Hi Jill, A long shot, but the name Casburn is registered with the Guild of One Name Studies. It isn't the same name, but is close enough to be noticed. A note to the registered owner may turn up something casburn(at)one-name.org . Dai On 09/07/2011 20:44, Jill Muir wrote: > Hello Listers, > I am transcribing a will of James Caseberde who died in my village of > Kingston Bagpuize in 1604. I have a 3 generation family tree for them now. > > I have tried discovering where the surname appears in Berkshire and > Oxfordshire. It is not shown in the Surnames of Oxfordshire book and I don't > believe that there is a book of Berkshire surnames. The name or variant of > this, as Casbeard, does appear on the Oxfordshire OXSIL surname list though > and I have sent a message to the researcher. > > I searched for both Cakebread [which I think Caseberd could be a variant > of] and Caseberd on ancestry.co.uk today and then decided to use the > facility to 'Search All Records' and found there a James Caseberd died 1604 > which is one I am interested in, within Probate/Glamorgan Wills, but he > isn't shown on the National Library of Wales Wills Index that I could see. > I don't wish to add to my subscription plan at present, but wondered if > anyone had come across this surname in Glamorgan, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, or > come to that anywhere, please? > > The adjoining parish of Longworth is the oldest place in the UK for > Anabaptists, who seemed to have come from Glamorgan, so the tale goes, and a > Cakebread researcher I have spoken to tells me that his family seemed to be > Nonconformists. > > Best wishes, > Jill > http://longworth-district-history-society.org.uk > > >