I'm in Alaska at the moment, won't be home till mid June when I might have time to try to fit what I have with what you have. I have Richard Pepperell married Frances Codd 16-6-1661, Slapton. Evocative, no? Can't remember if I have corresponded with you about the Pepperells previously. There is a one-name study that should embrace both your Codd and mine - can't think of the guy's name for the moment. But it is Joe Flood. I'd appreciate a note from you in late June when I should be able to look at what I have. Best, Ken > With this talk of Charlemagne and gateway ancestors on the Devon list I > thought I would share what I have found about a 'gateway' ancestor in my > tree who appears to be descended from Charlemagne. > > There may well be others on this list who share a descent from Lydia > PEPPERELL bap 1764, dau of Samuel PEPPERELL and Alice Bastard ('Ally') > SYMONS. > > (Lydia married John NICHOALS and they had a large family baptised in > Slapton and Dartmouth and I guess by now very many descendants). > > Alice was bap Kingsbridge in 1732/3, the daughter of Aeneas SYMONS > (barber / wig maker of Kingsbridge) and Honor SHEPHERD; others may be > descended from them. > > I have recently found that Aeneas' mother was Alice BASTARD, daughter of > Beville BASTARD, a younger son of the gentry BASTARD family of Gerston > in West Alvington while her mother was Elizabeth ROSE, from some > interesting Dorset families. > > I would be interested in hearing from anyone sharing these ancestors, > either to exchange research or just share what I have. > > My tree is online; Alice BASTARD's page is at > http://teresa-goatham.me.uk/genealogy/names-and-origins/devon/south-hams/bastard/alice-my-gateway-ancestor/ > (http://tinyurl.com/htubk6z) > > I have added a lot of 'ancestors' of Beville to my tree, mainly using > Vivian (Devon visitations), though I have seen a few other documents at > the National Archives and at the PWDRO, as well as a number of PCC > wills. Also of course PR entries, but much of this is before surviving > PRs. > > I have also added quite a few ancestors of Beville's wife Elizabeth ROSE. > > I have not found the baptism of Aeneas SYMONS of Kingsbridge, nor of his > mother Alice BASTARD, nor the marriage of her parents, nor the baptism > of her mother Elizabeth ROSE. > > It's surprising how much can be discovered now without the regular PR > entries, most of this quite easily with readily available online > resources. If you are interested in how I have established the links see > the pages for the individuals from Alice's page, or an account of this > here: > http://teresa-goatham.me.uk/genealogy/names-and-origins/devon/south-hams/bastard/alice-my-gateway-ancestor/ > (http://tinyurl.com/htubk6z) > > Because this research is recent I have yet to investigate most of the > 'ancestors's shown, and haven't even added info about all of the docs I > have looked at, though I am happy to share this. (I will be adding > transcripts of the documents which establish the above links rather than > just references to them, where copyright etc. permits and when my time > also permits). > > See this page for more details about what I have added / why / how > reliable (or not): > http://teresa-goatham.me.uk/genealogy/names-and-origins/devon/south-hams/bastard/gentry-ancestors-on-my-tree/ > (http://tinyurl.com/jth9c58) > > Although I have added Charlemagne to my tree I intend to add a generic > note to each member of the gentry family arrived at via the gateway > ancestor about the lack of confirming data. I didn't intend to publish > my tree with them until I had done so, but wanting to share my tree with > others I am in contact with and it taking me longer than I hoped to work > out some software changes means they are there without comment - I hope > any coming across them have a certain scepticism. > > Teresa > > > > >