Most of my research has been around the LOAKES family, so I'll start there.
For about 80 years, the LOAKES family lived in Witcham, in Cambridgeshire (about 5 miles from the city, and registration district, of Ely).
Giles LOAKES married Elizabeth LONG in about 1830.
His son Giles LOAKES is my greatx3 Grandfather - see my Brickwall post!
Giles Sr was born in Wollaston, in Northants in about 1786 to James LOKES and Mary MACEY. Their ancestors move throughout Northants.
There is a theory that I am very distantly related to the famous LOAKE shoemakers, of Northamptonshire.
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Thank you!
<edit> I got Mary's surname wrong!