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Contentsparish recordsGRO recordscensus returnsfamily treeshistoriesmapsother recordswills, crime, military, migration, and early records picture gallerylocationsgenealogical linksmessage board.Buckland Filleigh: A continuous thread by Carol Bell, available in several PDF downloads. Contact me
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History of the Family .Alas, we have no family crest or coat of arms, but the family is an old one from Devon and Cornwall (not from the Netherlands). Ricardus Fanston was tonsured in 1440 and Frater Henricus Fanston was at Plympton Priory in 1445. Origins. However, it is much more likely that the family come from Fonson in the Cornish parish of Warbstow (mentioned in 1284 in the Assize Rolls). The earliest Devon Vanstones, listed in the 16th century, lived in Tetcott, just across the border from Warbstow. For further details, see the story of Stephen Vanstone in the Histories section.
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