The Pedigree Chart of the First 4 Generations back from Grandma (Pat)
All the lines came together in Manchester. William DUNSTAN 1755-1817 (top right) is the last Cornish born DUNSTAN on this line.
William's grandson William John Roe DUNSTAN 1819-1878 was the eldest son and second child of John 1797-1874 and Elizabeth 1796-1857.
Their fourteenth child and youngest son was Henry Mainwairing (Harry) DUNSTAN 1841-1903 See Harry's descendant Mike Dunstan's home pages for details on that line, and also for more information going back from John DUNSTAN contained in Mike's book "A History of My Family".
For the next four generations back from William DUNSTAN go to the first page of Cornish Ancestors
The HILLAGE/ILLIDGE/ELLIGE lines remain in Lancashire, the WILLIAM's lines came from Shropshire and Wales, while the TIERNEY's originated in Co. Monaghan, Ireland via Cumberland and Macclesfield.
The JAMES', BEST, GANDERTON and SHIRVINGTON lines all go back to Warwickshire.
William DUNSTAN was Innkeeper of the "White Hart" Inn in Falmouth, Cornwall upto 1781 : (2 pics 31Kb)
He had moved to Manchester by 1788, and married Elizabeth FARRAND in 1791.
