Originally posted by alfa75ts The furthest I can trace my family line is to Chettle (ca1700) 30k south of Stonehenge.
Ancestors on my patrilineal side (= my current family name) may come from southern England as I saw the name there in several contexts, notably the name of a bank. However, I can only confidently trace to about 1780 in the USA, then marriage records become unreliable. It is certain the family settled in what is now Maine sometime in the mid 1600's as there are numerous individuals with my family name there in various town census and property records, but the marriage, birth, and death records are hopeless.