Hi Celia Have you by any chance done any research into the NOTON family mentioned below? I have a Michael NOTON in my tree, married in 1699 Bakewell, died in 1737 Great Longstone. I would be grateful for any information, if you happened to have come across him. I realise there's some 20 miles between these places and Duffield, but it's the first time I've seen NOTON mentioned for ages so I can only ask! Cheers, Joan -----Original Message----- From: Celia Renshaw Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 3:28 PM To: derbysgen@rootsweb.com Subject: [DBY] SOMERS dynasty in Duffield Hi all, I'm posting this message as an advert for the potential usefulness of manorial documents. Just to give you an example of the kind of goldmine that can be dug up from manor records, here is something I found this week at Derbys Record Office in Duffield Fee Court Book D1404/20 covering dates 1652-60 (the only period before 1733 when entries were in English, yay) - I hope it may be of use to present or future SOMERS hunters: (It was presented to the Court that a Robert SOMERS had died, who held a messuage and a couple of crofts in Duffield Manor) "and that George SOMERS of the age of 16 (xvi) yeares and upwards is the Kinsman and next heir of the said Robert SOMERS to witt the only Son of George SOMERS his father who was Sonn of Geo: his Grandfather who was Son of George his Great Grandfather who was Son of Thomas his Great Great Grandfather which Thomas was Eldest Brother of Bartholomew who was Father of Robert which Robert was Father of the said Robert SOMERS lately deceased, And the said George SOMERS the heir then being present in Court did then make choise of Henry NOTON his uncle to wit his Mother’s brother to be his Gardian dureing his minority". The entry goes on to say that a counter-claim to the holding was made by William SOMERS a brother of the lately deceased Robert by a different mother (his claim didn't succeed). Celia Renshaw in Chesterfield UK ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Joan, I have one NOTON in my tree: Elizabeth NOTON married Samuel HAWLEY, 16 Sep 1701 Chesterfield. I have speculated about where Elizabeth came from and discovered one possible family in Chesterfield who are recorded as both NOTON and *NEWTON* Regards, Rosemary Northumberland UK Email: rosemary@rprobert.co.uk Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ On 12/04/2013 20:51, Joan Saxton wrote: > Hi Celia > > Have you by any chance done any research into the NOTON family mentioned > below? > I have a Michael NOTON in my tree, married in 1699 Bakewell, died in 1737 > Great Longstone. > I would be grateful for any information, if you happened to have come across > him. I realise there's some 20 miles between these places and Duffield, but > it's the first time I've seen NOTON mentioned for ages so I can only ask!