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The Holcombe The HOLCOMBE Index (British Isles) - includes about 100 spelling variations PDF File - Download or search online © Tony Holkham 2014 LAST UPDATED: FEBRUARY 2014 Now about 8,000 entries You can get a PDF reader from: and others (hundreds of new records added) http://get.adobe.com/reader/ CONTENTS ANY ADDITIONS / AMENDMENTS / CONFIRMATIONS / QUESTIONS WELCOME. Contact details below. INTRODUCTION Tony Holkham, 16 Blaen Treweryll, Blaenffos, Boncath, Pembrokeshire SA37 0JH, UK Email: [email protected] Web: www.tonyholkham.co.uk/genealogy.htm CAN I HELP YOU? PUBLISHED SOURCES NOTES & KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS GENERAL INFORMATION DATE column Pre-1752 year began 25 March so Y/M/D as source. Q=quarter. Ranges entered at earliest but may have been updated by original source since entered) ANSTY or ONSTY - a special case FIRST NAMES column Included are some people who have Holcombe etc as a first name. Strange spellings have a standard version (my judgement) as well. BIBLIOGRAPHY SURNAME column It is not advisable to search Holcombes by surname (see Gen Information). nee = maiden name, Hookham included in case of spelling error SPELLINGS & PRONUNCIATION EVENT column b = birth, c = christening (baptism), h = home, int = burial, m = marriage, o = death, d = daughter, s = son, w = will/work, inh/beq = bequest, + = later than WHAT NEXT? cr = cremated, GF = groom's father, BF = bride's father, wit = witness, wid = widow(er), (b)otp = (both) of this parish SURNAME INDEX BY DATE COUNTY/Town/village Most counties and many towns/villages/parishes have their own family history/genealogy organisations which you can find on the internet PLACE etc. INDEX Counties coded using Chapman codes - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapman_code for more information Spelling of parishes, and the county they are in, can change depending on the date SOURCE column i = IGI 1992 (note - not all parishes covered), IGI = 2008+, @ = relatives named, ^ = East Lavington, e = email. See also PUBLISHED SOURCES below. c = census, + = Countess of Huntingdon's, *YY or *YYYY = deduced from known later date, N = Tony Holkham's notes Unpublished sources: Names/dates are from private correspondence; contact me for more information. WARNING ! ! Don't assume ANY data is FACT unless you have verified it yourself from original documentation. Please ALWAYS quote sources when passing on data. Scroll down for the full list of references under these headings: DATE SURNAME FIRST NAMES EVENT COUNTY(SHIRE) Town/Village SOURCE [published sources - see list at start of file] INTRODUCTION Welcome to the Holcombe Index which contains about 8000 references to some 100 spellings of these names and places. Please read the General Information section below before searching. NOTE TO RESEARCHERS IN AUSTRALIA, NZ, USA, CANADA & OTHER COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE BRITISH ISLES This database covers only England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. So much research has been done in other countries that it is beyond the scope of this index, whose principal purpose is to help researchers discover their British ancestors. Most post-1700 data on overseas people (apart from known emigrants) that I have received from researchers has been filed and is available on request. CAN I HELP YOU? I have been researching my family, and helping others to research theirs, for more than 30 years. If you would like help researching your British ancestors, please contact me. I do not charge for help or advice by email, and would only charge if you asked me to do work that would incur costs such as expenses or fees. Any charges would always be agreed in advance. Please note that I am unable to visit records offices. YOU ARE WELCOME TO DOWNLOAD THIS FILE FOR YOUR OWN PRIVATE RESEARCH PURPOSES. IN ITS PRESENT FORM IT IS © Tony Holkham 2014 AND MAY NOT BE RE-PUBLISHED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION PUBLISHED SOURCES (as at the time of entry - not necessarily currently available) [Am Hist] Encyclopedia of American History, 6th ed. (Harper & Row) [Assizes] E Sussex Quart'ly Assizes 1790-1854 - Transportat'n p25 Adjourned (ie additionl) Epiphany Sessions 1838 [Bardsley] Dictionary of English Surnames [Blomefield]'s History of Norfolk pp231- (see Np158-9) [Bowman] Thomas Holcomb and other Simsbury, Connecticut Families by Deanna Holcomb Bowman (1988-93) (extracts unpublished at the time of receipt) [Bravo] Murder at the Priory (the mysterious poisoning of Charles Bravo) by Taylor & Clarke, Collins 1988 0 246 13282 5 [Burke 1975] Burke's American Families with British Ancestry, 1975 (P'boro or F'boro Lib) Burke's General Armory p499 [Butler] Inns, Taverns & Hotels of Bognor Regis (Butler) [Cert] Certificate of birth, marriage or death in the possession of Tony Holkham [Chichester] Directory, Handbook & Almanack [CWGC] = Commonwealth War Graves Commission online - www.cwgc.org (often gives family details and home adress) [Devon Villages] by S H Burton (Robert Hale 1973) [Dorset Pilgrims] by Frank Thistlethwaite (Barrie & Jenkins 1989) [Ekwall] Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names (4th ed): "Holkham Nf (Holcham DB 1159, 1162 P1203 Ass)." ESRO = East Sussex Records Office, Lewes (East and West Sussex have separate records offices - see WSRO below) [Everyman]'s Dictionary of Music (Dent 1946) [FamilySearch] The website of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) www.familysearch.org (formerly IGI) [Feudal Aids] Vol.5 (Staffs - Worcs) [Fleming] History of Pagham - Chichester Library (extracts photocopied) [Goodwood] (Sussex) Estate records viewed by Martin Haulkham [Gowler] - Poor Relief in Bognor 1790-1840 (Chichester ref lib) [Harvey]/Hervey, William (Clarenceaux King of Arms) The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563 & 1613 1895, 1891 Np159 [Hearth] Sussex Hearth Tax Assessments 1662, Lewes Rape, Sx Genealogocal Cent Occasional Paper No 3 [Heffer] Sussex Genealogies - Ardingly (by John Comber, 1932, pub W Heffer, Cambridge) IGI = International Genealogical Index - see https://www.familysearch.org/ [Internet Archive] www.archive.org [Iredale] Tracing your Family Tree [Kelly]'s Street directory [Kerridge] R & Standing M - Georgian & Victorian Broadwater [Lewes] Town Book of Lewes 1542-1701, SRS 48 (N p134-6) [McKinley] Surnames of Sussex ISBN 0904920143 (Leopard's Head Press) [NA] National archives, and ref (put the ref following NA into the search box and you should get to the source document (you may have to pay to view it); not all docs yet have full description. Note When searching NA with the ref I've given, see the box on the RH side of the page for the hierarchy of the document, and also the viewing and ordering options on the same page Note When entry says "unknown content" or there are no details given it means that NA have not yet catalogued the details yet; it may be worth going back to it later [Northrepps] The Northrepps Grandchildren by Verily Anderson (Hodder & Stoughton 1968) SBN 340 02617 0 [Old Bailey] Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1913 - www.oldbaileyonline.org [PRTS] Parish Register Transcription Society (searchable online - some documents are pay-per-view) Note SAC = Sussex Archaeological Collections (searched up to and including Vol.117). - available in Chichester Library and probably elsewhere. In particular : [SAC Acton] Abduction of Joan Acton 1635, also mentions Joan Anstye, SAC 122,129; SAC 58,18; SAC 9,83; also ESRO [SAC Anstye] Family later known as H alias Anstye at Br Fm, as then called, until end 17C, SAC 123,131 (also WSRO Addm SS17266-7) [SAC Seaford] Excavations in Seaford, 1976 (clay pipes) (fr A Oswald "Clay pipes for the archaeologist", 1975 p195), SAC 116,211 [SAC Stotesford] Deed, conveyance, from Agnes Stotesford (more details), SAC 123,131 (also Brit Lib Add Ch 28288) [SAC13] Letter "ffor My very Loving friend Mr Jeake, Liuing In Rye, neare unto The Sine of the Quens Arms" SAC 13,77 [SAC16] Sufferings of Quakers in Lewes, 1679, SAC 16,98 [SAC28] Will of Bernard Chatfield of Lancing SAC 28 186. See also notebook. [SAC35] Lay subsidies Sussex, 15 Hen VIII (1524), SAC 35,47 [SAC36] Wivelsfield Parochial Records, Church Register, SAC 36,34 [SAC45] Cuckfield in the 17th century ("a note of strangers which have preached in ye church here"), SAC 45,28 [SAC58] Buttinghill Hundred - Sheriffs turns of Courts 1613-1621, Frank pledges 1613-1617, SAC 58,10-16 (Np82,85-6) [SAC69] Documents in the possession of William Abery, Horsham, SAC 69,117,127 [SAC116+] SAC 116,176 (Crowboro'); 113,52 (Buxted/LewesMus); 117,262 (Buxted); 120,113 (Friston, E'bne); SNQ 16,170-1 73 [Seaver], Jesse (1924/5) The Holcombe Genealogy (Am. Hist-gen Soc. Philadelphia, Library Congress CS71.H725) Pt. II Note SFHG = Sussex Family History Group/Archive, FHL = Family History Library ref. Some sources only available to members (http://www.sfhg.org.uk/ for more information) [SMI] Sussex Marriage Index (Sussex Family History Group CD - not readable on Apple Mac) Note SNQ = Sussex Notes & Queries [SNQ5] Place names of Sussex adendum p 483 sn c1220 HMC 77 (iii), SNQ 5,24 [Southern] Counties Family Register (1976) (Portsmouth Library) [SPI] = Sussex People Index (SFHG) with ref number and SPI's source code, if known Note SRS = Sussex Record Society (volumes searched up to and including Vol.61) - available in Chichester Library and probably elsewhere [SRS1] Sx Marriage Licences, Lewes (indexed under H & Ansty), also lists sureties, SRS 1 (1586-1642-3), 6 (1670-1728-9) [SRS3] Post mortem inquisitions in years 1-25 Elizabeth, SRS 3 (j = juror) [SRS9] Sussex Marriage Licences, Chichester, SRS Vol.9 (Jun 1575 - Dec 1730) [SRS11] Episcopal Register
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