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Main surnames featured in this site:

Wilson (of Cliffe)

Murray (of Elibank)

Badnall (of Leek)

Ingham (of Bermuda)

Hopkins

Stewart (of Traquair)

Martin

Hurlock (of London)

Waller (of Hampshire)

French

Clifford

Clifton

 

This site is divided into two. This part (the information/contact site) is concerned with discussions, links, contacts, etc. plus general issues.  The other part (the main tree site - www.whobegatwhom.co.uk) contains all the information about individuals, trees, reports,etc.

Acknowledgements

I am much obliged to the following people who have been generous with time, information and general support - thank you!!

Nicola Hughes............ Waller family

Royston Carpenter......Hurlock family

Sandra Hurlock........... Hurlock family

Kenneth Williams....... French family

Jean Qureshi............... French family

Alan Bednall.............. Badnall family

Alec Murray .............  Murray family

Ian Boatman .............  Ingham family of Bermuda

Dennis Vaughan ....... Ingham family of Bermuda

Jackie Wildgoose ......  Bassett and Whichcot family

Linda Barnes ............. Ingham family of Bermuda

Judy Corday .............  Ingham family of Bermuda

Patricia Barnicott.......  Hopkins family

Joe McLauglin ...........  Hopkins family

Carol Morgan (ICE).... Wilson family

George Pierson............ Ingham family of Bermuda

Ian Lucraft .................. Leaycraft family of Bermuda

Jo Wallace ................... Hopkins family

Alison Wolf ................. Leaycraft family of Bermuda

 

Amongst the many websites visited and information garnered are the following: to the makers of these and other sites which have made a contribution to my own research are:

Wilson family

http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Durham/DarlingtonStCuthbertsBoer.html

Gives information about members of the Wilson family who died in the Boer War

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Manfield/Manfield90.html

Gives information about the Wilsons of Cliffe Hall, and the history of Cliffe, N. Yorks

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/1858b.html

Gives some information on the Bolithos of Cornwall, who married into the Wilson family

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/FIENNES.htm#Richard%20FIENNES%20(4%B0%20B.%20Saye%20and%20Sele)

A genealogy with early members of the Fiennes family

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/fedocs.asp?FER=F5463

A list of papers held in West Yorkshire Archive Service pertaining to Wilsons of Seacroft Hall

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~conqueror/genealogy_html/i1215.html#i43252

A genealogy containing descendants of John Murrough Wilson

http://thepeerage.com/p6054.htm

A genealogy containing some descendants of Richard Bassett Wilson

 

Hopkins family

http://yarchive.net/macaulay/history/chapter_XII.html

Historical article on the background to Ezekiel Hopkins in Ireland

http://www.pepysdiary.com/p/1219.php

Extracts from Pepys’ diary, giving information on Lord Robartes (father in law to Ezekiel Hopkins) and his family

http://www.apuritansmind.com/Baptism/HopkinsEzekielDoctrineSacramentInfantBaptism.htm

From the writings of Ezekiel Hopkins

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22714&strquery=bristol

Historical article about Hopkins’ early career as a non-conformist in Hackney with Spurstow

http://www.fullbooks.com/Gossip-in-a-Library2.html

Edmund Gosse’s thoughts on the life and works of John Hopkins, son of Ezekiel Hopkins

http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/qr/roberts01.htm

A Robartes genealogy - (Aramintha Robartes was Ezekiel Hopkins’ second wife)

http://www.orgs.muohio.edu/anthologies/nichol2.htm

Contains a short article on Charles Hopkins, writer and son of Ezekiel Hopkins

http://www.fullbooks.com/The-History-of-England-from-the-Accession-ofx30713.html

Another historical article giving the background to the problems encountered by Bishop Ezekiel Hopkins in Ireland

http://members.execulink.com/~eacott/newpage8.htm

Information on Ecott/Eacott, who were ancestors of the Vyners, connected to the Hopkins family through Ezekiel Hopkins’ first wife Alicia Moore

http://www.thebookofdays.com/months/april/13.htm

Some historical background on Sir Robert Vyner, Lord Mayor of London

http://www.thegoldsmiths.co.uk/pdf/gs_history.pdf

A history of the Goldsmiths’ Company, giving background and information on Sir Thomas Vyner, Lord Mayor of London

Clifford and Clifton families

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/6315/family/clifford.html

A short history of the Clifford family

http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/bruce1906/contents.htm

The Clifton Book, giving a history of the Clifton family of Clifton, Notts.

http://www.proweb.co.uk/~roymat/cliftonf/cliftonf.html

A short history of the Clifton family

Murray Family

http://www.borderreivers.co.uk/Border%20Stories/Mucle%20M%20M.htm

Material on Sir Gideon Murray, his daughter Muckle Mou’d Meg & the legends about her, and background about the wild Scottish Borders region.

http://groups.msn.com/ANCIENTMURRAYGENEALOGY/murrayofphiliphaugh.msnw

Genealogy and brief information about very early Murrays, allegedly from Burke’s Peerage

http://eserver.org/fiction/the-antiquary.txt

An online edition of Walter Scott’s “The Antiquary”, containing references to Sir Gideon Murray

http://www.blae.net/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I33181&tree=Douglas1&PHPSESSID=919fc7a774f80fd70430a82b0c50d849

A genealogy of the Dundas family: Elizabeth Dundas married Patrick, 1st Lord Elibank, and was mother to Patrick, 2nd Lord Elibank.

http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usfeatures/timeline/to1660.html

A timeline of the Civil War, giving historical background to the lives of the 1st and 2nd Lords Elibank and the 2nd Lord Stewart of Traquair.

http://www.electricscotland.com/HISTORY/men/murray_patrick.htm

Potted biography of Patrick Murray, 5th Lord Elibank

http://www.cameron-site.com/Private%20Site/jacobite_threat_3.html

Historical material on Jacobitism, with reference to the Elibank plot.

http://gutenberg.teleglobe.net/1/0/4/5/10451/10451.txt

Boswell’s Life of Johnson, Volume 5, which extensively refers to Patrick, 5th Lord Elibank, who was a friend of Johnson.

http://www.answers.com/topic/sir-robert-holmes

Article on Sir Robert Holmes, the famous Admiral from the Isle of Wight, who was the ancestor of James Patrick Murray Junior’s wife Elizabeth Rushworth

http://freespace.virgin.net/iw.history/yarmouth/history.htm

A History of Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) with many references to the Holmes family, from whom was descended Elizabeth Rushworth, who married James Patrick Murray Junior

http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_detach.html#duoro

An account of the Douro campaign, under the leadership of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, during which campaign James Patrick Murray Junior badly damaged his arm, rendering it useless thenceforth.

http://www.scotland-info.co.uk/ballencrieff-history.htm

A history of Ballencrieff Castle in Scotland, for many years the home of the Murrays of Elibank

http://www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk/traquhist.html

A history of the oldest inhabited house in Scotland, and the home of the Stewarts of Traquair

http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/families/stewarts.htm

A history of the Stewarts of Traquair

http://www.burkes-peerage.net/sites/common/sitepages/rokings1.asp

Kings of Scotland page

http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/hardiehistory/FamilyHistory/other/isabellatodd.htm

Another Kings of Scotland page

http://thepeerage.com/p10478.htm#i104777

A large royal genealogy site: veracity unknown

http://www.stirnet.com/

A source for quite a lot of the ancient trees on this site (including Clifton, Clifford, some ancestors of Stewart of Traquair, etc.

Bermudan Relatives

http://www.rootsweb.com/~bmuwgw/copelandgen.htm

A tree showing the descendants of Patrick Copland

http://www.rootsweb.com/~bmuwgw/smithgen1.htm

A tree showing the descendants of William Smith

http://www.wam.umd.edu/~bossert/mpintro.html

The story of Mary Prince, the slave whose plight was used by the Society for the Abolition of Slavery to publicize the iniquities of slavery, and whose most notorious and cruel owners were Mr. and Mrs. Ingham, who were of the same family as Samuel Saltus Ingham Snr. and Jnr.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~bmuwgw/conyersgen3.htm

Another Bermudan tree

http://www.rootsweb.com/~bmuwgw/witches.htm

An interesting article on witchcraft in Bermuda

http://www.bahamas-rental.com/eleuthera.html

A history of Eleuthera, where Patrick Copland set up his idealistic community, and where another distant female relative was banished for adultery.

http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/1825c.htm

A record of the shipping activities of John Leaycraft

Badnall Family

http://www.isd.salford.ac.uk/library/resources/special/badnall.pdf

A list of the material in Salford University referring to Richard Badnall Jnr. and his undulating railway

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22911

Material on the silk industry in Leek, and the vital role played by the Badnall family business

http://bednallarchive.info/

Authoritative site on the Badnall/Bednall family: I am most indebted to Alan Bednall for his help and generosity in sharing materials on the family.

Hurlock Family

http://www.motorsnippets.com/cars/AC_centenary/index1.htm

Some background on AC Motors, the Cobra and the Hurlock family

http://www.stalbansobserver.co.uk/archive/display.var.136276.0.bite_of_the_cobra.php

Some background on AC Motors, the Cobra and the Hurlock family

Sites too numerous to mention have been visited and information gleaned on the subject of ancient and royal genealogies: information from these has not been substantiated or checked. This site is grateful to receive any information about incorrect information on it.