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I've included this map so you can see the proximity of the different counties. Most people didn't travel a lot, except maybe for work, and stayed in their parishes for generations. Usually (but not always) when a couple from two different places were married, it was at the parish of the wife. ENGLISH ANCESTORS CHESHIRE Arrowsmith, Ashton, Hague, Johnston 2, Peaker, Powers, Seddon, Shaw, Taylor 3 DERBYSHIRE Barnes, Lynton, Mansfield KENT Foreman, Fowle, Fryman, Fullagar, Gibbons, Harris, Hemersham, Hunt, Kelsham, Kirby, Muckaway, Nock, Nutting, Poune, Ransom, Smith, Stapley, Sunnex, Thompson, Tilden, Twy(m)an, Webley, Wilmshurst, Wilson GLOUCESTERSHIRE Aston, Broomfield, Collier, Mayall, Rose, Savage, Taylor 4, Vernon LANCASHIRE Arrowsmith, Bell, Bowden, Butterworth, Buxton, Chadwick, Dal(e)y, Flemming, Hague, Hyde, Johnston 2, Kirkham, Lowry, Maiden, Mansfield, Martin, Moore 2, O'Neal, Parker, Powers, Rose, Salmon, Taylor 3, Thomas 2, Wild, Williams LINCOLNSHIRE Duffield, Cragg MIDDLESEX (London) Gear, Gibbons, Townsend SOMERSET Gear STAFFORDSHIRE Thome YORKSHIRE Fawcett, Jackson, Parker, Peaker, Powers, Revill NOTE: The boundaries between Cheshire/Lancashire and Lancashire/Yorkshire have been moved several times. Ancestors that appear in Lancashire at one time might be in Cheshire at another; same for Yorkshire. |

