In search of the family

MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF THOMAS PYE THOMAS BEGAT THOMAS WHO BEGAT THOMAS WHO BEGAT THOMAS and there may be previous Thomas' begatting! 4 Generations of Thomas Pye Do you find family naming patterns a help or a hindrance? Mostly I would say that they can be helpful but for the Pye family in and around the Sittingbourne area of Kent it can be most confusing. Firstly I will encourage anyone who is a descendant of this family and is of the belief that they ultimately descend from the Farringdon, Berkshire, Pye family. Thomas Pye of Bredgar, Kent, the father of Thomas Pye who married Jane Hudson is NOT  Admiral Sir Thomas Pye that so many on the Ancestry website have asserted. The documentary evidence to verify this will be added in the next 52 ancestor 52 weeks post: Same name. THOMAS PYE (1) ?-1786 Thomas Pye Yeoman of Bredgar married Susanna Spencer on the 8th Oct 1739 at Lynsted Kent, I believe Thomas' parentage to be a Thomas and Elizabeth Pye of Lynsted and baptised there in Ja...

 POWER This is a thought-provoking title, with so many possibilities and so many ancestors that may fit one or other definitions of ‘Power.’ My initial thoughts were related to Power as in Officialdom including political, judicial, or religious. So, I have not discovered any links to Royalty, the majority of us cannot verify any claim to Royal descendance other than with DNA evidence. Having said that I do have an ancestor who in his time was thought of as ‘The King of the Hundreds’ but his story fits to another of the themes in the future. I have not discovered any Members of Parliament either, but I have found several JP’s. There are several clergymen who would fit the bill, having the power to change people’s lives with their acts and ministry around socially deprived areas in London.   Equally there are others that have used their religious ‘power’ to be sponsored by many a wealthy lady of their parish. Again, I hope to one day write up their stories but not necessar...

  NEWLANDS CHAPEL  Charing Kent: geograph-2259115-by-Oast-House-ArchiveNewlandsFarm        My 3x Great Grandfather Thomas Pye was resident and farmer at Newlands Farm, Charing. Kent at the turn of the 19th century. Within the locality of the farm is a medieval Chapel known as Newlands Chapel. The Unusual Source in the context of this blog is the current owner of this Chapel, who during the renovation discovered an unusual piece of graffiti linking the chapel to the Pye family. Whilst researching the history of the Chapel, she had noticed a post I had made on the Rootchat website. Private messaging me, this lovely lady provided me with the photo of what is believed to have been 19th century graffiti on a stone  higher up in the chapel. Those with a keen eye may just be able to make out the J Pye scratched into the stone. So who was J.Pye, the 'Banksy' of the past, well we need to be aware that in WW2, soldiers were billeted in and around the chapel, but...