is there anyone related to the revill's of stannington

I believe my wife has some distant connection with the Revills.

Is it true they were descended from Huguenots?

i couldn't tell you

Revill is a name I've only come across in Sheffield and Glasgow, as opposed to Revell or Revelle.

My dad is related to Revill's from Manor/Arbourthorne

Jim:thumbsup:

...my great grandad came from stannington....they owned revill grange and some of the property in the original stannington village....his son my grandad did move to gleadlass......revill's at manor wouldn't be kenny by any chance?

I believe my wife has some distant connection with the Revills.

Is it true they were descended from Huguenots?

The Revitt's of Stannington, Bradfield and area are descended from Hugenot's,
I was told that all similar derivations of Revitt, Revill, Revere etc were all related to the same Hugenot immigration. There was also a Revitt Family in Wilkes-Barr PA but they came into the USA from Eastern Europe in the 20's or 30's probably part of the same family who ran the other way to escape the pogrom circa 1836

I have heard there is a list of all the original Huguenot names and which Anglicized name they adopted after settling here.

I believe the Revitts or Revells came into the area in the late 1600's but I cannot verify this

Does anyone have any further details?

Happy Days!

my grandad told me years ago that the name revitt came from revill, when someone made a mistake and crossed the L's in revill to make T's....don't know how true this is.......but my grandad has relatives called revitt who still live in riverlin.

My relatives were all in the Rivelin,Stannington,Bradfield & Crookes areas.

I am descended from the Revells of Stannington.

my grandad was ken revill and my great granparents were called ernest an edith revill.

Pavlo

My dad's dad was called Frank and he also had an uncle George who came off the Manor and Arbourthorne respectively.

Jim:thumbsup:

My connection to the Revells begins in 1759 with Elizabeth Revell of Ecclesfield. I have traced back from her to my ancestors of the 1500s living in Stannington.

This site (http://www.mytangledweb.co.uk/revill/sheffield.htm) has references to the name in Stannington in the 16th century. It is also clear that the REVILLs of Revill Grange were Catholics - both of these facts contradict the theory of a Huguenot origin.

Hugh

HughW

I have checked the name Revill with my wife and she says she is related to the Revitt family not the Revills.

Pavlo states in his post the Revills and the Revitts are descended from the same forebears.


Has anyone found any evidence of this? Are they two seperate families?

The Revitts were definitely not Catholics.

If they are two families then the Revitts could be Huguenots from the 17th Century and the Revells catholics from an earlier date.

It would be interesting to find out if anyone out there could further enlighten us.

Happy Days!

Yes, the Revells were Roman Catholics and continued to be so after the Reformation and endured persecution. Some branches married into Quaker familes e.g Revells & Stacyes in Handsworth. Both familes are my ancestors.

surfin;ken revill, my grandad, his brother was called george.

revill and revitt:if i remember, it was mums milkman from rivelin who mentioned they are related, he to is a revitt

Dont know if this is any use but in the sixties my mum had an employee called Sheila revill,her husband was Bert and they had a daughter Linda,they lived at stannington.:)

I once worked with a Bob Revill in the steelworks.

His wife owned a florist's shop at the end of Broughton Lane and Attercliffe Common near the garage.

Happy Days!

According to David Hey, the Revells of Stannington and other parts of Bradfield Parish have been in the area since the 13th Century, pre-dating the Huguenots arrival by two or three hundred years. As Badsley Moor said, they were Catholics, and lost a lot of property in the Civil War. There were branches of the family at Brampton, Coal Aston, Dronfield and Whiston, but the first recorded Revell in Sheffield wasn't until 1584, when a branch of the family moved to Heeley.

Hello
My name is Connie Buchanan (Revels). My maiden name is Revels. I have started looking into my family history and was told that we have descendents from England and have heard about the Revels Grange.

We spell the name Revels, I have heard of the other spellings. (Revel, Revell, etc.)

I would enjoy talking to anyone that has history on the family and knowledge of the house in Stannington. I have no idea where or when we came from England. I have not been able to go far enough to find anything, yet. I know Macajah Revels (who is my ggg-grandfather was from North Carolina and married a cherokee indian woman).

I look forward talking to anyone that is willing or has information. I would love to see pictures of the Revel Grange if anyone has any as well.

My husband and I are planning a trip to England in Jan. 2008, so I would like to learn a lot more before then and have some specific places to see and visit.

Thanks, Connie

Bradfield Parish Council offices have alot of information in their archives-usually open thursday afternoons,i think.

Hi Connie

I have had a quick look on the 1861 census of England, and there are 30 individuals with your spelling (Revels) mostly based in Hertfordshire, none at all in Yorkshire. Once I looked at alternative spellings I found that there were several thousand individuals to choose from, spread over much of England. Your family could have originated from any of these places, unfortunately.

I googled Macajah Revels and found a lot of information at the Revels family forum http://genforum.genealogy.com/revels/ It would be well worth your spending some time reading through the posts there, a lot of people there have the same ancestors as you.

It looks like a fascinating lineage :)

Thank you.

I have spent quite a bit of time on the genealogy website and have quite a few post there. I have been able to contact several of my relatives this way and filled in a lot of blanks. But all any of us have been able to go back to is Macajah's father, Stephen a full blooded Englishman born 1747.

Any uk links you can suggest to search would be helpful.

Thanks,
Connie

Im sure there was a Kenny Revell at chaucer school when I was there in the 70s.

AMB

The Bradfield Archive is open all day Thurdays but it's best to ring before you attend, particularly if there is something special you need to look at.

Usually there is only Malcom Nunn the archivist there and notice gives him time to get the items to hand.

Happy Days!

I was lead to believe that the name Revel was derived from the small town of Revel which is near Toulouse?????


Jim:thumbsup:

AMB

The Bradfield Archive is open all day Thurdays but it's best to ring before you attend, particularly if there is something special you need to look at.

Usually there is only Malcom Nunn the archivist there and notice gives him time to get the items to hand.

Happy Days!

Is the main building open again now ? It was closed the last time I went over there - some problem with asbestos I believe.

If my research is correct, I am the GG grandson of Johnathan T Revill born 1825 in Sheffield and that’s as far has I have got back on that side.

Hi Connie
I've recently been working from the catalogue of Sheffield manorial records, and came across the following if it's of any interest. The spellings are as in the translation from the original Latin in which they are written.

October 6th 1547
Thomas Revell surrendered into the hands of the Lord all and singular all that his messuage land and meadow and tenement, with the appurtenances, in Stanyngton or within the Soke of Sheffield, to the use of Gregory Revel, son and heir of the said Thomas, and the heirs of his body between him and Elizabeth the daughter of Thomas Barbor lawfully begotten; and for default of such issue, with remainder to Robert Revell, son of the said Thomas Revell for ever; … and he gave to the Lord on account of fine for entry 7 shillings and 8 pence.

November 29th 1547
Gregory Revell son and heir of Thomas Revell etc. surrendered etc. a moiety of all and singular that his messuage land meadow and tenements, which he then recently had from the surrender of the said Thomas his father; and also a croft called Lowcroft etc. in Stanyngton and within the Soke of Sheffield; to the use of the same Thomas Revell etc. for life, paying thenceforth yearly to said Gregory etc. a peppercorn at etc. for rent if demanded; … and he gave to the Lord on account of entry 12 pence.

13th February 1560, 2nd year of the reign of Elizabeth.
Gregory Revell (and 6 others named) surrendered a messuage and all their lands wheresoever in Haldesworth within the Soke of Bradfield, to the use of Thomas Spyne for life…

26th April 1565

John Revell and William Revell and others swore on oath that Henry hawkesworth had let a tenement called Sugworth and Walkenden House to his mother Ann Hawkesworth without paying the due fee to the lord, and so asking that the Lord's bailiff seize the said property.

April 3rd 1566
George Byngley and Joan his wife and also John Hobson surrendered etc a parcel of land called Lee Roides lying in a certain place called Smallfield, containing by estimation three and a half roods within the Soke of Bradfield; to the use of John Revell of Smallfield etc.


July 8th 1566
Giles Ferrous (or Ferrour) and Ellen his wife, Robert Brounell and Elizabeth his wife, Alice Burman then recently the wife of Henry Burman in her widowhood and Margaret Spoyne in her virginity , daughters and co-heirs of John Spoyne deceased, in consideration of twenty pounds thirteen shillings and three pence paid to them by Gregory Revell, in full court, for and in the name of John Spoyne son of Richard Spoyne deceased, surrendered released and quitclaimed to the aforesaid John Spoyne and his heirs all right etc of and in a messuage and six acres of land and four acres of wood in Stanyngton within the soke of Sheffeld.

March 23rd 1614
John Revell of Smallfield takes over a piece of land called Carrholme and another called Baylie loundes and a wood called Cogman hoile.

April 13th 1615
Richard Revell of Stannington, yeoman, surrendered his customary messuage lands etc wheresoever within the Manor of Sheffield to the several uses declared in certain indentures tripartite between him Richard Revell, Christopher Wilson of Bromehead and Thomas Revell son and heir of Richard.