ORIGINS Possible origins of the Riseborough family
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DNA-ancestry results from  www.oxfordancestors.com for my matri-line show that all those of us, male and female, who descend from EMMA JANE RISEBOROUGH (BAKER) b. 2nd. qtr 1876 @ East Ruston, wife of James Riseborough of Matlaske, and her ancestors through the female line only, are about 90% Celtic origin with a possible Anglo Saxon infusion. Professor Sykes and his team at Oxford Ancestors have identified 7 major groups of people or 'clan mothers' to which they have given names. Our group is named Helena and dates back 20,000 years! They, like all mankind's races, made their way up out of Africa long before this date but have been identified by archaeological remains as settling in Eastern Europe at that time. Over time they slowly made their way along the Mediteranean, into Spain and up to the area between Spain and France which we know as Basque country. From there, following the receding ice sheets of the last ice age, and while Britain was still attached to Europe, some of them settled in Britain from whom we are descended. Please remember this is not a Riseborough origin but a female line through Emma, her mother, her grandmother, and so on through the female line only.           ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have come across references to a place called RISEBOROUGH CARR and another one THORNTON RISEBOROUGH, both in North Riding of Yorkshire. As yet this hasn't been researched but will do as soon as possible. If anyone knows of these places please do let me know. If you've got a free hour why not research it and help out. Another reference claims the name RISBOROUGH indicates ancestral origins at either MONKS RISBOROUGH, mentioned in 903AD, &/or PRINCES RISBOROUGH, mentioned in 1004AD, both in the county of Buckinghamshire. The place was recorded as HRISANBYRGE in 903 and RISEBERGE in the Doomsday Book. Monks R' belonged to Christchurch, Canterbury, and Princes R' was held by the Black Prince. According to one reference the name Riseborough (& various spellings) means in Old English a hill, or hills, covered in Brushwood. In the year 1336 King Edward 3rd. of England invited Flemish artisans to work in England. They were skilled in weaving and cloth making. Many of them settled in Norwich and surrounding towns. In 1565/6 Walloons and Dutch, being Protestants, fled to England from the Netherlands to escape religious persecution. They, like their predecessors, were skilled in the manufacture of worsted and silk materials. In 1582 there were nearly 5,000 in Norwich! Were our ancestors one of them? 1563 Hautbois Magna, Aylsham District: The names of the next two, husband and wife, are of continental origin: GILIELMI & URSELIE RISBROUGH. I believe Gilielmi is French for William. Another early one is 1597. WOOLFRIM RISBROUGH who paid 20s land tax at Thurgarton, Erpingham District.