Christine, When I was working with your Westall's I could not find them in www.rootsweb.com FREE BMD under Westall so for the heck of it I looked under Westell and wham I found them. I was so pleased. Did you look over the info I sent you on Ackerley? Regards to you and Australia Bob -----Original Message----- From: westall-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:westall-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Christine Charles Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 6:29 PM To: westall@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WESTALL] Westall connections My Westall's changed their names in the 1800's to WESTELL .That branch were from Bristol & my gt grandfather moved to Liverpool Christine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Westall" <fred_westall@msn.com> To: <WESTALL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 12:45 AM Subject: [WESTALL] Westall connections > Hi Bob, > > > > Wow ... you really do have a great database of Westall's! By the way, > who > is the earliest Westall on your database? > > > > It seems that my earliest ancestor was William Westall (1638) who married > Margery Willis (1630) on 1 April 1658 in Aldbourne Wilts. They were my 8x > great grandparents. Their son, William Westall (1659) married Sarah > Sylvester or Chilvester. Their son Edward Westall (1695) married Sarah > Barnet (1698) in 1718, and then my line continues through son John Westall > (1718) who married Hester Benfield (1720) in 1745. > > > > I think that the Richard Westall RA (the artist) line can be traced back > much further but so far we have not been able to definitively link the > Norfolk line of Westall's with my own line from Wiltshire/Berkshire. We > have come tantalizingly close but no cigar yet! But I am quietly > confident > that there is a connection linking most of the southern English Westall's > together. Currently I am trying to find the link between the Trowbridge > Westall's and my own line. I think there may be a link via the Westall > group in East Isley but I have not found it yet. > > > > I notice there is also a large group of Westall's based in the > Oswaldwistle > area of Lancashire near Huddersfield. I would love the find how that > group > came into being - was it a completely independent line or did they join > the > migration from the south to the north during the industrial revolution? > The > Westall's of North (Fylde) and West (Liverpool) Lancashire and Cheshire > (Warrington) can all be traced back to remote branches of my own line. So > far I have not found any Scottish Westall's but I have a lot of Scottish > blood from my mother's side! > > > > Like you say Genealogy is fascinating. I only got into it about 3 years > ago > but now I am completely hooked. I am particularly interested in the lives > of my ancestors, the historical context and the patterns of migration > throughout the family. There's a lot still to do I think! ;0) > > > > Fred Westall (the third) > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WESTALL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WESTALL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.5.1.322) Database version: 5.10750e http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.5.1.322) Database version: 5.10750e http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor/