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.
85 – Four Quaker Finds
Jervis
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.
Continue reading83 – It Makes Me Tingle
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.
Continue reading78 – Admiral John and Meaford
Continue readingThe British and Spanish fleet sighted one another at dawn on February 14, 1797. The British fleet had fifteen line-of-battle ships against twenty-four Spanish ships.
77 – Louise’s Family, 1600s
Celia continued to discover Louise’s Jervis ancestors, pushing the brick wall back into the 1600s. These generations could provide a link to our elusive Elizabeth.
- Thomas Jervis (6G) b. 1653 m. Alice Lewis
- Thomas Jervis (7G) b. 1620 m. Margery
- Thomas Jervis (8G) b. 1575 m. Margaret
76 – Louise’s Family, George and Tom
Celia had broken through the brick wall. Earlier generations of Louise’s Jervises began to reveal themselves.
- George Jervis (4G) b. 1728 m. Elizabeth
- Thomas Jervis (5G) b. 1688 m. Margaret Pitchford
Family Nibbles 