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K/NIBB/S One Name Study | |
| Introduction |
| ON THIS PAGE K/NIBB/S includes: KNIB KNIBB KNIBS KNIBBS NIB NIBB NIBS NIBBS or KNYB etc |
Let me stress that the differently spelt surnames within the Study are synonymous. The spelling generally depended on the one familiar to the local parish clergyman. There is positive evidence that changes took place from father to child (and indeed between children of the same family) - most commonly KNIBB to KNIBBS . In some families this carried on until well into the Nineteenth Century. |  |
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The K/NIBB/S One Name Study has at its centre a computerised database details of which are given in the next section. The database is restricted to those with the surname of K/NIBB/S and their spouses. Call me a chauvinist, if you will, but the offspring of female K/NIBB/S are not included - one has to draw the line somewhere. Exceptionally, I do have a separate database of all the known descendants of the Jamaican
Missionary and Emancipationist William KNIBB, whose male offspring did not reach maturity. My wife,
Michèle, is the first cousin, seven times removed of William KNIBB. The person who established this originally was Michael PEARMAN, also a relation. Michael and I are
convinced that there must be a
connection, howsoever remote,
between William
KNIBB and the earlier KNIBB Family of
Clockmakers. We having
failed through traditional
research techniques to find the
connection, I decided to carry out
the One Name Study; hence the
obscure motto 'Time to
Pray'?! Along the way, various
other notables have been
encountered eg Richard Henry
NIBBS, the Brighton Marine
Painter, Sir
George KNIBBS, the Australian
diplomat, Thomas
KNIBB, a composer of hymns,
James
Langford NIBBS, who applied
for and was granted a Coat of
Arms in 1759 and an as yet unproven link to Thomas A'BECKET!
I have endeavoured to
build up family trees of all these
but the database's real
strength is in the myriad of
ordinary individuals and families
with no pretensions to fame or
fortune. How rewarding then to find out all about William NIBBS, a swing rioter, whose story is told within these pages.
Eventually it may be
possible to publish the contents
of the full database and provide
access on-line but until the trees
are verified and complete, I
hesitate to do so. In any event, let me assure you that no details of living individuals appear on the website without their express consent. That applies now and at any time in the future. The ancestors
of most K/NIBB/S are to be found
in England, although there are
others from continental Europe,
with German sounding and spelt
names eg KNIPP and KNIBBE. These are generally beyond the scope of the One Name Study though I would be very happy to see someone else take up the cudgels and do research on the Continent of Europe - who knows we might find some proven links. Some researchers
would contend that the earliest
K/NIBB/S in England came over as
fleeing Huguenots from France but
I have found no concrete evidence
of this. A separate
section deals with the likely origins of
the surname. Some KNIBBs were
emancipated slaves in the West
Indies who adopted the name in
gratitude to the legacy of William
KNIBB. As might be expected,
therefor, the contents of the
database are heavily weighted
towards England. In order of
magnitude, Warwickshire,
Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire,
Middlesex and Buckinghamshire are
the Counties containing most
K/NIBB/S. Nevertheless the
New World features in the database
with extensive family trees in the
USA (from 1632 to date!), Canada,
Australia and New Zealand. Later
sections of the website include a
Dossier of
research materials available, selected Family Trees
and a List of
K/NIBB/S researchers. A
Response
Form is provided to
specifically invite suggestions,
contributions and criticisms,
hopefully to improve the website
and its effectiveness - there is
also an exchange of names
facility.
The K/NIBB/S Mailing List commenced some time ago for discussion of anything KNIBB, KNIBBS or NIBBS. There are over 75 participants worldwide. To join, just send an e-mail to KNIBB-L-request@rootsweb.com with no heading and the word "subscribe" without the quotes and nothing else in the body text of the message.
As a bonus to those who join and share their family history with us, a couple of major databases are available. The first is a combined computer file containing all England & Wales IGI K/NIBB/S entries. Click here for more details. Next is a complete computer file listing of K/NIBB/S GRO births 1837-1900. Once again click here for more details.
No charges are
required for searches of the database but reciprocal offers of
help are much appreciated. Ideally please send me literally any K/NIBB/S information that you have in your possession eg for K/NIBB/S researchers, not just your own K/NIBB/S family but any details of others that you must have gleaned from your researches or contacts. Have you sent me all yours? They will be of benefit to others. You can send by using the Response form, by e-mail via the Mailing List or by snail mail at the address below. The website is updated regularly
to report on genealogical progress
and to provide items of interest
to fellow researchers together
with anyone else who might surf in
and choose to stay. If there
is enough support, another gathering of
family and friends of the Study will be arranged - click here to check out previous Gatherings.
The latest innovation is the setting up of a Group Site at Genealogywise to attract more K/NIBB/S. In time this will doubtless supplant the Yahoo! Group maintained by Robyn LEEDS on our behalf. The purpose of the Group facilities is also to be able to share files and photos amongst researchers. This overcomes a limitation of the Mailing List. Here's a link, if you would still like to join the Yahoo Group.
For those interested, the website was created originally on an Atari Falcon computer using the Crystal Atari Browser(CAB) by Application System Heidelberg (ASH). I should also thank the magazine Practical Internet for the free BUILD A WEB SITE GUIDE which accompanied Issue 32. It took me somewhat longer than 24 hours but the book proved to be invaluable to me as a novice in HTML coding and understanding what is required to get a site on-line. Lately most additions to the website have been made using a PC and nothing more sophisticated than "Notepad" but the database itself still resides on my Atari which is in daily use.
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