Genealogypals

I am continuing to work at my "Simpkin bloodline" in three main areas presently. Firstly I still have a tenuous link from Humphrey Simpkin (1703) at Sutton Bonington and Humfrey Simpkin at Darlaston. I have gone with father / child name continuity and proxemics but may yet be proved wrong.

Secondly, I am trying to locate a Matthias Symkin who may be the origin of Simpkins in Sutton Bonington in the late 17th century.  he is allegedly a Wool merchant from  Norwich, but I can find no trace of him to date.

Thirdly I may have ancestral links to The Spencer family at Althorp through my Great-Grandmother Gertrude Alice Anderson - this has a lot of work to firm up the link!

I am also working on John Crawley, my Great-Great Grandfather and links with 95th Regiment ( latterly the 2nd battalion ( Derbyshire Regt) of the Sherwood Foresters) and links with family allegedly that settled in India during the late 1880s. Family legend suggests there were brothers or sisters who remained in India.

Also there is talk of death of his first wife Charlotte Rider in childbirth and a re-marriage to someone that the family did not take to! I cannot find where John died , or with whom he was living, or who he had married after Charlotte.

I am also currently working on two main "Pearson" areas. Firstly is William Whitehead Pearson b 1839 @ Swepstone.family rumours are that he may have gone to America under a cloud...

 I am looking for more family links for Jolleys or Jollys in Northants in early 1800s as there are too many vague links. It appears there may be an Ecton connection but I need more information here yet!