Robert Hawes wrote: > My family immigrated from Buckinghamshire, England to Dorchester, > Massachuttes, USA aboard the ship "Truelove", out of London, in abt. > 1630. His wife was Ann; and they had a daughter, Anne, and a son > Obadiah, both born in England. > My immigrant was Richard Hawes, b. 1580 in Great Missenden, Bucks, > England. He was christened in "Prince, Risborough". His father was > Benett Hawes, and his father was Richard Hawes, and his father was > Thomas Hawes, b. Abt. 1507, Allscott, Risborough and d. Abt. 27 May 1554. > > Here is my question. Is there anyone doing any research on the "Hawes" > family from Buckingham? > > Are Great Missenden, Allscott and Prince Risborough all "villages" in > the same town? > No. Villages are separate settlements, not parts of a town. Great Missenden is a large village, Princes Risborough a small town, though no larger than some large villages. Alscott - try Alscot. If you look at www.genuki.org you'll find a great deal of genealogical & geographical information. http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/ is the Buckinghamshire part of the site. www.streetmap.co.uk will show you where places are. > > Also, do we understand correctly that "Bucks", "Buckingham", and > "Buckinghamshire", are all the same location? > Yes. Buckinghamshire is the name of the county. Bucks is the common abbreviation. Buckingham is the name of the town which the county is named for, & is also sometimes used for the county. > Would like to hear from anyone with suggestions. > > Teresa & Robert Hawes > New Hampshire, USA > > > > ==== BUCKS Mailing List ==== > Please do not post long surname lists. Dave Carlsen looks after the > Bucks surname list, which is the proper place for such postings. Go to: > http://webpages.charter.net/dcarlsen/genuki/BKM/bucksurname.html > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.0 - Release Date: 21/03/05