Honniball ancestors

[jeeb]

Having recently joined, I noticed a discussion about the spelling of Honniball and the family name in Somerset. Diane Grant-Salmon made a comment about her research into this family and I feel certain her line follows the same line as the one I'm researching. The Honniball family in Oake the second half of the 18th century. I would be very interested to hear from Diane Grant-Salmon as I have a problem with this family.

[Diane Grant-Salmon]

I'm not promising that I can help with your problem, as I have only recently started researching this line ...... but if you tell me what it is, maybe I can help?

My line of descent is:
John HONNIBALL m. Betty SLAPE
Thomas HONNIBALL m. Betty CARPENTER
John HONNIBALL m. Mary GREENSLADE
Robert HONNIBALL m. Sarah BILLINGS

Which *Twiglet* are you? :D

[jeeb]

Hi Diane, Thanks for getting back to me. I am researching the Honniball family for my friend Keith Honniball and I have done extensive work into the Honniballs in Somerset and over the border in Devon. Keith's line descends from John and Betty's (Slape) youngest son William. I have been in contact with someone who has researched this family for years but is adamant that John is the son of Humphrey, baptised at Oake in 1710. I can find no evidence to this whatsoever and the fact that neither John or any of his sons or grandsons baptise a child Humphrey strengthens my belief. Though I have no proof at present my gut feeling is that John is the son of John and Ann baptised at Over Stowey in 1701. This family move to Stogursey in 1712 and there is an abundance of Honniballs descended from them, many of the names the same as used by John and Betty to baptise their children. Are you aware that a John and Joan baptised Hannah 1738 and John 1740 in Bishops Hull Independant. The register descibes him as a husbandman of Hill Farrance and the infant John is buried there in 1740. I cannot find a marriage or death for this Joan if indeed this is the same John. Any ideas? Jeeb (Jeremy)

[Diane Grant-Salmon]

Hi Jeremy,

As I said before, I've only recently started researching the HONNIBALL's, so your experience with the family will be extensive, I'm only a 'newbie'.

All I can do is offer my opinion on the Humphrey dilemma. I have to agree with you, there is no child named Humphrey in my file at all, and experience in researching my Yorkshire and Cornish lines for years, has taught me that Families do *stick* to the same names for many generations.

Naturally, new names appear occasionally along the way, from the wives' lines, but on both my lines mentioned above ...... the family names didn't disappear completely until both sets of my Grandparents. They still had the usual names, but all their children had *new* names, my Parents too chose new names of Alan and Diane.

However, I was highly delighted when my daughter named my grandaughter, Eleanor, after my maternal Grandma ...... so what goes around, comes around! :D

[Diane Grant-Salmon]

Are you aware that a John and Joan baptised Hannah 1738 and John 1740 in Bishops Hull Independant. The register descibes him as a husbandman of Hill Farrance and the infant John is buried there in 1740. I cannot find a marriage or death for this Joan if indeed this is the same John. Any ideas? Jeeb (Jeremy)
Hi again Jeremy,

Yes, someone has given me the above information ....... supposed to be John's first wife, before he married Betty Slape. As you say, no marriage or death for Joan, so I just entered them and the two children, as Unrelated Individuals in my programme (Family Tree Maker 2005) for the moment.

[cherrypop]

Having recently joined, I noticed a discussion about the spelling of Honniball and the family name in Somerset. Diane Grant-Salmon made a comment about her research into this family and I feel certain her line follows the same line as the one I'm researching. The Honniball family in Oake the second half of the 18th century. I would be very interested to hear from Diane Grant-Salmon as I have a problem with this family.
i have been searching the family for about 6mths now have may have found a link

my great great great granfather robert honniball was born in1802 in oak sommerset he come to sussex and married a cholate treagus whos family was land owners they also moved to clarkenwell palce and had 4 children somewhere down the line they moved to westminster where my granfather was born alfred charlse honniball born in 1893 his mother was jessie father albert alfred had a brother named ernist and a sister names fanny vitoria could this be a link to you i have notice that there are no more honniballs left or many lft in sommerset i wonder why this may be i had a confusion with my robert as he went to swansea and become a tin man before moving back to england my granfather was in ww1 in the royal field artellery and he recieved 3 medals the vc the md and 1914 star this is all in the records he also become a printer like his father his mother jessie was a book binder her husband albert was a top printer and made jessie a widow but when and how am not sure sorry for babling on as this subject is so intersting that you can just get lost in there lifes hope this may have helped you and you can reach me on tonimichellelangley@hotmail.co.uk if you belive there may be a link it would be nice to know where i come from and if i have any surving relatives as i dont know them

[Diane Grant-Salmon]

These names are familiar to me, I think I've posted messages to you before? I will search the forum to see if I can find them ...... as it's best to keep everything in one place. :)

[Diane Grant-Salmon]

Yes, please see this thread: http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13712&highlight=Honniball