The Oldest entry and longest family line?

[MarkCDodd]

I am about to enter all my Baker and they go back to the early 1600's.

So it will be my 10x Great Grandparents I will be posting onto BCC.

They are all in Bilton and Wolverhampton.

Who is the earliest Black Country resident we have on BCC?

Has anybody else got 10 generations on there?

[linell]

I have Mark, have some back to 1700 and a couple back to the 1600's.

Linell.

[Rob]

Well i'm connected to the Woodhouse's ggggrandmother Hannah Woodhouse b.1791 and they go back to William The Conquerer.

[mumbles]

My Parsons line goes back to Roger Parsons born 1500 and is 15 generations back and is on bcc down to my grandmother Ellen Parsons born 1876

[MarkCDodd]

Tribalpages is slower than a wet weekend in Ballarat.

I might try again later....

[mikleed]

I have also Mark, we go back to before 1500s,
Also Robertus De Leedham held the prebend in Lincoln Cathedral in 11th century.

[dudleytaylor]

on my fathers side 12th great grandfather Baldwin Bowater Born 1490-1547.
on my mothers side 12th great grandfather John Gurney Born 1559 in Eggington Bedfordshire.

I could go back further but it could not be proven so i took them off. Dt

[blackcountrybiker]

If the Woodhouse family tree published in Stebbing Shaws' history of Staffordshire can be trusted then William Cocus born about 1160 in Wombourne is my 25th great grandfather! I have a lot of family in Jersey and can prove that Raulin Amy, born in Grouville, Jersey is my 16x great grandfather born abt 1375.

[FarSide]

Hi Mark

Great question..

If I could prove without a doubt my Joshua Woodhouse (b 1771) was the child of William Woodhouse and Susannah Smith, my longest line would be the same as BCB's back to William Cocus, however there's another Joshua bapt same time in Oldbury to Thomas Woodhouse and Hannah, so stuck there.

Others in my tree up to 14th generation, 11th GGPs
Warter, Sedgley, 1600s
Dickson, Dudley, 1600s
Passmore, Brewood, 1600s
Foley, RR, 1600s

and the Dunns & Nocks already on BCC, heaps in the 1700s.

[cid]

Hi BC Biker

Woodhouses.

My tree joins to that one too.

Cid

[blackcountrybiker]

Hi Cid - Judging by your profile we may be related through the Willetts and Garratt's too. Are your Capewells from Netherton?

There's a lot of Black Country families that can be traced back to the Woodhouses of Wombourne, They owned land around Rowley Church as well as in Wombourne and their family has been recorded in quite a few books over the centuries. My link comes via Mary Woodhouse who married William Garratt, son of the Rev Thomas Garratt of St Giles Church in Rowley Regis. The Woodhouse family can be traced back to the Cocus and De Bosco family who were proprietors of the Wode House... and possibly even to the de Picquigny family of France who came to this country with William (The Conqueror). If the tenuous link between Guy de Picquigny and William Cocus could be proved, then the de Picquigny family can be traced back to the late 900s in Normandy, France! that's 30 generations!

There's a even more tenous link to Rollo (b 846) himself, the first Duke of Normandy and a real Viking warrior At this point I could even suggest a link between my Channel Island families and my Staffordshire families as the le Gallichan's and de Carteret's of Jersey also came to these shores with William and were also descendants of Rollo the Viking.

[linell]

We are probably all cousins then.

Linell

[dianel]

William Garratt and Mary Woodhouse are my 6G grandparents. I didn't know he was a reverend (like his dad).

[dianel]

We are probably all cousins then.

Linell

Sure we are ... 'Cousins Anonymous'

[blackcountrybiker]

William Garratt and Mary Woodhouse are my 6G grandparents. I didn't know he was a reverend (like his dad).

I noticed my mistake and corrected it Diane... sloppy fingers... thinking faster than I can type