Genealogypals

Simpkin & derivatives, Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire, specifically Sutton Bonington, Normanton on Soar, Gotham, Lenton, Sneinton, Sawley, Nottingham, Leicester. A useful website for Sutton Bonington which is highly informative can be accessed here

Bellamy & derivatives, Lincolnshire & Leicestershire, Grantham, Burton Coggles, Ponton, Bytham, Colsterworth, Wyville, Three Queens,Saltby.

Pearson, Leicestershire & South Derbyshire, Swepstone, Heather, Shortheath, Moira, Overseal, Donisthorpe, Oakthorpe, Church Gresley, Appleby Magna, Ashby de la Zouch.

Kettle, Leicestershire, Queniborough, Saltby, Croxton, Ashby Folville, Goadby Marwood , Twyford, Leicester.

Joll(e)y, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Staffordshire, Leicester, Northampton, Wolverhampton, Ecton.

Crawley, Hampshire, Monmouthshire, Cardiff, Fleetwood, Gosport, Pembroke, India, Bengal, Calcutta, Jubbalapore, Ireland, kilkenny, Callan, Dun Loghaire, Birkenhead. 

Stringer, Manchester, Ireland, Cork.

Thank you for taking the trouble to surf to this site. This is my first attempt at producing a Family Tree site and Genealogy links that I have found useful in my research.

This site is based on research to date into my own Family and that of my wife. The main names in which we have been interested are;-

Simpkin, Simpkins, Simkin, Simkins, Symkin, Bellamy, Bellomy, Bellemy, Belleme, Sheperd, Shepperd, Shepard, Sheppard, Shepherd, Shephard, Crawley, Stringer, Pearson, Jolley, Jolly,...and many more!

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Simpkin

Name: originates from Scotland. Clan Fraser derivatives of Sim, Simeon, Mc Shimie.

Known local derivatives...Simkin, Symkin, Simkins, Symkins, Sympkin, Sympkins

Bellamy 

Name: originates from Normandy, a derivative of Belle Ami. Guillaume de Belleme was a knight with William the Conqueror.

 Known local derivatives...Bellomy, Bellemy, Belleme,

Pearson

Name: originates from Norse  "Peterson" and then Normandy "Pierre's son"...

 Known local derivatives...Pierson, Person, Parson(s)

Kettle

Name: originates from Old English - first reference of "Kettle the Christian" recorded in Dane Law and name is abundant in East Anglia and East Midlands

Known local derivatives...Kettel, Cattel, Cattell