This is a brief history of the Aliwal Voysey family, prepared by John Voysey in 2007. It was intended to set out as fully as possible, with the information available at that time, the history of the family so that all descendants might have some knowledge of their origins. Maybe in time someone will be about to trace the family back before 1788.
In the 1950’s Aliwal Edward traced the origins of the family to the small village of Kenton in Devon, England. The graves of John and Mary can still be found in the grounds of the Kenton parish church. The vicar of the time allowed Aliwal to peruse the register of births, deaths, and marriages held by the Church, which dated from a from about the late 1600’s, but he was unable to establish any connections prior to the birth of John in 1788. This might suggest that his family came from another village in Devon or from a nearby county.
In 2005 John Aliwal and Maria made a visit to Kenton. Prior to this they had contacted the then Vicar of Kenton by letter requesting assistance in attempting to trace other ancestors of John and Mary who might still have been in the area. The Vicar placed a notice in several Post Offices in the area stating that John and Maria would be visiting, and hoped t contact anyone with a connection to a Voysey. It transpired that a young couple with the Voysey name were actually living in a cottage adjacent to the Church. John and Maria were put in touch with this man’s father Eric, who was then living across the bay in a village called Topham in Devon. John and Eric corresponded for some time, and the latter sent John a copy of his family tree that had been researched f him by a professional genealogist. This stretched back to the early 170’s. John attempted to contact this person in the hope that more research would enable our family tree to by established to an earlier date that we know it to be. Regrettably the person did not respond to letters sent to the address given by Eric.
In the 1950’s Aliwal Edward traced the origins of the family to the small village of Kenton in Devon, England. The graves of John and Mary can still be found in the grounds of the Kenton parish church. The vicar of the time allowed Aliwal to peruse the register of births, deaths, and marriages held by the Church, which dated from a from about the late 1600’s, but he was unable to establish any connections prior to the birth of John in 1788. This might suggest that his family came from another village in Devon or from a nearby county.
In 2005 John Aliwal and Maria made a visit to Kenton. Prior to this they had contacted the then Vicar of Kenton by letter requesting assistance in attempting to trace other ancestors of John and Mary who might still have been in the area. The Vicar placed a notice in several Post Offices in the area stating that John and Maria would be visiting, and hoped t contact anyone with a connection to a Voysey. It transpired that a young couple with the Voysey name were actually living in a cottage adjacent to the Church. John and Maria were put in touch with this man’s father Eric, who was then living across the bay in a village called Topham in Devon. John and Eric corresponded for some time, and the latter sent John a copy of his family tree that had been researched f him by a professional genealogist. This stretched back to the early 170’s. John attempted to contact this person in the hope that more research would enable our family tree to by established to an earlier date that we know it to be. Regrettably the person did not respond to letters sent to the address given by Eric.
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