im looking into a family that has a large number of myths, and if they are true, it explains why they are so hard to find them.
the first myth is the family supported the jacobites against the hanoverians, and that after the battle of preston in 1715, their lands in england and scotland were confiscated by the crown. as this happened, the family is said to have fled to holland for 2 generations.
the second myth is a wife in the family with aristocratic blood. senior aristocratic blood. incidentally she is supposed to have been a carew, in the later 18th century. her son according to the family myth is firmly attested in census and parish records, and is securely the son of another woman. so im thinking the carew wife may have been a first wife, or maybe she is muddled by the generations, being an earlier ancestor, or maybe she is made up! all attempts to trace her have been unsuccessful.
what i would like to know, is, would there be a way of finding out about families who had lands confiscated? the tree does not go as far as the generation that would have had land confiscated in 1715, it would be the parents of the generation i have seen so far.
i would also like to know if it was common for political individuals to flee to holland? i know people in trouble with religion in the 16th century did it, but people with lands confiscated? doesn't that mean the man was arrested and possibly executed?
and finally, if the stories are true, the families lands were confiscated, and they did flee to holland, is there any way to trace the family in holland? an area they tended to settle in?
the first myth is the family supported the jacobites against the hanoverians, and that after the battle of preston in 1715, their lands in england and scotland were confiscated by the crown. as this happened, the family is said to have fled to holland for 2 generations.
the second myth is a wife in the family with aristocratic blood. senior aristocratic blood. incidentally she is supposed to have been a carew, in the later 18th century. her son according to the family myth is firmly attested in census and parish records, and is securely the son of another woman. so im thinking the carew wife may have been a first wife, or maybe she is muddled by the generations, being an earlier ancestor, or maybe she is made up! all attempts to trace her have been unsuccessful.
what i would like to know, is, would there be a way of finding out about families who had lands confiscated? the tree does not go as far as the generation that would have had land confiscated in 1715, it would be the parents of the generation i have seen so far.
i would also like to know if it was common for political individuals to flee to holland? i know people in trouble with religion in the 16th century did it, but people with lands confiscated? doesn't that mean the man was arrested and possibly executed?
and finally, if the stories are true, the families lands were confiscated, and they did flee to holland, is there any way to trace the family in holland? an area they tended to settle in?
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