researching this family and if they are correct with their discoveries then it’s possible that we can track this family back through the interweaving connections (as you do) for a few hundred years or so via Fuller, GAINSFORD, HAUTE (HAWTE), TYRELL, MARNEY, SERGEAUX, FITZALLAN, DE SPENCER, DE CLARE & PLANTAGENET. If this is indeed correct then it would appear that my 21st gt. grandmother was Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward 1st and consequently her 5x gt grandfather was William the Conqueror.
I told you I ‘was special’. Seriously though whilst it is interesting it is also fraught with the usual dangers of providing absolute proof and I must confess that I find that my many ‘Ag lab’ ancestors are more interesting. In saying that I have managed to trace a few maternal families back to the mid 1500’s and my most interesting find to date being a marriage at Pluckley in 1615 of my 10x gt. grandparents Thomas ADGORE and Mildred MARRIS. In the Bishops Transcripts the Curate had written quite a spiel to the Bishop lamenting the cost to the poor for their marriage licence & quoting scripture to reinforce his point.
It appears that Mildred was a widow and ‘with child’ and that Thomas Adgore poor as he was, was taking on responsibility for caring for her and the unborn child so the Church Wardens paid the licence fee.
Other mainly Kent and a few Surrey families connected on my mother’s Kennard side of the family includes: BATCHELOR, BEECHING, BOOKMASTER, BOWES, BURTON, BUTLER, CACOT(CACKET), CARRIER (CARYER), CHAMPION, CHEESMAN, CROWHURST, DANE, DAY, DEAN,GILBERT, GRAHAM, GROVE, KING, MARCHANT, MESSENGER, NEWMAN, PHILLIPS, PINK, RAN,RANSOM, READ, SANDES, SPICE, SMITH, STORY, TERRY, WARD, WEDD, WENHAM, WILLIAMS.
On my mother’s maternal side her mother was Alice Maude GLOVER and this family through her father William George Glover has it’s origins in and around Edinburgh and Lasswade.
Other connecting families also around Midlothian includes: BORTHWICK, SLYMAND(SLYMOND), MERCER, BIZET, SMITH and CLELAND.
My gt. Grandfather William George Glover was married to Agnes McNATTY and whilst the McNatty family come from Girvan in Ayrshire the name has its origins in Ireland somewhere in Co. Down. After perusing census, parish and civil registration records it seems that most if not all of the other family ancestral connections to the McNatty family with so called Scot’s names like MORRISON, WATSON, WELSHMAN, GORDON and INNES, appear to also come from Ireland.
My biggest challenges therefore are these particular families which are currently providing me with a really large ‘brick wall’.
However I have plenty to go on with as I am also researching my daughter-in-law's families as well and with their families coming from all over England and Scotland, life isn’t boring.
ADGORE- Pluckley, KEN; 1500's onwards.
CAVANAGH- Annaghdown, GAL; All time periods also,
- Dunedin, OTG; 1850's onwards also,- Invercargill, SLD; 1860's onwards.
GLOVER- Edinburgh, MDN; pre 1870- Otatara, SLD; 1880's onwards.
HARDWICK- Fullham, MDX; pre 1900's- Kingston Upon Thames, SRY; pre 1865.
HARDWICKE- Lyttelton, CBY; 1912 onwards.
HARRIS- Glenorchy, SLD; 1887 onwards.
KENNARD- Kingsdown, KEN; All time periods also,- Milstead, KEN; All time periods also
- Waianiwa, SLD; 1877 onwards.
KING- Woodlands, SLD; 1877 onwards also- Riverton, SLD; 1890's onwards also.
MAIDER- Muirkirk, AYR; All time periods also,- Wakatipu, SLD; 1883 to 1903 also,
- Warepa, OTG; 1903 onwards also.
McNATTY- Girvan, AYR; pre 1864 also,- Invercargill, SLD; 1864 onwards.
PINK- Puttenham, SRY; Pre 1847 also,- Horselydown, SRY; 1847 also,- Lenham, KEN; 1848 also,- Wychling, KEN; 1849 to 1874 also,- Waianiwa, SLD; 1874 onwards.
SPOOR- Sibton, SFK; pre 1860 also- Lyttelton, CBY; 1890's onwards.
WATERS- Invercargill, SLD; 1880 onwards.
CAVANAGH- Annaghdown, GAL; All time periods also,
- Dunedin, OTG; 1850's onwards also,- Invercargill, SLD; 1860's onwards.
GLOVER- Edinburgh, MDN; pre 1870- Otatara, SLD; 1880's onwards.
HARDWICK- Fullham, MDX; pre 1900's- Kingston Upon Thames, SRY; pre 1865.
HARDWICKE- Lyttelton, CBY; 1912 onwards.
HARRIS- Glenorchy, SLD; 1887 onwards.
KENNARD- Kingsdown, KEN; All time periods also,- Milstead, KEN; All time periods also
- Waianiwa, SLD; 1877 onwards.
KING- Woodlands, SLD; 1877 onwards also- Riverton, SLD; 1890's onwards also.
MAIDER- Muirkirk, AYR; All time periods also,- Wakatipu, SLD; 1883 to 1903 also,
- Warepa, OTG; 1903 onwards also.
McNATTY- Girvan, AYR; pre 1864 also,- Invercargill, SLD; 1864 onwards.
PINK- Puttenham, SRY; Pre 1847 also,- Horselydown, SRY; 1847 also,- Lenham, KEN; 1848 also,- Wychling, KEN; 1849 to 1874 also,- Waianiwa, SLD; 1874 onwards.
SPOOR- Sibton, SFK; pre 1860 also- Lyttelton, CBY; 1890's onwards.
WATERS- Invercargill, SLD; 1880 onwards.