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Let me introduce myself - my name is Annie Barnes (originally Anne Mary Hibbitt) and I live in Plymouth in Devon. This site is the result of my research into my family history. It's a work-in-progress as I continue to gather information and put this data together.

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Contact Me

I always enjoy hearing from fellow researchers and distant cousins and would appreciate you taking the time to send me a message. It's possible that I may have further information on a specific individual than is currently shown on this site so if you want to know more please do get in touch....And to all my visitors, may I invite you to leave a comment in my guestbook before you go.

How To Explore My Family Tree

Listed below are 3 different methods for finding the information you're looking for:

(1) You might want to start by using the search box above.

(2) Alternatively, click here or on the '·family tree' link above or in the navigation bar, choose a surname and then, from the subsequent page, select an individual and follow the links to the information you want to see. 

(3) Lastly, you could, if you wish, start with my grandparents' pages:

• Charles George Hibbitt & Ivy Alice Dando
• William Hellyer Geake & Phyllis Grace Weaver

Note: women are listed under their maiden names.

To protect their privacy, living people have been excluded from the index.

Online Shop

The Shop contains a number of genealogy and family history documents available as digital downloads for immediate delivery.

Photos & Gallery

The Photos section includes a number of photographs relating to my family. I am also in the process of building a Gallery which contains many more images and video clips. 

Resources

The Resources section comprises various subsections. These include:

• Biographies - life stories of various individuals in my family tree.
• Family tree reports where you can download, view or print out pdf files of my family tree and other reports - useful for getting an overview of who's who and where they fit into the family.
• Transcripts from parish records, etc.
• Surname facts about the meaning and origin of my family names.
• Miscellaneous information on certain family groups.

Genealogy Overview

Family surnames on my father's paternal side include: ANSLEY, BAILEY, BALL, BANISTER / BANNASTER / BANNISTER, BARTLETT, BENNETT, BODNUM, BONNER, BROUCHER, BROWNING, CARTER, CHUDLEY, COLLINS, COTTERILL / COTTERELL / COTTRILL / COTTREL / COTRELL / COTTERIL, COWLES, DAVIS, DUTTON, ELY, EVANS, FISHER, FRYER, FUSSELL, GEORGE, GIRLING, GOWER, GUNNINGHAM, GUNTER, GUY, GWYN / GWIN / GWINN, HALL, HANCOCK, HARRIS, HART, HARVEY, HIBBITT / HIBBIT, HIGGS, JAMES, JAY, JONES, KING, KNIGHT, KNOWLES, LANE, LEERIN, LEWIS, LOCK, LONGNEY, MARSHALL, MARTIN, MATHEWS, MATTINGLY, MILLS, MOSES, NEWTON, NEWBOLD / NEWBOULD, NOLAN, OAKES, PAGET, PARKER, PARTINGTON, PITCHER / PITCHARD / PICHARD / PRITCHARD, PITT / PYTT, PEGLER, POCKETT, POULSTON, POW, POWELL, PRICE, REED, RICE, RICHARDS, RIDLEY, ROBERTS, ROBINSON, SAUNDERS, SAVAGE, SERRIDGE, SMITH, SUMMERHILL, TAYLOR, TAYSOM / TAYSUM / TOYSOM, TUCKER, TURNER, TYLER, VAUGHAN, VICK, WALTERS, WANKLIN, WARREN, WATKINS, WELCH, WELLS, WILEY, WILKIE, WILLIAMS, WILLMOTT, WOODWARD and WORGAN, YOUNG.

The Hibbitts and Newbolds were residing in Exton, Rutland in the late 18th/early 19th centuries. My line subsequently moved to various parts of Gloucestershire and later generations lived in Worcester, Birmingham, Ireland and Devon. The Pitcher family came from Lydney in Gloucestershire, then Rockhampton and next Uley/Coaley, and later, Arlingham, all in Gloucestershire. The Worgan family were located in Woolaston and Alvington in the Forest of Dean and the Fryers, Taysoms and Kings were in Arlingham as well as Fretherne and Westbury on Severn, also in Gloucestershire. There were several Fryer families in Arlingham and my line were specifically from the area known as Overton. The Cotterill family originally hailed from Kidderminster, Worcestershire, before moving to Kingswinford near Dudley.

My father's maternal family names include: ADAMS, ASHBY, BARNES, BOWTELL, BROTHERS, BRIDGEMAN, CLARK, DALLETT, DANDO, DINGLE, FREE, FINCHAM, GETHEN, HAMILTON, HANSARD, HARDING, HARPER, HARRIGAN, HATCH, HAWES, HEWITT, HILL, JONES, LANGSTON, LOGAN, MALYON, MATTISON, METCALFE, MONTEITH, MOORE, MORGAN, MURCH, NUNNELEY, OLIVER, PALMER, PARKER, PEARSON, PHILLIPS, RIEGNER, RICHARDSON, ROWLANDSON, ROYLANCE, SHARPLESS, SHERIFF, SHIPWAY, SILL, SPIERS, STOLLERY, STOUTENBURGH, SWAN, THOMPSON, TISDALL, WALKER, WOODALL and WILLIAMS.

In the 18th century, the Dandos were in Dursley and Rodborough, in Gloucestershire. Many of them were hat makers/manufacturers and they had strong connections with Calvinistic Methodism and were acquainted with the famous Methodist preacher, George Whitefield. Later generations moved to Bristol but they also resided in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, and some in New York. They also had connections with Australia, New Zealand, Manchester, London, Middlesex and Devon. The Oliver family came from Yorkshire. The Frees, Finchams and Ashbys originated from Hadstock in Essex, very close to the market town of Saffron Walden.

Family names on my mother's side are: ALCOCK, ARNOLD, AVINS, BACON, BAILEY / BAYLEY, BALL, BATE, BEIN, BENNETT, BISHOP, BLIGHT, BOWDEN, BRAGG / BRAG / BRAGGE, BROCK, BURDON, BURNBURY, CARPENTER, CHAPMAN, CLEMETT, CONGDON, COULING, COURTIS / CURTICE, DEARING/DERING, DENNIS, DOIDGE, FIDOE / FIDO, FRENCH, FRIEND, GARLICK, GEAKE, GWYN, HAMLYN, HELLYER / HELLIER, HOLBROOK, HORN / HORNE, HYNE, JEFFERY, JENKINS, LAKE, LARKWORTHY, LONGMAN, MARTIN / MARTYN, MOORE, MOYSE, MUNCKTON, NEWMAN, ORTON, PARSONS, PHILLIPS, RAYNER / RAYNOR, RIGSBY, SARGENT, SAVORY, SELDON, SHAPTON, SHORT, SKINNER, SLADE, SMALE / SMALLE, SQUIRE, THOMPSON, TROTT, TWOGOOD / TOOGOOD, TUCKER, WAGSTAFF, WAREHAM, WEAVER and WEBB.

Many of these ancestors originated from Devon but the Weavers were located in Curry Rivel, Somerset, and the Arnold, Bacon and Wagstaff families were from Nuneaton, Warwickshire.

I hope you enjoy browsing my site.