Hello Bettye, Thank you for your quick reply and informative letter. I will keep on searching and with the luck of the Irish something should turn up. Good luck in your research. Joan. >From: "BJ & LC Kirkwood" <[email protected]> >To: "j.e. higginson" ><[email protected]>,<[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [WLS-PEM] Bettye, here is a HEYWOOD query for you. >Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 12:12:53 +1100 > >Dear Joan, > >The Haywards in Pembrokeshire were settled around the Rudbaxton area for >quite a few generations. > >The very early Welsh were involved with Irish subjugation....Sir John Wogan >of Pembrokeshire was Justiciar in Ireland from 1295 and there was plenty of >to-ing and fro-ing for wars and such, so it is quite possible that a later >Hayward or two wandered across the sea to Ireland. > >However, before I started on my lines of Welsh research I investigated my >Devon ancestors and quite a few of them bore the name of Heywood/Haywood >and >were even shown in the census records as Howard. I don't think there is >any >connection whatsoever between these two different branches....they were >high >steppers in Pembrokeshire and well down the social ladder in Devon. > >I think you may find that the Heyward/wood/Howard name >evolved and all varieties can be found scattered through the various >English >counties for generations. > >Sorry, I can't help. but good luck with your search. >Bettye Kirkwood, Australia. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca