Hi, just a little info here, hopefully enough to catch your interest, but not 
enough to bore you silly. Here we go ...

The main research on this site is for the  FREE  FAMILY  TREE , with my branch 
starting in Cardiff, Glamorgan, going back to Horseheath in Cambridge, and so far, 
originating from Hadstock, Essex. 
At each generation the tree has branched out to link with the Tree of the spouse, the 
 RIGBY  and  RABBITT  trees from Rainford and Warrington in Lancashire 
branch out from my generation, where as the  YOUNG tree from Walsall, Stafford 
and  JONES  tree from the Rhondda in Glamorgan, as well as the  CUTTER  
and  GILES  trees, both from Monmouth and Glamorgan extend from my parents 
generation.  Earlier generations take you to the  BUTLER  tree from 
Shrivenham, Berkshire, the  DAVIES  tree from Cardiff, Glamorgan, and the  
MYNOTT  tree from Horseheath in Cambridge.


My Great Great Great Grandparents, John FREE and Sarah MYNOTT, had 12 
children; William, Charles, Eliza, Henry, Isaac, Judith, Marianne, Alfred, Celia, 
John, George, and a second Celia.  The first Celia, and George died in Horseheath in 
infancy of whooping cough, their deaths being just three days apart in 1843.  Eliza 
died in Doncaster in 1857 whilst employed as a domestic servant.  I've managed to 
follow the remaining 9 children through further generations as each one married and 
had children of their own.


Judith and Alfred moved to Newark, Judith marrying Edward LIDDELL and Alfred 
marrying Mary JACKSON.  Marianne and Celia moved to Sheffield where Marianne 
was married to Charles BATTERSBY and Celia was married to 
John STEVENS.  I've followed these four children as their lives became more 
and more intertwined between the two places with each following generation.


The remaining four, Charles, Henry, Isaac, and John, moved to the London area, 
Charles married, and survived three wifes. First in Horseheath he was married to 
Emma SALMON, then, after Emma's death, to Mary PRESTON.  Charles and 
Mary left Horseheath and moved to Barkingside then Walthamstow, where Mary died and 
Charles married Ann LAWRANCE.
Henry's wife, Mary WILLS was born in Barkingside, they were married in Romford.
Isaac married Mary Ann PURKIS in Cambridge before moving to Bromley and 
eventually West Ham, where Mary Ann died and Isaac married the widowed 
Rebecca TANNER.
John was also living in Bromley when he married Eliza LASHMAR.  He was still 
in Bromley when Eliza died and he married a second wife, Emma.
I have yet to discover how the lives of the London families panned out.


My Great Great Grandfather, William FREE is the only one who moved to the 
Cardiff area.  There he married Mary DAVIES apparently to start a new life 
after his first marriage to Rebecca STINTON in Horseheath.
His children were George Alfred, Celia Eliza, Alice Celia, Nimrod William, Harriet 
Judith, Sarah Eliza and Nimrod James.  
Celia and Nimrod William died in infancy, and George died unmarried at the age of 28 
but Alice married Charles HAWKES and moved to Gravesend, Harriet married 
David COLLETT eventually moving to Birmingham, Sarah married 
William WHITNEY, spending her life in Llanelly, and Nimrod James (later just 
known as James) married Mary Ann BUTLER, remaining in Cardiff where my 
Grandfather, Benjamin FREE was born.


Use the TREE link in the toolbar above if you want to join me at the 
base of my tree but if you're looking for someone who isn't in my direct 
line , then it's probably easier to use the List of Last Names below to 
find the person you are looking for.

Feel free to browse around. (No Pun intended)



Potted Histories

For a few of the main individuals in my tree I have arranged the information I have 
gathered into accounts of how and where they lived, including some details of the 
family and friends who influenced their lives.  These Potted Histories can be found 
in the individual's notes and at the bottom of their family view page. All of the 
events written about in these accounts have been taken from documented evidence and 
the sources are available for anyone who would like to see them.



Genealogy Reports ...

If you're interested in a particular branch of the tree and would like to see my 
information in further detail I can put it into a Genealogy Report for you.
My reports are made with the help of Family Tree Maker 2005.



People & Places ... 

I've gradually found a little spare time to do some much needed legwork for my tree, 
here are a few of the places I've visited and people I've met along the way.

Newark-on-Trent - July 2005,    Hereford - Jan 2007,    Hereford - Jan 2008, 

Sheffield - Feb 2008,    Noel Free - May 2008,    Bill Rabbitt - Jul 2008, 

Newark-on-Trent - Oct 2008,    Kay Russell - June 2009,    

Ann Wilson - Oct 2009,     Doncaster - Jan 2010.

There are no visits away on the immediate horizon so I think a couple of daytrips in 
the more local area of Oxfordshire are very strong possibilities.



Skeletons in the Closet ... 

Every tree has it's Skeletons, things which have been swept under the 
carpet, hushed up and never mentioned again, and things which have been handed 
down the generations in whispered rumours.

It's often the rumours and hearsay, the thought of ancient gosip and scandal, which 
turn a long list of facts and dates into a family history. 
Here are just a few of the Skeletons I've found along the way 



Claims to Fame ...

You will always find some sort of claim to be connected to someone famous, whether 
it's being a descendent of the Prime Minister of New Zealand, or being distantly 
related to Princess Diana.

Some of the more noted people I've found in my tree are a Town Mayoress in Penarth, a 
Chief of Police in Newark, a Detective Superintendent of Police in Sheffield, an 
Author and Bookseller from Edwinstowe, and a World Class Boxer in Tonypandy.



It's a Small World ...

Considering how many billions of people ther are in the world, it's often quite 
surprising to find out just how closely related people actually are.



Armchair Archives ... 

A lot of my research has been done online.  Although the internet is no substitute 
for finding solid facts, sometimes it just isn't possible to put in the legwork.  If 
a detail is found on one online database I try not to take it as read until I have 
confirmed it from at least one other source.



Guestbook... 

Once you've had a look around my site, please sign the Guestbook. You can add your e-
mail address, and give your own family tree site a plug, or simply just give me a 
shout, it'd be great to hear from you.  

When you sign the Guestbook please say how your're linked to the tree so anyone with 
a similar interest can see if they are connected to your branch.  If you leave your e-
mail address I'll drop you a line if anything new comes up that I think you might be 
interested in.



Acknowledgements...

There is a large amount of my tree which simply wouldn't be here if it hadn't been 
for the help and research of others and the information which was freely shared. 
Although it is almost impossible to list everyone here, I'll have a good go, and 
apologies before hand to anyone I miss out.



Privacy

This is always a difficult one and although I try to strike the right balance between 
sharing and security, It's not always easy to get it right.
In this digital age a vast amount of information is freely available online for 
anyone who cares to look for it but although my homepage, and subsiquent links, are 
eaily accessable, my actual tree can only be viewed with a password and even then any 
information on living relatives is sparce.
However, if you do spot anything you're not happy with then please give me a shout.