Hi Can I make the assumption that Elizabeth PERCY's b1667 was the daughter of Joceline PERCY 11th Earl of Northumberland ? She married 1st the Earl of Ogle, 2nd Thomas THYNNE and 3rd Charles SEYMOR (6th Duke of Somerset) There son Algernon b1684 died 1750 was the Earl of Hertford later 7th Duke of Somerset and was later created Earl of Northumberland in 1749. It was his daughter Elisabeth who married Sir Hugh SMITHSON which lead to the PERCY title passing to the SMITHSON's who are now the Dukes of Northumberland and incumbents of Alnwich Castle. P.S.My wife's family are decended from the 7th Earl who was beheaed in 1572. We must be related somewhere robin - Original Message ----- From: "eilfran" <eilfran@blueyonder.co.uk> To: "D Eldridge" <dugbar38@bigpond.com> Cc: <SUSSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [SXP] Wyndhams of Petworth House > Hi Doug. et al, I missed previous postings, however I have Wyndham > connections descended from Edward the Duke of Somerset abt 1663. His son > William married Catherine Seymour whose mother was Elizabeth Percy b 1667 > of Petworth and their daughter Elizabeth Wyndham b 1726 married George > Grenville, 1st Lord of the Admiralty and Chancellor of the Exchequer. > Their > son George Nugent Grenville, 2nd Earl Temple, 1st Marquis of Buckingham > married Mary Elizabeth Nugent and their son George Grenville, Baron > Nugent, > married Ann Lucy Poulett who was the granddaughter of my 4x Gt > Grandfather, > Joyner Becher and Vere, 3rd Earl Poulett phew! got there. Hope this is > of > interest to your friends. Eileen. > www.epfranchi.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "D Eldridge" <dugbar38@bigpond.com> > To: <Sussex-plus@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 2:24 AM > Subject: [SXP] Wyndhams of Petworth House > > > Hello All, > I read wth interest the letters re Petworth House although I have no > family > ties to Wyndham. > My home town is Brisbane, Australia. During the years 2000-2003 I had the > pleasure of working along side a Mrs. Wyndham. During our conversations on > family history, she said that her husband was descended from the Wyndhams > of > Petworth House. > In 2001, I visited East Sussex but not Petworth House. But, in a small > country church, the floor of which was earth, in a hidden hamlet called > Little Sampford on road B1053 - approx.between Chelmsford and Cambridge, > there is fixed to a wall, a plaque to the memory of a Priest who also is > descended from the Wyndhams. The plaque is old, hard to read without being > up close and the pictures I took barely were readable. I gave these to > Anita. > The reason for writing this message is to ask if those with a genuine > interest in Wyndham would like to contact these Brisbane Wyndhams with a > view to adding to the links. > I cannot be sure what F/History knowledge they have if any. I am happy to > sound them out. > Doug in Australia. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SUSSEX-PLUS-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: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.4/1055 - Release Date: > 07/10/2007 10:24 > >