Adrian Warburton has sent me the following photos. Anne Maria Warburton was born in 1854 to George Warburton and Maria nee Dodd of the Nottinghamshire clan. She married an American, William Henry Sherburn at Worksop Priory in 1870. William was…

FamilyTreeDNA have now updated the Big Y Block Tree to take account of the recent BigY-700 result from the Weaverham Clan. This is now clearly my closest match, with a new shared SNP FT268516. It would be nice to check…

I’ve been distracted from the Partington Warburtons for a couple of days by the Warburtons of Hefferston Grange. When I was investigating the Warburton Lees recently and discovering their link to Hefferston Grange, I came across a tree on Ancestry’s…

I have been working recently on the Partington Clan. It is actually an extension of the old Pennsylvania clan to cover various English branches of the family. They are believed to be descendants of William Warburton who acquired 4/18ths of…

Following recent updates to the Lancashire and Cheshire group Haplotrees, to reflect recent results, I have now updated the DNA Results Commentary, and The Lancashire Group. There are also minor changes to The Cheshire Group, and further tweaks to the…

I’ve now updated the Lancashire Haplotree following new results from the recent sale. It now includes 4 BigY-700 results, 2 BigY-500 results, and 3 other clans, not counting the more remotely connected Tottington Clan. You can access it from the…

I have updated the Cheshire Group Haplotree to reflect a recent upgrade from BigY-500 to BigY-700, and the continuing evolution of the Block-Tree at FTDNA. The Block Tree doesn’t yet reflect the upgrade as I would expect ( a short…

Following my previous post on the name Warburton Lee I have been doing some more digging, particularly amongst the Public Trees on Ancestry. By combining a couple of these I have constructed the complete line of descent from Mary Warburton…

Following on from the theme of yesterday’s post I also get sent obituaries from time to time by members of the Guild of One Name Studies Newswatch Project. Recently Celia Dodd sent me the obituary of John Edward Warburton from…

Alan Jenks recently sent me a copy of the obituary of Mrs Warburton Lee of Broad Oak, near Whitchurch, from the Crewe Chronicle of March 31st 1934. Warburton Lee, or Warburton-Lee, is a name I’ve come across before, but I’ve…