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DAVIDGE, BROADWAY, BUSH AND SCAMMELL, WEST, CARD, NORMAN, MARSHALL, ALLERTON, PRAGNELL and ORCHIN by Helen Jones

My main Dorset research interests are the DAVIDGE families of Melbury Abbas, Motcombe, Marnhull, Shaftesbury and Gillingham in the 16th-19th centuries. Linked to this family through marriage are the BROADWAYS of Motcombe, the SCAMMELLS of Melbury Abbas and Ludwell (Wilts) and the CARDS of Gillingham. I am also chasing WEST in Fontmell Magna, Ashmore and over the Wiltshire border in to Semley and Tollard Royal and BUSH and YETMAN in Silton, Bourton, Gillingham and Mere. All these interests span the 17th-19th centuries. Later, towards the end of the 19th century, I have SCAMMELL, NORMAN, MARSHALL and ALLERTON in the Branksome area of Poole. My Allertons were from North Yorkshire but my other Branksome lines came from Hampshire, Somerset and Wiltshire. I am also interested to learn of any PRAGNELL connections, and seek any reference to the rare surname ORCHIN. If you have any interests in common with mine, please contact Helen for more details.

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