Hi Rod: I am new at geneaology and am not sure how accurate my information is at this point. I have traced back as far as Ranulph Duchet in 1098. His son Nicholas (b1129) spelled his surname Duket. Nicholas' son Richard (b1162) changed the spelling again to Ducket. Richard's son Stephen (b1205) then changed it to Duckett and that is how we spell it to this day. I am in South Carolina, USA. Richard Duckett Sr. came to America in the late 1600's. I have found a few Duckett's born in Wiltshire, Grayrigg, Calston etc. Richard Duckett Sr. was born in London in 1672. Being an American, I am very interested in where my family originated and why they came to America. Lori

Hi Lori, I am afraid that there is quite a gap between our Duckett s. My nearest Richard Duckett lived in a little village in Wiltshire, England. He was my greatgreatgreatgrandfather. He was like many of his time, an agricultural labourer (usually shortened to Ag Lab in personal records) and in 1867 when his son got married he could not write his name. This is hardly like someone from a family which came over with the conqueror, sporting the name Duchet. Your Richard Duckett was 200 years earlier and tracing his genealogy might be easier and might be harder. If you can trace him to one of the major families in Britain then you might find him in Burke's Peerage or Landed Gentry or in Debrett. If you can then you can work from books which might be available in your local library. Otherwise you will have to access Church records and archives for anything before about 1837. Since 1841 there have been census records in Britain taken every 10 years. I have transcriptions for Wilts, Somerset and Gloucestershire for 1851 and the whole of Britain is available on CD from the Mormons. They are not perfect but they are very helpful. If you know about Richard Sr from the US end then you could find some clues to his reason for being stateside and then start over here. A birthplace and date would lead you to church records of Baptism, Marriage and Burial. I find the prospect of going back on the Duckett s quite fascinating. The only one I can remember meeting was my father's great aunt about 50 years ago but I have some records going back to the early 19th century but not before. I hope you find this interesting. Please keep in touch regarding your researches. Regards, Rod ----- Original Message ----- From: <HDZ321@aol.com> To: <WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [WSX] FW: Duckett > Hi Rod: > I am new at geneaology and am not sure how accurate my information is at > this point. I have traced back as far as Ranulph Duchet in 1098. His son > Nicholas (b1129) spelled his surname Duket. Nicholas' son Richard (b1162) changed > the spelling again to Ducket. Richard's son Stephen (b1205) then changed it to > Duckett and that is how we spell it to this day. I am in South Carolina, USA. > Richard Duckett Sr. came to America in the late 1600's. I have found a few > Duckett's born in Wiltshire, Grayrigg, Calston etc. Richard Duckett Sr. was > born in London in 1672. Being an American, I am very interested in where my > family originated and why they came to America. > > Lori > > > ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== > Virus warnings, test message and flaming are strictly OFF TOPIC. If you need virus info, see http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/announce.html#virus > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------