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From: "Robert New" <>
Subject: Re: YEEND CHURCHLY GODWIN & STEPHENS Little Comberton
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 13:48:08 +0100
References: <20040702141919.CBC8C790052@ws1-14.us4.outblaze.com>


Hi all,

The Victoria County Histories, in England, are sort of "Official" Histories,
and are authoritative. The Victoria County History, Gloucester, mentions
YEEND in the following context. After stating that John NEW owned 214 acres
in Northway (near Ashchurch and Tewkesbury) in 1829 the Victoria County
History, Gloucester, Vol 8, p.182, goes on to say:

"William NEW of Northway, perhaps an ancestor of the above John NEW, who had
a large estate there in the 19th Cent., and Edith ROWLES of Pamington, an
ancestor of Anthony ROWLES of Pamington in 1627, were among the taxpayers of
the parish in 1327. [Gloucester Subsidy Roll, 1327.] The CLARKEs of
Pamington spanned the period from 1487 to 1809, the PURSERS of Pamington and
Natton from c.1555 to 1927, and the YEENDs of Ashton from 1608 t0 1927."

A grand-daughter of John NEW, Norah NEW b.03 June 1837, married James YEEND
at Elmstone Hardwicke. These NEWs and myself are distant cousins, and our
nearest common ancestor was James NEW d.1725.

The Combertons - Great Comberton and Little Comberton - are villages close
to Bredon Hill on its northern side; Ashton-under-Hill is a village on its
eastern side. The name Comberton indicates a settlement in early medieval
times of the Combers, Cumbers, or "Welsh"! In other words these, were the
original British Gaelic speakers rather than the more recent Anglo-Saxon
incomers. The name of the northern "English" County of Cumberland indicates
another area of original "Welsh" speakers.

My Y-chromosme DNA, and that of another NEW cousin descended from our
nearest common ancestor James NEW, above, has been tested. We match, and
belong to the R1b/HG1 haplogroup indicating that in the male line we descend
from the original Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers who settled western Europe
after the last Ice Age 12,000 years ago; and originally spoke a language
akin to Basque. We could have been settled on the fertile lands around
Bredon Hill for a very long time!

Bob New

----- Original Message -----
From: "KATHY HILL" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 3:19 PM
Subject: YEEND CHURCHLY GODWIN & STEPHENS Little Comberton


> Hi Fellow listers . .
>
> Having just joined this list I thought I'd post this
> unusual name of YEEND which I am researching and
> see if anyone had it in their tree.
> ALSO: CHURCHLY GODWIN and STEPHENS are related names to it.
>
> I have quite a few YEEND's in two lines of my Tree.
>
> William Godwin YEEND born Abt 1750
> William died 27th August 1823 Aged 73.
> Buried 31st August 1823 in Camberton Churchyard, UK.
>
> Does anyone know where that Church Yard is located?
>
> William YEEND Married a Sukey Churchly.
> They had 5 children between 1786-1798
> Elizabeth, William Godwin, Jane Salina,
> Mary Ann and Joseph Harper.
>
> Joseph Harper YEEND born Abt. 30 September 1798 of Comberton
> married an
> Elizabeth Stephens of Western Subedge near Bidford in Gloucester.
>
> Their Daughter Mary Stephens Yeend (Polly) born Abt. September 1845
> First Cousins. With funny nose handed down. . . . Married a
> William Godwin Yeend Pitcher.
>
> William was born 04 August 1828 From Little Comberton.
> If any of these names are in your tree then do drop me a line.
>
> Thanks and happy researching.
>
> Kathy HILL
> Auckland, New Zealand
> Committee Member
> Welsh Interest Group
> Transcriber FREEBMD
>
>


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