Joseph HATTON (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 15:32 (4724 days ago) @ m p griffiths

Thanks MPG,
had to look it up
"Larceny is a crime involving the wrongful acquisition of the personal property of another person."
Has now been replaced by the broader offence of theft.

Ah well, as I'm sure you all realised I was speaking in jest, but as some tabloid journalists used to say "why let the facts get in the way of a good story"...

Anyhow, returning to Joseph in Ruardean, it looks like we have the old story of several people in an area having same or similar names, so all rather muddy from our viewpoint. I was particularly interested as my father was a Jones of the Reddings part of Lydbrook/Ruardean, so I maywell be related to Elizabeth. That said I thought my line were more recent settlers to the area from South Wales, but again I've struggled with the large numbers of in my case William Jones' to untangle, so who's to say ?.

What's certain is yet again this thoroughly fascinating pasttime has thrown a new light on an area, until yesterday I don't recall coming across any Hattons in Ruardean, yet clearly they were a major "clan" in the area and probably still are. Rather like my mother's line of Brace & Merrick being so numerous in the Redmarley area.