http://kitwithers.fortunecity.com/genealogy.html Email me at kit.withers"att"gmail.com (I write a"att"b for a@b to foil spammers.) Or contact via 101 Allington Road, Karori, Wellington 6012, New Zealand phone +64 4 476 9554 The size of the files below in mgb (megabytes) is usually out of date.A list of my ancestors is at http://kitwithers.fortunecity.com/ancestors.html My main family trees are for descendants of the following families. AMOR of Wiltsire at http://kitwithers.fortunecity.com/amor/amor.html
For the Australian and New Zealand branches of my WITHERS tree see
our Australian WITHERS
at http://kitwithers.fortunecity.com/withersoz/withersoz.html (1841-present), and
our New Zealand WITHERS
at http://kitwithers.fortunecity.com/withersnz/withersnz.html
(c1885-present).
From All Cannings, 3 m from our ancestral home Bishops Cannings, Wilts. is
the family of Major Edward WITHERS (Wiltshire 1804 - present, New Zealand)
at http://kitwithers.fortunecity.com/major/major.html
See also
other New Zealand WITHERS, (c1885-present)
and
at http://kitwithers.fortunecity.com/withers/withersunrelated.html
for some notes on other WITHERS elsewhere in the world.
For example this contains the tree of
WITHERS (Thatcham, Berkshire 1797-present, Australia).
WOODLAND at Deal, Kent 1757-1881 with BUDD & PEPPER clues for Deal is
at http://kitwithers.fortunecity.com/woodland/woodland.html
A family that is connected to mine is
This is the crest of WHITSON of Parkhill, Scotland and of Sir Thomas WHITSON,
Lord Provost of Edinburgh. This came from
the Whitson homepage. Where did this move to?
This has two mailing lists: a US list and a Scottish list. If you want to join
the Scottish list, email this address:
SCOTTISH-WHITSON"att"rmgate.pop.indiana.edu
and in the body of the text type:
SUB SCOTTISH-WHITSON YOURNAME"att"YOURSERVER.COM
The quick answer is to do a search on the name of interest to you in the following list of these generations counting back from me: (F=father M=mother) GENERATION 0: I have ID 5252 in our NZ WITHERS above GENERATION 1: M (My mother) Laurette RUSSELL has ID 1411 in RUSSELL above GENERATION 2: FM (My father's mother) Elizabeth WHITSON is (has ID) 1153 in WHITSON above MM (My mother's mother) Vera HALL is 47 in HALL above GENERATION 3: FFF Edward WITHERS 1845 Newbury,Berkshire is 38428 15 in WITHERS OF BERKSHIRE above & 5 in OUR NZ WITHERS above FFM Agnes Mary NEWTON is 4 in NEWTON above FMM Fanny DEACON is 6422 in DEACON above MFM Alice Olivia HARFORD is 12 in HARFORD above MMM Laura Elizabeth RATHBONE is 644 in RATHBONE above GENERATION 4: FFFM Jemima TUBB is 2 in TUBB above FFMM Emma DEANE 1813 Nuneham,Oxfordshire has ID 11356 at deane.html FMFM Elizabeth FENDER 1807 Haddington? m 11 in WHITSON above FMMM Eliza Gittens PETTET is 1231 5117 in PETTET above MFFM Ann DERRICK is 364 in DERRICK above MFMM Sarah Ann CLAY is 86 in CLAY above MMFM Betsy COOKE of Upperthorpe?,Sheffield m 0 in HALL above MMMM Elizabeth PASLEY c1837 East Retford,Notts. is 41 in PASLEY above GENERATION 5: FFFFM Mary QUELCH 1765 Lambourn,Berks-1829 is 334 in QUELCH above FFFMM Sarah Liddiard STROUD 1780 Baydon?,Wilts. is 35 in STROUD above F2M3 Harriet RUFF 1779 Sunbury on Thames at deane.html FMFFM Mary SHIELS Scotland m 0?? in WHITSON above FMFMM Elizabeth WILSON Scotland is mr in law to 11 in WHITSON above FMMFM Sarah BEDFORD (1774 Portsmouth,Ham') m 64 in DEACON above FMMMM Mary Ann WOODLAND (bp 1786 Deal, Kent) is 12 of 4.1 at PETTET above MFFFM Mary BAWLEY/BAWLERS Bristol? m 0 in RUSSELL above MFFMM Harriet BOWLER/BOWLES bc1813 Keynsham,Som. m 36 in DERRICK above MFMMM Caroline LAWSON 1804-1890 Faversham,Kent is 21 in lawson above MMMFM Mary WOLSTENCROFT c1786 Halton?,Cheshire m 6 in RATHBONE above MMMMM Winifred NEWBOLD 1810 East Drayton,Notts. is 56 in NEWBOLD above GENERATION 6: FFFFFF Robert WITHERS 1696 Wroughton,Wilts. is 384 in WITHERS OF WILTS above FFFFFM Mary HOPKINS 1718 Lambourn,Berkshire-1813 is 31 in HOPKINS above FFFMMM Mary CHOULES m1772 Baydon ,Wilts. is his wife F2M2FM Mary WELLS 1750 Wallingford, ID 144 at 3. WELLS of /deane/deane.html FMFFFM Agnes HOGG m 1755 at Prestonkirk m 0 in WHITSON above FMFFMM Christian HENRY of Prestonkirk is mr-in-law to 1 in WHITSON above FMMFFM Elizabeth JUDSON (1736 Portsmouth) m 1761 to 6 in DEACON above FMMFMM Love WELSTED m Portsmouth 1756 is mr-in-law to 64 in DEACON above FMMMFM Gittens TREVILLION bp 1741 Folkestone is 75 of 3.1 in PETTET above FMMMMM Mary PEPPER (bp 1766 Deal) is wife of 1 of 4.1 in PETTET above MFFMFM Elizabeth HARDWICK 1773 Tickenham,SOM is 26 of 5. in DERRICK above MFMMMM Ann GRIFFITHS 1779 Seasalter?,Kent is wife of 2 in LAWSON above MMMFFM Sarah DRINKWATER Runcorn?,Cheshire m 0 in RATHBONE above MMMMMM Elizabeth SPIVEY bp 1768 Notts is wife of 5 in NEWBOLD above GENERATION 7: FFFFFFM Katharine KING 1666 Wroughton,Wilts. is 17 in KING above FFFMMFM Sarah LIDDIARD -1760 Aldbourne?,Wiltshire is 281 in LIDDIARD above F2M2F2M Mary GINES c1711 London?, ID 4181 at 4. GINES of /deane/deane.html FMFFFFM ?Elizabeth WATT Scotland possible mr of 0 in WHITSON above FMFFFMM ?Elizabeth CUMMINS Haddington,Scotland mr-in-law? of 0 in WHITSON FMMFMMM ?Katherine WESTON widow m at Portsmouth is in PETTET above FMMMFFM Mary CLAYTON (bp 24.12.1732 Deal,Kent) is 7 of 2.1 in PETTET above FMMMFMM Elizabeth GITTENS m 1729 is wife of 7 of 3.1 in PETTET above FMMMMFM Elizabeth BUDD m 1757 at Deal 0 of 4.1 of PETTET above MFFMFFF Mary HOLLISTER m 1770 Bristol to 0 in DERRICK above MFFMFMF Ann WADE 1740 Portbury,Somerset m 2 of 5. in DERRICK above MFMMMFM Elizabeth MARSH 1752 Harbledown,Kent is 29 in MARSH above MFMMMMM Caroline IDDENDEN 1754 Seasalter-1832 is 4532 in IDDENDEN above GENERATION 8: FFFFFFFM Jane TARRANT 1631 Bishops Cannings,Wilts. is 1 in TARRANT above FFFFMFMF Ann CLARK Newbury,Berkshire is wife of 0 in QUELCH above F2M2FMFM Anne WALLER c1681 Newbury, ID 123 at 5. WALLER of /deane/deane.html FM3F3M Mary SALTER m 1722 at Deal,Kent is wife of 1231 in PETTET above FM3F2M2 Mary CUMER m 1714 at Deal is wife of 0 of 2.1 in PETTET above MFFMFMMF Susanna BUDDING d1773,Portbury wife of 0 in 5. in DERRICK above MFMMMMMM Elizabeth PHOSIER/PHOSSER/FOSSER is wife of 453 in IDDENDEN above GENERATION 9: F8M Mary SLOPER -1678 Devizes. is 2111 211 in SLOPER above F7M2 Joane SLOPER 1607 Bishops Cannings is 2111 213 in SLOPER above F2M2F2M2 Margaret MUNDAY c1645 Coombe, Wilts, ID 16 at 6. MUNDAY of deane.html F2M2FMF2M Susannah WEST m 0 at 3. WELLS of /deane/deane.html F2M2FMFM2 Margaret SHERWOOD 1647 ShawcumDonnington,ID 1112 at 7. of deane.html FM3F4M Dorothy SOMES is wife of 123 in PETTET above MFM5FM Hannah MILES is wife of 45 in IDDENDEN above GENERATION 10: F9M Joane NASH bur 1631 Bishops Cannings?,Wilts. is 11 in NASH above F8M2=F7M3 Mary BAILEY -1640 Wilts. is wife of 2111 21 in SLOPER above F2M2F2M2F Margaret S(C)LATTER, ID 17(10) at 8. S(C)LATTER of /deane/deane.html F2M2FMFMFM Mary HAWKINS? m ID 1 at 5. WALLER of /deane/deane.html F2M2FMFM2 Bridget HEAD 1615 Beenham,Berks m ID 111 at 7. SHERWOOD of deane.html FM3F5M Anne PARTRIDGE bur:1673 Coldred,Kent is wife of 12 in PETTET above MFM3FMF2M Rose BACHELOR nee HEWETT? 1631-81 is wife of 0 in MARSH above MFM5F2M Anne KNOWLER 1670 Swalecliff,Kent is wife of 4 in IDDENDEN above GENERATION 11: F2M2F2M2FM Esther DAWKES m c1590 Marlborough? ID 17 at 8. S(C)LATTER of DEANE F2M2FMFM3 Cicely BARKSDALE m c1610 East Hendred ID 11 at 7. SHERWOOD of deane FM3F6M Sarah JEKIN bp 1607 Ringwould,Kent m George PETTIT, 44 of pettet.html GENERATION 12: F2M2FMFM2FM Ann YOUNG c1560 East Hendred? m ID 1 at 7. SHERWOOD of deane.html FM3F7M m 1596 Ringwould,Kent Margaret HARVIE Wingham,Kent m ID 4 of pettet.html GENERATION 13: F9M2FM Maryon BAILEY of Trowbridge, Wilts m3 Simon SLOPER 213 at sloper.html F2M2FMFM2F2M Jane WALROND c1525 Aldbourne,Wilts? m ID 0 at 7. SHERWOOD of DEANE GENERATION 14: F9M2F2M Agnes DISMER -c1544 Winterbourne Monkton,Wilts m ID 21 of SLOPERAbove is an (out of date) extract from ancestors.html See there for more details on the surnames of my ancestors and where they lived.
My favourite ancestor is probably
GANDY says "In his earlier unregenerate days this Thomas seems to have been a pugnacious person, in trouble with the Manorial Court, disputing a right of way ..." He was fined "for stopping up a public footpath must pay 12 pence & make it good".
His wife and son
33 THOMAS WITHERS THE QUAKER (1624-1684)
were also well-known Quakers. His mother was
buried in 1678 in the Quaker plot near the Gallows Ditch, Devizes. She left
this son "40 sheep & my best brasse pan & my best brasse pot".
`Like his father Thomas refused all compromise with conscience.
Called on to swear his fealty to John Methuen now Lord of the Manor, he
`Say'd these English words "He could not swear." Therefore he was not
admitted to his land.' (Ref: Court Book for 1681.)
Then there was
One of our most accomplished ancestors was Bridget SHERWOOD nee HEAD b 1615 Beenham, Berkshire's 1st recorded female doctor.
The SCHAAF/SAAFI family is at schaaf/schaaf.html
The AISEA & some other Tongan families are at tonga/aisea.html
Some families of Waya island, Yasawa group, Fiji are at withersnz/wayafam.txt
Kit Withers
Who is documenting YOUR family history?
If you have material on your family you want to store as an ascii (text)
file, the way I'd suggest is you have 4 files, one for each grandparent.
This has the great advantage that it's easily updated & easily printed out.
Start with the furthest back you can go, and create a descendancy chart
from the initial couple. You'll need to decide on an order for their
descendants. I label the initial couple as 0, their children as 1,2,3,...,
and their children as 11,12,13,...,21,22,...,31,32,33,...
Somewhere in the file you could have an index of placenames and an index
for surnames.
You might like to search for your favourite surnames in the
surname indices of my family trees.
PRIVACY ISSUES
The primary purpose of these family trees is to preserve the history
of the families and to enable contact between members. So I include
living members and a method of contact if I can. If for any reason you
would like your contact details excluded please let me know.
We are of course all related - one gene pool. 600,000 years ago from a pool of only 3000 individuals, our species homo sapiens diverged from the Neanderthals. Sadly, they died out 28,000 years ago. 6 million years ago, our ancestral species diverged from the chimps. And so on.
FREE SOFTWARE familysearch offers PAF www.myheritage.com/family-tree-builder looks like a great program.