Excerpt from Some Account of the Tree Family and Its Connections in England and America Difficult as the Tree surname may be to classify, it can be localized practically to Somersetshire where the family enjoyed for several centuries the ownership Of extensive landed estates. It is found in that shire in the Parish of Beckington as early at least as the reign of Henry the Eighth; and in deeds, wills, or other documents, recorded or filed in the public archives, in which the names of its male members appear, they are. In ...
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Excerpt from Some Account of the Tree Family and Its Connections in England and America Difficult as the Tree surname may be to classify, it can be localized practically to Somersetshire where the family enjoyed for several centuries the ownership Of extensive landed estates. It is found in that shire in the Parish of Beckington as early at least as the reign of Henry the Eighth; and in deeds, wills, or other documents, recorded or filed in the public archives, in which the names of its male members appear, they are. In the main, styled gentlemen, in accordance with the custom prevailing in English conveyancing, even down to the present period, of identifying the parties to solemn instruments by the occupation pursued or the social position held by them. And, it may be added, the Trees seem to have exercised the influence, socially and otherwise, which ordinarily pertains to the life Of an English country gentlemanfi. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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