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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Wylam branch of Corbridge line of Applebys
This new Northumberland branch of the Corbridge line was recently discovered (and there is yet another branch in the pipeline!). We have traced the Wylam branch back to Thomas Appleby, born about 1776 in Great Whittington, who married Mary Arthur of Ovingham in 1796. This Thomas was a son of William and Catherine Charlton (mar 1763) who appear on Chart One of the Corbridge tree.
CHART TWO is VERY wide! Please zoom in and scroll across to discover all the family groups.
Wylam is famous for being the birthplace of George Stephenson and is also associated with the steam locomotive Puffing Billy, which was developed by William Hedley in 1813.
You can read more about the history of Wylam on this website and also discover more about the Wylam Colliery on the Heddon Local History website (with some more super early photos)
The photograph of Puffing Billy was taken in 1862 just before the locomotive was handed over to the Science museum (source Wikipedia)
Many of the members of this line were coal miners - and the later censuses revealed even more Appleby families living alongside members of this line who also worked in the mine at Prudhoe!
The family member who first contacted us about this line, still lives in the locality and has a wealth of stories about his ancestors ... I am hoping to include some of them on this page in the not too distant future. In the meantime, he has sent me the image below. It is taken from an archived 1978 issue of the Wylam Globe and the quality is not perfect, but he tells me that as well as the three men pictured who carry the surname Appleby, others in the group are also related to the Appleby family:
If you you think this line is part of your own ancestry, you will discover a number of related census and BMD entries in the Northern Region Resource sheets.
As always, if you can contribute any further information I should be delighted to hear from you.
We have recently received a set of yDNA results from a descendant of this line, which definitely confirm the connection to the Corbridge line!
the text accompanying this image states:
This group of Wylam anglers look pleased with themselves in this photograph, taken in 1926. From left to right: M Appleby, P Irwin, W Leadbitter, O Wilkinson, S Appleby, G Wild and J Appleby. (photograph kindly lent by Mrs J Appleby).
NAME INDEX
Airey, Harriet (Abt 1868-1908)
Allsopp, Margaret (Abt 1878- )
Anderson, George
Appleby, Agnes (Abt 1883- )
Appleby, Aileen (Abt 1905- )
Appleby, Alice (Abt 1899- )
Appleby, Alice Rose (Abt 1887- )
Appleby, Ann (Abt 1846- )
Appleby, Ann (Abt 1869- )
Appleby, Anne (Abt 1867- )
Appleby, Annie (1909-1909)
Appleby, Annie (Abt 1894- )
Appleby, Armstrong - Coal Miner (Abt 1867-After 1911)
Appleby, Armstrong (1908-1908)
Appleby, Beatrice (Abt 1879- )
Appleby, Beatrice May Victoria (1897- )
Appleby, Catherine Ann (1890- )
Appleby, Charles Terry (1899-1973)
Appleby, Christopher - Coal Miner (Abt 1861-After 1911)
Appleby, Christopher - Miner (1837-1882)
Appleby, Christopher - Miner (Abt 1887- )
Appleby, Christopher (Abt 1882- )
Appleby, Christopher (Abt 1888-1901)
Appleby, Doris (Abt 1901- )
Appleby, Edith (Abt 1896- )
Appleby, Edward (Abt 1899- )
Appleby, Eleanor Caroline (Abt 1885- )
Appleby, Elizabeth (1856- )
Appleby, Elizabeth (Abt 1835- )
Appleby, Elizabeth (Abt 1863- )
Appleby, Elizabeth Jane (Abt 1862- )
Appleby, Ethel (1886-1890)
Appleby, Evelyn (Abt 1910- )
Appleby, Frances (1862- )
Appleby, Frances (1881- )
Appleby, Frances (Abt 1904- )
Appleby, Frances (Abt 1909- )
Appleby, George (Abt 1896- )
Appleby, George Forster - Coal Miner (Abt 1861-1940)
Appleby, George Oswin (Abt 1897-1917)
Appleby, Hannah (1858- )
Appleby, Hannah (1893- )
Appleby, Hannah (Abt 1867- )
Appleby, Hannah (Abt 1889- )
Appleby, Hannah (Abt 1908- )
Appleby, Harriet Eliza (1908-1908)
Appleby, Henderson (1908-1908)
Appleby, Henderson (Abt 1897- ), 5
Appleby, Henry - Coal Miner (Abt 1865-After 1911)
Appleby, Henry - Coal Miner/fisherman/gamekeeper (1847-After 1911)
Appleby, Henry (1798- )
Appleby, Henry (Abt 1900- )
Appleby, Isabella Ann (1883-1890)
Appleby, Isabella Ann (1896-1896)
Appleby, Jacob - Coal Miner (1864-1936)
Appleby, Jacob (1854-1855)
Appleby, Jacob (1894-1894)
Appleby, James Waugh (1902- )
Appleby, Jane (1800-1801)
Appleby, Jane (1842- )
Appleby, Jane (1879- )
Appleby, Jane (Abt 1838- )
Appleby, Jane (Abt 1877- )
Appleby, Jane (Abt 1892- )
Appleby, Jane A (Abt 1870- )
Appleby, Jane Ann (Abt 1900- )
Appleby, Janet (Abt 1908- )
Appleby, John - Coal Miner (Abt 1857-After 1911)
Appleby, John - Colliery overman (1862-After 1939)
Appleby, John - Lead Ore Smelter/farmer (Abt 1833-1905)
Appleby, John - Railway Plate Layer (1811-1892)
Appleby, John (1844-Bef 1891)
Appleby, John (1872-1872)
Appleby, John (1874-1874)
Appleby, John (1887-1966)
Appleby, John (1892- )
Appleby, John (Abt 1809-1810)
Appleby, John (Abt 1885- )
Appleby, John (Abt 1892- )
Appleby, John (Abt 1894- )
Appleby, John (Abt 1897- )
Appleby, John Alfred (Abt 1897- )
Appleby, John Henry - Fisherman/gamekeeper (Abt 1875-After 1911)
Appleby, John Paley (1890-1893)
Appleby, John Thomas Lynch (1924-2007)
Appleby, John William - Platelayer On Railway (1877-After 1911)
Appleby, John William (Abt 1909- )
Appleby, Joseph (1891-1929)
Appleby, Joseph (Abt 1865-1890)
Appleby, Joseph (Abt 1888- )
Appleby, Joseph (Abt 1900- )
Appleby, Joseph Forster (1892-1916)
Appleby, Joseph Foster (1925-1985)
Appleby, Kate (Abt 1888- )
Appleby, Lily (1901- )
Appleby, Lily (1909-1909)
Appleby, Margaret (1839-Bef 1841), 5
Appleby, Margaret (1865- )
Appleby, Margaret (1895- )
Appleby, Margaret (Abt 1874- )
Appleby, Margaret Elizabeth (1895-1900)
Appleby, Mary (1868- )
Appleby, Mary (Abt 1831-1846)
Appleby, Mary (Abt 1852- )
Appleby, Mary (Abt 1877- )
Appleby, Mary Ann (1875-1875)
Appleby, Mary Annie (1895-1896)
Appleby, Mary Ethel (Abt 1891- )
Appleby, Mary Isabella (Abt 1870- )
Appleby, Matthew - Coal Miner (1865-1956)
Appleby, Minnie Scott (1892- )
Appleby, Nevin (Abt 1901-1901)
Appleby, Nora (Abt 1903- )
Appleby, Olive (Abt 1905- )
Appleby, Rachael (Abt 1869-After 1911)
Appleby, Rachel (Abt 1843- )
Appleby, Rebecca (1884- )
Appleby, Rebecca (Abt 1859- )
Appleby, Rebecca (Abt 1886- )
Appleby, Rita (Abt 1903- )
Appleby, Robert - Coal Miner (Abt 1873-After 1911)
Appleby, Robert (Abt 1896- )
Appleby, Robert Osborne (1907- )
Appleby, Robert William (Abt 1899- ), 5
Appleby, Roland (Abt 1907- )
Appleby, Sarah (Abt 1840- )
Appleby, Sarah Eleanor (Abt 1898- )
Appleby, Stanley Alexander McCoull Ratcliffe (1906-1964)
Appleby, Susanna (Abt 1864- )
Appleby, Susannah (Abt 1870- )
Appleby, Sydney (Abt 1898- )
Appleby, Sydney George - Fisherman (Abt 1877-1901)
Appleby, Thomas - Coal Miner (Abt 1861- )
Appleby, Thomas - Currier/coal miner (1835-1918)
Appleby, Thomas - Husbandman (Abt 1776-1812)
Appleby, Thomas - Tile Potter (1810-1873)
Appleby, Thomas (1889- )
Appleby, Thomas (Abt 1877- )
Appleby, Thomas (Abt 1890- )
Appleby, Thomas Kirk - Labourer (1870-After 1911)
Appleby, Thomas Wears (Abt 1892- )
Appleby, Tom (Abt 1893- )
Appleby, Wilfrid (Abt 1894-1903)
Appleby, William - Coal Miner (1849-After 1911)
Appleby, William - Coal Miner (Abt 1872- )
Appleby, William (1796- )
Appleby, William (1879-Bef 1881)
Appleby, William Q - police Constable (Abt 1886- )
Appleby, William Stanley (Abt 1906- )
Arthur, Mary (Abt 1761-1836)
Baron, Margaret Ann (1887- )
Beadling, Mabel Ann (Abt 1862-After 1911)
Bell, Ann (Abt 1812-1839)
Charlton, Isabella (Abt 1869-After 1911)
Cheeseman, Annie (1867-After 1939)
Collins, Barbara (Abt 1887- )
Cully, Margaret (Abt 1878- )
Davis, Sarah Matilda (Abt 1850-After 1911)
Dodd or Dodds, Thomas
Forster, Mary Ann (1839-Bef 1891)
Hall, Rachel (Abt 1846-After 1911)
Heslop, Mary Annie (1878- )
Hetherington, William J - Coal Miner (Abt 1862- )
Hindmarsh, Elizabeth (Abt 1805-1853)
Hutchison, Hannah (1820-1894)
Jackson, Elizabeth Mary
Johnson, Selina (1869-1912)
Keeney, Hannah Weatherley (Abt 1869-After 1911)
Kirk, Jane (Abt 1840-1879)
Little, Isabel (Abt 1872- )
Lowes, Sarah (Abt 1871- )
Lynch, Sarah Florence (Abt 1898-1969)
May, Annie (Abt 1867- )
Moody, Jane (Abt 1879- )
Nelson, Catherine Ann (Abt 1886- )
Osborne, Robert
Paley, Margaret (Abt 1867-1904)
Sanderson, William Strafford - Wine & Spirit Merchant (Abt 1880- )
Smith, Richard Race
Stobart, John Wm. - Colliery Manager (Abt 1863- )
Taylor, Robert (Abt 1869-After 1911)
Taylor, Winifred (Abt 1898- )
Turnbull, Ann (Abt 1850-After 1911)
Verty, Rebecca (Abt 1837-1912)
Waugh, Isabella Annie (Abt 1883-1920)
Wears, Annie (Abt 1867-After 1911)
Whitnell, Annie (Abt 1877- )
The village of Wylam is built along the 'Wylam Waggonway' which you can read about on this interesting blog and I am told that the name 'Wylam' includes a number of villages/ hamlets (Hagg Bank, Horsley, Houghton, Close House as well as North, South and West Wylam)
the map is part of John Gibson's 1788 map