MOWBRAY: Origins of Name

Mowbray Family Groups

We have been able to reconstruct many of the Mowbray birth, marriage and death records into family groups, which are available to family members in the form of Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) files. To obtain one, go back to the Home Page and e-mail David Mowbray

Here is a listing of the progenitors (= earliest found ancestor) of the family groups:

Group number	Progenitor name and place	County	Date
1A	John of Stanhope	DUR	1590s
1B	William of Stanhope	DUR	1693
1C	Edward of Wolsingham	DUR	1682
2	William of Bishop Middleham	DUR	1560
3	David of Little Dalby	LEI	1588
4	Henry of Fishtoft	LIN	1680s
5	Walter of Bromyard	HEF	1670s
6	Thomas of Finningley	NTT	1600s
7	Timothy of Featherstone	YKS	1660s
8	Robert of Dunfermline	FIF	1720s
9	William John of Clerkenwell	LND	1790s
10	George of Manchester	LAN	1790s
11	William (Mourby) of Clanfield	OXF	1740s
12	Thomas of Sedgefield	DUR	1785
13	Thomas of Darlington	DUR	1737
14	William of Wisbech	CAM	1801
15	Thomas of Shoreditch	LND	1752
16	John of Edinburgh	MLN	1690s
17	not used
18	John of Sibsey	LIN	1750s
19	Richard of Bardney	LIN	1690s
20	Robert of Cramond	IRL	1670s

It is likely some of these groups have an earlier, undocumented, common progenitor. Probably they group as follows:

1A, 1B, 1C, 2, 13 and maybe 7

4, 16 and possibly 5, 6 and 18

9 and 15

This is where the DNA project would thro light on the connections Two or three volunteers are needed from each group to establish a baseline signature for each group, so that the group signatures can be compared. If you are prepared to help, please click on the DNA link and then on the page that opens up, click on the link to our Project.