The South West Peninsula Ansteys

The South West Peninsula Ansteys are a sub-branch of the Cambridgeshire Ansteys of the 1400s and early 1500s, themselves a sub-branch of the medieval Ansteys. The sub-branch commenced in around 1520 in Dulverton, so the Dulverton Ansteys are the root and principal sub-branch of the South West Peninsula Ansteys.

Sub-branches of the South West Peninsula Ansteys include:

• the Dulverton Ansteys
• the South Gloucestershire Ansteys, which includes
  • the Dyrham Ansteys
  • the Stoke Gifford Ansteys
  • the Doynton Anstees
  • the Christchurch, Monmouthshire Anstees
  • the Cumberland, Iowa Ansteys
  • the Grand River, Iowa Ansteys
  • the Grant, Wisconsin Ansteys
  • the Llandenny Ansteys
  • the Massena, Iowa Ansteys
  • the Minersville, Pennsylvania Ansteys
  • the Sweetwater, Wyoming Anstees
• the Bampton Ansteys
• the Bathealton Ansteys
• the Batheaston Ansteys
• the Broadclyst Ansteys
• the Bradninch Ansteys
• the Clase, Swansea Ansteys
• the Crediton Ansteys
• the Curry Rivel Ansteys
• the Dowland Ansteys
• the Filleigh Ansteys
• the Gippsland, Victoria Ansteys
• the Iddesleigh Ansteys
• the Johannesburg Ansteys
• the Milverton Ansteys
• the Monkokehampton Ansteys
• the Otterton Ansteys
• the Portland, Oregon Ansteys
• the Port Elliot, South Australia Ansteys
• the Timaru, New Zealand Ansteys
• the Tiverton Ansteys
• the Toodyay, Western Australia Ansteys
• the Tywardreath Ansteys
• the Washfield Ansteys

The South West Peninsula Ansteys have been extensively researched and thoroughly documented by G. M. Anstey (Gary) and T. J. Anstey (Tom), the overseers and chief researchers of this ‘Anstey Story‘, in their third co-authored book:

‘Anstey: The Devon and Somerset Branch‘

The first edition of this book was privately printed in July 2018.