[Sue from Southend]

Received the Will from Gloucestershire Archives - very speedy service!

Not my John Bown though. He doesn't appear to have any children making lots of bequests to nephews and nieces and seems to have originated in Avening and by tracing all those named in the Will the family seems firmly entrenched there. I realise that there's only four miles between the two "towns" but the Horsley line runs concurrently with the Avening one and this one seems much wealthier than mine!

I'm sure there is a connection way back but not sure if I'll ever find it!