OLD WORLD SITES- GARY CARL ADEN PEDIGREE- PART VII
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Email Dated 8/2/2001
As I leave the "Land of Aden", Ostfriesland, heading for the
departure Port of Rotterdam for the Mechling brothers(1727) and the
Peter Huntziker family(1738), I do my usual "worry" inventory wondering
if I checked out everything I could in East Frisia. Did I find a German
emigration list and check it against the Glazer reference in either
Emden or Bremen-Bremerhaven for Heye and his family to see if they had a
record of the original family residence? Did I check for possible leads
using the HABBEN(maiden name of Heye's wife) and
WILTZ(maiden name of Mimke's wife) surnames? Certainly, I thought to
myself that attempting to do original comprehensive on-site research on
a surname in the Old World ordinarily is not very productive or
efficient. Also, using one surname randomly striking out to find
information on another surname can lead to many disappointing blind
alleys. Best to return to the USA and try to pick up research avenues
there and plan another trip to the Old World to pick up the pieces.
However, as we go along, I will introduce new surname twigs to my
discussion about which I have limited or no information.
On to the British Isles where I have reservations at the site of
my daughter Valerie's honeymoon(1991) suite in the Mayflower Hotel,
Berkeley Square, London. There is a more genealogically based reason for
my choice, of course, which I will discuss below. Meanwhile, as long as
I can afford it, I will tour my pedigree sites using the Square as my
base of operations, starting with a visit to the Port of Deal to try to
imagine the Mechling boys layover in 1727. That visit will conclude the
Old World Survey of Sites related to the ADEN BRANCH. The remainder of
the discussion will be limited to Old World Sites related to the ALLEN
BRANCH and its twigs.
In England, I will begin with tours related to the third degree
twig CAMP and its offshoot, fourth degree twig, RAGSDALE. I would like
to include tours to the fifth degree twig offshoots, OLDHAM and TARPLEY,
as well, but I have insufficient old world information to chart any
visits.
The first visit will be to the "All Saints Church of Nazeing"
officially chartered as the "Parish of All Saints with St. Giles
Nazeing Essex". Nazeing is not a village or a town, but rather an area
of what has been a church parish of about 25 square miles. It is located
about twenty miles north of London, 5 miles west of Harlow and 3 miles
due east of Broxbourne. The center of Nazeing heritage is the old parish
church which stands on a high long hill over looking a patch work quilt
of farm land, much the same as it probably appeared in the 11th century.
The church has parts that were built in the 11th and 12th centuries on
the site of an old saxon church built much earlier. The Nave of the
church is approximately ninety feet floor to the hammered beam 15th
century roof. The stone Baptismal Font where many CAMP(CAMPE, KEMP,
KEMPE) ancestors were Baptised dates from the15th century and sits on a
stone base made in the 11th century. The church has its original iron
bound chest for documents and monery which is from the 14th century. The
church records date from 1559. The earlier church records were destroyed
on order of King Henry VIII in 1540. The church sits in a fairy tale
setting with large oaks and chestnuts with a small village to the south
and east (about 10 houses ) and a shade covered grave yard surrounding
the old church. The church has changed little since the 16th century and
is badly in need of indoor plumbing and a heating system, according to
Tom Camp of Sharpsburg, Georgia, to whose credit all the above and below
description and information word for word is copied.
The first Baptism in the available records was Mary Camp, December
27, 1560, daughter of John Camp. The last recorded Baptism of a Camp in
the church records was Sarah Camp, January 7, 1757, daughter of William
and Elizabeth Camp. The first burial of a Camp recorded was June 13,
1559, Matthew Camp, son of Richard Camp. The last Camp burial of a Camp
was Mary Camp (a widow), April 25, 1792, age 74. The church records
contain very many Camp burials; however, church records show no grave
being marked with a stone or other type of identification. The first
Camp marriage in Nazeing records was between George Duckett and
Elizabeth Camp, January 14, 1562. The last Camp marriage was between
John Webb(batchelor) and Rebekah Camp(spinster) witness Richard Webb,
April 21, 1781.
The church records are interesting in the fact that Camps living
in London and other areas of England would return to Nazeing parish
church to have their children Baptised and fathers names were shown
often as Campe and their children as Camp and vice versa. Also most of
the Camp's from the 1500's to the 1700's could sign their own names.
Nazeing Essex is the probable ancestral home of the Camps. A sample of
names from the church registry along with pertinent background
information on the Old World Camp roots follows this discussion.
I return to Berkeley Square to continue my tour by seeing if I
can confirm a report by a RAGSDALE researcher of finding nothing more
than a memorial brass over the tomb of Owen Ragsdale in Rothwell Church
in England after an extensive effort to learn and find more records.
Owen Ragsdale was the nephew of Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle.
There are seven coats-of-arms listed to the Oglethorpe name in Burke's
General Armory, one of which is in "Kyanlton-County Nottingham." The
Memorial Brass in question above shows a quartering of the Oglethorpe
and Ragsdale arms, the former registered while the latter are not.
Ross Pruden, a recent newcomer to Ragsdale research, has uncovered
data suggesting that my pedigree may be related through various surnames
like JONES, BATTE, MALLORY and De CLARE to such illustrious historical
names as Kings Edmund II "Ironside", Henry II "Plantagenet", John
"Lackland", Henry III, and Edward I "Longshanks" as well as Fernando
III Alfonsez, Castille & Leon. Relevant to sites, Margaret De Clare,
daughter of Joan "of Acre" and Gilbert "the Red Earl" De Clare, was born
in 1294 at Towbridge Castle. A cursory glance at his research will cause
me to be alert for the surname MALLORY as I pass through Yorkshire as
the name dominates this pedigree line from the 1300's- 1600's. Wonder
what Bill Mallory, a 1976-77 coaching buddy at the University of
Colorado, Boulder, would have to say about this? What if the NCAA knew
we were related when they named us in the charges against the CU
football program? Ross has told me that the line can be traced back
through others like Robert II of France to Charlemagne.
What is the real reason for staying on Berkeley Square? So I'd
feel at home in one of the crucibles of family power. In Part VIII, the
discussion will turn to my BARCLAY twig and Berkeley Square was an
integral part of the real estate empire of the BERKELEYS, the English
equivalent of the Scottish Barclays.
Gary Carl Aden 8/2/2001
Email Dated 8/2/2001
As I leave the "Land of Aden", Ostfriesland, heading for the
departure Port of Rotterdam for the Mechling brothers(1727) and the
Peter Huntziker family(1738), I do my usual "worry" inventory wondering
if I checked out everything I could in East Frisia. Did I find a German
emigration list and check it against the Glazer reference in either
Emden or Bremen-Bremerhaven for Heye and his family to see if they had a
record of the original family residence? Did I check for possible leads
using the HABBEN(maiden name of Heye's wife) and
WILTZ(maiden name of Mimke's wife) surnames? Certainly, I thought to
myself that attempting to do original comprehensive on-site research on
a surname in the Old World ordinarily is not very productive or
efficient. Also, using one surname randomly striking out to find
information on another surname can lead to many disappointing blind
alleys. Best to return to the USA and try to pick up research avenues
there and plan another trip to the Old World to pick up the pieces.
However, as we go along, I will introduce new surname twigs to my
discussion about which I have limited or no information.
On to the British Isles where I have reservations at the site of
my daughter Valerie's honeymoon(1991) suite in the Mayflower Hotel,
Berkeley Square, London. There is a more genealogically based reason for
my choice, of course, which I will discuss below. Meanwhile, as long as
I can afford it, I will tour my pedigree sites using the Square as my
base of operations, starting with a visit to the Port of Deal to try to
imagine the Mechling boys layover in 1727. That visit will conclude the
Old World Survey of Sites related to the ADEN BRANCH. The remainder of
the discussion will be limited to Old World Sites related to the ALLEN
BRANCH and its twigs.
In England, I will begin with tours related to the third degree
twig CAMP and its offshoot, fourth degree twig, RAGSDALE. I would like
to include tours to the fifth degree twig offshoots, OLDHAM and TARPLEY,
as well, but I have insufficient old world information to chart any
visits.
The first visit will be to the "All Saints Church of Nazeing"
officially chartered as the "Parish of All Saints with St. Giles
Nazeing Essex". Nazeing is not a village or a town, but rather an area
of what has been a church parish of about 25 square miles. It is located
about twenty miles north of London, 5 miles west of Harlow and 3 miles
due east of Broxbourne. The center of Nazeing heritage is the old parish
church which stands on a high long hill over looking a patch work quilt
of farm land, much the same as it probably appeared in the 11th century.
The church has parts that were built in the 11th and 12th centuries on
the site of an old saxon church built much earlier. The Nave of the
church is approximately ninety feet floor to the hammered beam 15th
century roof. The stone Baptismal Font where many CAMP(CAMPE, KEMP,
KEMPE) ancestors were Baptised dates from the15th century and sits on a
stone base made in the 11th century. The church has its original iron
bound chest for documents and monery which is from the 14th century. The
church records date from 1559. The earlier church records were destroyed
on order of King Henry VIII in 1540. The church sits in a fairy tale
setting with large oaks and chestnuts with a small village to the south
and east (about 10 houses ) and a shade covered grave yard surrounding
the old church. The church has changed little since the 16th century and
is badly in need of indoor plumbing and a heating system, according to
Tom Camp of Sharpsburg, Georgia, to whose credit all the above and below
description and information word for word is copied.
The first Baptism in the available records was Mary Camp, December
27, 1560, daughter of John Camp. The last recorded Baptism of a Camp in
the church records was Sarah Camp, January 7, 1757, daughter of William
and Elizabeth Camp. The first burial of a Camp recorded was June 13,
1559, Matthew Camp, son of Richard Camp. The last Camp burial of a Camp
was Mary Camp (a widow), April 25, 1792, age 74. The church records
contain very many Camp burials; however, church records show no grave
being marked with a stone or other type of identification. The first
Camp marriage in Nazeing records was between George Duckett and
Elizabeth Camp, January 14, 1562. The last Camp marriage was between
John Webb(batchelor) and Rebekah Camp(spinster) witness Richard Webb,
April 21, 1781.
The church records are interesting in the fact that Camps living
in London and other areas of England would return to Nazeing parish
church to have their children Baptised and fathers names were shown
often as Campe and their children as Camp and vice versa. Also most of
the Camp's from the 1500's to the 1700's could sign their own names.
Nazeing Essex is the probable ancestral home of the Camps. A sample of
names from the church registry along with pertinent background
information on the Old World Camp roots follows this discussion.
I return to Berkeley Square to continue my tour by seeing if I
can confirm a report by a RAGSDALE researcher of finding nothing more
than a memorial brass over the tomb of Owen Ragsdale in Rothwell Church
in England after an extensive effort to learn and find more records.
Owen Ragsdale was the nephew of Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle.
There are seven coats-of-arms listed to the Oglethorpe name in Burke's
General Armory, one of which is in "Kyanlton-County Nottingham." The
Memorial Brass in question above shows a quartering of the Oglethorpe
and Ragsdale arms, the former registered while the latter are not.
Ross Pruden, a recent newcomer to Ragsdale research, has uncovered
data suggesting that my pedigree may be related through various surnames
like JONES, BATTE, MALLORY and De CLARE to such illustrious historical
names as Kings Edmund II "Ironside", Henry II "Plantagenet", John
"Lackland", Henry III, and Edward I "Longshanks" as well as Fernando
III Alfonsez, Castille & Leon. Relevant to sites, Margaret De Clare,
daughter of Joan "of Acre" and Gilbert "the Red Earl" De Clare, was born
in 1294 at Towbridge Castle. A cursory glance at his research will cause
me to be alert for the surname MALLORY as I pass through Yorkshire as
the name dominates this pedigree line from the 1300's- 1600's. Wonder
what Bill Mallory, a 1976-77 coaching buddy at the University of
Colorado, Boulder, would have to say about this? What if the NCAA knew
we were related when they named us in the charges against the CU
football program? Ross has told me that the line can be traced back
through others like Robert II of France to Charlemagne.
What is the real reason for staying on Berkeley Square? So I'd
feel at home in one of the crucibles of family power. In Part VIII, the
discussion will turn to my BARCLAY twig and Berkeley Square was an
integral part of the real estate empire of the BERKELEYS, the English
equivalent of the Scottish Barclays.
Gary Carl Aden 8/2/2001
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