From: john1@s145802280.onlinehome.fr   
      
   On 14/11/2020 13:53, Ruth Wilson wrote:   
   > Hi all,   
   >   
   > Seeing as John has pointed out how quiet it is (where is everyone? what   
   > is the current alternative to newsgroups?) I thought I would post a query.   
   >   
   > My husband's ancestors, surname Covell, moved from Surrey (Mitcham) to   
   > Bodfari in Flintshire/Denbighshire sometime in tbe 1770s (baptised   
   > children Surrey 1769, Bodfari 1780).   
   >   
   > Now, I know that people moved around more than is popularly believed,   
   > and I know there were push and pull effects, so I understand the   
   > principle. But what made someone move from Surrey to Bodfari. It seems a   
   > fairly obscure place to go. I can't see any Welsh connections of the   
   > family before this.   
   >   
   > I have tried to check up if there was a landowner with holdings in both   
   > places, as I have seen that behind a cross-country move, but I haven't   
   > found anything yet.   
   >   
   > I seem to remember reading that Surrey was not a very prosperous county   
   > at that time - would enclosure have been a factor pushing them out? -   
   > and maybe North Wales was a fresh start. They did actually own land   
   > there according to the tithe maps of 1830 and owned other property   
   > according to a couple of family wills. I don't, however, know of the   
   > family situation while in Surrey (did they have to sell up, was it a   
   > step up or down?)   
   >   
   > Does anyone have any thoughts on this? e.g. why this specific move and   
   > how might they have found out about it? Any other interesting   
   > observations welcome!   
   >   
   > Ruth   
   >   
      
   There are a few personal trees on Ancestry, but no real further   
   information except possibly John remarried in 1776 and a further child   
   of the first marriage.  Did his wife inherit land?   
      
   There are some Covell in 1841/1851 who are farmers in Bodfari and nearby   
   St Asaph. William in 1851 was born c1870 in "Michum", Surrey.   
      
   Marriage records would possibly identify the father's occupation but   
   according to GENUKI the parish records are only on microfilm. Some have   
   been transcribed/published by the Clwyd Family History Society's   
   Resource Centre http://www.clwydfhs.org.uk The 1754-1812 marriage   
   records are available.   
      
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