The Shakespeare Family History Site

26 Apr 2003	Added Researchers Page
26 Apr 2003	Added 'A Town Called Shakespeare' - an account of a 'Ghost Town' in New Mexico
26 Apr 2003	Added 'Miscellaneous Notes' page - includes reference to the wife of the Poet Ezra Pound
26 Apr 2003	Updated Sitemap to include recent additions and changes to the site
26 Apr 2003	Added Monumental Inscription for Sir Richmond Campbell Shakespeare - a descendant of the Stepney Shakespeares
26 Apr 2003	Added listing of Shakespeare documents on the Historical Manuscripts Commission Website
27 Apr 2003	Added Clerkenwell, St James, bapts, marr, & bur.
27 Apr 2003	Added marriage entries for Warwickshire parishes of Bishops Tachbrook, Snittersfield, Fenny Compton, Bourton on Dunsmore, Long Compton, Anstey, Leamington Priors, Priors Hardwick, Whitchurch, Atherstone on Stour, Idlicote, Temple Grafton, Butlers Marston, Ettington, Honington - see Parish Register Section
28 May 2003	Added page for Noah Shakespeare, Canadian MP, and a descendant of the 'Black Country Shakespeares'
28 May 2003	Added page for David Shakespeare, the ancestor of the Utah Shakespeares, and a descendant of the 'Black Country Shakespeares'
28 May 2003	Added page for the Fillongley, Warks., family
28 May 2003	Added page for the Little Packington, Warks., family
28 May 2003	Notes on Unusual Shakespeare Christian Names
29 May 2003	Added to the Little Packington section, now includes selected entries from the Parish Registers of Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, List of Churchwardens, Church Seating Plan, Wills, and Manorial Records
30 May 2003	Amended the 'Family Tree' for the Rowington Shakespeares
30 May 2003	Added further details to the Fillongley section
30 May 2003	Updated Researchers page
31 May 2003	Added details of the Poets Coat of Arms
31 May 2003	Notes on Adrian Shakespeare, 'Gentleman, of Stratford', clarifying his descendants claim to be 'descended from a brother of everybody's Shakespeare', as outlined in 'Shakespeares Lost Family.' Included page for Rev John Dyer, who also claimed his wife's descent from a brother of the Poet. Also amended the Fillongley section to include possible link.
31 May 2003	Added information to the 'Miscellaneous Notes' page on the origins of Richard Shakespeare, the Poets grandfather - later amended and included as a seperate page on 1 June 2003
31 May 2003	New section for 'Thomas Shakespear's Diary' - the journal of a British Railway Engineer in Chile between 1899 and 1902.
1 June 2003	Added notes from 'Shakespeareana Genealogica' by George Russell French.
1 June 2003	Added page for Christopher Shakespeare, of Rowington, and made additions to Rowington page
1 June 2003	Added page for Humphrey Shakespeare, of Lapworth
1 June 2003	Added page for George Shakespeare, of Bickenhill
1 June 2003	Added page for Anthony Shakespeare, of Budbrooke
1 June 2003	Added page for John Shakespeare, of Wroxall
1 June 2003	Speculative notes on The origins of the Poets Grandfather, Richard Shakespeare
1 June 2003	Added a Bibliography
1 June 2003	Notes added to the page on the Shakespeare Coat of Arms
1 June 2003	Added entry for John Shakespear 1774-1858, from Dictionary of National Biography, and also some notes on his possible genealogy
1 June 2003	Further sections added to 'Sitemap'
1 June 2003	Added page listing Documents relating to the Shakespeares of Knowle Hall listed on the Access to Archives Website
1 June 2003	Commenced page on the Knowle Guild
2 June 2003	Brief notes added to the 'Isleworth Shakespeares'
2 June 2003	Added some of William Shakespeares details from the Dictionary of National Biography
2 June 2003	Notes on 'early Shakespeares'
2 June 2003	Adam Shakespeare, of Baddesley Clinton
2 June 2003	Randulph Shakespeare, of Wroxall
2 June 2003	Thomas Shakespeare, of 'Basale'
3 June 2003	Added Research Notes
3 June 2003	New section for Victoria County History, including Leicestershire and Warwickshire
3 June 2003	Commenced page discussing the various spellings of the surname
4 June 2003	Nicholas Shakespeare, of Wroxall
4 June 2003	Thomas Shakespeare. Weaver, of Dursley, Gloucestershire
4 June 2003	The Shakespeares of St James, Westminster
5 June 2003	An analysis of The Shakespeares of Rowington, by Peter Lee
5 June 2003	The descendants of Humphrey Shakespeare of Feckenham and Ipsley
5 June 2003	The descendants of John Shakespeare and Jane Whitehead, of Coventry. Includes notes on their two sons sentenced to transportation to America in 1769
8 June 2003	Commenced page for Thomas Shakespear, of Keresley
9 June 2003	Completed above and added census details for descendants: 1841/ 1851/ 1861/ 1871/ 1881/ 1891/ 1901 View *all* census records relating to this family and entries from parish registers of St Michael, Coventry: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials
12 June 2003	Added details of how to request 'Gedcom Files'
12 June 2003	'In Search of Shakespeare', by Michael Wood
12 June 2003	Added further 'Research Notes' regarding the Poets family
12 June 2003	Added Dictionary of National Biography entry for Sir Richmond Campbell Shakespear
13 June 2003	Added listing of Wills held by Lichfield Joint Record Office
13 June 2003	Summaries of Wills of Thomas Shakespeare of Arley, Died 1719, and Thomas Shakespeare of Fillongley, Died 1763
13 June 2003	Further notes added to Fillongley section, including expanded 'Family Tree'
14 June 2003	Added notes on origin of Keresley family
14 June 2003	Commenced page for Arley family, including details of possible link with Fillongley family
14 June 2003	Supplemented Little Packington 'Family Tree'
23 June 2003	'State-by-State' listing of *every* Shakespeare in the 1880 USA Census
23 June 2003	Brief notes on 'African-American' Shakespeares
23 June 2003	1881 Canadian Census
24 June 2003	Added summaries of Fillongley Wills: George (d1700), Thomas (d1776) and Ann (d1780), also added to summary for Thomas (d1763)
24 June 2003	At the suggestion of Chris Brand added 'Whats New' Button to the 'Home Page.' All new pages will also have this. Older pages will have this added when and if they are revised.
24 June 2003	Added page to Coventry section for descendants of John Shakespeare of Berkswell
24 June 2003	Added parish register entries for Northfield, Feckenham, Leek Wootton, Sheldon, Solihull, Moseley, and Kings Norton - see Parish Register Section
25 June 2003	The descendants of Edward Shakespeare of Feckenham
25 June 2003	Major Discovery: Notes on the probable descent of the Leicestershire Shakespeares from the Wroxall family, and pages for John Shakespear, Orientalist and Thomas Shakespeare, born in Ashby de la Zouch
26 June 2003	Added parish register entries for Holy Trinity, and St Michael, Coventry - see Parish Register Section
27 June 2003	Section for the descendants of William Shakespeare of Campton, Bedfords. Also amended 'Home' page as this originally referred to this family as 'Berkshire'
27 June 2003	Added notes to John Shakespeare 1736 - 1814, of Birmingham
28 June 2003	A summary of the first program of the television series 'In Search of Shakespeare'
29 June 2003	Added further page on the Polesworth Shakespeares
29 June 2003	Further variants added to 'Spellings' section
29 June 2003	Information added to Thomas Shakespeare. Weaver, of Dursley showing his descendants in Newington-Bagpath, Tewkesbury and Ozleworth
30 June 2003	Notes on the Shakespeares of Wiltshire
30 June 2003	A listing of the number of UK entries on the IGI by Country and by County, as a guide to geographical distribution.
30 June 2003	Further monumental inscription details added to Fillongley Section
1 July 2003	Burials records and Monumental Inscriptions from Polesworth
1 July 2003	Baptisms and Burials 1813-37 from Himley, Staffs.
1 July 2003	Obituary of Percy Shakespeare, Artist, born Dudley, Worcs.
2 July 2003	Minor updates to Researchers Page
2 July 2003	Death Certificate of Edward Shakespeare 1759 - 1843, of Polesworth
3 July 2003	Index to 1851 Warwickshire Census (Includes Norfolk and Devon)
7 July 2003	A summary of the second program of the television series 'In Search of Shakespeare'
7 July 2003	Wills held by Worcester County Record Office
7 July 2003	A few Wills held by Somerset House
7 July 2003	Other Wills, Inventories & Administrations (by Roy W Shakespeare)
7 July 2003	Various Will Summaries by Roy W Shakespeare)
16 July 2003	Wills held by the Public Records Office
17 Aug 2003	Completed adding all Shakespeare entries from 1851 census of Warwickshire - see 1851 Census Index.
18 Aug 2003	Added Will of William Grosvenor Shakespear, d1904
18 Aug 2003	Summaries of the third and fourth programmes of the television series 'In Search of Shakespeare'
18 Aug 2003	Tulips!
18 Aug 2003	Consolidated Index to 1851 Census (Warks.) - all sections now on one page. The sectional index is still available
20 Aug 2003	Listing of all 75 individuals listed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Notes from 1881 census, and IGI added where known
21 Aug 2003	Added Will of Solomon Grosvenor Shakespeare
21 Aug 2003	Analysis of 1851 Warwickshire Census
24 Aug 2003	Added Parish registers of Kingswinford, Staffs., Baptisms, Marriages, Burials - see Parish Register Section
24 Aug 2003	Added Parish registers of Brierley Hill, Staffs., Baptisms, & Burials - see Parish Register Section
24 Aug 2003	Added details of book on Family History of 'Stepney Shakespeares', giving details of their claim of descent from same family as Poet
24 Aug 2003	Added the descendants of William Shakespeare, of Ashton Under Hill, Worcs., and Stanton, Glos.
28 Aug 2003	Ellis Island Records - Ships passengers passing through Ellis Island, approx 1890-1920's Index is a large file-please be patient
28 Aug 2003	Added details of Soldiers served in US Civil War
28 Aug 2003	Nicholas Rowe: 'Some Acount of the Life &c. of Mr. William Shakespear' - includes Rowe's statement that the Poet was one of ten children
28 Aug 2003	Further notes added to 'Stepney Shakepeares' including reference to Sir Edward Talbot Thackeray V.C.
29 Aug 2003	1851 Census of Dudley, Worcs
30 Aug 2003	Added further notes on the origins of 'Afro-Caribbean' Shakespeares
30 Aug 2003	Notes added which show that Adrian Shakespeare was a London Cheese Merchant - NB Adrian seems to be a member of the Fillongley family
1 Sept 2003	Added text version of all 1851 Dudley Census entries to facilitate easy printing
26 Sept 2003	New Section - Criminal Cases involving Shakespeares: transcripts of 24 eighteenth century cases from the Old Bailey
26 Sept 2003	Amended 'Homepage' to clarify details regarding 1851 Warwickshire Census
27 Sept 2003	Added to Researchers Page
27 Sept 2003	Notes added to the section on John Shakespeare, 'Shoemaker', of Stratford
27 Sept 2003	Why Did The Poet Go To London? A new theory as to why the Poet made the journey to the capital.
27 Sept 2003	Further notes added to David Shakespeare and the Utah Shakespeares detailing his father and brothers activities as Gamekeepers
28 Sept 2003	Commenced work on adding whole of 1881 UK Census - Index now available
7 Oct 2003	Added Monumental Inscriptions for Newington Bagpath, Glos.
7 Oct 2003	Added War Memorials from Alderton, Glos.
7 Oct 2003	Added notes on William Shakespeare of Breedon on the Hill
10 Oct 2003	Added parish registers of Allesley 1562-1686, and Fillongley 1538-1653: see Parish Register Section
10 Oct 2003	New Section 'Obituaries' - added index from Aris's Birmingham Gazette
10 Oct 2003	Added to 'Unusual Names' section
10 Oct 2003	Added to 'Miscellaneous Notes' section regarding Dorothy, wife of Ezra Pound
10 Oct 2003	Amended 'Sitemap'
10 Oct 2003	New Section 'Monumental Inscriptions'
16 Oct 2003	Added notes to some of the entries in the 1851 Dudley Census, and a few of the entries in the 1881 British Census (which is now substantially complete)
26 Oct 2003	Completed adding ALL 1669 entries from 1881 British Census - some pages also have additional notes.
26 Oct 2003	Revised information on the 'Stepney Shakespeares', and added sections for two descendants of Sir Richmond Campbell Shakespear: Richmond Campbell Shakespear Waller, a cricketer, and John Campbell Shakespear Miles
26 Oct 2003	Added new page 'About the Site Author' for those of you who ask who I am and what is my Shakespeare connection - includes additional contact details
26 Oct 2003	New section - 'Newsletters'
29 Oct 2003	Further details added to the 'Black Country Shakespeares'
29 Oct 2003	Added page for Mordecai Shakespeare, of Birmingham
30 Oct 2003	Further notes regarding earlier wills added to the Rowington section
5 Nov 2003	Added: The descendants of Joseph Shakespeare, born 1809 in Birmingham, and died 1888 in Henley Beach, South Australia
5 Nov 2003	Removed page for 'George Shakespeare, of Bickenhill' and moved the notes from here to the Fillongley page, as this is the family referred to
5 Nov 2003	Added new section: Shakespeare Convicts - those sentenced to transportation for their crimes
6 Nov 2003	Notes added on the connections of the Shakespeares of Breedon on the Hill, Leics., with the Boultby/ Boultbee family
6 Nov 2003	Added 1841 Census of Tamworth
6 Nov 2003	Added 1901 Census of Tamworth
6 Nov 2003	Added part of 1891 Warwickshire Census
7 Nov 2003	Added: Warwickshire - List of 1820 Freeholders
7 Nov 2003	Added: Warwick - 1586: List of Communicants
7 Nov 2003	Added: Warwick - Hearth Tax 1670
7 Nov 2003	Added: Warwick - Town Survey 1806
8 Nov 2003	Updated 'Researchers' page
9 Nov 2003	Added part of 1841 Warwickshire Census
4 Dec 2003	Further notes added to 'Shakespeare Convicts' section, including; Ferdinando, Elizabeth, Benjamin and John
6 Dec 2003	The African-American Shakespeares of Mississippi
7 Dec 2003	Further notes added to the 'Black Country Shakespeares'. Includes new pages for notes on the origins of this family and the origins of Edward Shakespeare
7 Dec 2003	An analysis of the arguments for John the 'Shoemaker' being a brother of the Poet
8 Dec 2003	Further notes added to 'Shakespeare Convicts' section, including; Ferdinando and Robert
8 Dec 2003	A little bit of fun! Shakespeare Magic
8 Dec 2003	Added Parish maps for the Counties of Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire
8 Dec 2003	Notes on the Geographical Distribution of the Surname
9 Dec 2003	John Shakespeare, of Berkswell
9 Dec 2003	Harry Shakespeare, of Coventry
9 Dec 2003	Brief details of Shakespeare Wills on The IGI
9 Dec 2003	Further details on the history of the convict Elizabeth Shakespear, before and after her trial and transportation
17 Dec 2003	Menassah Shakespeare, of Holborn, London
17 Dec 2003	Added 'Family Tree' to Harry Shakespeare, of Coventry
17 Dec 2003	New Subsection: The 'Black Country Shakespeares' - Unresolved Lines of Descent & Some Descendants of Later Family Lines Includes details on the descendants of Josiah Shakespeare
18 Dec 2003	Added 'Family Tree' - 3 generations of descendants of 'David Shakespeare' : the Utah Shakespeares
19 Dec 2003	Shakespeare entries from: Lascelles Directory of Coventry - 1850
19 Dec 2003	Shakespeare entries from: Coventry Convicts Register 1879, 1890-1897
19 Dec 2003	The descendants of Christopher Shakespear of North Shoebury, Essex
20 Dec 2003	Added new section for later descendants of Humphrey Shakespeare of Feckenham, including details of Thomas Shakesepeare born 1798 in Ludlow, Shrops.
20 Dec 2003	The descendants of Benjamin Shakespeare and Anne Geary, including details of the descendants of Benjamin Shakespeare, born 1825, one of the five known Shakespeare Convicts transported to Australia
21 Dec 2003	Added the Descendants of Nehemiah Shakespeare to: The 'Black Country Shakespeares' - Unresolved Lines of Descent & Some Descendants of Later Family Lines
21 Dec 2003	Added the Descendants of John Shakespeare & Sarah Joy, of Birmingham
21 Dec 2003	Added the Descendants of James Shakespeare, b 1802, Warwick
21 Dec 2003	Updated information on the 'Stepney Shakespeares', including more descendants, and a connection with Little Packington in Warwickshire
21 Dec 2003	Added the Descendants of Enoch Shakespeare to: The 'Black Country Shakespeares' - Unresolved Lines of Descent & Some Descendants of Later Family Lines Includes Mark Bate and Henry Shakespeare (1811-1880)
30 Dec 2003	Added details of Charles Shakespeare, of Bulkington and Coventry - who appears to be a descendant of Thomas Shakespeare of Keresley
30 Dec 2003	Thomas Shakespeare, of Keresley and Coventry, and his descendants in Rotherham