The purpose of this site is not only to provide lots of information re the Powditch family,
and their most illustrious past, but to invite Powditchs and non-Powditchs to look at
history in general, and to discover what sort of information is available about
Family history in particular.
|
|
As you probably will (or may) have noticed, since the Powditch website first saw the
light of day in January 2003, not only have there been histories of the Powditch family
(understandably) on the site, but there have also been histories etc of other families
(e.g. Jones, Jouvelet, Clemerson etc), and you may have wondered why they had been
included.
Well, the simple answer is that all of the families/family surnames do interlink - either
directly or indirectly - with the Powditch surname, whether it be by birth name, from
marriage, sometimes through close friendship, and other times through other
documented connections.
|
|
Of course, my own connection with the Powditch family isn't direct. In fact, some may
argue that as I'm an Algar, I have no connection whatsoever with the Powditch family,
but as most Powditch's are aware, my late Mother-in-law's maiden surname was
Powditch, so although I do not have any Powditch blood in me, my wife certainly does
(plus some Smith blood as well from her father), and of course, we have children and a
grandchild - and so the inclusion of a bit of Powditch blood (however much or little) is
carried on through the generations.
As to the other families I've included to date, all have varying connections. Jones was
my late Mother's family, Clemerson was Ang's father's side of his family, whilst Jouvelet
following a move first from France to London, and then to Australia, then married a
Powditch in Melbourne, and thus created that Powditch link.
What I am hoping to do over the coming months and years, is to add lots more family
connections to the website, so if you have a particular family connection, or have family
memories or photographs, documents etc you'd like me to include, please either write
to me (you already have my home address) or send an email to me at
 Incidentally, the reason 'powditch' is in my email address is purely down to the way my ISP set up my account. In no way does it suggest or imply that I am a Powditch, but rather it acknowledges that 'Powditch' is the main topic of my website. Should the latter have caused anyone any concerns, then I do apologise for that, but I do hope that you'll be able to accept the reason for same).
Over the centuries, there have been some really interesting connections through
marriage and otherwise, with the Powditch family. For instance, the Poet Byron;
Clayton, the 'inventor' of the precursor to the Light-house; Walsh, an Irish Land
Proprietor; Pitt, the Prime Minister of England, and many more notables and not so
well knowns.
Where I already have, or can be provided with or can obtain, information about both
the aforementioned individuals and families, I will be adding them to the website, and
where information already exists on the world-wide web, I will be seeking permission
from other website owners to link to their own sites/information.
Details re any new pages will, as in the past, be provided within the Website update
section of each eNewsletter, whilst the homepage of the website
www.powditch.plus.com/ ) will also announce any new 'arrivals'.
Please be assured that I will be constantly adding more details to this site, so do please return and see what appears from time to time! As I have some 5000+ documents on the Powditch family between 1196 and 2006 putting just some of this information onto the web-pages takes a while, but I will get there (or be more bald than I currently am!!!)
John
|