by Gary. M. Anstey, chief researcher of the Anstey story project.
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- Overview of the Hampton in Arden Ansteys (Code ‘HA’)
- HA 1. John Anstee (m 1607 Hampton in Arden)
- HA 2. William Anstey (b 1608 Leamington Hastings)
- HA 3. John Anstee (b 1626 Hampton in Arden)
- HA 4. Joseph Anstey (b c1640 Hampton in Arden)
- HA 5. William Anstey (b 1676 Hampton in Arden)
- HA 6. Joseph Ansty (b 1669 Hampton in Arden)
- HA 7. Samuel Ansty (b c1685 Hampton in Arden)
- HA 8. John Anstey (b 1714 Hampton in Arden)
- HA 9. John Anstey (b 1736 Hampton in Arden)
- HA 10. Thomas Anstey (b 1783 Hampton in Arden)
- HA 11. John Anstey (b 1808 Hampton in Arden)
- HA 12. Thomas Anstey (b 1819 Hampton in Arden)
- HA 13. Joseph Anstey (b 1821 Hampton in Arden)
- HA 14. William Anstey (b 1823 Hampton in Arden)
- HA 15. Henry Anstey (b 1826 Hampton in Arden)
- HA 16. Charles Anstey (b 1827 Hampton in Arden)
- HA 17. Thomas Anstey (b 1841 Coventry)
- HA 18. William Anstey (b 1843 Coventry)
- HA 19. Joseph Anstey (b 1847 Coventry)
- HA 20. John Anstey Junior (b 1848 Coventry)
- HA 21. Charles Henry Anstey (b 1863 Coventry)
- HA 22. Albert Edward Anstey (b 1867 Coventry)
- HA 23. William Anstey (b 1853 Kenilworth)
- HA 24. William Henry Anstey (b 1874 West Bromwich)
- HA 25. John Anstey (b 1879 West Bromwich – served during the Second Boer War)
- HA 26. Thomas Ansty (b 1751 Haseley – served during the French Revolutionary Wars)
- HA 27. William Henry Anstey (b 1880 Foleshill – served during World War One)
- HA 28. William Thomas Henry Anstey (b 1880 Foleshill – served during World War One)
- HA 29. Arthur Harold Anstey (b 1881 Bilston – served during World War One)
- HA 30. Joseph Anstey (b 1884 Solihull – served during World War One)
- HA 31. William Leslie Anstey (b 1887 Bilston – served during World War One)
- HA 32. Thomas Reginald Anstey (b 1890 West Bromwich – died in 1916 during World War One)
- HA 33. Thomas Henry Anstey (b 1898 Coventry – served during World War One)
- Further Details on the Hampton in Arden Ansteys
Overview of the Hampton in Arden Ansteys (Code ‘HA’)
The Hampton in Arden Ansteys are a sub-branch of the medieval Warwickshire Ansteys, some of whom (perhaps all) are descendent from the Leamington Hastings Ansteys. The patriarchs are John Anstee (HA 1) who married in the parish in 1607, and William Anstey (HA 2). These two gentlemen are surely related, though we are currently not sure how – certainly the sub-branch descendent from William (HA 2) was of much higher class than that of John (HA 1), so maybe they were not very closely related. However there are numerous clues (“Samuel“, Balsall and Berkswell for example) which are common to both Hampton in Arden families meaning they are certainly connected somehow.
It is at first glance possible that other Ansteys were in Hampton in Arden before 1607, as parish registers only commenced in c1600 in this parish. However, the ‘Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860‘ has Hampton in Arden will entries as early as 1529, but no Ansteys, confirming that John Anstee (HA 1) was indeed the first one when he married in 1607.
The early Hampton in Arden Ansteys spent time in next door Balsall and Berkswell; unfortunately we cannot locate early parish registers from Balsall which complicates matters somewhat in building the early pedigree.
Further Details on the Hampton in Arden Ansteys
Also see ‘Anstey: A Complete History From the Norman Invasion to World War One‘.
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