Category Archives: Gibson

‘When the Queenes Maiestye is satisfied’: the Elizabethan will of John Manser

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

Mary Manser or Maunser of Wadhurst in Sussex was my 10 x great grandmother. In 1611 she married Stephen Byne of Burwash. Their son, Rev. Magnus Byne (1615 – 1671), and his first wife Anne, had a son named John … Continue reading →

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Windle, Connop, Thirlwall, Holdsworth

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

In the previous post I wrote about Thomas Windle, a gentleman and magistrate who lived in Mile End Old Town at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, and who was one of the executors of the will of … Continue reading →

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Thomas Windle Esquire of Mile End Old Town

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

In the last post I wrote about the family of Richard Eykin Windle, a London surgeon and apothecary at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, who acted as executor of the will of my 5 x great grandmother … Continue reading →

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Who were the Windles?

Posted on May 12, 2013 by

My 5 x great grandmother Elizabeth Holdsworth née Gibson died on 1st March 1809 at the age of 76 and was buried a week later in the churchyard of St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney. In her last will and … Continue reading →

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More information about my Byne ancestors

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

Following on from my last post, I’ve been exploring what Walter Charles Renshaw’s 1913 book about the Byne family of Sussex can tell us about my own direct ancestors. Renshaw informs us that Stephen Byne, as the eldest son of … 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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The will of Alice Byne (died 1738)

Posted on February 23, 2013 by

In the last post I wrote about my 7 x great grandmother Mary Greene née Byne, the wife of London goldsmith Joseph Greene, and my discovery of new information about her family. The document that definitively confirmed that Mary was … Continue reading →

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On discovering my 7 x great grandmother – and a whole new branch to my family tree

Posted on February 23, 2013 by

A couple of weeks ago I reported that a sudden whim had led to an important discovery about my 8 x great grandfather, Stepney mariner Captain William Greene (1626 – 1686). By searching for information in a slightly different way, I … Continue reading →

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William and Cecily Greene of Whitechapel

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

My last post took another look at William Greene of Wapping Wall, mariner, weighing up the evidence that he might have been the son of my maternal 8 x great grandfather, Captain William Greene of Ratcliffe (1626 – 1686). My starting-point was … Continue reading →

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Jonas James, mariner and friend of William Greene the elder

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

In the last post I mentioned my plan to revisit the will of William Greene, a mariner from Ratcliffe, Stepney, who died in 1634 – and who I still hope might be related to my 8 x great grandfather Captain … Continue reading →

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