Graham Sorry it took so long for me to get back to you. My branch of Blaxalls descends from Lewin Jeremiah and Marianne Blaxall (nee Wolton). They had 5 children, all of whom seem to have prospered, according to family legend largely because of the redoubtable Marianne, Lewin Jeremiah having died at age 34. Lewin Jeremiah was the youngest son (and ninth child) of Simon and Mary Blaxall, whose occupation was "keeping the public house" in Eyke, Suffolk. An older brother had been named Lewin, but he died at age 2, and I suppose they wanted to use the name again but make a distinction by calling him Lewin Jeremiah. Marianne's family, the Woltons, were apparently of better social standing - I have papers dating from the late 1800s when the family was trying (unsuccessfully in the end) to show the Woltons (and therefore the Blaxalls) had a rightful claim on some assets in Chancery from the estate of a noble family named Naunton. Lewin Jeremiah and Marianne's first born, Lewin Jeremiah jr (born 1823) did not marry. I am not sure of the sequence of the other four. Francis (always referred to as Frank) was born in 1826, he married Malvina McHardy, but had no children - he became a naval surgeon, and retired to Bath, where he died in 1904. Arthur may have been next - he married Elizabeth Brown and had 5 children. He moved to London and was a successful grocer, I think in partnership with Thomas (see below). His grandson, the Rev Arthur Blaxall, was well known for starting a school for the blind in South Africa, and was eventually deported by the South African government in the late stages of the Apartheid regime. Then we come to Eliza, for whom I have no birth date, but I know she married William Mustard in 1851 and died in 1915. She appears to be named after Eliza Blaxall, one of Lewin Jeremiah's older sisters, who was born in 1790 and died in 1828. I'll come back to Eliza in a moment. The last born, in early 1832 a few months after Lewin Jeremiah's death, was Thomas, my great grandfather. He married Emaretta Hubbard, and became a successful grocer and vintner in central London, I believe in partnership with his older brother Arthur, and he lived to the ripe old age of 91. Thomas had four sons and one daughter - two of the sons were killed during the First World War, the daughter and one other son had no children, but the fourth son was my grandfather Frank Blaxall, who became a doctor and medical researcher. William Mustard and Eliza had four children, Frank, Arthur, Mary and Maud. I don't know much about the first three, except that Frank married Olive Tapley, and had six children (Frank, Cecil, Gretta, Doris, Aubrey and Arthur). I know even less about Arthur and Mary except that Mary married Percy Leather - not sure whether either of them had children. Maud I know a bit more about, because she was a favorite aunt of my father and his two siblings. She married Charles Hayward, a farmer, and had two children, Ronald and Norah Hayward, with whom my parents' generation kept in regular touch, and whom they regarded as close relatives (technically I believe they were second cousins). Ronald married Gwen Harrison (and later divorced) - they had one son, Guy Hayward, with whom I am in occasional contact - he has no children. Norah married Henry Roberts, and they also have one son, Sean Roberts. I am not in touch with Sean, but some of my cousins are - I am not sure if he has any children. That about exhausts my knowledge of the Blaxall-Mustard connection. I hope it's of some use to you. Cheers John On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 3:00 AM, Graham Barlow <barlowgb@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hi All > > Can anyone help me with information regarding Mary Eliza Blaxall dau. of > Lewin Jeremiah and Marianne Blaxall (nee Wolton), Mary married William Cole > Benjamin Smith Mustard. The Mustard family is on my wife's side. > > Graham Barlow > South Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BLAXALL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- John Blaxall best to reply to: blaxall@gmail.com

Graham Just returned home (Washington DC) and looking at your email. The Mustards were definitely part of my father's extended family (I remember him referring to his Great Aunt Maude, for example). I will dig out the material I have and let you have more details in a day or so. Cheers John On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:00 AM, Graham Barlow <barlowgb@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hi All > > Can anyone help me with information regarding Mary Eliza Blaxall dau. of > Lewin Jeremiah and Marianne Blaxall (nee Wolton), Mary married William Cole > Benjamin Smith Mustard. The Mustard family is on my wife's side. > > Graham Barlow > South Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BLAXALL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- John Blaxall best to reply to: blaxall@gmail.com

Hi All Can anyone help me with information regarding Mary Eliza Blaxall dau. of Lewin Jeremiah and Marianne Blaxall (nee Wolton), Mary married William Cole Benjamin Smith Mustard. The Mustard family is on my wife's side. Graham Barlow South Australia

Greetings all Blaxall searchers I've just subscribed and run through the archive. I note an early email commenting on the use of Blaxall or similar as a forename. My grandfather, named above, had Blascell as his second forename and solely out of curiosity I've been attempting find out both the origin of the name (now I know that - thanks all) and for what reason he would have acquired the name. In various documents the name is also spelt Blascell and a cousin in Australia believes that John B spelt it as Blackcell. So info I know: John Blaxcell Tonkin was born in Sheerness Kent in 1872 the son of Richard John Tonkin and Caroline Louisa Rye. Her father was William Rye and they came from Southampton. The Tonkins almost certainly originated from Cornwall around Redruth/St Austell. John B went to Australia some time between 1881 and 1891 where he lived all his life. So far as I know there is no link to Suffolk. The only deduction I've made is that it was the family name of a spouse. Why? His brother Charles had the second forename Rance which was the family name of his maternal grandmother, so its likely that he was named Blaxcell for similar reasons. If anybody out there can contribute any clues, I'll be most grateful Keith Atkins

Philippa I don't have any specific information about Ellenor Blaxall, but she does fit into "my" section of the family tree, which descends from Simon and Mary Blaxall, who both died in 1828, and are buried in Eyke Churchyard (Eyke is a few miles south of Little Glemham). Simon and Mary had nine children (I am descended from the youngest, Lewin Jeremiah, who appears to have married well, and died young...). Simon and Mary's second son, Frederick (born 30 Aug 1783 in Eyke), distinguished himself mainly as a poacher, but also found time to marry Mary Cole in 1807, and father seven children. Since they were born in six different villages, it seems he was a wandering soul (or at least Mary was). Their fifth child was Lewin Blaxall (born c. 1815 in Hasketon), who married Sarah Ann Hammond in November 1840 in Colchester. They had six girls: Georgina, Eleanor, Zilpher, Agnes, Laura and Julia. Eleanor was born in May 1845 in Eyke, and married James Pratt in 1868 as you know (I wasn't aware it was a Christmas Day weddding!). Eleanor's uncle - Lewin's younger brother Alfred - is buried in Little Glemham Churchyard with his wife Maria. Somewhere at the back of my mind is a family story that Alfred married a maidservant at the Great House, against the family's wishes -- but such a reaction seems a bit inappropriate given his father's disreputable history... I believe that Rachel de Lima descends from Eleanor (or perhaps one of the other five sisters), and she probably knows much more than I do about this branch of the family. Her email (in New Zealand) is stigb@paradise.net.nz I should add at this point that while the "family story" material comes from various aunts and great aunts (now all dead), nearly all the factual details above come from the extensive research undertaken by Carlton Blaxill. And I think it was Geoff Lewin Blaxall who drew my attention to newspaper reports about his grandfather's grandfather's poaching habits! Cheers John On 5/8/06, Philippa <philippafreund@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > > Hi, > I am searching for information on Ellenor Blaxall who married James Pratt > 25 Dec 1868 Little Glemham Suffolk. IGI has her as Ellen and her father as > Lewis, but I gather her parents are Lewin and Sarah Ann Hammond. Any further > information on her ancestors would be much appreciated. > Many thanks > Philippa > > > ==== BLAXALL Mailing List ==== > This BLAXALL list is currently available for adoption! > Interested in becoming the list manager? Go here: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listrequest.pl > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > -- John Blaxall best to reply to: blaxall@gmail.com

Hi Phillipa, John BLAXALL forgot to tell you that he is in the USA (Washington area as I recall) and he has two sisters in Canada. Geoff ------------------------------------------------------ Geoffrey Lewin BLAXALL Hextable, Kent, S.E.England. PostCode BR8 7RJ N.W.Kent Family History Society #3593 http://GeoffBlaxall.tripod.com All e-mails protected by Mailwasher + Norton AV2005. ============================================ ----- Original Message ----- From: John Blaxall To: BLAXALL-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 9:57 PM Subject: Re: Ellenor Blaxall Philippa I don't have any specific information about Ellenor Blaxall, but she does fit into "my" section of the family tree, which descends from Simon and Mary Blaxall, who both died in 1828, and are buried in Eyke Churchyard (Eyke is a few miles south of Little Glemham). Simon and Mary had nine children (I am descended from the youngest, Lewin Jeremiah, who appears to have married well, and died young...). Simon and Mary's second son, Frederick (born 30 Aug 1783 in Eyke), distinguished himself mainly as a poacher, but also found time to marry Mary Cole in 1807, and father seven children. Since they were born in six different villages, it seems he was a wandering soul (or at least Mary was). Their fifth child was Lewin Blaxall (born c. 1815 in Hasketon), who married Sarah Ann Hammond in November 1840 in Colchester. They had six girls: Georgina, Eleanor, Zilpher, Agnes, Laura and Julia. Eleanor was born in May 1845 in Eyke, and married James Pratt in 1868 as you know (I wasn't aware it was a Christmas Day weddding!). Eleanor's uncle - Lewin's younger brother Alfred - is buried in Little Glemham Churchyard with his wife Maria. Somewhere at the back of my mind is a family story that Alfred married a maidservant at the Great House, against the family's wishes -- but such a reaction seems a bit inappropriate given his father's disreputable history... I believe that Rachel de Lima descends from Eleanor (or perhaps one of the other five sisters), and she probably knows much more than I do about this branch of the family. Her email (in New Zealand) is stigb@paradise.net.nz I should add at this point that while the "family story" material comes from various aunts and great aunts (now all dead), nearly all the factual details above come from the extensive research undertaken by Carlton Blaxill. And I think it was Geoff Lewin Blaxall who drew my attention to newspaper reports about his grandfather's grandfather's poaching habits! Cheers John On 5/8/06, Philippa <philippafreund@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > > Hi, > I am searching for information on Ellenor Blaxall who married James Pratt > 25 Dec 1868 Little Glemham Suffolk. IGI has her as Ellen and her father as > Lewis, but I gather her parents are Lewin and Sarah Ann Hammond. Any further > information on her ancestors would be much appreciated. > Many thanks > Philippa > > > ==== BLAXALL Mailing List ==== > This BLAXALL list is currently available for adoption! > Interested in becoming the list manager? Go here: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listrequest.pl > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > -- John Blaxall best to reply to: blaxall@gmail.com ==== BLAXALL Mailing List ==== This BLAXALL list is currently available for adoption! Interested in becoming the list manager? Go here: http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listrequest.pl ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

Hi, I am searching for information on Ellenor Blaxall who married James Pratt 25 Dec 1868 Little Glemham Suffolk. IGI has her as Ellen and her father as Lewis, but I gather her parents are Lewin and Sarah Ann Hammond. Any further information on her ancestors would be much appreciated. Many thanks Philippa

Hi Folks ! A specially warm welcome to Phillipa who has now joined this List as she has a special interest in the Pratt branch of the family. According to the notes on the tree kindly supplied to me by Carlton BLAXILL, that seems to be your branch Rachel ? I wonder therefore if you would be kind enough to respond to Phillipa on this List as I'm sure the other 28-30 of us around the World are also interested ? I'm sure that Phillipa would also welcome any other info forthcoming ? Many Thanks and Kind Regards to all ! Happy Huntin' ! Geoff BLAXALL

Help ! Can Angela and Carlton please advise the addresses for their websites please ? My page appears to have corrupted both I'm afraid. Regards Geoff ------------------------------------------------------ Geoffrey Lewin BLAXALL Hextable, Kent, S.E.England. PostCode BR8 7RJ N.W.Kent Family History Society #3593 http://GeoffBlaxall.tripod.com All e-mails protected by Mailwasher + Norton AV2005. ============================================

Hi DEbbie, At the back of my mind I recall Carlton having some info re a lady called Hazelponi BLAXALL and we both wondered where the name came from. Geoff ------------------------------------------------------ ----- Original Message ----- From: Debbie Blaxall To: BLAXALL-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 2:00 PM Subject: Hazelelponi Hammond Hello again all! Does anyone have any information about Hazelelponi (Maria) Hammond and/or the John Blaxall she was married to in 1850? Best wishes Debbie Blaxall ==== BLAXALL Mailing List ==== This BLAXALL list is currently available for adoption! Interested in becoming the list manager? Go here: http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listrequest.pl ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

Hello again all! Does anyone have any information about Hazelelponi (Maria) Hammond and/or the John Blaxall she was married to in 1850? Best wishes Debbie Blaxall

Hello All Just wondering if there are any Blaxall's on the list from Hereford. A second cousin of my husband's has recently been in touch via the genes reunited website. She had found an entry in the visitors book in the church in Worlingworth, Suffolk signed by the Blaxall Family from Hereford and dated 2/9/04. We're guessing they must be from our branch of the family because their entry said that it had been worth travelling many miles to see where their ancestors were buried. On another note, I am still trying to find anything at all on John Blaxall (Blacksel) born c1791 and married to Kezia Mayhew on 16th July 1822 in Worlingworth. I have run out of ideas on where to look. I was recently given a copy of a family tree of dubious origins but the top half doesn't seem to join to the bottom half at all!!! Very vaguely above where John and Kezia should be (they are missing completely!) there is a John Blaxall married to Suzannah Warne and/or a Simon Blaxall born 1735 married to ??? who's parents are given as John Blaxall and Vera Girling. Does any of this make any sense or ring any bells with anyone? Best wishes Debbie Blaxall

I believe I come down from the same line give or take, however I am not sure. Regards to all Amy Blaxall (Daughter of the late Kevan Edwin Leslie Blaxall, who was son of Norris'NB'Blaxall.) Wellington, New Zealand andyamy@xtra.co.nz > From: "Michael Blaxall" <blaxall@paradise.net.nz> > Date: 2005/02/09 Wed AM 09:28:45 GMT+13:00 > To: BLAXALL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Attention BLAXALLs in "Oz" & "NZ" in particular. > > Greetings > > I can trace my Blaxall line directly to Robert Blaxall of Maldon. > > Regards > Michael Blaxall > Christchurch > New Zealand > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Geoff Lewin BLAXALL" <Geoff-Blaxall@beeb.net> > To: <BLAXALL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 10:37 PM > Subject: Attention BLAXALLs in "Oz" & "NZ" in particular. > > > > Hi there George & Joan, > > > > In view of the short time slot before you to go a-visiting, I have copied > > your e-mail to the BLAXALL List which is received by a number of > > BLAXALL-related people in OZ & NZ [at least !] as well as the UK & USA. > > Hope this picks up some strands for you to follow ~ > > It is BLAXALL-L@rootsweb.con > > But needs to be subscribed to thus:- BLAXALL-L-request@rootsweb.com > > with nothing but the word subscribe in the subject box & nothing but the > > word subscribe in the body of the text. > > > > Safe journey and above all ~ enjoy ! > > > > Geoff > > p.s. > > That Learner witch got herself syndicated into no less than 10 local > > newspapers around London plus would you believe the municipal magazine for > > Verrieres-le -Buisson, our twin town ! > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Geoffrey Lewin BLAXALL > > Hextable, Kent, S.E.England. PostCode BR8 7RJ > > N.W.Kent Family History Society #3593 > > http://GeoffBlaxall.tripod.com > > All e-mails protected by Mailwasher + Norton AV. > > ============================================ > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: George Lewis > > To: geoff-blaxall@beeb.net > > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 12:25 AM > > > > > > Hi Geoff > > My wife was wondering if you had any info on any of her relations > > who went "down under". Her Canadian line goes back to Robert Blaxall > > {1832 1907} of Maldon, Essex. By the way did the wayward witch do much > > damage? I wish I had remembered you sooner as we are leaving on a 26 > > day tour of Australia, New Zealand and Fiji late tomorrow night. > > > > George > > > > > > > > ==== BLAXALL Mailing List ==== > > This BLAXALL list is currently available for adoption! > > Interested in becoming the list manager? Go here: > > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listrequest.pl > > > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.6 - Release Date: 7/02/2005 > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.6 - Release Date: 7/02/2005 > > > ==== BLAXALL Mailing List ==== > This BLAXALL list is currently available for adoption! > Interested in becoming the list manager? Go here: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listrequest.pl > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Greetings I can trace my Blaxall line directly to Robert Blaxall of Maldon. Regards Michael Blaxall Christchurch New Zealand ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Lewin BLAXALL" <Geoff-Blaxall@beeb.net> To: <BLAXALL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 10:37 PM Subject: Attention BLAXALLs in "Oz" & "NZ" in particular. > Hi there George & Joan, > > In view of the short time slot before you to go a-visiting, I have copied > your e-mail to the BLAXALL List which is received by a number of > BLAXALL-related people in OZ & NZ [at least !] as well as the UK & USA. > Hope this picks up some strands for you to follow ~ > It is BLAXALL-L@rootsweb.con > But needs to be subscribed to thus:- BLAXALL-L-request@rootsweb.com > with nothing but the word subscribe in the subject box & nothing but the > word subscribe in the body of the text. > > Safe journey and above all ~ enjoy ! > > Geoff > p.s. > That Learner witch got herself syndicated into no less than 10 local > newspapers around London plus would you believe the municipal magazine for > Verrieres-le -Buisson, our twin town ! > ------------------------------------------------------ > Geoffrey Lewin BLAXALL > Hextable, Kent, S.E.England. PostCode BR8 7RJ > N.W.Kent Family History Society #3593 > http://GeoffBlaxall.tripod.com > All e-mails protected by Mailwasher + Norton AV. > ============================================ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: George Lewis > To: geoff-blaxall@beeb.net > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 12:25 AM > > > Hi Geoff > My wife was wondering if you had any info on any of her relations > who went "down under". Her Canadian line goes back to Robert Blaxall > {1832 1907} of Maldon, Essex. By the way did the wayward witch do much > damage? I wish I had remembered you sooner as we are leaving on a 26 > day tour of Australia, New Zealand and Fiji late tomorrow night. > > George > > > > ==== BLAXALL Mailing List ==== > This BLAXALL list is currently available for adoption! > Interested in becoming the list manager? Go here: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listrequest.pl > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.6 - Release Date: 7/02/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.6 - Release Date: 7/02/2005

Thanks Michael for coming back so promptly ! ~ I hope George & Joan pick this up afore they leave Geoff

Hi there George & Joan, In view of the short time slot before you to go a-visiting, I have copied your e-mail to the BLAXALL List which is received by a number of BLAXALL-related people in OZ & NZ [at least !] as well as the UK & USA. Hope this picks up some strands for you to follow ~ It is BLAXALL-L@rootsweb.con But needs to be subscribed to thus:- BLAXALL-L-request@rootsweb.com with nothing but the word subscribe in the subject box & nothing but the word subscribe in the body of the text. Safe journey and above all ~ enjoy ! Geoff p.s. That Learner witch got herself syndicated into no less than 10 local newspapers around London plus would you believe the municipal magazine for Verrieres-le -Buisson, our twin town ! ------------------------------------------------------ Geoffrey Lewin BLAXALL Hextable, Kent, S.E.England. PostCode BR8 7RJ N.W.Kent Family History Society #3593 http://GeoffBlaxall.tripod.com All e-mails protected by Mailwasher + Norton AV. ============================================ ----- Original Message ----- From: George Lewis To: geoff-blaxall@beeb.net Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 12:25 AM Hi Geoff My wife was wondering if you had any info on any of her relations who went "down under". Her Canadian line goes back to Robert Blaxall {1832 1907} of Maldon, Essex. By the way did the wayward witch do much damage? I wish I had remembered you sooner as we are leaving on a 26 day tour of Australia, New Zealand and Fiji late tomorrow night. George

Is this getting through ? No need to answer thank you ! Geoff ------------------------------------------------------ Geoffrey Lewin BLAXALL Hextable, Kent, S.E.England. PostCode BR8 7RJ N.W.Kent Family History Society #3593 http://GeoffBlaxall.tripod.com All e-mails protected by Mailwasher + Norton AV. ============================================

Hi Angela ~ Herewith message from Colleen Geoff Hello Angela, I remember Ian telling me that you were related to Ernest Blaxall of the Red Lion, Tolleshunt D'Arcy and there's a note on Ian's site about this. I have an old photo of the pub with, I believe, Ernie outside the pub - I can also clearly see 'Blaxall' on the pub's sign. I've tried to contact you myself but my emails don't seem to be getting through, so Geoff is kindly forwarding this for me. If you'd like a copy of the photo, let me know. Colleen

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