Category Archives: Holdsworth

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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John Gibson (1699 – 1763): a new address or a historical misprint?

Posted on November 25, 2012 by

Last week I wrote about the petitioning of Parliament by my 6 x great grandfather John Gibson, a coal factor, who was seeking release from the Fleet Prison and relief from debts resulting from a fraud against the Crown. I’m … Continue reading →

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The family origins of John Gibson (1699 – 1763)

Posted on November 11, 2012 by

In the last two posts I’ve tried to summarise what we know about the life of my 6 x great grandfather, John Gibson, and the story of his family following his death. But what do we know about John’s origins? … Continue reading →

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The Gibson family after the death of John Gibson

Posted on October 24, 2012 by

In the last post I produced a timeline for my maternal 6 x great grandfather, John Gibson (1699 – 1763), updated to include what I’ve discovered recently about his work as a coal factor and his imprisonment for fraud. John … Continue reading →

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New information about John Gibson (1699 – 1763)

Posted on July 16, 2012 by

I’ve been searching for a long time, without success, for the will of my maternal 6 x great grandfather, John Gibson. Then, a few weeks ago, while browsing the National Archives site, I came across a reference to a ‘probate … Continue reading →

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Roe and Blanch families in the 1850s and 1860s: new information from land tax records

Posted on July 5, 2012 by

The newly-available London land tax records have provided me with important information about the movements of my Roe and Blanch ancestors in the 1850s and 1860s, supplementing what I’d already gleaned from census records and parish registers. My maternal great-great-grandparents, … Continue reading →

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Captain William Greene: what do we know?

Posted on June 24, 2012 by

I’m turning my attention back to my earliest confirmed ancestor, Captain William Greene of Ratcliffe, Stepney (died 1686), and it’s useful to begin by setting down what we already know for certain about him. We first found out about William … Continue reading →

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Radicals and reactionaries in my family tree

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

I’ve written about the political affiliations of some of my ancestors, over at my politics blog, Martin In The Margins.

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