Category Archives: Bouts

John Bodington, apothecary, and the Byne and Greene families

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

My recent explorations of the Byne and Manser families of Sussex began with the discovery that the maiden name of my 7 x great grandmother, the wife of London citizen and goldsmith Joseph Greene (1677 – 1738), was Mary Byne. … Continue reading →

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The Byne family and the Sussex connection

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

The will of my recently-discovered 8 x great grandfather John Byne, citizen and stationer of Tower Hill, a transcription of which I reproduced in the last post, provides a useful starting-point for exploring the history of the Byne family. In … Continue reading →

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Analysing the 1733 will of Alice Byne

Posted on February 24, 2013 by

Yesterday I posted a transcription of the last will and testament of Alice Byne, my newly-discovered 8 x great grandmother. When Alice wrote her will in 1733, George II was in the seventh year of his reign and Robert Walpole … Continue reading →

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