I have also just joined this list! I am researching several Maulden families, particularly the BROWN family. Also the HARRIS, SHARP, THICKPENNY, ROBINSON & NORTHWOOD families. We are coming to UK in Sep & I intend visiting Maulden. My gg grandparents were Daniel BROWN & Hannah ROBINSON who emigrated to Australia & then later to New Zealand in 1856. Daniel's sister, Sophia BROWN married George NORTHWOOD IN 1850. After Sophia died in 1864 he married her sister, Ann BROWN. I would be interested in making contact with someone who currently lives in Maulden or the surrounding area & has local history knowledge. Jane (New Zealand) On 11/07/2010, at 7:01 PM, bedford-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Surname Interests (Rebecca Hanna) > 2. Re: Surname Interests (Kevin Poile) > 3. Re: Surname Interests (Angela Cox) > 4. Re: Surname Interests - NORTHWOOD (Peter Booth) > 5. Re: Surname Interests BOTTOMS (Pamela Morris-Kennedy) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:07:38 +0100 > From: Rebecca Hanna <rebeccaclaire86@hotmail.com> > Subject: [BDF] Surname Interests > To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <SNT107-W202101557AECACD709C34FA0B60@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > I've just joined the list - is anyone else researching the Jenkins > family (of Shillington), the Northwood family (of Maulden), the > Bottoms family (of Upper Gravenhurst) or the Hutchins family (of > Barton-le-Clay)? If so I would be really interested to exchange info! > > Becky > > _________________________________________________________________ > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ > We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. > Tell us now > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:28:35 +0100 > From: Kevin Poile <kevin.poile@googlemail.com> > Subject: Re: [BDF] Surname Interests > To: bedford@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <AANLkTimAj7sgUJGJWlFoeSBn1P2GgtvBhfZBfFyCtDKb@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I've just joined the list - is anyone else researching the Jenkins >> family (of Shillington), the Northwood family (of Maulden), the >> Bottoms family (of Upper Gravenhurst) or the Hutchins family (of >> Barton-le-Clay)? ?If so I would be really interested to exchange >> info! >> >> Becky >> > > Hi Becky - > > In my 'extended' tree my wife's Maulden side have connections to the > NORTHWOODs of Maulden - although they are not a direct line. > > If you want to know more drop me an e-mail. > > Regards > > Kevin (Oxfordshire) > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:44:56 +0000 (GMT) > From: Angela Cox <angelajcox@yahoo.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [BDF] Surname Interests > To: bedford@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <514934.61466.qm@web25705.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi Becky, > I have a lot of Maulden Northwoods in my tree. The one who started > it all was Anne Northwood b.1765 daughter of John Northwood and > Mary Cook. Anne married Samuel Smith in 1791.John's father was > William Northwood, thought to be from Buckinghamshire. There are > several other on this list who also have these names.There have > been many discussions about the Northwoods and where they may have > come from which you should be able to find in the archive. > > Angela > > --- On Sat, 10/7/10, Rebecca Hanna <rebeccaclaire86@hotmail.com> > wrote: > >> From: Rebecca Hanna <rebeccaclaire86@hotmail.com> >> Subject: [BDF] Surname Interests >> To: bedford@rootsweb.com >> Date: Saturday, 10 July, 2010, 11:07 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> I've just joined the list - is anyone else researching the >> Jenkins family (of Shillington), the Northwood family (of >> Maulden), the Bottoms family (of Upper Gravenhurst) or the >> Hutchins family (of Barton-le-Clay)?? If so I would be >> really interested to exchange info! >> >> Becky >> ??? >> ???????? >> ?????? ??? >> ? >> _________________________________________________________________ >> http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ >> We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail >> stories. Tell us now >> >> >> >> The List Guidelines >> >> http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ >> >> The Bedfordshire Surnames List >> >> http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEDFORD- >> request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >> subject and the body of the message >> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:00:48 +1000 > From: "Peter Booth" <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au> > Subject: Re: [BDF] Surname Interests - NORTHWOOD > To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <00bc01cb209c$e1d63510$0300a8c0@family> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Becky, > > As Angela and Kevin stated, there are a number of people on the > list who > link to Northwood lines. That data should all be in the list archives. > > But if you can give some specific names, it will give us a > starting > point. > > Peter Booth, Sydney > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:40:47 +1000 > From: "Pamela Morris-Kennedy" <pamelamm@bigpond.com> > Subject: Re: [BDF] Surname Interests BOTTOMS > To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <5D841BB2941249C9934AB7B010E17822@pam> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > I have connections to the BOTTOMS fzamily through my gt gt > grandmother Rhoda > Spring BOTTOMS, daughter of William SPRING and Sarah BOTTOMS. > Sarah BOTTOMS was christened 16 Apr 1786 Upper Gravenhurst. > Pamela > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rebecca Hanna" <rebeccaclaire86@hotmail.com> > To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 8:07 PM > Subject: [BDF] Surname Interests >> >> I've just joined the list - is anyone else researching the Jenkins >> family >> (of Shillington), the Northwood family (of Maulden), the Bottoms >> family >> (of Upper Gravenhurst) or the Hutchins family (of Barton-le- >> Clay)? If so >> I would be really interested to exchange info! >> >> Becky > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the BEDFORD list administrator, send an email to > BEDFORD-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the BEDFORD mailing list, send an email to > BEDFORD@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEDFORD- > request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of BEDFORD Digest, Vol 5, Issue 115 > ***************************************

Jane, As said earlier, you can find loads of discussions on many of those families in the Bedford List Archives. But the surnames are so plentiful, that it may be easier to concentrate on specific lines. George Northwood appears in a Family Tree at Rootsweb that gets back to William Northwood & Alice Edwyns who married 1735. Check the tree issued by Warren Loxley (wazzalox). His data is probably the most up to date and his research work is exceptional. The same tree has over 300 Sharp names going back to around 1500ad. Like many other who have replied I have distant links to both surnames. So too would a large proportion of the population of Bedfordshire and beyond. Peter