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Appleby History > Alan Roberts > Village Families

Village Families

Inhabitants of Appleby 1560 to 1700

by Alan Roberts

Part 1: Elizabethan Families
Part 2: Post-Elizabethan 17th Century Families

Surnames from the parish registers, probate records &c

Elizabethan Families

Surname

Dates Recorded

Occupations

Aldret

1560s -1640s

husbandman

Bassert

1570s 

Bilson

1570s

Bull

1570s -1720s

Butler

1560s -1580s

husbandman

Chaplin

1560s -1600s

Choice

1560s -1660s

spinster

Cross

1580s-1600s

Erpe

1570s -1680s

yeomen/husbandmen/weaver

Foster

1570s- 1690s

husbandman

Frend

1570s

Frisby

1570s

Gent

1570s

husbandman

Heifield

1570s-1720s

husbandman

Heire/Ayre

1550s-1720s

labourer

Holding/Holden

1550s-1680s

husbandman

Hunt

1570s-1640s

 

Jordayne/Jorden

1570s-1700s

labourer

Meverell

1570s

gentleman

Mould

1550s-1720s

yeomen/husbandmen/parsons

Parker

1570s-1720s

yeomen/husbandmen/carpenter

Petcher

1570s-1720s

yeomen/husbandmen

Pemarton

1570s-1600s

Pratt

1570s-1720s

husbandman

Proudman

1570s-1720s

yeomen/husbandmen/labourer

Robinson

1560s-1710s

husbandman

Shilton

1570s-1720s

tailor

Spencer

1570s-1720s

yeoman/wheelwright

Swayne

1590s

labourer

Taverner

1570s-1720s

husbandman

Taylor

1570s-1690s

husbandman

Tomson

1570s-1640s

Walker

1570s-1680s

husbandman/yeoman

Warren

1550s

husbandman/alehouse keeper

Watson

1570s-1710s

Wilson

1570s-1720s

husbandman/tailor

Wooley 

1570s-1580s

Wright

1560s-1720s

husbandman

Atkins

1580s-1590s

Backhouse

1580s

husbandman

Bennet

1580s

Dedick

1580s

Durden

1580s-1650s

labourer

Enser

1580s-1590s

Gilbart

1580s

husbandman

Ours

1580s-1670s

Pegg 

1580s

widow

Smith

1580s-1720s

Swaine/Swene

1580s-1710s

labourer

Wathew

1580s-1710s

yeomen/blacksmiths

Allen

1590s

Baker

1590s-1720s

Bailey

1590s-1660s

Durrin

1590s-1610s

Hacket

1590s-1600s

Lakin/Lawkin

1590s-1720s

husbandman

Mosely

1590s-1720s

husbandman/labourer

Roberts

1590s

Seventeenth Century Appleby Families 

Resident from Elizabethan Period

Notes
PO - person of that surname signed protestation oath 1642
Exempt hearth - person of that surname exempt from hearth tax 1670

Aldret

1560s- 1630s

husbandman

PO

Bull

1570s- 1720s

exempt hearth

PO

Choice

1560s- 1610s

PO

Cross

1560s- 1600s

Erpe

1560s- 1680s

yeoman/husbandman/ weaver

PO

Foster

1560s- 1690s

husbandman/ exempt hearth

PO

Frisby

1570s- 1720s

husbandman

Gent

1570s- 1720s

Heifield

1570s-1720s

husbandman

PO

Heire/Ayre

1550s-1720s

labourer

Holding/Holden

1550s-1680s

husbandman

PO

Hunt

1570s-1640s

PO

Jordayne/Jorden

1570s-1700s

labourer

PO

Mould

1550s-1720s

yeomen/husbandmen/parsons

PO

Parker

1570s-1720s

yeomen/husbandmen/ carpenter

Petcher

1570s-1720s

yeomen/husbandmen

PO

Pemarton

1570s-1600s

Pratt

1570s-1720s

husbandman

PO

Proudman

1570s-1720s

yeomen/husbandmen/ labourer

PO

Robinson

1560s-1710s

husbandman

Shilton

1570s-1720s

tailor

PO

Spencer

1570s-1720s

yeoman/wheelwright

PO

Taverner

1570s-1720s

husbandman

PO

Taylor

1570s-1690s

husbandman

PO

Tomson

1570s-1640s

 

PO

Walker

1570s-1680s

husbandman/yeoman

PO

Watson

1570s-1710s

Wilson

1570s-1720s

husbandman/tailor

PO

Wright

1560s-1720s

husbandman

PO

Durden

1580s-1650s

labourer/ exempt hearth

PO

Ours

1580s-1670s

Smith

1580s-1720s

PO

Swaine/Swene

1580s-1710s

labourer

PO

Wathew

1580s-1710s

yeomen/blacksmiths

PO

Baker

1590s-1720s

exempt hearth

PO

Bailey

1590s-1660s

Durrin

1590s-1670s

exempt hearth

Hacket

1590s-1680s

exempt hearth

PO

Lakin/Lawkin

1590s-1720s

husbandman

Mosely

1590s-1720s

husbandman/labourer/ exempt hearth

PO

Moved into Appleby After 1600

Gordon

1600s

Lydall

1600s

Mogg

1600s-1610s

Smallwood

1600s-1680s

exempt hearth

PO

Badly

1610s-1620s

Cooper

1610s-1720s

exempt hearth

PO

James

1610s

Newin

1610s

Nicklin

1610s

Peate

1610s

Sharpe

1610s- 1720s

Stanton

1610s- 1720s

Bower

1620s- 1630s

Crossland

1620s- 1680s

tailor

PO

Dixie

1620s

gentleman

Heaward/Howard

1620s- 1720s

exempt hearth

PO

Litherland

1620s- 1720s

PO

Machell/Mitchell

1620s- 1660s

labourer

PO

Moore

1620s- 1720s

gentleman

PO

Newberry

1620s

Shirley

1620s

Snelson

1620s

Stretton

1620s-1720s

yeomen/husbandmen

PO

Fielding

1630s-1640s

PO

Hartill

1630s-1640s

PO

Orton

1630s-1710s

PO

Parre

1630s- 

Peynton

1630s

Rowlett

1630s

Rowley

1630s

Scholler

1630s

Sherwood

1630s

Ball

1640s-1720s

gentleman

Berry

1640s-1650s

Brown

1640s-1720s

gentleman/ exempt hearth

Carter

1640s

Corke

1640s-1660s

Davis

1640s-1650s

Durram

1640s

exempt hearth

Glen

1640s-1720s

Hall

1640s

Hudson

1640s

Percival

1640s-1720s

Towers

1640s-1720s

White

1640s-1710s

yeoman

Wilcox

1640s

Moved into Appleby after 1650

Anders

1650s

Clay

1650s

Dormer

1650s- 1680s

gentleman

Flavill

1650s

Hewes

1650s

Kendal

1650s- 1670s

King

1650s- 1720s

Knot

1650s- 1690s

Lago

1650s- 1720s

exempt hearth

Lees

1650s- 1660s

Middleton

1650s- 1660s

Sketchley

1650s

Tuft/Tafft

1650s- 1720s

Whitaker

1650s

Armestid

1660s- 1720s

Bramley

1660s

Foxley

1660s

Gorden

1660s- 1670s

Govern

1660s

Gumley

1660s- 1710s

Hilton

1660s

Narwood

1660s- 1670s

Nichols

1660s- 1710s

Rhodes

1660s

Smalley

1660s

Stinson

1660s

Stockley

1660s- 1670s

Swenfield

1660s

Tarrill/Terrell

1660s- 1670s

Turner

1660s

Aldridge

1670s- 1720s

Biggs

1670s

Elton

1670s- 1710s

Hollier

1670s

Pollear

1670s

Potter

1670s

exempt hearth

Rogers

1670s

 

Varnham/Varnon

1670s- 1710s

Arden

1680s

Baxter

1680s

Beadman

1680s

Boult

1680s

Cutboard

1680s- 1710s

Dixon

1680s

Gadsby

1680s

Harte

1680s

Lambe

1680s

Marrat

1680s- 1690s

Oldakers

1680s- 1700s

Sprigg

1680s

Wilkins

1680s- 1720s

Whitworth

1680s- 1690s

 

©Alan Roberts

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