This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: neilbarrow1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.schofield/911.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Schofields were in Saddleworth from at least 1545 SADDLEWORTH FAMILIES DNA PROJECT Saddleworth Historical Society has established a Saddleworth Families DNA project with the aim of establishing a database for family history and other researchers. The project will initially focus on the earliest Saddleworth surnames which are known locally from the 1642 Protestation return or earlier documents. These are still common not only in Saddleworth but in the adjacent areas of the South Pennines. Many have well researched family trees. We are therefore keen to include other Societies and researchers. The project's database is located at http://www.familytreedna.com/ in the Geographical projects section as Saddleworth, UK http://www.familytreedna.com/public/saddleworthsurnames Please add DNA profiles of these Saddleworth / South Pennine names to the database. Updates on the Project will be posted to the blog: saddleworthhistory.blogspot.co.uk PLEASE FORWARD THIS NOTICE TO YOUR MEMBERS OR ANY INTERESTED PERSON Saddleworth DNA surnames [WIP 12/12/2012] List of common names ie not all names on indicated list. 1379 Poll Tax Return 1881 census1 No Banwell score del Schag Shaw >700 17 Hawkyard Hawred 31 140 del Sykes Sykes >180 15 Wryglegh Wrigley / Rigley >400 129* del Platte Platt >200 36 de Brerlay Brierley >200 46 de Lees Lees >1600 37 1545 Lay Subsidy Buckley >800 61* Taylor >280 2 Schofield / Scholefield >700 51* Knight 6 0.2 Whitehead >390 24 Gartside / Garside >300 / 70 306*/19 Radcliffe / Ratcliffe >140 48 Kenworthy / Kennerley >250 152* Harrop 17 6 Winterbottom >190 82* 1642 Protestation Return Bradbury >400 64* Broadbent >300 57 Heawood / Heywood nil / 38 7 Mallalieu 54 276* Kershaw >200 54 Lawton >200 33* Vinthwit (Linthwaite / Linfitts) family believed to be extinct nil Tweedale 9 13 Mayall 69 88* Saville / Seville 48/ 6 118* Wood >500 7* Whewall / Wheawall nil * highest in England & Wales Banwell ratio: crude totals of surnames per parish (poor law union) do not give helpful information. Parishes are of varying sizes & some surnames, like Taylor, are very common & will predominate in most areas. The ratio shows how common a name is in an area compared to how common it is nationally. Note eg that Wood is a common name, (although mainly in the North) and is common in Saddleworth. But it is disproportionately common in Saddleworth which has the highest relative concentration in the country. 1 Archer Surname Atlas www.archersoftware.co.uk Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.