the Appleby one-name study and DNA project
the Appleby one-name study and DNA project
Surnames covered in our DNA project:
APPLEBY, APPLEBEE,
APPELBY, APPELBE
plus any other variants
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The current banner shows Alnwick Castle, in Northumberland - a county in the far north east of England, bordering Scotland. This region is home to a number of Appleby lines - and our DNA project has confirmed genetic connections between several of these, which also match lines in Canada, USA and Ireland.
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Matthew Appelbee, sawyer
My attention was first drawn to Matthew Appelbee's sons, because they kept cropping up as tin plate workers in the East End of London ... where I was hunting for my own line of Appelbys who were also in the tin plate business. After tracing these Appelbees back through census records and the London parish records, I learned that the family's origins were in Berkshire. It should be noted that they were very consistent about maintaining the spelling of their surname, and all the sons had neat well formed handwriting (which made the task much easier!) If the baptism and marriage records on family search are correct, Matthew belonged to the following family:
Joseph Appelbee was christened in Ashampstead, Berks on 11 oct 1767 - the son of Thomas Appelbee and Sarah. Joseph married Elizabeth Moyrer in 1795 Ashampstead and their children were all christened in Ashampstead or Hampstead Norris:
Mary Appelbee, chr 1796
Clarissa Appelbee, chr 1797
Matthew Appelbee, chr 1799
Mark Appelbee, chr 1800
James Appelbee, chr 1802
David Appelbee, chr 1804
Ambros Appelbee, chr 1806
Charlotte Appelbee, chr 1809
Sarah Appelbee, chr 1811
Sophia Appelbee, chr 1813
Emma Appelbee, chr 1816
From census information and London Parish Records, it seems that Matthew and his wife Mary and their family moved to London themselves for a few years, before returning to Hampstead Norris. However, several of their children settled in the East End of London, where they were tin plate workers and tin smiths.
In the latter part of the 19th century, one branch moved on again - this time heading north to the area around Hull in Yorkshire where they were gas meter makers.
Looking at the 1841 census, it seems that there were a number of Appelbee families living in Berkshire - I also came across Applebees in Beenham Valance and Reading St Mary; Appelbys in Woolhampton; Appelbeys in Frilsham; Applebys in Wargrave, Bucklebury, St Mary, Arborfield, Beenham Valance, Hurst and Bradfield. Is there a Berkshire researcher out there who can tell us more about these families and also perhaps a bit more about Matthew's ancestors?
Please do contact me if you can provide any further information or corrections to the information provided on the chart. I shall be loading up census information within the next few weeks for all the families shown in the Family trees.
Name Index for Matthew Appelbee family tree
Appelbee, Sarah (1811- ),
Appelbee, Sarah (1862- ),
Appelbee, Sarah A (1860- ),
Appelbee, Sarah A (Abt 1885- ),
Appelbee, Sarah Ann (1866- ),
Appelbee, Sophia (1813- ),
Appelbee, Sydney (Abt 1895- ),
Appelbee, Violet (Abt 1891- ),
Appelbee, William (1832-1875),
Appelbee, William Albert (1877-Bef 1881),
Appelbee, William G (Abt 1888- ),
Appelbee, William J (Abt 1882- ),
Appleby, Joseph (Abt 1828- ),
Baxter, James,
Boulding, Sophia,
Colls, Mary Ann (Abt 1856- ),
Fleetwood, Archibald,
Fleetwood, Grace,
Fleetwood, James Ernest,
Forster, Mary Jane,
Godfrey,,
Godfrey, Alfred George (Abt 1888- ),
Godfrey, Harold (Abt 1894- ),
Godfrey, James Matthew (Abt 1891- ),
Godfrey, Lily (Abt 1886- ),
Godfrey, Thomas Smith (Abt 1900- ),
Groves, Ellen Louisa,
Hall, Elizabeth (Abt 1836- ),
Hambelton, Isabella Ann,
Harrison, Mary Ann (Abt 1813-1891),
Hodgkiss, Sarah Ann (Abt 1839- ),
Holloway, Fanny (Abt 1838-1900),
Hooley, Sarah Ann (Abt 1836- ),
Horton, Charlotte (Abt 1845- ),
Johnson, Martha (Abt 1841- ),
Jordan, Sarah (Abt 1805- ),
Kirks, Amelia (Abt 1853-1900),
Moyrer, Elizabeth,
Nicholls, Elizabeth (Abt 1821-Bef 1881),
Rowland, Mary (Abt 1795-1879),
Sands, John,
Stone, Frederick W,
Appelbee, Ellen,
Appelbee, Emilie (Abt 1889- ),
Appelbee, Emily,
Appelbee, Emily (1866- ),
Appelbee, Emma (1816- ),
Appelbee, Emma (Abt 1866- ),
Appelbee, Emma Eliza (Abt 1890- ),
Appelbee, Ernest (Abt 1907- ),
Appelbee, Florence (Abt 1879- ),
Appelbee, Florence (Abt 1899- ),
Appelbee, Florence May (Abt 1904- ),
Appelbee, Florrie (Abt 1887- ),
Appelbee, Frances J (Abt 1884- ),
Appelbee, Frank T (Abt 1880- ),
Appelbee, George,
Appelbee, George (1831- ),
Appelbee, George (1860- ),
Appelbee, George (Abt 1885- ),
Appelbee, George Alfred (1870-1871),
Appelbee, George E (Abt 1878- ),
Appelbee, George R (Abt 1850- ),
Appelbee, George William (Abt 1849-1901),
Appelbee, Gladys Sarah (Abt 1905- ),
Appelbee, Hannah (1839- ),
Appelbee, Hannah (1870- ),
Appelbee, Harry (Abt 1883- ),
Appelbee, Henry M (Abt 1840-Bef 1871),
Appelbee, Henry William (1862- ),
Appelbee, Herbert Alfred (1876-1888),
Appelbee, James,
Appelbee, James (1802- ),
Appelbee, James (1847- ),
Appelbee, James (1866- ),
Appelbee, James (Abt 1869- ),
Appelbee, James (Abt 1893- ),
Appelbee, Jane (Abt 1902- ),
Appelbee, John (1822-1885),
Appelbee, John (1874- ),
Appelbee, John Benjamin (1837-1860),
Appelbee, John Edward (Abt 1857- ),
Appelbee, John M (Abt 1887- ),
Appelbee, John Matthew (Abt 1856- ),
Appelbee, John Michael (Abt 1861- ),
Appelbee, Joseph (1767- ),
Appelbee, Joseph (1827- ),
Appelbee, Kate (Abt 1874- ),
Appelbee, Lizzie (Abt 1866- ),
Appelbee, Lizzie (Abt 1868- ),
Appelbee, Maria (1820- ),
Appelbee, Maria (1852-1864),
Appelbee, Marian (1861- ),
Appelbee, Mark (1800- ),
Appelbee, Mary (1796- ),
Appelbee, Mary (1845- ),
Appelbee, Mary Ann (1855-Bef 1860),
Appelbee, Mary Ann (1859- ),
Appelbee, Mary Ann (1860- ),
Appelbee, Matthew (1817-1888),
Appelbee, Matthew (Abt 1799-1870),
Appelbee, Nellie (Abt 1894- ),
Appelbee, Olive (Abt 1896- ),
Appelbee, (Edward) George (Abt 1857- ),
Appelbee, (George) William (Abt 1855-1893),
Appelbee, Alfred (Abt 1904- ),
Appelbee, Alfred Henry (Abt 1865- ),
Appelbee, Ambros (1806- ),
Appelbee, Amelia (Abt 1886- ),
Appelbee, Amy Beatrice (Abt 1873- ),
Appelbee, Ann (1835- ),
Appelbee, Ann (1871- ),
Appelbee, Annie (Abt 1870- ),
Appelbee, Arthur G (Abt 1904- ),
Appelbee, Benjamin (1837- ),
Appelbee, Betsey (1860-Bef 1871),
Appelbee, Caroline (1833- ),
Appelbee, Catherine (Abt 1859- ),
Appelbee, Catherine (Abt 1897- ),
Appelbee, Charles (Abt 1877- ),
Appelbee, Charles (Abt 1893- ),
Appelbee, Charles (Abt 1899- ),
Appelbee, Charles W (Abt 1847-1884),
Appelbee, Charlotte (1809- ),
Appelbee, Clarissa (1797- ),
Appelbee, Daisy (Abt 1885- ),
Appelbee, David (1804- ),
Appelbee, (Edward) George (Abt 1857- ),
Appelbee, (George) William (Abt 1855-1893),
Appelbee, Alfred (Abt 1904- ),
Appelbee, Alfred Henry (Abt 1865- ),
Appelbee, Ambros (1806- ),
Appelbee, Amelia (Abt 1886- ),
Appelbee, Amy Beatrice (Abt 1873- ),
Appelbee, Ann (1835- ),
Appelbee, Ann (1871- ),
Appelbee, Annie (Abt 1870- ),
Appelbee, Arthur G (Abt 1904- ),
Appelbee, Benjamin (1837- ),
Appelbee, Betsey (1860-Bef 1871),
Appelbee, Caroline (1833- ),
Appelbee, Catherine (Abt 1859- ),
Appelbee, Catherine (Abt 1897- ),
Appelbee, Charles (Abt 1877- ),
Appelbee, Charles (Abt 1893- ),
Appelbee, Charles (Abt 1899- ),
Appelbee, Charles W (Abt 1847-1884),
Appelbee, Charlotte (1809- ),
Appelbee, Clarissa (1797- ),
Appelbee, Daisy (Abt 1885- ),
Appelbee, David (1804- ),
Appelbee, Edward (Abt 1852- ),
Appelbee, Eliza (1829- ),
Appelbee, Eliza (1850- ),
Appelbee, Eliza (1868- ),
Appelbee, Eliza (Abt 1891- ),
Appelbee, Elizabeth (1842- ),
Appelbee, Elizabeth (1863- ),
Appelbee, Elizabeth (Abt 1826- ),
Appelbee, Elizabeth (Abt 1847- ),
Appelbee, Elizabeth (Abt 1889- ),
Appelbee, Elizabeth Frances (1871- ),
