THEBOWNPAGES BOWN FAMILY HISTORY.

Bown families located in Middlezoy, Somerset, UK, descended from William Bown (1751-1829) and Hannah Perratt (1749/50-1822), who married in Middlezoy in 1773. Also, families in Burrowbridge, Curry Rivel, Greinton, High Ham, Othery, & Pitney in Somerset, and several counties in Illinois, USA. Links to Internet contacts and web pages from across the world, Bown message boards, researchers worldwide, family history links, parish records, census records, old postcard views, local history, and more. Also, the related names of Cox, Humphries, Callow, Hurd, Lockyer, Keirle, Bartlett, Perratt, Butler, Kick, Baverstock, Corbin, Peppard, Small and Fraser. Bown Family History; Bown History; Bown Family; Bown Genealogy. Last updated 22^nd April 2008

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IMPORTANT NOTE: IF YOU ARRIVED HERE FROM A SEARCH ENGINE, DO ANOTHER LOCAL SEARCH ON THIS PAGE FOR THE WORD OR PHRASE YOU ARE SEEKING. (EDIT> FIND)

Attention: I am trying to contact Marge Davenport (USA, re Lockyer name) Does anyone have a current email address for her?

GENERAL

■ NEWS: A Diary of my research, includes names & places.

■ CHANGES: A list of major changes to this page.

■ DISCOVERING SOMERSET Links to modern digital photo’s of over 250 places in Somerset.

■ RESEARCH TIPS A Guide to using these pages to research your family history.

NAMES

■ MIDDLEZOY BOWN'S: My family history & research, Parish/census records, deeds, message boards

■ BOWN RESEARCHERS My Internet contacts, and some Bown Web pages

■ OTHER BOWN info... 1881 Somerset Bown census, Origins of Bown name

■ HEADSTONES Of Bown’s and related names on gravestones from churchyards around the area.

■ OTHER NAMES Butler, Perratt, Bartlett, Keirle, Lockyer, Kick, Callow, Hurd, Cox, Humphries.

LOCATIONS

■ MIDDLEZOY & OTHERY Parish registers, Kelly’s directories, Temperance Soc, links to pictures.

■ OTHER VILLAGES Information & picture links for other villages in the area.

■ ILLINOIS Info about some families that migrated to Illinois, USA from Somerset.

MESSAGE BOARDS & LINKS

■ MESSAGE BOARDS : Somerset, Devon, Dorset ,UK, Illinois USA

■ SEARCH LINKS/TIPS : Including 'on line' links to some Somerset Parish registers transcripts

GUIDE TO FINDING FAMILY HISTORY INFORMATION.

1: Looking for BOWN ancestors from Middlezoy or Othery, in Somerset, England ?

a) In the first instance I would now advise you to go straight to the Rootsweb World Connect Search page at

http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi Enter the name of your ancestor and approx birth year. Click on the drop down box next to the year and select + or – 2years or 5 years if you are very uncertain.

b) Bown Tree aims to show as many relatives as possible on one page. Remember though that this tree shows only basic details for each person. My main ancestral line is shown on a red horizontally line along the middle of the page, which is well down from the top of the page. Also along this red line you will find the maternal names connected with my family, such as Cox, Callow, Lockyer, Keirle, etc. If your browser will not display this tree properly, download the file into excel from the link. If you think you might be related to me then look at My Bown Details which shows much more detail of my family line.

c) You could also look at the Bown Census Records for Middlezoy 1841/51/61/71/81/91 to find the individual you are seeking, and to identify other family members.

d) Look at my information on Rootsweb World Connect http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=dbown100

2: Looking for BOWN’s in other areas

Use Rootsweb World Connect Search, listed in a) above.

3: Looking for Other Names in Middlezoy & Othery? Go to MIDDLEZOY & OTHERY, where you will find Parish records and marriage records for ALL names, Kelly’s directories from 1861 to 1935, Total Abstinence Society transcripts, and various other information with family names mentioned.

4: Still can’t find what you want? Consider looking at the news page to see if there has been any correspondence for the name or bit of information you are seeking. Also try doing a search for the name you require just on this page. (Usually Edit>Find)

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Middlezoy Bown’s:

■ Bown Tree A Large Tree showing many Middlezoy & Othery Bowns. or Download Bown Tree into Excel

■ My Bown Details Info about my Rootsweb Family Tree at http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=dbown100

Main Ancestors of my Bown Family,

The Middlezoy Bown Houses,

■ Bown Parish records in Middlezoy

■ Bown Census Records for Middlezoy 1841/51/61/71/81/91

■ Bown deeds Bown Deeds from 1823-1838, relating to William Bown b1751,sons William b 1774, John b1775, Thomas b1779.

■ Bown Message Boards : Also try substituting Bowne, Bowns, Bowen, Bound……..

Rootsweb Rootsweb - Surname & family list & mailing list.

Ancestry ancestry.com

Genforum Genealogy Genealogy Message Board for Bown

Genealogy Register genealogyregister.com/B/Bowne/

Genes Reunited http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/genesreunited.asp?wci=membersbook&bb_type=H&surname=bown

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Middlezoy & Othery: Various information

Middlezoy:

■ Middlezoy Page Some old postcard and photo views of the village

■ http://middlezoy.tripod.com/home.htm A web site devoted to modern hi res photos of the village

■ Middlezoy Marriages All names including Bown. 1698-1812 (Note there is a gap in the data 1705-1754)

■ Middlezoy Parish Registers All names 1653 – 1790, so far!!!!

The following 2 links will need to be copy and pasted into your browser as for some reason they have been corrupting this page…..

■ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=15111 British History Online pages for Middlezoy.

■ http://www.middlezoy.ik.org/ school website, has an intriguing account of school life in 1875, worth a read (Look under history)

■ Kelly's Directory's for Middlezoy 1861-1935 Many local names mentioned :(Surname followed by Christian name.)

Ash WilIiam, Baker Charles, Barnstable John, Biddlecombe, Hale Joseph, Keirl Daniel, Lockyer George, Lovibond Geo, Mead Thomas, Meaker Jesse, Millard George, Pepper James, Perritt Charles, Porter Henry, Pursey Thomas, Spiller Henry, Tucker Joseph, Winslade William, Perrat Thomas, Smith Rev. Joseph, Aish John, Cox Alfred, Crane John, Eddington Thomas, Hook William, Hosier George, Jenkins Joseph, Kift John, Oliver John, Pearce George & Eliza, Solway John, Wheller George, Whittle (Mrs), Wilcox William.

■ Temperance Society in Middlezoy1880-1900 Transcripts from the Bridgwater Mercury.

The Total Abstinence or Temperance Society, was active in Middlezoy. Many local names mentioned :

Rev J Beade, Pollie Millard, George Sharman, Harry Davis, Oliver Whittle, Mr Darby, Arthur Sharman, Lizzie Gillard, Bessie and Eliza Martin, Emmie Perratt, Mabel Wheller, Kate Whittle, ", F Keirl , H Atyeo, Miss A. Heal, Miss B Millard, Miss A Davis, Mrs F Keirl , Lydia Keirl, Kate Heal, E Millard, B Davis, Mrs Darby, Mr King, Willie Keirl. Mr J Tipton, E Millard, Miss Hutchings, Mr F Callow, Mr Darby, Mrs Darby , Annie Davis, Rev. G. Lunn. Mr W Merriott, Herbert Martin, Bessie Bown, Lizzie Kift, Lucy Davis, Milly Palmer, Emily Hutchings, Annie Martin, Ella Chinn, Harry Barnett, Madora Palmer, Beatrice Sharman, Miss A Heal, Lucy Hutchings, H Atyeo, W Crook, F Crook, J Millard jun, Mast W Bowles, Dorcus Davis, Willie Barnett, Mr A Hutchings, Minnie Darby.

■ WMC.htm The Wesleyan Methodist Church of 1898: Inside this church there are a number of plaques referring to various named persons. On the outside of the building, set into a number of light coloured stones, are the names of various benefactors who, it is presumed, contributed to the cost of building the church. One such plaque inside the church refers to one Elijah Barnstable ‘Who generously gave the site for this place of worship’. He fell asleep Oct 23^rd 1898 aged 80years. Also inside the church is another plaque referring to Walter Bown, ‘one of the honoured founders of the Middlezoy Total Abstinence Society in connection with which he toiled for 30 years’. He fell asleep Oct 8^th 1910.

■ Middlezoy Manor Estate. Auction of field lots 20 – 30, Wed 21^st May 1919. This auction, conducted by CR Morris, Sons & Peard of North Curry, was held at the Royal Clarence Hotel Bridgwater. My Grandfather James Bown attended, coming away with a plan showing the location of each lot. View the Plan mmauction.JPG More importantly for family historians, the plan showed the landowners on the borders of each plot, a list of which follows:

Lot 30(104) which was on the west side of the Westonzoyand to Middlezoy road, near the Greylake turning. Adjoining landowners were - Reps of Mr Chris Jenkins, Mr Chas Keirle, Messr Davis Bros.

Lot 29(46) just north of the same junction, actually located on what became the eastern end of WZ airdrome. – Mrs Bird, Mr Adophus Jenkins, Mr Thos Barrington, Mr Palmer, Mrs Reynolds, Reps of Mr Chris Jenkins./

Lot 28(26) to the north of the Wz Greylake road in the area known as Langacre. – Mr Thomas Tucker, Mr A Bastable.

Lot 27(86) same area. – Mr Geo Kick, Mr F Lockyer, Mr W H Tamlyn, Mr Thos Millard.

Lot 26(92) same area. – Mr W H Darby, Capt B Wary, Mrs Walter Bown.

Lot 25(120) immediately adjoining and to the north of the Wz Greylake road, somewhat near where the SCC dump is now located. – Mrs W Bown, Somerset CC, Mr F G Tucker, Captain B Wary.

Lot 24(194) to the east of Greylake House on the A361 Greylake Fosse. – River Drove, Mr T Tucker, Mr Thos Quick, Hon H B Strangways

Lot 23( 192) same area. - Mr Thos Quick, Hon H B Strangways, Mr Jesse Thyer.

Lot 22(181) same area. – Mrs Walter Bown, Mrs Hucker, Mr F G Tucker.

Lot 21(170) same area. – Mr Geo Hutchings, Mr Jesse Thyer, Late ME Hamblin.

Lot 20(172) same area. - Mr Jesse Thyer, Mr F G Tucker.

■ Middlezoy village web pages:

any-village middlezoy

ukvillages Middlezoy

ancestral-villages Middlezoy

http://www.curiousfox.org.uk/uk/rs.lasso?vill=middlezoy Some info but limited access to submitters of information on the page.

Othery:

■ Othery Page A few pictures and Kelly's directory for 1861

any-village othery Any village web pages.

■ Othery Bown's Steve Bown is researching the Bown families and the village.

Contact Steve at steve@bownco.co.uk Visit his web page at http://www.bownco.co.uk/bownfamily

■ http://hue.org/Othery/ Amy Lunde’s (was Anzlovar) webpage with transcriptions of Othery Parish registers .

■ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=15113 British History Online pages for Othery.

Other Bown info:

1881 Somerset census of Bowns Origins of Bown Name

Bown Researchers

Bown contacts List of my contact names, email addresses and their area of interest & some Bown web pages.

Rootsweb Bown search page - Lots of Bown information and searches.

Bown on Distantcousin.com - Lots of Bown information and searches.

040503 http://www.surnameweb.org/registry/b/o/w/bown.shtml Bown on Surnameweb

Bown researchers(geneanet.org)

http://www.geneanet.org/ Use this link to set up customised searches. eg, Bown's in Somerset(SOM), UK(GBR) .

http://www.ancestry.com/profile/surnameregistry.asp?surname=Bown Think this link needs attention?

OTHER NAMES

Connected with my Middlezoy Bown's: Cox, Humphries, Hurd, Callow, Lockyer, Kick, Kierle, Bartlett, Perratt, Butler.

■ COX AND HUMPHRIES Len Cox(Reading) & Minnie Humphries(Pontypridd) Web page.

■ Hurd The Hurds of High Ham

■ Callow The Callows of Greinton & Burrowbride.

■ Lockyer Middlezoy Lockyer family tree & some parish records & contacts.

■ Kick Jane Kick1820 who married George Field Lockyer

■ KEIRLE Middlezoy Keirle contacts & some parish records for Middlezoy.

■ BARTLETT. Various bits as below………

http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/b/bartlett.html

http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/surnames.bartlett

Bartlett Message board(Family History.com)

Colin Hunt Kvilhaugveien@aol.com Bawdrip and Cossington. One married a Frederick Cox of Goathurst.

Jenny Hawkins mac@hawkeditions.com John Bartlett of Langport,b1747, m Ellen Hucklebridge of Aller on 31/05/1773.

■ Perratt Middlezoy Perratt contacts & some parish records for Middlezoy

■ BUTLER Just a rootsweb page so far http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/b/butler.html

Headstone Transcriptions ------- Bown name and some of the names above from local churchyards. http://dbown100.tripod.com/headstonetranscriptions.htm

■ SAMPSON Sampson family from Dawlish, Devon

Other Villages in the general area east of Bridgwater:

Although my family history research is centred on Middlezoy, there are many other villages in the surrounding area :

The villages of Aller, Athelney, Burrowbridge, Greinton, High Ham, Moorlinch, Othery, Moorland, Stathe, and Westonzoyland, all lie near Middlezoy, on or near Kings Sedge Moor, on the Somerset Levels, on one side or other of the river called the King's Sedgemoor drain.

A little further out from Middlezoy lie the villages of Bawdrip, Chedzoy, Currey Rivel, Henley, Huntworth, Langport, Low Ham, Lyng, Pedwell, Pitney, Somerton, Stawell, Stoke St Gregory, and Sutton Mallett, and of course the town of Bridgwater.

Many of these villages were recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086:

■ Domesday: (1086)page. Transcripts for some of the towns and villages in the Bridgwater area Domesday

■ For old postcard views of other villages go to http://dbown100.tripod.com/POSTCARDs.htm

■ For modern pictures of many Sedgemoor villages go to http://dbown100.tripod.com/album.htm

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Changes.

261107 Added a new page of research on the Middlezoy Bown Houses

081206 Added a new page. Walter Bowns Bills. See Bown Info.

081006 Added a new piece of Middlezoy History, Middlezoy Manor Estate. Auction of field lots 20 – 30, Wed 21^st May 1919. Find this in ‘Middlezoy & Othery’. It contains the names of many landowners at that time.

190806 Made Bowntree available as an Excel download because it does not seem to want to display properly in a web page.

Hadn’t noticed this before so apologies to all who have struggled with it in the past.

210606 Removed some village pages from the ‘Other villages’ . Now re directed to the photo album page or the old postcard page.

140506 Added a new page of Headstone Transcriptions to the ‘other names’ section

http://dbown100.tripod.com/headstonetranscriptions.htm

150306 Several new pages added; Photo Album page, and Illinois page. The Photo Album page contains thumbnail albums of many of the villages around Middlezoy. The Illinois page attempts to show how families migrated from Somerset to Illinois in the USA.

220206 Hurd web page added, listed under ‘Other Names’ Hurd

150206 Wesleyan Methodist Church of Middlezy; Web page created

280106 Bown message boards moved to ‘Bown Info’. All other message boards to be reviewed and reorganised in due course.

Jan 2006 Experiencing some problems after upgrading to MSWord 2003, used to compile these Web pages, and have had to ‘De link’ some hyperlinks. Apologies for this. You may have to cut & paste some links into your browser.

311205 A catastrophic problem occurred while updating this file, so had to upload an old version until problem sorted.

061204 New page link added to Annie Bown’s shop book. Anniesbook

271004 SEARCH ONLINE RECORDS: Census & Parish new link & section added

21Sept 2004 News page added

12^th July 2004 Instruction on how to find, view, then order a B, M or D certificate. Located in Search Links/|Tips section.

21^st April 2004 Burrowbridge page added

20^th April 2004 Westonzoyland picture page added

12^th Mar 2004 Kelly’s directories for Middlezoy now to 1935(was to 1889)

16^th Feb 2004 New names added to postcard names list

3^rd Jan 2004 Check out the Middlezoy web pages @ GENERAL INFO: specific to Middlezoy & Othery

291203 Sampson link added to ‘Other names’

19^th June 2003 Callow page link added.

May 2003 Contact email address changed.

April2003 Recommended reading added.