Principal Anstey Sub-Branches

by Gary. M. Anstey, chief researcher of the Anstey story project.

When conducting genealogical research into the ‘Anstey’, Ansty’, ‘Anstee’ and ‘Anstie’s, it makes sense to focus on principal, major and minor sub-branches, and how they connect together like blocks of lego. For example, I can trace my ‘Anstey’ ancestral line back many centuries by connecting together the following Anstey sub-branches:

We have classified all modern (post-1500) ‘Anstey’, Ansty’, ‘Anstee’ and ‘Anstie’s into one of 8 principal sub-branches, which split into about 50 major sub-branches, and then around 75 minor sub-branches of the major sub-branches.

Within these Anstey sub-branches, we are gradually adding as many ‘Anstey’ biographies as we can – click on the relevant Anstey sub-branch links below for a listing of individual Anstey’, Ansty’, ‘Anstee’ and ‘Anstie’ biographies currently documented for that sub-branch, for which access can be purchased via the Anstey Shop.

[Note: If an ‘Anstey’ biography has been written and uploaded to this website project it will have a 3 or 4 character code next to it (2 letters for the sub-branch code followed by 1 or 2 digits identifying the Anstey within that sub-branch). For example my co-Anstey researcher Thomas John Edmund Anstey (Tom) can be found in the Stoke Gifford Anstey sub-branch listing as code ‘SG 30’]

The current list of Anstey’, Ansty’, ‘Anstee’ and ‘Anstie’ sub-branches, together with their sub-branch codes, are (by location):

America:

Brown, Kansas Ansteys (Code ‘BR‘ – minor sub-branch of the Devonport Ansteys)

Chester, Pennsylvania Ansteys (Code ‘CP‘ – minor sub-branch of the Dyrham Ansteys)

Cumberland, Iowa Ansteys (Code ‘CU‘ – minor sub-branch of the Stoke Gifford Ansteys)

Grand Rapids, Michigan Ansteys (Code ‘GP‘ – minor sub-branch)

Grand River, Iowa Ansteys (Code ‘GR‘ – minor sub-branch of the Stoke Gifford Ansteys)

Grant, Wisconsin Ansteys (Code ‘GT‘ – minor sub-branch of the Stoke Gifford Ansteys)

Lyons, NY Anstees (Code ‘LY‘ – minor sub-branch)

Massena, Iowa Ansteys (Code ‘MA‘ – minor sub-branch of the Llandenny Ansteys)

Minersville, Pennsylvania Ansteys (Code ‘MI‘ – minor sub-branch of the Dyrham Ansteys)

New York City, NY Ansteys (Code ‘NY‘ – minor sub-branch of the Trumpington Ansteys)

Portland, Oregon Ansteys (Code ‘PT‘ – minor sub-branch of the Washfield Ansteys)

Salt Lake City, Utah Anstees (Code ‘SL‘ – minor sub-branch of the Barnet Anstees)

Silver Bow, Montana Ansteys (Code ‘SB‘ – minor sub-branch of the St Gluvias Ansteys)

St Albans, Vermont Ansteys (Code ‘SA‘ – minor sub-branch of the Aynho Ansteys)

Sweetwater, Wyoming Anstees (Code ‘SY‘ – minor sub-branch of the Christchurch Anstees)

Utica, NY Ansteys (Code ‘UT‘ – minor sub-branch of the Sixpenny Handley Ansteys)

Waukesha, Wisconsin Ansteys (Code ‘WK‘ – minor sub-branch of the Witheridge Ansteys)

Australia:

Aldinga, South Australia Ansteys (Code ‘AL‘ – minor sub-branch of an Anstis family)

Ballarat, Victoria Ansteys (Code ‘BV‘ – minor sub-branch of an Anstis family)

Exeter, Tasmania Ansties (Code ‘EX‘ – minor sub-branch of the Devizes Ansties)

Gippsland, Victoria Ansteys (Code ‘GI‘ – minor sub-branch of the Milverton Ansteys)

Kilmore, Victoria Anstees (Code ‘KL‘ – minor sub-branch of the Thornborough Anstees)

Majorca, Victoria Anstees (Code ‘MJ‘ – minor sub-branch of the Swanbourne Anstees)

Newcastle, NSW Anstys (Code ‘NC‘ – minor sub-branch of the East Stoke Ansteys)

Newtown, NSW Ansteys (Code ‘NT‘ – minor sub-branch of the St Gluvias Ansteys)

Port Elliot, South Australia Ansteys (Code ‘PE‘ – minor sub-branch of the Bampton Ansteys)

St Kilda, Victoria Ansteys (Code ‘SK‘ – minor sub-branch of the Chulmleigh Ansteys)

Subiaco, Western Australia Ansteys (Code ‘SU‘ – minor sub-branch of the Swanbourne Anstees)

Toodyay, Western Australia Ansteys (Code ‘TD‘ – minor sub-branch of the Iddesleigh Ansteys)

Wollongong, NSW Ansteys (Code ‘WL‘ – minor sub-branch of the St Gluvias Ansteys)

Yangan, Queensland Ansteys (Code ‘YG‘ – minor sub-branch of the Rugby Ansteys)

Bedfordshire:

Caddington Ansteys (Code ‘CD‘ – Anstey-extinct sub-branch)

Houghton Regis Anstees (Code ‘HR‘ – major sub-branch of the Prittlewell Anstees)

Potsgrove Anstees (Code ‘PO‘ – major sub-branch of the Swanbourne Anstees)

Toddington Anstees (Code ‘TO‘ – minor sub-branch of the Houghton Regis Anstees)

Berkshire:

Blewbury Ansteys (Code ‘BW‘ – principal sub-branch of the Berkshire Ansteys)

Buckinghamshire:

Edlesborough Anstees (Code ‘ED‘ – major sub-branch of the Houghton Regis Anstees)

Ivinghoe Anstees (Code ‘IV‘ – major sub-branch of the Flamstead Anstees)

Newport Pagnell Anstees (Code ‘NP‘ – Anstey-extinct sub-branch of the medieval Warwickshire Ansteys)

Swanbourne Anstees (Code ‘SW‘ – a principal sub-branch of the medieval Warwickshire Ansteys)

Thornborough Anstees (Code ‘TH‘ – minor sub-branch of the Swanbourne Anstees)

Cambridgeshire:

Stow Quy Anstys (Code ‘SQ’ – a principal medieval Anstey sub-branch)

Trumpington Ansteys (Code ‘TR‘ – major sub-branch of the Blewbury Ansteys)

Canada:

Caradoc, Ontario Ansteys (Code ‘CI‘ – minor sub-branch of the Kennford Ansteys)

Huron, Ontario Anstays (Code ‘HN‘)

Kamloops, BC Ansteys (Code ‘KP‘ – minor sub-branch of the Rugby Ansteys)

London, Ontario Ansties (Code ‘LO‘ – minor sub-branch of the Devizes Ansties)

Wentworth, Ontario Ansteys (not a sub-branch – contain members of numerous sub-branches)

Whitby, Ontario Ansteys (Code ‘WH‘ – minor sub-branch of the Exminster Ansteys)

Cornwall:

St Gluvias Ansteys (Code ‘GL‘ – major sub-branch of an Anstis family)

Tywardreath Ansteys (Code ‘TY‘ – minor sub-branch of the Broadclyst Ansteys)

Devon:

Bampton Ansteys (Code ‘BM‘ – major sub-branch of the Dulverton Ansteys)

Bradninch Ansteys (Code ‘BN‘ – major sub-branch of the Bathealton Ansteys)

Brixton, Devon Ansteys (Code ‘BX‘ – minor sub-branch of an Anstis family)

Broadclyst Ansteys (Code ‘BC‘ – minor sub-branch of the Washfield Ansteys)

Calverleigh Ansteys (Code ‘CV‘ – Anstey-extinct sub-branch of the Washfield Ansteys)

Chulmleigh Ansteys (Code ‘CG‘ – major sub-branch of an Anstis family)

Crediton Ansteys (Code ‘CR‘ – major sub-branch of the Dulverton Ansteys)

Crediton Ansteys (Code ‘CT‘ – major sub-branch of an Anstis family)

Devonport Ansteys (Code ‘DV‘ – major sub-branch of the Crediton Ansteys)

Dowland Ansteys (Code ‘DW‘ – minor sub-branch of the Iddesleigh Ansteys)

Exeter Ansteys (not a sub-branch – contain members of numerous sub-branches)

Exminster Ansteys (Code ‘EM‘ – major sub-branch of the Crediton Ansteys)

Filleigh Ansteys (Code ‘FI‘ – minor sub-branch of the Iddesleigh Ansteys)

Iddesleigh Ansteys (Code ‘ID‘ – major sub-branch of an Anstis family)

Juryhayes Ansteys (Code ‘JU‘ – minor sub-branch of the Washfield Ansteys)

Kennford Ansteys (Code ‘KN‘ – major sub-branch of the Crediton Ansteys)

Tiverton Ansteys (not a sub-branch – contain members of numerous sub-branches)

Washfield Ansteys (Code ‘WA‘ – major sub-branch of the Dulverton Ansteys)

‘West Anstey’ Ansteys (not a sub-branch – contain members of numerous sub-branches)

Witheridge Ansteys (Code ‘WT‘ – major sub-branch of the Chulmleigh Ansteys)

Dorset:

Blandford Forum Anstys (Code ‘BF‘ – major sub-branch of the Tarrant Crawford Ansteys)

Buckland Newton Anstys (Code ‘BD‘ – likely Anstey-extinct sub-branch of the Tarrant Crawford Ansteys

Dorchester Anstys (Code ‘DR‘ – major sub-branch of the Blandford Forum Anstys)

East Stoke Ansteys (Code ‘ES‘ – major sub-branch of the Sixpenny Handley Ansteys)

Gussage Ansteys (Code ‘GS‘ – major sub-branch of the Tarrant Crawford Ansteys)

Hampreston Ansteys (Code ‘HP‘ – Anstey-extinct sub-branch)

Poole Ansteys (Code ‘PL‘ – major sub-branch)

Sixpenny Handley Ansteys (Code ‘SX‘ – major sub-branch of the Tarrant Crawford Ansteys)

Tarrant Crawford Ansteys (Code ‘TC‘ – principal sub-branch of the Dorset (II) Ansteys)

Tarrant Keyneston Anstys (Code ‘TK‘ – major sub-branch of the Tarrant Crawford Ansteys)

Essex:

Prittlewell Anstees (Code ‘PR‘ – major sub-branch of the Swanbourne Anstees)

Glamorgan:

Clase, Swansea Ansteys (Code ‘CL‘ – minor sub-branch of the Bathealton Ansteys)

Hertfordshire:

Flamstead Anstees (Code ‘FL‘ – major sub-branch of the Prittlewell Anstees)

Hemel Hempstead Anstees (Code ‘HH‘ – Anstey-extinct sub-branch of the Swanbourne Anstees)

India:

Kent:

Chatham Ansteys (Code ‘CM‘ – minor sub-branch)

Leicestershire:

Market Harborough Anstees (Code ‘MH‘ – major sub-branch of the Swanbourne Anstees)

London/Middlesex:

Barnet Anstees (Code ‘BA‘ – major sub-branch of the Houghton Regis Anstees)

London Ansteys (not a sub-branch – contain members of numerous sub-branches)

Marylebone Anstees (Code ‘MB‘ – minor sub-branch of the Edlesborough Anstees)

Shoreditch Ansteys (Code ‘SD‘ – minor sub-branch of the Crediton Ansteys)

St Luke, Holborn Ansteys (Code ‘LU‘ – major sub-branch of the Crediton Ansteys)

Monmouthshire:

Christchurch Anstees (Code ‘CH‘ – major sub-branch of the Dyrham Ansteys)

Llandenny Ansteys (Code ‘LD‘ – major sub-branch of the Stoke Gifford Ansteys)

Pontyclun Anstees (Code ‘PC‘ – minor sub-branch of an Anstis family)

New Zealand:

Riccarton Ansteys (Code ‘RC‘ – minor sub-branch)

Timaru Ansteys (Code ‘TM‘ – minor sub-branch of the Juryhayes Ansteys)

Newfoundland:

Back Harbour, Twillingate Ansteys (Code ‘BK‘ – major Twillingate sub-division)

Bluff Head Cove, Twillingate Ansteys (Code ‘BU‘ – major Twillingate sub-division)

Exploits, Twillingate Ansteys (Code ‘EP‘ – major Twillingate sub-division)

Garnish, Fortune Bay Ansteys (Code ‘GA‘)

Lewisporte, Twillingate Ansteys (Code ‘LP‘ – major Twillingate sub-division)

Little Bay, Twillingate Ansteys (Code ‘LB‘ – major Twillingate sub-division)

Paradise Cove, Twillingate Ansteys (Code ‘PD‘ – major Twillingate sub-division)

Purcell’s Harbour, Twillingate Ansteys (Code ‘PH‘ – major Twillingate sub-division)

Springdale, Twillingate Ansteys (Code ‘SP‘ – major Twillingate sub-division)

Twillingate Ansteys (Code ‘TW‘ – major sub-branch of the Poole Ansteys)

Northamptonshire:

Aynho Ansteys (Code ‘AY‘ – minor sub-branch of the Souldern Ansteys)

Evenley Anstees (Code ‘EV‘ – minor sub-branch of the Souldern Ansteys)

Oxfordshire:

Souldern Ansteys (Code ‘SO‘ – a principal sub-branch of the medieval Warwickshire Ansteys)

Stratton Audley Anstees (Code ‘ST‘ – minor sub-branch of the Swanbourne Anstees)

Somerset:

Bathealton Ansteys (Code ‘BL‘ – major sub-branch of the Washfield Ansteys)

Batheaston Ansteys (Code ‘BS‘ – minor sub-branch of the Dyrham Ansteys)

Camerton Ansteys (Code ‘CN‘ – major sub-branch of an Anstis family)

Castle Cary Ansteys (Code ‘CC‘ – major sub-branch of an Austin family)

Chewton Mendip Ansteys (Code ‘CW‘ – major sub-branch of an Anstis family)

Curry Rivel Ansteys (Code ‘CY‘ – minor sub-branch of the Dulverton Ansteys)

Cutcombe Ansteys (Code ‘CB‘ – Anstey-extinct sub-branch of the Dulverton Ansteys)

Dulverton Ansteys (Code ‘DU‘ – principal sub-branch of the South West Peninsula Ansteys)

Milborne Port Anstys (Code ‘MP‘ – major sub-branch)

Milverton Ansteys (Code ‘MV‘ – minor sub-branch of the Washfield Ansteys)

Timsbury Ansteys (Code ‘TS‘ – major sub-branch of the Camerton Ansteys)

South Africa:

Johannesburg Ansteys (Code ‘JH‘ – minor sub-branch of the Juryhayes Ansteys)

South Gloucestershire:

Bristol Ansteys (not a sub-branch – contain members of numerous sub-branches)

Doynton Anstees (Code ‘DO‘ – major sub-branch of the Dyrham Ansteys)

Dyrham Ansteys (Code ‘DY‘ – principal sub-branch of the South Gloucestershire Ansteys)

Stoke Gifford Ansteys (Code ‘SG‘ – major sub-branch of the Dyrham Ansteys)

Warwickshire:

Birmingham Ansteys (Code ‘BI‘ – major sub-branch of the Coleshill Ansteys)

Coleshill Ansteys (Code ‘CO‘ – major sub-branch of the Hampton in Arden Ansteys)

Coventry Ansteys (not a sub-branch – contain members of numerous sub-branches)

Hampton in Arden Ansteys (Code ‘HA‘ – a principal sub-branch of the medieval Warwickshire Ansteys)

Leamington Hastings Ansteys (Code ‘LH‘ – sub-branch of the medieval Warwickshire Ansteys)

Rugby Ansteys (Code ‘RG‘ – minor sub-branch of the Trumpington Ansteys)

Wappenbury Ansteys (Code ‘WP‘ – Anstey-extinct sub-branch of the medieval Warwickshire Ansteys)

Wiltshire:

Bromham Ansteys (Code ‘BH‘ – principal sub-branch of the Wiltshire Ansteys)

Devizes Ansties (Code ‘DZ‘ – major sub-branch of the Bromham Ansteys)

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