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Thomas WHEATON
1768 - 1850 We had him married to Jane VERE. However, I have now seen the microfiche of the parish register and the name should be HAMMET |
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| But why am I interested in Devon WHEATONs when
"mine" come from Huntingdonshire? You will remember that for
twenty-two years
I have "lost" my Thomas WHEATON born about
1700 so you will realise that I follow any possible,
or impossible, lead! In my WHEATON family there are many
Philips, and quite a few Josephs. Now, you must admit
that "Philip" plus "WHEATON" is
not really a very common name. So, when I saw on the
International Genealogical Index (IGI) that there
there was quite a number of Philips in Devon (and
Josephs as well), I was interested. Then I found that
the 1881 Census Index indicated that approximately
two thirds of the WHEATONs living in England and
Wales at this date were ... in Devon. And, of the
three families living in Northumberland in 1881, two
originated ... in Devon whilst the Channel Islands family, and the
ones from Wales, also
originated in Devon. So, I decided to see if I
could find my Thomas ... in Devon. I started, very slowly, to collect details for WHEATONs from this area of England, and then I was put in touch with someone who has been researching the name WHEATON in Devon for many years. It is not even his family, but he has a considerable amount of information which he has generously shared with me. There is still much to do before the various Devon families are all joined together but details are included here for several of them. We are still working on collecting and sorting information and several family groupings are still in the provisional stage. In addition to these families there is much information available on individuals and small family groups which have not yet been linked into a larger family tree, and is not included on this site. If your WHEATONs came
from Devon, it is likely that I have some information
about them. On the other hand, your immediate WHEATON
ancestors might come from Lancashire or
Yorkshire,
London,
Surrey or Middlesex,
Bedfordshire or Glamorganshire,
Kent, or Hampshire, perhaps from the
Channel Island, or even Wales
or Scotland....... But what about the
earlier generations? It is possible that they could
have come from Devon as I have details of families in
all the above-mentioned counties, and others, who can
trace their origins back to ancestors who lived in
Devon. |