Principal Anstey Sub-Branches

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

Every one of the below Anstey sub-branches are thoroughly documented in the book:

‘Anstey: A Complete History From the Norman Invasion to World War One‘

which contains over a thousand Anstey biographies, as well as a plethora of research and statistics, including an analysis of precisely how each sub-branch fits (or does not fit) into the pedigree descendent from Hubert de Anesti, the 12th century originator of the ‘Anstey’ surname.

Anybody interested in being notified once this book is published please contact us at research@theansteystory.com.

Given that almost all ‘Anstey’, Ansty’, ‘Anstee’ and ‘Anstie’ alive today (with the exception of ‘Anstey evolved from other surname‘ sub-branches), are connected, sharing a common 12th century origin, all ‘Anstey’, Ansty’, ‘Anstee’ and ‘Anstie’ by definition belong to multiple ‘Anstey’ sub-branches. It also follows that the closer two Ansteys are related to each other, the more their respective multitude of Anstey sub-branches will overlap.

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

• I am a Stoke Gifford Anstey (a major sub-branch);
• the Stoke Gifford Ansteys are a sub-branch of the Dyrham Ansteys (the principal sub-branch of the South Gloucestershire Ansteys);
• the South Gloucestershire Ansteys are a sub-branch of the Dulverton Ansteys (the principal sub-branch of the South West Peninsula Ansteys);
• the Dulverton Ansteys are a sub-branch of the Cambridgeshire Ansteys of the 1400s and early 1500s;
• the Cambridgeshire Ansteys of the 1400s and early 1500s are a sub-branch of the medieval Edmonton Ansteys; and
• the medieval Edmonton Ansteys are part of the medieval Anstey pedigree commenced in 1143 by Hubert de Anstey, the originator of the ‘Anstey’ surname.

So every single one of the 150 or so Ansteys alive today who can trace his or her direct ancestral line back to John Anstey (SG 1), patriarch of the Stoke Gifford Ansteys, is a ‘Stoke Gifford Anstey’, regardless of where they live in the world today and regardless of whether they have even heard of Stoke Gifford!

We have classified all ‘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, which seem to be three nice round numbers. They are:

• America:
  • Chester, Pennsylvania Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Dyrham Ansteys)
• • Cumberland, Iowa Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Stoke Gifford Ansteys)
• • Grand Rapids, Michigan Ansteys (minor sub-branch)
• • Grant, Wisconsin Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Stoke Gifford Ansteys)
• • Lyons, NY Anstees (minor sub-branch)
• • Massena, Iowa Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Stoke Gifford Ansteys)
• • Minersville, Pennsylvania Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Dyrham Ansteys)
  • New York City, NY Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Trumpington Ansteys)
  • Portland, Oregon Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Washfield Ansteys)
  • Salt Lake City, Utah Anstees (minor sub-branch of the Barnet Anstees)
  • St Albans, Vermont Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Aynho Ansteys)
  • Sweetwater, Wyoming Anstees (minor sub-branch of the Christchurch Anstees)
  • Utica, NY Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Sixpenny Handley Ansteys)
• Australia:
  • Exeter, Tasmania Ansties (minor sub-branch of the Devizes Ansties)
• • Gippsland, Victoria Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Milverton Ansteys)
• • Kilmore, Victoria Anstees (minor sub-branch of the Thornborough Anstees)
• • Majorca, Victoria Anstees (minor sub-branch of the Swanbourne Anstees)
• • Newcastle, NSW Anstys (minor sub-branch of the East Stoke Ansteys)
• • Port Elliot, South Australia Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Otterton Ansteys)
  • Subiaco, Western Australia Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Swanbourne Anstees)
  • Toodyay, Western Australia Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Monkokehampton Ansteys)
  • Yangan, Queensland Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Rugby Ansteys)
• Bedfordshire:
  • Caddington Ansteys (Anstey-extinct sub-branch)
  • Houghton Regis Anstees (major sub-branch of the Swanbourne Anstees via the Prittlewell Anstees)
  • Potsgrove Anstees (major sub-branch of the Swanbourne Anstees)
  • Toddington Anstees (minor sub-branch of the Houghton Regis Anstees)
• Berkshire:
  • Blewbury Ansteys (principal sub-branch of the Berkshire Ansteys)
• Buckinghamshire:
  • Swanbourne Anstees (a principal sub-branch of the Warwickshire Ansteys)
• • Newport Pagnell Anstees (Anstey-extinct sub-branch of the Warwickshire Ansteys)
• • Edlesborough Anstees (major sub-branch of the Houghton Regis Anstees)
• • Ivinghoe Anstees (major sub-branch of the Flamstead Anstees)
  • Thornborough Anstees (minor sub-branch of the Swanbourne Anstees)
• Cambridgeshire:
  • Trumpington Ansteys (major sub-branch of the Blewbury Ansteys)
• Canada:
  • Garnish, Fortune Bay Ansteys
  • Huron, Ontario Anstays
  • Kamloops, BC Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Rugby Ansteys)
  • London, Ontario Ansties (minor sub-branch of the Devizes Ansties)
  • Twillingate Ansteys (major sub-branch of the Poole Ansteys)
    • Back Harbour, Twillingate Ansteys (major Twillingate sub-division)
    • Bluff Head Cove, Twillingate Ansteys (major Twillingate sub-division)
    • Exploits, Twillingate Ansteys (major Twillingate sub-division)
    • Lewisporte, Twillingate Ansteys (major Twillingate sub-division)
    • Little Bay, Twillingate Ansteys (major Twillingate sub-division)
    • Paradise Cove, Twillingate Ansteys (major Twillingate sub-division)
    • Purcell’s Harbour, Twillingate Ansteys (major Twillingate sub-division)
    • Springdale, Twillingate Ansteys (major Twillingate sub-division)
  • Wentworth, Ontario Ansteys (contain members of numerous sub-branches)
• Cornwall:
  • See South West Peninsula Ansteys
  • and Ansteys Evolved from Other Surnames
• Devon:
  • See South West Peninsula Ansteys
  • and Ansteys Evolved from Other Surnames
• Dorset:
  • Tarrant Crawford Ansteys (principal sub-branch of the Dorset (II) Ansteys);
• • Hampreston Ansteys (Anstey-extinct sub-branch);
• • Blandford Forum Anstys (major sub-branch of the Tarrant Crawford Ansteys);
• • Dorchester Anstys (major sub-branch of the Blandford Forum Anstys);
• • East Stoke Ansteys (major sub-branch of the Sixpenny Handley Ansteys);
• • Gussage Ansteys (major sub-branch of the Tarrant Crawford Ansteys)
  • Poole Ansteys (major sub-branch)
  • Sixpenny Handley Ansteys (major sub-branch of the Tarrant Crawford Ansteys)
  • Tarrant Keyneston Anstys (major sub-branch of the Tarrant Crawford Ansteys)
• Essex:
  • Prittlewell Anstees (major sub-branch of the Swanbourne Anstees)
• Glamorgan:
  • Clase, Swansea Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Tiverton Ansteys via Bristol)
• Hertfordshire:
  • Flamstead Anstees (major sub-branch of the Swanbourne Anstees via the Prittlewell Anstees)
  • Hemel Hempstead Anstees (Anstey-extinct sub-branch of the Swanbourne Anstees)
• India
• Kent:
  • Chatham Ansteys (minor sub-branch)
• Leicestershire
  • Market Harborough Anstees (major sub-branch of the Swanbourne Anstees)
• Middlesex
  • Barnet Anstees (major sub-branch of the Houghton Regis Anstees)
  • Marylebone Anstees (minor sub-branch of the Edlesborough Anstees)
• Monmouthshire:
  • Christchurch Anstees (major sub-branch of the Dyrham Ansteys)
  • Llandenny Ansteys (major sub-branch of the Stoke Gifford Ansteys)
• New Zealand:
  • Riccarton Ansteys (minor sub-branch)
  • Timaru Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Tiverton Ansteys)
• Northamptonshire:
  • Aynho Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Souldern Ansteys)
  • Evenley Anstees (minor sub-branch of the Souldern Ansteys)
• Oxfordshire:
  • Souldern Ansteys (a principal (and small) sub-branch of the Warwickshire Ansteys)
  • Stratton Audley Anstees (minor sub-branch of the Swanbourne Anstees)
• Somerset:
  • See South West Peninsula Ansteys
  • and Ansteys Evolved from Other Surnames
  • Milborne Port Anstys (major sub-branch)
• South Africa:
  • Johannesburg Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Tiverton Ansteys)
• South Gloucestershire:
  • Dyrham Ansteys (principal sub-branch of the South Gloucestershire Ansteys)
  • Doynton Anstees (major sub-branch of the Dyrham Ansteys)
  • Stoke Gifford Ansteys (major sub-branch of the Dyrham Ansteys)
  • Bristol Ansteys (contain members of numerous sub-branches)
• South West Peninsula (Devon, Somerset and Cornwall):
  • Dulverton Ansteys (principal sub-branch of the South West Peninsula Ansteys)
• • Bampton Ansteys (major sub-branch of the Dulverton Ansteys)
• • Crediton Ansteys (major sub-branch of the Dulverton Ansteys)
• • Washfield Ansteys (major sub-branch of the Dulverton Ansteys)
• • Tiverton Ansteys (major sub-branch of the Washfield Ansteys)
• • Bradninch Ansteys (major sub-branch of the Tiverton Ansteys)
• • Iddesleigh Ansteys (major sub-branch of the Tiverton Ansteys)
• • Batheaston Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Tiverton Ansteys)
• • Broadclyst Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Tiverton Ansteys)
• • Curry Rivel Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Dulverton Ansteys)
• • Dowland Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Iddesleigh Ansteys)
• • Filleigh Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Iddesleigh Ansteys)
• • Milverton Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Dulverton Ansteys)
• • Monkokehampton Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Iddesleigh Ansteys)
• • Otterton Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Bampton Ansteys)
  • Tywardreath Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Broadclyst Ansteys)
  • Witheridge Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Tiverton Ansteys)
• Warwickshire:
  • Hampton in Arden Ansteys (a principal (and huge) sub-branch of the Warwickshire Ansteys)
• • Coleshill Ansteys (major sub-branch of the Hampton in Arden Ansteys)
• • Birmingham Ansteys (major sub-branch of the Coleshill Ansteys)
• • Rugby Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Trumpington Ansteys)
  • Coventry Ansteys (contain members of numerous sub-branches)
• Wiltshire:
  • Bromham Ansteys (principal sub-branch of the Wiltshire Ansteys)
  • Devizes Ansties (major sub-branch of the Bromham Ansteys)
• Ansteys Evolved From Other Surnames:
  • Aldinga, South Australia Ansteys (minor sub-branch of an Anstis family)
• • Ballarat, Victoria Ansteys (minor sub-branch of an Anstis family)
• • Brixton, Devon Ansteys (minor sub-branch of an Anstis family)
• • Brown, Kansas Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Devonport Ansteys)
• • Camerton Ansteys (major sub-branch of an Anstis family)
• • Caradoc, Ontario Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Kennford Ansteys)
• • Castle Cary Ansteys (major sub-branch of an Austin family)
• • Chewton Mendip Ansteys (major sub-branch of an Anstis family)
• • Chulmleigh Ansteys (major sub-branch of an Anstis family)
• • Crediton Ansteys (major sub-branch of an Anstis family)
• • Devonport Ansteys (major sub-branch of the Crediton Ansteys)
• • Exminster Ansteys (major sub-branch of the Crediton Ansteys)
• • Kennford Ansteys (major sub-branch of the Crediton Ansteys)
• • Newtown, NSW Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the St Gluvias Ansteys)
• • Shoreditch Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Crediton Ansteys)
• • Silver Bow, Montana Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the St Gluvias Ansteys)
• • St Gluvias Ansteys (major sub-branch of an Anstis family)
• • St Luke, Holborn Ansteys (major sub-branch of the Crediton Ansteys)
• • St Kilda, Victoria Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Chulmleigh Ansteys)
• • Timsbury Ansteys (major sub-branch of the Camerton Ansteys)
• • Waukesha, Wisconsin Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Witheridge Ansteys)
  • Witheridge Ansteys (major sub-branch of the Chulmleigh Ansteys)
  • Whitby, Ontario Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the Exminster Ansteys)
  • Wollongong, NSW Ansteys (minor sub-branch of the St Gluvias Ansteys)