We’ve found associations between Elizabeth Jervis and Quakers in Nantwich. Let’s find out more about Quakers.
86 – Quakers
Month: June 2020
85 – Four Quaker Finds
We were having good luck in the days after finding Elizabeth Jervis’s letter about her husband’s estate.
We made four Quaker finds within a few days.
84 – Nantwich and Jervises
Nantwich is an ancient market town in Cheshire, founded in Roman times.
Today, Nantwich has one of the largest collections of historic buildings in the county, second only to Chester.
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82 – Where’s Elizabeth?
81 – Gervase Comes to England
80 – Jervis World 1300s & 1400s
We found the “progenitor” James Jervis of Chatcull, born around 1490. Did the Jervises live in Chatcull before that?
79 – Chatcull and Cheswardine
We continued to trace earlier and earlier Jervises in Staffordshire and Shropshire.
From the 1500’s through 1700’s, the Jervis families acquired and lost estates at Chatcull, Meaford and Darlaston near Meaford, Cheswardine and Goldstone near Ollerton.
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