Author Archives: Katherine Seppings
The Age of Sail – Lt Edmund Henry Seppings’ first cousins – Lockyer side – Merewether family
Henry Alworth Merewether – Serjeant at Law. Solicitor General to the Queen 1832 On the Lockyer side, Lt Edmund Henry Seppings’ aunt, Eliza Maria Lockyer (1791-1837), also known as Mary, married Henry Alworth Merewether (1780-1864) at St Werburgh, Wembury, Devon, … Continue reading
The Age of Sail – Lt Edmund Henry Seppings’ first cousins – Lockyer side
Thomas and Ann Lockyer of Wembury. Lt Edmund Henry Seppings was raised by his grandmother, Ann Lockyers On the Lockyer side of the family, Edmund Henry Seppings (1807-1858) had two aunts, seven uncles and 45 cousins. He was raised by … Continue reading
The Age of Sail – Lt Edmund Henry Seppings’ first cousins – Seppings side
Plymouth Dock seen from Mount Edgecomb, Devonshire, 1816, by J M W Turner (Tate Gallery) Lt Edmund Henry Seppings had four aunts on the Seppings side – Lydia, Mary, Helen and Elizabeth, and one uncle, Sir Robert Seppings. His aunts … Continue reading
Seppings Coat of Arms
On 18 Feb 1825, the Kings of Arms, under Crown authority, granted and assigned a coat of arms and crest to Sir Robert Seppings, ‘to be borne and used for ever hereafter by him and his only brother Lt John … Continue reading
The Age of Sail – Milligen, Seppings and Lockyer Military Men, England
HMS Sophie, the British 18-gun brig sloop (on right) under Captain Nicholas Lockyer’s command (1809-14) Born into the Age of Sail, Edmund Henry Seppings (1807-1858), the first Seppings to arrive and settle in Australia, was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy. From … Continue reading
The Lockyer Homes – England
Map of Plymouth (1820) When our Milligen, Lockyer and Seppings ancestors lived in Plymouth, Devon, it was one of the largest seaports in England. ‘On the west bank was Plymouth Dock, renamed Devonport in 1824, the site of a major … Continue reading
Where the Milligens Lived
Harleston Market Square, Norfolk Milligen – Norfolk The Milligen family came from Glasgow, Scotland, to set up business and settle in the market town of Harleston, Norfolk, England, in the early 1700s. James Milligen was a Linen Draper, as was … Continue reading
Seppings Ancestral Homes – England
Where did our Seppings ancestors live? The earliest record we have is of William Seppings, son of Thomas Seppings, born in Fakenham, Norfolk, 1638. William, an Oatmeal Maker, and his wife Dorothy, had five sons. The second son, Robert, … Continue reading
Seppings Name
The name Seppings, originally from East Anglia, England, is thought to have derived from the nickname ‘Sevenpence’, someone not very tall.* One of the earliest listed is John Wolman Sevenpens (1403) in the Calendar of Norwich Freemen 1317-1603: Edward II … Continue reading
Seppings Family History 