7th Great Grandparents.

All of my recorded 7th Great Grandparents that I currently have on my tree lived here in South East England.  They were born in Southern and Eastern England between 1650 and 1740.  How many of my 7th great-grandparents can I currently name?

  1. John Brooker.  b. 1691 Hagbourne, Berks.
  2. Ursula Brooker (née Deadman).  b. 1690 Hagbourne, Berks.
  3. Thomas Gardiner b. 1689 Oxford, Oxon.
  4. Frances Gardiner (née ?) lived Hagbourne, Berks.
  5. Claridge Gregory. b. 1696 Drayton St Peter, Oxon.
  6. Mary Gregory (née Adams) b. Banbury, Oxon.
  7. Thomas Lock b. 1705 Witney, Oxon.
  8. Hannah Lock  (née ?) lived Eynsham, Oxon.
  9. Sylvanus Seymour b. 1694 West Wycombe, Bucks.
  10. Sarah Seymour (née ?) lived Lewknor, Oxon.
  11. Robert Croxford b. 1704 Aston Rowant, Oxon.
  12. Ann Croxford (née North) b. 1712 Sydenham, Oxon.
  13. Robert Godfrey b. 1703 West Hanney, Berks.
  14. Frances Godfrey (née Collins)  b. 1709 West Hanney, Berks.
  15. William Collins lived West Hanney, Berks.
  16. William Edney b. 1681 Witney, Oxon.
  17. Catharine Edney (née Hobbs) lived Oxford, Oxon.
  18. William Lawrence lived Deddington, Oxon.
  19. Mary Lawrence (née ?) lived Deddington, Oxon.
  20. Matthew Cruchfield lived Ipsden, Oxon.
  21. Elizabeth Cruchfield (née ?) lived Ipsden, Oxon.
  22. John Durran lived Steeple Aston, Oxon.
  23. Mary Durran (née ?) lived Steeple Aston, Oxon.
  24. Robert Baxter lived North Elmham, Norfolk.
  25. Anne Baxter (neé Shackle) lived North Elmham, Norfolk.
  26. Richard Upcroft lived East Dereham, Norfolk.
  27. Mary Upcroft (née Rummer) b. 1694 East Dereham, Norfolk.
  28. Grime Liddlelow lived at Welborne, Norfolk
  29. Frances Liddlelow (née Harper) lived Welborne, Norfolk.
  30. John Barber lived Frettenham, Norfolk.
  31. Mary Barber (née ?) lived Frettenham, Norfolk.
  32. Solomon Harris b. 1702 Swanton Morley, Norfolk.
  33. Mary Harris (née Ayers) lived Swanton Morley, Norfolk.
  34. Allen Bradfield b. 1719 Castle Acre, Norfolk.
  35. Rachel Bradfield (née Rosier) b. 1709 Watton, Norfolk.
  36. John Smith married 1686 at Deopham, Norfolk.
  37. Mary Smith (née Majoram) lived at Depham, Norfolk.
  38. Thomas Freeman b. Attleborough, Norfolk.
  39. Elizabeth Freeman (née ?) lived Attleborough, Norfolk.
  40. Robert Rippon b. 1671 Ufford, Northants.
  41. Mary Rippon (neé Bradshaw) b. Oundle, Northants.
  42. Christopher Saunderson lived Maxey, Northants.
  43. Alice Saunderson (née ?) lived Maxey, Northants.
  44. Robert Sandall b. Haconby, Lincs.
  45. Anne Sandall (née ?) lived Morton near Bourne, Lincs.
  46. Robert Merring lived Morton near Bourne, Lincs.
  47. Alice Merring (née Rogers) lived Morton near Bourne, Lincs.
  48. Robert Harrison b. 1672 Old Buckenham, Norfolk.
  49. Martha Harrison (née Wick) lived Old Buckenham, Norfolk.
  50. John Websdal b. 1701 Tibenham, Norfolk.
  51. Mary Websdal (née ?) lived Tibenham, Norfolk.
  52. Cornelius Brothers b. 1687 Wilby, Norfolk.
  53. Maria Brothers (née ?) lived Wilby, Norfolk.
  54. William Housegoe married 1683 at Ditchingham, Norfolk
  55. Margaret Housegoe (née Frances) lived Ditchingham, Norfolk.
  56. Richard Ellis b. 1677 Ditchingham, Norfolk.
  57. Ann Ellis (née Ashwell) lived Thurlton, Norfolk.
  58. Samuel Goodrum lived Bressingham, Norfolk.
  59. Barbary Goodrum (née ?) lived Bressingham, Norfolk.
  60. Richard Sayer b. 1675 Pulham St Mary, Norfolk.
  61. Mary Sayer (née ?) lived Pulham St Mary, Norfolk.
  62. John Hammond lived Pulham St Mary, Norfolk.
  63. Robert Barham lived Rockland All Saints, Norfolk.
  64. Sarah Barham (née Rockland All Saints, Norfolk.
  65. Thomas Disdale married 1733 Snetterton, Norfolk.
  66. Susan Disdale (née Waller) b. 1710 Wramplingham, Norfolk.
  67. William Gaul lived Loddon, Norfolk.  Descended from twice.
  68. Mary Gaul (née ?) lived Loddon, Norfolk.  Descended from twice.
  69. John Rowland b. 1724 Lingwood, Norfolk.
  70. Sarah Rowland (née Dawes) b. Cantley, Norfolk.  Where my grandmother always lived when I would visit her in my childhood.
  71. William Symonds lived Stokesby, Norfolk.
  72. Sarah Symonds (née Rix) b. 1725 Stokesby, Norfolk.
  73. John Larke b. 1668 Little Plumstead, Norfolk.
  74. Anne Larke (née Porter) b. 1681 Loddon, Norfolk.
  75. William Ginby lived Salhouse, Norfolk.
  76. Susan Ginby (née ?) lived Salhouse, Norfolk.
  77. William Gaul lived Loddon, Norfolk - Descended from twice.
  78. Mary Gaul (née ?) lived Loddon, Norfolk - Descended from twice.
  79. Henry Wilkinson  married 1746 Filby, Norfolk.
  80. Mary Wilkinson (née Cousins) lived Hemblington, Norfolk.
  81. John Norton b. 1696 Ashby, Norfolk
  82. Susannah Norton (née Breeze) lived Bramerton, Norfolk.
  83. Robert Wymer b. 1694 Norwich, Norfolk - Descended from twice.
  84. Ann Wymer (née Sarles) lived Norwich, Norfolk.
  85. John Briggs b. Hedenham, Norfolk.
  86. Mary Briggs (née ?) lived Earsham, Norfolk.
  87. Robert Yallop lived Strumpshaw, Norfolk.
  88. Susan Yallop (née ?) lived Strumpshaw, Norfolk.
  89. Alexander Goffen b. 1647 Catfield, Norfolk.
  90. Mary Goffen (née ?) lived Ormesby, Norfolk.
  91. John Maye lived Little Plumstead, Norfolk.
  92. Judah Maye (née ?) lived Little Plumstead, Norfolk.
  93. Richard Gibbs b. 1686 Potter Heigham, Norfolk.
  94. Ann Gibbs (née ?) lived Hickling, Norfolk. 
  95. Nicholas Shrieve b. 1700 Stokesby, Norfolk.
  96. Mary Shrieve (née ?) lived Upton with Fishley, Norfolk.
  97. John Tovell b. 1702 Linstead Magna, Suffolk.
  98. Ann Tovell (née Spauldin) lived South Elmham, Suffolk.
  99. Daniel Brown lived Chediston, Suffolk.
  100. John Lawne b. 1663 Ranworth, Norfolk.
  101. Mary Lawne (née ?) lived Brooke, Norfolk.
  102. Peter Mallett lived Limpenhoe, Norfolk.
  103. Elizabeth Mallett (née Biggs) lived Limpenhoe, Norfolk.
  104. Francis Griffen b. 1672 Limpenhoe, Norfolk
  105. Mary Griffen (née ?) lived Limpenhoe, Norfolk.
  106. Robert Wymer b. 1696 Norwich, Norfolk - Descended from twice.
  107. Ann Wymer (nee Sarles) lived in Norwich, Norfolk - Descended from twice.
  108. Abraham Moll b. Edingthorpe, Norfolk.
  109. Elizabeth Moll (née Holser) lived Ranworth, Norfolk.
  110. Job Johnson b. 1690 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
  111. Mary Johnson (née ?) lived Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
  112. Charles Thacker lived at Hainford, Norfolk.
  113. Mary Thacker (née Neville) lived at Hainford, Norfolk.
  114. Andrew Gunton b. 1713 Woodbastwick, Norfolk.
  115. Elizabeth Gunton (née Witchingham) lived at Woodbastwick, Norfolk.
  116. Anthony Doughty b. 1710 East Dereham, Norfolk.
  117. Catherine Doughty (née Whitmore) lived Swanton Morley, Norfolk.
  118. William Goodman lived Westfield, Norfolk.
  119. Mary Goodman (née ?) lived Westfield, Norfolk.
  120. Isaac Daynes lived at Hethersett, Norfolk.
  121. Martha Daynes (née ?) lived at Hethersett, Norfolk.
  122. William Moore b. 1683 at Hingham, Norfolk.
  123. Elizabeth Moore lived at Wymondham, Norfolk.
  124. Samuel Blasey b. 1700 Wymondham, Norfolk.
  125. Bridget Blasey (née Lord) lived at Wymondham, Norfolk.
  126. Francis Quantrill lived Wymondham, Norfolk.
  127. Sarah Quantrill (née Mendham) b. East Carlton, Norfolk.
  128. Thomas Page b.1690 Attleborough, Norfolk.
  129. Maria Page (née Hynds) b. 1707 Attleborough, Norfolk.

We all have 512 biological slots on Generation 10 (7th great-grandparents).  So my 129 recorded 7th great grandparents represent only 25% of the actual entire generation.  Additionally there will be a level of inaccuracy.  Genealogical mistakes, poorly recorded details, non parental events, etc.  At Generation 6 for example, I can feel reasonably happy that I have compiled an accurate family tree - supported by a wide range of sources, such as BMD certificates, parish records, wills, censuses, military records, criminal records, poor law union records, newspaper reports, etc.  Even biological confirmation can be achieved at Generations 5 - 6, with photographed likenesses, family tales, and now especially by DNA Matching services - Genetic Genealogy.  However, back at Generation 9 and earlier, pretty much that all that can be sourced are poorly preserved, poorly scripted, parish registers.  And far from all of them survive.  Additionally, I'll admit that in some cases, these records have been resourced through transcripts, that are often incorrect.  Genetic Genealogy can in some cases verify ancestry at Generations 9/10, and certainly at Generation 9 I believe that I have found common DNA segments between my family and other testers that verify a trail.  However, it's purely random.  The absence of shared segments does not disprove shared descent at this range.

Therefore I argue that in the case of English records, when you trace poor ancestors back beyond the Mid 18th Century - that you need to reduce expectations of accuracy, of truth.  You have to rely on less and less reliable records.

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