'My knowledge begins with Thomas and Mary Wyles who lived during the first half of the 1700s in Frinstead, which is a tiny, ancient town in the Maidstone borough of county Kent, in south-east England. This earlier Thomas was born in 1711 in nearby Bredgar Parish. We don’t know much more about him, or his wife, whose maiden name is still a mystery to me.' prairie wordsmith - Researching America's history, one family at a time - Wyles 'The next two generations also give up very little more than their names and where they lived. Thomas’ son, John Wyles married Sarah Frost in Linstead, Suffolk in 1773. Their son, also John Wyles, was born in 1775, and married Frances Sears in 1805, in Boxley, Maidstone, Kent. In 1806, they were in Stockbury; in 1814 they were in Newington Geat, Sittingbourne, Kent; and they were still there in 1818 when their son Thomas was born there, and he was my third-great-grandfather.'
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Dear Diane I was contacted by a US Genealogist today - who asked me if I had heard of a 17th century surname in the UK - known as 'Ong'! I have heard of the Hokkien Chinese surname of 'Ong' (王) - pronounced 'Wang' (meaning a monarchal 'King') - but not an English equivalent! The Ong family is supposed to have migrated to North America in 1631 (seeking religious 'tolerance') from Suffolk - just prior to the English Civil Wars of the 1640s! Of course, 'Suffolk' derives from the Germanic 'Sud Volf' ('South Folk') and is thought to denote Germanic ettlers in the area - the nearby 'Norfolk' derives from the Germanic 'Nord Volk' or 'North Folk'! Perhaps these are settlements of the 'Angle' people (as opposed to 'Saxons' who settled elsewhere) from what is today Denmark (hence the region of 'East Anglia'). To me, the name 'Ong' sounds more like a name from the North of England - perhaps of Scandinavian origination. Either way, I have never come across this name in the UK! Thanks!
The above article explains a Neolithic burial mound in the Cotswolds (UK) - the occupants of which represent and extended family deriving form four different women having children with the same single man dating to around 3700-3600 BCE (or around 5700 years from the present time). As the Cotswolds are situated 58 miles North of the Stonehenge site (the construction of which began around 3100 BCE) - it is entirely logical to assume that the descendants of these people planned and /or participated in the designing and building of he stone circle and its environs. Of course, DNA studies alone cannot detect the language an individual spoke. This is because 'language' is a cultural construct that has developed in very different environmental and social conditions, despite language as an ability being part of general human evolution (the human brain developed the ability for 'language' which manifests in a myriad of different and divergent ways in the external world). When the Romans first arrived in Britain around 55 BCE - they encountered various 'Celtic' Tribes with thousands fighting on foot - with their leaders riding on war-chariots the likes of which had not been seen on the ancient battlefield for around a thousand years! The Romans were also aware that there were Celtic Tribes in Britain and France that possessed the same name and which appeared to be 'related'. Furthermore, despite the English Channel lying between the two land-masses - the Romans were aware that the the indigenous populations were in continuous communication (including via boats). Britain was isolated as a landmass, but its people were not 'isolated'. They simply did not have to confront any aggressive incursions from unknown or outside people for probably around a thousand year period. Indeed, the above research suggests that there was a substantial invasion of Britain between 1000-850 BCE - possibly the time the war-chariot were brought to the area.
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