I have managed to trace my family back to the mid 1500's after more than twenty years research, the final couple were in Saffron Walden Essex and I can only trace their burials and the baptisms of their children, but not their own births or baptisms.
The family name originates from Lancastershire through military records, feet of fines and court records I can trace the family name and the areas where they lived back to the mid 1200's as the family name is still used to identify several locations in Lancastershire.
An example of one of the military records: John, was an archer in the naval expedition in 1388 under the command of Richard Fitz Alan Earl of Arundel and is identified as being from Fysshewyk (fishwick)
The family crest is in Fairbairns family crests.
The question is what chance have I of bridging the gap from 1470 in Lancastershire and 1558 in Saffron Waldon to link the Saffron Walden family to the Lancastershire one?
Incidentally the family are still in Essex so I didn't have far to travel to the ERO about two miles!
The family name originates from Lancastershire through military records, feet of fines and court records I can trace the family name and the areas where they lived back to the mid 1200's as the family name is still used to identify several locations in Lancastershire.
An example of one of the military records: John, was an archer in the naval expedition in 1388 under the command of Richard Fitz Alan Earl of Arundel and is identified as being from Fysshewyk (fishwick)
The family crest is in Fairbairns family crests.
The question is what chance have I of bridging the gap from 1470 in Lancastershire and 1558 in Saffron Waldon to link the Saffron Walden family to the Lancastershire one?
Incidentally the family are still in Essex so I didn't have far to travel to the ERO about two miles!
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