The Rymill Family History and Family Tree

The Geography of the Rymill Family

In my research I found that the Rymill side of my family originated around Banbury. Pushing further back, the family appeared to occupy small villages in the surrounding area, specifically Deddington. I decided to examine the frequency of Rymill births based upon the census documents.

The above graphic shows (left) the density of Rymills born between 1760 and 1780, and (right) shows Rymills born between 1850 and 1890. There is no question that the family and this surname is centred upon Oxfordshire when examining the births from the last two hundred and fifty years.

This next map shows location of all the Rymills which I have come across when researching my family in that area. The concentric circles radiate out from Deddington in 5 mile divisions because Deddington is the birth-place of all my earliest-known ancestor, and therefore I judge all the Rymills I find in relation to this, in order to determine their likely relationship to my direct family.

For example, I have found Rymill families sharing similar christian names to those in my family living a mere mile away in Clifton during the same census year. Clearly there is some relationship between these families but further research is required to determine if they are brothers or cousins, or more distantly related. I am certain that the high frequency of the Rymill name (and its variants such as Rymal and Rimell) in the same area shows that they are all the same family, however distantly related.