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From: Lesley Robertson <>
Subject: Re: REED/HENEAGE Ancestry, 1210-1605 Lincolnshire;Kent
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 15:53:52 GMT


Iris Grimmett <> wrote:
>I sent this message once before but did not see it appear so will try again.
>If I am mistaken, sorry for the duplication.
>
>The Ancestral File has the lineage of Lucy HENEAGE, b 1586/87 Kent m William
>REED b 1584 Kent, traced back to ca 1210 with the birth of John DeHENEAGE of
>Lincolnshire, Eng. I'm not comfortable with accepting this without some
>corroboration but am having difficulty making all the proper connections
>from the Visitations I've managed to locate.
(snip)
>
>I found a very nice book "Lincolnshire Country Houses & their Families" by
>Terence R. Leach which has many pages of pictures and information about the
>HENEAGE family and their estate. It doesn't help much with medieval
>genealogy, however. I also have parts of the line corroborated from
>Visitations of Yorkshire, Kent, Essex, and Norfolk but it's stressing my
>brain terribly at this point to find every link and chain them all together.
>I think a few are missing.
>
(snip)

>I'd appreciate any thoughts on the subject.

You could try writing to the Lincolnshire Archives, St Rumbold Street,
Lincoln, LN2 5AB, England. They may have material on file, or may be
able to suggest a book or two. I've found them very helpful.
Lesley Robertson

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