Hi Keith, Sorry I haven't got back to you sooner (I've had a bad migraine this week). I'm afraid there is not likely to be any connection between your W. Sussex Whittingtons and my Lancashire Whittingtons. They are about 250 miles apart. Roughly the population of Canada in between! The surname Whittington comes from the place name Whittington, which is quite common in England. There are 13 in my gazetteer: 1) Gloucestershire - about 4 miles SE of Cheltenham 2) Lancashire - 2 miles SW of Kirby Lonsdale ( I suspect this is where mine came from) 3) Shropshire - about 2 miles ENE of Oswestry 4) Staffordshire - 2 miles SE of Lichfield 5) Warwickshire - 1 miles NW of Atherstone 6) Worcestershire - about 2 miles SE of Worcester 7) Norfolk - about 9 miles NE of Brandon 8) Staffordshire - 3 miles SW of of Stourbridge 9) Derbyshire - about 2 miles N of Chesterfield 10) Whittington and Newbold - near Chesterfield 11) Northumberland - Whittington, Great; 6 miles NE of Hexham 12) Northumberland - Whittington, Little; 6 miles NE of Hexham 13) Derbyshire - Whittington, Old; in Chesterfield municipal borough I can't work out from this where your West Sussex Whittingtons are likely to have come from; they are all some way away so it's difficult to say which might be most likely. Possibly Gloucestershire is nearest. Jan Craig Ashton, Chester ----- Original Message ----- From: KeithWhittington <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 11:15 PM Subject: Re: Liverpool Whittingtons.......possible connection to W.Sussex branch???????? > Hi Jan, > Good I finally found someone else researching Whittingtons in England. > All I have found on Rootsweb.. are people who are looking for Whittingtons > in the U.S.A. > Well, your group is in Lancshire ...( being a Canadian) I am not > familiar with the English geography ...how far from W. Sussex? .. Maybe a > bit too far north.!!!!!! > If you can trace your branch southward to W.Sussex then maybe we can > "play ball" together. > > R.Keith Whittington > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jan Craig <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 5:15 PM > Subject: Liverpool Whittingtons > > > > Edward WHITTINGTON, joiner, married Elizabeth ELTON at St. Nicholas, > > Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 19 dec 1802. > > Thier Children were: > > 1) Margaret Jane, born 1803, married Henry HANLEY > > 2) Elizabeth, born 1806, married William ALLPORT > > 3) John, born 1809, a joiner, unmarried and living in Liverpool in 1851 > > 4) William Frederick, born 1812, a joiner, unmarried and living in > Liverpool > > in 1851 > > 5) Hannah, born 1816, no further information > > 6) Harriet, born 1818, married John McCABE in 1838 in Liverpool > > 7) Eleanor, born 1823, a stay-maker, unmarried and living in Liverpool in > > 1851 > > > > I would love to make contact with anyone researching this family. > > > > Jan Craig, > > Ashton, Chester, England > > > > > > > > ==== WHITTINGTON Mailing List ==== > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > Post a brief family history .... let's see if we're cousins > > > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > > ==== WHITTINGTON Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >