Just interested to read the Jefferys cousins marrying cousins. Was this a commonplace occurance in Wiltshire? I ask because here in South Australia my great grandparents were first cousins who married. They were from round Broad Blunston (? - sorry if I have spelt it wrong)/ Highworth area. In this case it split the families, and the paternal side moved and never spoke to the maternal side again. Cheers Rhonda

Cousin marriages were common everywhere in the past - not just Wiltshire. Anne Rhonda wrote: > Just interested to read the Jefferys cousins marrying cousins. Was this a > commonplace occurance in Wiltshire? > I ask because here in South Australia my great grandparents were first > cousins who married. They were from round > Broad Blunston (? - sorry if I have spelt it wrong)/ Highworth area. In this > case it split the families, and the paternal side > moved and never spoke to the maternal side again. > Cheers Rhonda

Hello Rhonda What a shame that the marriage of cousins in your family caused problems. In my case, the one I proved this week was actually the fourth marriage between cousins of my great grandfather's generation. I think such marriages were frequent events in rural areas because people didn't move around outside their own villages and were restricted to the social connections they made through their families, their work - which was local - or the local church congregation. In my case the Jefferys family were farmers and so they probably had horses and carts to get to the livestock and produce markets but agricultural labourers would have been restricted to social connections within walking distance, including family members. The other point is that two local but different families often had inter-marriages. I know of three different marriages between the Jefferys and the Stiles. All very confusing. Susan Rhonda <rhondam@loadednet.com.au> wrote: Just interested to read the Jefferys cousins marrying cousins. Was this a commonplace occurance in Wiltshire? I ask because here in South Australia my great grandparents were first cousins who married. They were from round Broad Blunston (? - sorry if I have spelt it wrong)/ Highworth area. In this case it split the families, and the paternal side moved and never spoke to the maternal side again. Cheers Rhonda ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Marrying cousins was not just for people with a restricted social circle like the poor old ag labs. It was also quite common for royal families to "keep it in the family", often for political reasons. Bob -----Original Message----- From: eng-wiltshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-wiltshire-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of susan morris Sent: September 20, 2006 6:18 AM To: eng-wiltshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] was small, now Jefferys Hello Rhonda What a shame that the marriage of cousins in your family caused problems. In my case, the one I proved this week was actually the fourth marriage between cousins of my great grandfather's generation. I think such marriages were frequent events in rural areas because people didn't move around outside their own villages and were restricted to the social connections they made through their families, their work - which was local - or the local church congregation. In my case the Jefferys family were farmers and so they probably had horses and carts to get to the livestock and produce markets but agricultural labourers would have been restricted to social connections within walking distance, including family members. The other point is that two local but different families often had inter-marriages. I know of three different marriages between the Jefferys and the Stiles. All very confusing. Susan Rhonda <rhondam@loadednet.com.au> wrote: Just interested to read the Jefferys cousins marrying cousins. Was this a commonplace occurance in Wiltshire? I ask because here in South Australia my great grandparents were first cousins who married. They were from round Broad Blunston (? - sorry if I have spelt it wrong)/ Highworth area. In this case it split the families, and the paternal side moved and never spoke to the maternal side again. Cheers Rhonda ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I find this "marrying cousins" topic quite interesting, in 1943, my brother and a first cousin fell in love and wanted to marry, but after a family pw-wow, and concerns that the children of this union would be effected mentally, they decided not to marry as they both loved and wanted children. The sad part of this tale, is, they both married someone else, and nither my brother, or, my cousin were blessed with an off-spring. Phyllis from Aust. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rhonda" <rhondam@loadednet.com.au> To: <eng-wiltshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 1:08 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] was small, now Jefferys > Just interested to read the Jefferys cousins marrying cousins. Was this a > commonplace occurance in Wiltshire? > I ask because here in South Australia my great grandparents were first > cousins who married. They were from round > Broad Blunston (? - sorry if I have spelt it wrong)/ Highworth area. In this > case it split the families, and the paternal side > moved and never spoke to the maternal side again. > Cheers Rhonda > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.5/451 - Release Date: 19/09/06 > >