I have been wandering round the Tithe Maps on Cheshire RO, trying to identify various farms which my ancestors owned/tenanted.
The Earls of Stanhope owned much of the land which they tenanted. So what?
Well, I googled the Earls of Stanhope and was startled to read that one of them married Elizabeth Green, daughter of William Green of Trelawney, Jamaica.
The Greens are an ancient family in Cheshire, mostly Gawsworth. I can't get a biographical handle on William Green of Jamaica. Am I fishing for a red herring here? He appears as some sort of Steward to the Tharp family in Jamaica, and Tharp is also a Gawsworth name.
Any ideas please?
OC
The Earls of Stanhope owned much of the land which they tenanted. So what?
Well, I googled the Earls of Stanhope and was startled to read that one of them married Elizabeth Green, daughter of William Green of Trelawney, Jamaica.
The Greens are an ancient family in Cheshire, mostly Gawsworth. I can't get a biographical handle on William Green of Jamaica. Am I fishing for a red herring here? He appears as some sort of Steward to the Tharp family in Jamaica, and Tharp is also a Gawsworth name.
Any ideas please?
OC
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