Category Archives: GLOUCESTERSHIRE DOCUMENTS

Selected Entries from an Index of 16th and 17th Century Gloucestershire Wills

Posted on May 12, 2015 by vikingsandvirginians

The following index of Gloucestershire (England) wills is part of a digitizing process that took place in 2014. I have selected ancestral names and related names contained in that index for further research: Source: GLOUCESTER WILLS, 1541 TO 165O (ALSO “DISPERSED WILLS” … Continue reading →

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Quakers in Gloucestershire and Other Possible Ties with New Kent County VA

Posted on March 7, 2015 by vikingsandvirginians

On March 6, I posted a “speculative genealogy” from Anthony Crump, based on various hints he received from ancestry.com forums etc. and other internet research. Although his summary of his findings is loosely documented, there are some clues to further … Continue reading →

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Saunders, Crump and Related Families in 18th Century Gloucestershire

Posted on April 17, 2013 by vikingsandvirginians

Selected Citations from Gloucestershire Notes and Queries: An Illustrated Quarterly, Volume 4 edited by William Phillimore Watts Phillimore, Sidney Joseph Madge Mayors of the City of Gloucester: 1740 . . . 3, [1743] Lawrence Crump, upholder . . . 5, [1745] Benjamin Saunders . … Continue reading →

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Richard Tracy (1501-1569) Stanway, Gloucestershire, U. K.

Posted on April 2, 2012 by vikingsandvirginians

1501 RICHARD TRACY born, second son of WILLIAM TRACY OF TODDINGTON, and MARGARET THROCKMORTON, daughter ot THOMAS THROCKMORTION of Warwickshire. 1515 RICHARD TRACY educated at Oxford, adm. 27 June 1515. The following excerpt is from the History of Parliament: “Richard … Continue reading →

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Winchcombe and the Benefactors of Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries

Posted on March 31, 2012 by vikingsandvirginians

Clues exist that suggest Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries came to be of importance to the Gloucestershire families of whom I believe I am descended. I am interested in several family surnames, such as Carter, Tracy, Stratford, Laurence, Saunders, … Continue reading →

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Winchcombe, Bristol, and 17th Century Virginia and Gloucestershire Tobacco Policy

Posted on March 27, 2012 by vikingsandvirginians

In 1619, a London merchant with Gloucestershire ties, John Stratford, bought land around Winchcombe in Gloucestershire to plant tobacco. In the same year, Parliament passed a law prohibiting the cultivation of tobacco in England. An illicit tobacco growing trade evolved … Continue reading →

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“Albion’s Seed”, Y-Chromosome “MRCAs”, and Clues Found in Gloucestershire

Posted on March 27, 2012 by vikingsandvirginians

In David Hackett Fischer’s seminal work, Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America, Oxford University Press, 1989, p.236. he makes the following observations: “Virginia’s Great Migration: Regional Origins: “[A] majority of Virginia’s indentured servants hailed from sixteen counties in the … Continue reading →

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Gloucestershire Documents: Medieval Manors and Estates Associated with Carters and Related Families, Part 1

Posted on January 14, 2012 by vikingsandvirginians

CARTER – ALDERTON – OXENTON Victoria History of Gloucester, v. 8, p. 223 In 1086 there were 12 servi and ancillae on the 5-hide estate at Oxenton belonging to the Tewkesbury manor, and the demesne was cultivated with 5 teams … Continue reading →

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Miscellaneous Documents from Early 17th Century Gloucestershire

Posted on January 6, 2012 by vikingsandvirginians

The following documents may prove to be relevant in sorting through the relationships of the Carters and related families in Early 17th Century Gloucestershire, England: History of Estates that may be ancestral homes of Carters of 17th Century Virginia: The … Continue reading →

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Miscellaneous Documents from Early 16th Century Gloucestershire

Posted on January 6, 2012 by vikingsandvirginians

The following documents may prove to be relevant in sorting through the relationships of the Carters and related families in Early 16th Century Gloucestershire, England:   A Military Survey of Gloucestershire (1522), excerpts by WHB: The Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaelogical … Continue reading →

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