I finally stumbled upon a family of significance.
It seems possible that I'm descended from the Sydenham family of Dorset, wealthy landowners some of which fought in the Civil war in the 17th century. Records in the tree on www.familysearch.org reach back as far as 1087.
Links to investigate:
http://www.thedorsetpage.com/history/Sydenhams/Sydenhams.htm
http://www.renderplus.com/hartgen/htm/de-hungerford.htm
http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/gettextimage.php?id=7765 Royal connections and murder?
It seems possible that I'm descended from the Sydenham family of Dorset, wealthy landowners some of which fought in the Civil war in the 17th century. Records in the tree on www.familysearch.org reach back as far as 1087.
Links to investigate:
http://www.thedorsetpage.com/history/Sydenhams/Sydenhams.htm
http://www.renderplus.com/hartgen/htm/de-hungerford.htm
http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/gettextimage.php?id=7765 Royal connections and murder?
