Thomas Dewfield Mountjoy b1852 Little Dean (General)

by RosieGrey, Monday, July 27, 2009, 00:35 (5678 days ago)

I am doing some research for a friend whose gt.grandfather was Thomas Dewfield MOUNTJOY, and I am puzzled by the surname Dewfield. I have Thomas's birth certificate, and he is registered as Thomas DEWFIELD son of James DEWFIELD and Ann formerly HAINS.

I have found a marriage in 1832 for James DEWFIELD and Ann HEINS, which ties in with the above, and yet in 1841 James was James MOUNTJOY, in 1851 James DEWFIELD, in 1861 James DEWFIELD MOUNTJOY, then James MOUNTJOY in 1871 and 1881. I am puzzled as to where the name DEWFIELD came from?

I see that in the previous generation Thomas's grandparents, ie James MOUNTJOY and Maria BLAKE, the surname LANDER was used by some of their children, and wondered whether it was a Forest of Dean custom to introduce other names. (I note Slowhands post regarding James LANDER who was a surgeon)

I am hoping someone on this excellent website can help me, and would also be pleased to hear from anyone else who is researching this family.

Beryl