I've traced a couple of lines back to the mid 1600's and others to late 1700's.
2007-10-09 08:06:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Personally, the earliest I have traced mine to is 1815 but I have found other relatives who have traced lines back to 1650.
2007-10-09 08:10:30 · answer #1 · answered by Grinning Football plinny younger 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My best line goes back to a birth in about 1510ish, which is when wills and parish records fail me - also my Latin, which is pretty rubbish!
Most of my other maternal and paternal lines peter out in the mid to late 1700s. A couple of lines from Ireland and British India peter out in the 1850s, but generally, I've not done too badly on my tree.
2007-10-09 15:12:38 · answer #2 · answered by Mental Mickey 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
William Paine, b.1550 Braunton, Devon, England, s/o John Paine
The ones I like best in that side of my family are:
Beniamin Bourgoyne, m. 14January 1683 to Gatherude Row at Crediton, Devon. A touch of the French, perhaps?
And, Willmot Puddycomb, Gt. granddaughter of John Puddecombe, who married William Body in Crediton 1730.
They had a good many children and every time a child was baptised, poor Willmot had a different spelling for her first and last name.
2007-10-09 16:21:27 · answer #3 · answered by Veronica Alicia 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My grandparents had a geneologist trace it for us. My mother's side of the family came over on the second sailing of the Mayflower. He brought a cow and a daughter and several indentured servants. His name was Robert Wickson.
The other side of the family is traced back four generations or so to Germany.
We have at least 2 American Indians in our heritage.
Someone, I don't remember who, traced us back to Jacob.
Take care,
Debbie
2007-10-09 15:16:37 · answer #4 · answered by TX Mom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've traced my family back to the early 1800s in Ireland.
2007-10-09 20:22:51 · answer #5 · answered by Irish322 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't traced this myself, but I've seen a family tree and on my Da's side it goes back to the Battle of Bosworth Field and on Mum's, to French Huguenots. (sp?)
2007-10-10 08:23:50 · answer #6 · answered by Jay R 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1854
2007-10-09 15:12:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
12th Century and have proof of this. Family castle now a ruin going back to 1246. O'Hehir O' Hare Gaelic of my family name.
2007-10-09 18:48:28 · answer #8 · answered by Feis Ort 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1540 tracing it back to 1800 is not to hard ,from 1800 back is harder it's taken two years
2007-10-09 15:22:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
1790 on my Mother's side, 1800 on my Father's side, I'm still working on them, things just seem to have slowed up at the moment!
2007-10-09 15:14:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋