Oxfordshire, SN7 8PP, United Kingdom
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link takes you to a table of family names of
ancestors and relatives of Tony HADLAND and his wife Rosemary,
née JEFFREE. Clicking on a family name reveals a list of
individuals. Clicking on an individual's name displays a partial family
tree, a table of events in that person's life and, in some cases,
personal notes. Clicking on the names on the family tree enable you to
navigate further back or forward. So at any time you will normally have
the option of navigating by clicking on the tree or by returning to the
Index. For reasons of privacy, living people and those who have died in the last 80 years are not included. The information here comes from many sources, collected at various times by a number of researchers. Corrections and further information will be welcomed. HADLAND: The surname has two main sources - one in the southern midlands of England, the other in Norway. The English and Norwegian HADLANDs are not related in any way, though in both cases the name means a headland. In the English case, the headland in question is the uncultivated end of a field where the plough was turned; in the Norwegian case, it is a coastal promontory. North American researchers should be aware that they may encounter HADLANDs descended from either origin, whereas in most other parts of the English-speaking world, HADLANDs are usually of English descent. Until the 19th century, the majority of English HADLANDs lived in northern Oxfordshire and surrounding areas, in a belt stretching from Worcestershire in the west to Bedfordshire in the east. Even today, the southern Midlands remains the HADLAND heartland. You should be aware of variant spellings used in the past, such as HADLONDE (found in the 16th century) and the later HADDLON or HADLON, which are errors on the part of the person recording a rite of passage. The HAD element is particularly robust and rarely becomes HEAD. Nonetheless, you may occasionally find a HADLAND has become a HEADLAND. Also, very occasionally the initial 'H' gets dropped. The earliest HADLAND shown here is Alexander who died in 1608. The link from him to the Hadlands of Finstock has yet to be proved beyond reasonable doubt but what is shown here is supported by circumstantial evidence. Assumptions have been stated in the notes and we would welcome further information. The most comprehensive collection of HADLAND family trees known to us is that of Terry PRATLEY, who is of HADLAND descent and lives in a village with a long history of HADLAND inhabitants. Terry does not use a computer or email but has been an assiduous researcher for many years. You can contact him by post at 37 School Road, Finstock, CHIPPING NORTON, Oxfordshire, OX7 3DN, United Kingdom. Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope (if writing from the UK) or the appropriate number of International Reply Coupons (if writing from outside the UK). JEFFREE: The surname JEFFREE shares its origins with commoner variants such as JEFFRIES and JEFFREY. Occasionally, and particularly before the 18th century, other spellings will be found in this ancestry. However, the EE ending becomes very consistent thereafter and is a good indicator of the Cornish roots of this particular family tree. |
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