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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Nathaniel Appleby of Langenhoe
Starting with a tree for Moses Appleby, born in 1782 in Langenhoe, and with the help of Miriam who is descended from Josiah Appleby one of Moses Appleby's great grandsons, I have managed to trace this family back to Nathaniel Appleby, who was a shopkeeper in Langenhoe until his death in 1830. Nathaniel was born around 1759 and married to Lucy - they had twelve children, all baptised in Langenhoe. After Lucy's death, Nathaniel married Ann Gilby, with whom he had a further three children. Nathaniel's Will revealed that I had made some crucial errors in my first draft of this family tree! - these have now been corrected.
I have also received information from Peter, who is descended from Nathaniel, a younger brother of Moses Appleby. Peter also kindly provided the photos of his great grandparents, Nathaniel (1839-1904) and his wife Rosina May seen below.
This family seems to have remained clustered around Langenhoe, Fingringhoe and Abberton for several generations. However, during the 1870s, several of Nathaniel's great great
grandsons moved in to the Eastern fringes of London and settled in West Ham, Canning Town and Forest Gate.
It is likely that there are a number of descendants of this line still living today. If you belong to this family, I should be delighted to hear about your more recent family history - especially if you can provide any family photographs or stories to include on this website.
Our DNA Testing Programme has recently established that this line is connected with one of the nearby Layer de la Haye lines (and in fact, David Appleby married Mary Ann Baker in 1881, who was a granddaughter of William and Hannah Appleby of Layer de la Haye), and also to that of George Appleby of Ardleigh.
More testers for other Essex lines are very welcome - please contact me using the link to the Contact form above left, to discover if you qualify for a subsidised DNA test kit.
Image shows Langenhoe Church following damage after the 1884 earthquake. (Reproduced with the permission of the British Geological Survey ©NERC. All rights Reserved)
You can read more about the history of Langenhoe, and its place in the record books as the location of the strongest earthquake ever to hit England (in 1884) at the History House website. There is also a report concerning the earthquake at the British Geological Survey website.
click here to view a chart showing the family tree for Nathaniel Appleby
In the 1901 census, Nathaniel was a Farmer in Peldon, Essex. By the time of the 1911 census, his widow Rosina was 'farmer and subpostmaster' in Peldon.
NAME INDEX
ApplebyAaron (1787- )
ApplebyAaron Gilby (Abt 1816- )
ApplebyAda Florence (1866-1956)
ApplebyAlfred William (1907- )
ApplebyAlice (1861- )
ApplebyAlice Gertrude (Abt 1876- )
ApplebyAmelia (1830- )
ApplebyAmelia (Abt 1831- )
ApplebyAmmy (Abt 1886- )
ApplebyAmy Emily (1866- )
ApplebyAmy Rosina (1870-1957)
ApplebyAnnie Louisa (Abt 1908- )
ApplebyArabella (1880- )
ApplebyArthur (Abt 1877- )
ApplebyArthur George (Abt 1903- )
ApplebyArthur Nathaniel (1868- )
ApplebyBertha (Abt 1854- )
ApplebyBertha (Abt 1900- )
ApplebyBertram John (Abt 1910- )
ApplebyBlanche (Abt 1895- )
ApplebyCharles Clifford (1885- )
ApplebyCharles Nathaniel (1864- )
ApplebyDaniel (1817-1844)
ApplebyDavid (1859- )
ApplebyDavid (Abt 1819-1854)
ApplebyDavid (Abt 1842- )
ApplebyDavid (Abt 1844- )
ApplebyDavid Leonard (1879-1963)
ApplebyDavid W (Abt 1894- )
ApplebyDoris May (Abt 1904- )
ApplebyEdna M (1920- )
ApplebyEliza J (Abt 1897- )
ApplebyElizabeth (1838- )
ApplebyElizabeth (Abt 1837- )
ApplebyElizabeth (Abt 1864- )
ApplebyEllen M (Abt 1846- )
ApplebyElsie Doris (Abt 1898- )
ApplebyEmily S (Abt 1888- )
ApplebyEmma (Abt 1844- )
ApplebyErnest (Abt 1904- )
ApplebyErnest Moses (Abt 1873- )
ApplebyEsther Alice (Abt 1887- )
ApplebyEthel V (Abt 1899- )
ApplebyFlorence May (1882- )
ApplebyFlorrie (Abt 1906- )
ApplebyFrank (Abt 1898- )
ApplebyGladys Marjorie (Abt 1905- )
ApplebyGrace (Abt 1893- )
ApplebyGrace (Abt 1894- )
ApplebyGrace Sarah (1901- )
ApplebyHenry (1783- )
ApplebyHenry (1859-1880)
ApplebyJames (1802-1835)
ApplebyJames (1826-1881)
ApplebyJames (1850-1916)
ApplebyJessie Ann (Abt 1874- )
ApplebyJohn (1786- )
ApplebyJohn (1822- )
ApplebyJohn D (Abt 1911- )
ApplebyJohn Dunstan (Abt 1877-1957)
ApplebyJohn H (Abt 1896- )
ApplebyJohn Whitehouse (Abt 1888- )
ApplebyJosiah (Abt 1854- )
ApplebyJosiah (Abt 1881- )
ApplebyKathleen (Abt 1905- )
ApplebyLeonard H (1914- )
ApplebyLewesa (1789- )
ApplebyLilian F (Abt 1892- )
ApplebyLucy (Bef 1780-1780)
ApplebyLucy (Bef 1786-1786)
ApplebyMabel H (Abt 1891- )
ApplebyMabel May (1882-1959)
ApplebyMaggie (Abt 1885- )
ApplebyMaria (Abt 1829- )
ApplebyMarrion (Abt 1890- )
ApplebyMaud Mary (1863-1916)
ApplebyMildred Marion (1868- )
ApplebyMoses (1782-1846)
ApplebyMoses (1871- )
ApplebyMoses (Abt 1835-1915)
ApplebyNathaniel (1793-1794)
ApplebyNathaniel (1795-1829)
ApplebyNathaniel (Abt 1759-1830)
ApplebyNathaniel (Abt 1840-1904)
ApplebyNathaniel Gordon (Abt 1907- )
ApplebyNorman (Abt 1909- )
ApplebyReginald Gordon (Abt 1899- )
ApplebyRose A (Abt 1889- )
ApplebyRuby Margaret (Abt 1902- )
ApplebyRuth (Abt 1908- )
ApplebySarah Ada (Abt 1889-Bef 1911)
ApplebySarah Ann (Abt 1879- )
ApplebyStephen (Abt 1908- )
ApplebyStephen Archibald (1874-1963)
ApplebySusanna (1836- )
ApplebySusannah (1792- )
ApplebyThomas (Abt 1902- )
ApplebyWilfred (Abt 1904- )
ApplebyWilfred James (Abt 1873-1952)
ApplebyWilliam (1856- )
ApplebyWilliam (Abt 1798-1858)
ApplebyWilliam (Abt 1831-After 1841)
ApplebyWilliam (John)(Abt 1869- )
BakerMary Ann (1854- )
BrettWilliam
BullAlec George
CollinsSusannah
CookElizabeth (Abt 1836-Bef 1908)
CurtisRebekah (Abt 1781-1833)
HewesIsabella Grace (1891-1956)
Hurrell Mary (nee Blow)(Abt 1781-After 1841)
KirnerJoseph
MayRosina (Abt 1843- )
MitchellAgnes Maginniss (1876-1963)
MottramSarah Jane (Abt 1856- )
MumfordLouise (Abt 1877- )
MyersonAlice Gertrude
NorfolkMatty Ann
PonderEliza (1871-1919)
PonderFlorence Annie (1877-1959)
PonderHarry Augustus (1882-1977)
PonderLilian Elizabeth E
PonderNelly (1878-1963)
PonderSarah (1828-1907)
PudneyHannah (Abt 1821- )
SeleenFrederick
SmithMary (1802-1830)
SpinksElizabeth (Abt 1795-After 1851)
TalbotAlbert William (1869-1958)
TalbotJames (Abt 1860-1941)
TalbotJohn
ThompsonMaria (Abt 1819- )
WhitlockAlfred (1880- )
WhitlockErnest (1876- )
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