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| − | Hello. I have been working on my family tree since I was about 7 years old, scribbling down a list of names that I was | + | Hello. I have been working on my family tree since I was about 7 years old, scribbling down a list of names that I was amazed that my (Great) Uncle Bert knew. My tree is mainly made up of Ag Labs from the Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. I have a few branches off to Ireland, Cornwall, and Dorset ... and then I have my paternal grandmother's family, the 'strange side'. |
| − | A couple of years ago I made contact with a distant relative who had a copy of a scribbled family tree, written in the early 1900s. It went back to the 1480s. Whilst taking all this with a pinch of salt, over the last few years I have been trying to substantiate each item on this piece of paper. | + | A couple of years ago I made contact with a distant relative, who had a copy of a scribbled family tree, written in the early 1900s. It went back to the 1480s. Happily it confirmed three generations I had already found on the IGI. Whilst taking all this with a pinch of salt, over the last few years I have been trying to substantiate each item on this piece of paper. It seems to be have been compiled using dates derived from Wills and/or a family bible. |
| − | I was searching for HOW or HOWE | + | It was when I was searching for HOW or HOWE for the nth time when I found a mention of Frances HOW nee RODD. I had found a marriage of a Frances RODD to an Alexander HOW (one of a long line of Alexander HOWs!) on the IGI, but had got no further. Could 'my' Frances RODD be a co-heiress from Herefordshire? No, surely not! So I researched the RODDs, finding the very knowledgable Michael Faraday, and yes, it looks like she is the same one. Spreading out from the RODDs I have been wandering through the PRICEs, WARDOURs, WHITNEYs, and LUCYs, NEALEs, UVEDALEs, CAREYs, BOLEYNs and HOWEs, GROBHAMs, SCROPEs, THYNNEs, CURZONs and FOWKEs, CORDELLs, CUPPERs, PEYTOs, THROCKMORTONs, RAYNSFORDs, and DANVERSs. Frances RODD, as a 'co-heiress', albeit the youngest, could hardly be married off to just any old person from Battersea! |
| − | + | One of the most difficult pieces of my jigsaw was finding the name of Frances RODD's maternal g-grandmother. Whilst meandering in my research, looking at Uvedale Tomkins PRICE, I found a fascinating letter in a copy of the 'Gentleman's Magazine' from 1817. | |
| − | + | "... a Portrait, which from the style of the dress, always appeared to him to have been painted about the time of James the First. At the back of the Portrait is the following inscription: -- " The Lady UVEDALE, mother to Mrs. NEALE, mother to Mrs. Anne Sophia RODD, mother to Mrs Lucy PRICE, mother to Uvedale PRICE..." | |
| + | So, Uvedale Tomkins PRICE had a portrait of this person that I was trying so hard to name, and the letter from 1817 also wanted to know who she was! I have now solved that one, but, sadly unable to share the information with the gentleman back in 1817 ... however, where is the portrait? | ||
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| − | + | - Currently writing up the last ten years of my own notes ... | |
| − | + | - Interested in locating portraits of Frances RODD's extended family. | |
| − | + | - Working on descendants of the three co-heiresses: Lucy, Anna Sophia & Frances RODD. | |
| − | + | - Finding law-suits between the three co-heiresses: Lucy, Anna Sophia & Frances RODD. | |
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Latest revision as of 16:51, 7 January 2011
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Hello. I have been working on my family tree since I was about 7 years old, scribbling down a list of names that I was amazed that my (Great) Uncle Bert knew. My tree is mainly made up of Ag Labs from the Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. I have a few branches off to Ireland, Cornwall, and Dorset ... and then I have my paternal grandmother's family, the 'strange side'.
A couple of years ago I made contact with a distant relative, who had a copy of a scribbled family tree, written in the early 1900s. It went back to the 1480s. Happily it confirmed three generations I had already found on the IGI. Whilst taking all this with a pinch of salt, over the last few years I have been trying to substantiate each item on this piece of paper. It seems to be have been compiled using dates derived from Wills and/or a family bible.
It was when I was searching for HOW or HOWE for the nth time when I found a mention of Frances HOW nee RODD. I had found a marriage of a Frances RODD to an Alexander HOW (one of a long line of Alexander HOWs!) on the IGI, but had got no further. Could 'my' Frances RODD be a co-heiress from Herefordshire? No, surely not! So I researched the RODDs, finding the very knowledgable Michael Faraday, and yes, it looks like she is the same one. Spreading out from the RODDs I have been wandering through the PRICEs, WARDOURs, WHITNEYs, and LUCYs, NEALEs, UVEDALEs, CAREYs, BOLEYNs and HOWEs, GROBHAMs, SCROPEs, THYNNEs, CURZONs and FOWKEs, CORDELLs, CUPPERs, PEYTOs, THROCKMORTONs, RAYNSFORDs, and DANVERSs. Frances RODD, as a 'co-heiress', albeit the youngest, could hardly be married off to just any old person from Battersea!
One of the most difficult pieces of my jigsaw was finding the name of Frances RODD's maternal g-grandmother. Whilst meandering in my research, looking at Uvedale Tomkins PRICE, I found a fascinating letter in a copy of the 'Gentleman's Magazine' from 1817.
"... a Portrait, which from the style of the dress, always appeared to him to have been painted about the time of James the First. At the back of the Portrait is the following inscription: -- " The Lady UVEDALE, mother to Mrs. NEALE, mother to Mrs. Anne Sophia RODD, mother to Mrs Lucy PRICE, mother to Uvedale PRICE..."
So, Uvedale Tomkins PRICE had a portrait of this person that I was trying so hard to name, and the letter from 1817 also wanted to know who she was! I have now solved that one, but, sadly unable to share the information with the gentleman back in 1817 ... however, where is the portrait?
- Updated 27 Feb 2008/29 Sep 2008/25 Mar 2010/07 Jan 2011
NOTES:
- Currently writing up the last ten years of my own notes ...
- Interested in locating portraits of Frances RODD's extended family.
- Working on descendants of the three co-heiresses: Lucy, Anna Sophia & Frances RODD.
- Finding law-suits between the three co-heiresses: Lucy, Anna Sophia & Frances RODD.
