Following the Trail, from Swinbrook
My ancestors can be traced from the village of Swinbrook, Oxfordshire around 1720. A few weeks ago I found an elusive link which suggested that the key man, Robert, actually […]
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A small breakthrough: Ivens of Swinbrook
We know that one Robard Eyvens emerged in Swinbrook, Oxon around 1718. We have a letter from his grandson, Joseph: “My Grandfather came to Swinbrook about the year 1718 out […]
Coat of Arms – granted 200 years ago
I am reminded by a cousin (Guilherme Maia de Loureiro), that the Ivens Coat of Arms was granted to William Ivens on August 25th, 1816, and recorded in the College […]
