This site, a repository of historical family information, comprises a suite of inter-related
family trees: 'Billington’, 'Diggins’, ('Hart’,) 'Hill’, ('Jenkinson’,) 'Okill’ and 'Poyton’;
also family photographs and personal anecdotes by 'Poyton’ family members.
Recent Updates
Poyton family tree.
August 2018: about five, 21st century births - and about 15, 20th and 21st century death dates
have been added to the tree chart (pdf) - and a few existing name-boxes repositioned.
The information provided below should help first-time site-visitors ascertain whether the content of this site holds any relevance for them.
Surnames that feature in branches of the following family trees (emboldened) are: a sample only…
Billington
Abrey, Briggs, Chamberlaine, Connor, Gillet, Golding (>2 occurrences), Kahn, Leyland, Merrick, Oliver, Parke,
Phipps, Poyton, Powell, Saunders (>2 occurrences), Swarbrick, Thompson, Vaughen, Wicks, Williams … etc.
Diggins
Bottomley, Broad, Cattermole (>2 occurrences), Farrugia, Gibbs, Glaser, Goldfinch, Gordon (>2 occurrences),
Gostt (>2 occurrences), Hall, Harmon, Holt, Huff, Huston, King, Leece (>2 occurrences), Leonsky, Lockhart, Maloney, Mountain,
Nuis, Parkos, Pickett, Poyton, Redcliffe, Smythes, Snape, Wackett, Wagstaffe, Warbey, Wheeler, Williams … etc.
[Hart (from Bideford, North Devon)
Benson (>2 occurrences), Bowden (>2 occurrences), Clarke (>2 occurrences), Colman,
Colwill, Cooke, Dyment, Friendship, Garnsey, Greenslade (>2 occurrences), Hoare, Hookway, Hopkins, Jeffrey, Jenkinson,
Manning, Mitchell, Moore, Osborne, Rutgers, Sanquin, Seatherton, Squance, Williams (>2 occurrences), White … etc.]
Hill
Barton, Coventry, Davis, Felgate, Fenwick-Downes, Goupil, Hayes, La Mela, Martin, Nathan,
Nunn, O'Kill/Okill/Oakhill (>2 occurrences), Pickens, Pounall, Poyton, Thompson, Threlfall, Wilden-Webb … etc.
Jenkinson
Aingier, Bellchambers, Hodsdon, Sanders, … etc.
Okill
Barton, Boorman, Coventry, Downes, Fenwick, Hill, Humm, Mates, Mockett,
Nathan, Pattenden, Pickens, Pounall, Poyton, Webb, Wilden, Wheedon.
Poyton
In the 1700s and 1800s, the Poyton (Huguenot) family was based in Bethnal Green, London, UK.
Abell, Adams, Ayres, Barquet, Bell, Benson, Billington (>2 occurrences), Boreham (>2
occurrences), Bouard, Bradford, Bridges, Brown, Bryers, Burgess, Button, Cane, Collier, Connew,
Cooper, Corner, Cushway (Couchois), Davis, Daviss, Dickinson, Diggins, (Durell?,) Enderby, Fage,
Featherstone, Felgate, Fernandez, Follett, Fry, Gibbard, Godeme, Hall (>2 occurences), Hare,
Hayes (Hayres), Hazeldine, Hemstead, Higgins, Hill, Holland, Hooper, Hovey, Hughes, Hunt (>2 occurrences), Jenkinson,
Kent, Knock (>2 occurrences), Krite, Lake, La Mela, Livings, Maskell, Martin, Mears (>2 occurrences), Mizon,
Monksfield, Murrell, Nials, Noquet (>2 occurrences), Phipps (>2 occurrences), Plumpton, Pope,
Powell, Preston, Priou, Pruden, Robert/Robarts, Rogers, Rolt/Roult, Rondeau (>2 occurrences),
Rose, Schmahl, Scotcher, (Seagroatt,) Searle, Servet (>2 occurrences), Silk, Slater, Slyatt, Soul,
Sproul, Swarbrick, Underwood (>2 occurrences), Tootill, Tutt, Uridge, Walker, Whisker … etc.
Acknowledgements
Research on these trees has been conducted on the 'Diggins’, 'Hill’,
'Okill' and 'Poyton’ families (during the 2010s) by 'Katie’ née Catherine Hill; on the 'Hart’ and 'Jenkinson’
lineage by Rita Benson née Jenkinson (1960s-80s); on the 'Diggins’ family by Jeanette Diggins née
Jantje Nuis; on the 'Billington’, 'Diggins’ and 'Poyton’ families by Herbert Poyton (1930s); on the 'Poyton’ family
by Patricia & Colin Poyton (2011) and Lara Poyton (2013), and on the 'Bell’ family by Margaret Frall.
Research on the 'Servet’ lineage (conducted at the University of London) was commissioned
by Rodger Mason/Lesden, Gosford, Australia; extensive details of the 'Mears’ family were provided
by Silvia Wilmot; the 'Rondeau’ lineage was provided by Pam Rondeau (married to Paul Smith).
Information in the 'Poyton’ tree originates from:
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'KT' and Colin conducting Poyton/Servet research in The Huguenot Reading Room at The National Archives, Kew - October 2013 |
Considered, critical comments on any aspect of this site are welcome.
Colin P, May 2014
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