My family history

My ancestors lived in different parts of England and included cork cutters, coppersmiths and a convict. You will also find bakers, bricklayers, coopers, artists, doctors of medicine, a mathematician, a sailor 'prest' into the navy, and the illegitamate offspring of a knight. These webpages show a little of what I have discovered about them.

The main surnames are Bussey (& Bussy), Dance, Denham (& Dinham), Figgins, Fitzgerald, Mason, Matthews (& Mathews), Phillips, Wells, Wheeler, and Whittaker.

If you recognise one of these families please contact me by email at Richard@badsey.net.

Here is my personal homepage.

Good luck with your own family history!

Richard Phillips



My two grandmothers as young women: (above) Alice Maud Bussey/Wells 1873 - 1965 and (below) Lydia Matthews/Phillips 1886 -1963.

Short index

James BACON born about 1845, probably London
George BOULTON born about 1794, probably Staffordshire
Hannah BOULTON born 1837, Lapley, Staffordshire
Alice Maud BUSSEY born 1873, Southwark, London
James BUSSEY born 1796, Stamford, Lincolnshire
William BUSSEY born 1827, Nottingham
William James BUSSEY born 1847, Nottingham
Ann BUTLER born 1775, probably Nottingham
Elizabeth Ann CHEESEMAN born 1796, Greenwich, Kent
Charlotte CURRY born 1788, Shoreditch, London
Isaac DANCE born 1759, Nottingham
Isaack DANCE born 1648, Nottingham
Matilda DANCE born 1802, Nottingham
William DANCE born 1680, Nottingham
William DANCE born 1719, Nottingham
Elizabeth DENHAM born 1768, Stamford, Lincolnshire
John DINHAM born 1695, Stamford, Lincolnshire
William DINHAM born 1742, Spalding, Lincolnshire
Sarah DUDLEY born 1680, Church Wilne, Derbyshire
Emma FIGGINS born about 1825, Lambeth, Surrey
Henry FIGGINS born 1716, Devizes, Wiltshire
John FIGGINS born 1745, Devizes, Wiltshire
John FIGGINS born 1774, Seend, Wiltshire

Catherine FITZGERALD born 1848, Holborn, London
Robert FITZGERALD born 1795, probably Ireland
Robert Francis FITZGERALD born 1823, Chelsea, London
Elizabeth GORDON born 1801, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
Ann HERITAGE born 1748, Devizes, Wiltshire
Elizabeth HODGET born 1798, Clifton, Nottinhamshire
Elizabeth Susan HOWELL born 1819, Greenwich, Kent
Thomas HOWELL born about 1790, probably Kent

Hannah HYDE born 1796, Brewood, Staffordshire
Thomas HYDE born about 1756, probably Staffordshire
Ann KEY born about 1760, probably Nottingham

Elizabeth Helen LANGDON born 1822, Greenwich, Kent
Ann Caroline MASON born 1850, Newington, London
George MASON born 1819, Beckenham, Kent
Henry MATTHEWS born 1824, Bermondsey, London
John MATTHEWS born 1856, Walworth, London
Lydia MATTHEWS born 1886, Walworth, London
Uriah MATTHEWS born about 1795, probably Cornwall
Rachel PADDY born 1765, Brewood, Staffordshire
Charles Albert PHILLIPS born 1888, Walworth, London
Henry Curry PHILLIPS born 1818, Southwark, London
Joseph PHILLIPS born about 1845, Lambeth, London
Susanna REDMONDS born 1801, Dublin, Ireland
Maria SADLER born 1824, St Georges, Middlesex
Elizabeth SLADE born 1753, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
John WELLS born 1753, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
Thomas WELLS born 1792, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
William WELLS born 1834, Stepney, London
William George WELLS born 1872, Walsall, Staffordshire
James WHEELER born about 1790, probably London
Maria WHEELER born 1845, Southwark, London
William WHEELER born 1821, Southwark, London
Edward WHITAKER born 1722, Nottingham
Edward WHITAKER born 1747, Nottingham
Edward WHITAKER born 1780, Nottingham
Edward WHITAKER born 1804, Nottingham
Godfrey WHITAKER born 1689, Nottingham
Mary Ann WHITTAKER born 1829, Nottingham

 

[Boulton] | [Bussey] | [Dance] | [Denham] | [Figgins] | [Fitzgerald] | [Mason]
[Matthews] | [Phillips] | [Wells] | [Wheeler] | [Whittaker] |

Compiled by Richard Phillips.
Key words: genealogy, pedigree, family tree, married, United Kingdom, UK.
Updated 5 January 2008.