I too have not been able to make a connection to my Haydens. They came from Wiltshire, Salisbury area in the 1700s, moved to Bath in Somerset, and then to High Wycombe in Bucks and I have been able to trace just one line, mine, but cannot find George Evelyn Hayden who went to America about 1910. He does not appear in any census. Lorna nee Hayden, living in England. Best wishes, Lorna --------------------------------- For ideas on reducing your carbon footprint visit Yahoo! For Good this month.
Hi Lorna, It is fairly likely that your Wiltshire line are a branch of the large Devon lot, who by the early 1700's they were starting to spread into other counties. After people recovered from the plague 1660's and survivors starting to have children from about 1675, the population slowly started to climb again. It is from this reduced population that everyone else is descended today; many lines had died out. The Black Death in the 1300's killed off many lines. Perhaps 30% of the population. Look at the population figures of England you see these big setbacks; so a fairly small percentage of lines say existing 1000 years ago have survived down to this day. If we were able to trace all our ancestors back just 500 years we would many common lines. Good luck Tony Burgess ----- Original Message ----- From: "lorna cowan" <lornapcowan@yahoo.co.uk> To: <HAYDEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 12:05 PM Subject: [HAYDEN] Seeking my line of Haydens >I too have not been able to make a connection to my Haydens. They came from >Wiltshire, Salisbury area in the 1700s, moved to Bath in Somerset, and then >to High Wycombe in Bucks and I have been able to trace just one line, mine, >but cannot find George Evelyn Hayden who went to America about 1910. He >does not appear in any census. > Lorna nee Hayden, living in England. > > > Best wishes, Lorna > > > > --------------------------------- > For ideas on reducing your carbon footprint visit Yahoo! For Good this > month. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HAYDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >