Boggis, Cadge, Squirrell, Muzzel and Bareham

Despite all the emigration from East Anglia, and the current vast surge of immigration, there are still signs that the old suffolk families are around and thriving.

My curiosity was triggered by the family historians that regularly contact us looking for records or memories of their ancestors. The old newspapers are awash with mentions of the residents, but we don't record them on the site unless they do something memorable, such as commit murder, play cricket, have melancholy accidents, or get transported. We'd need an army od dedicated historians to transcribe such details of WI meetings, weddings, funerals, parties, hunts, and social gatherings that form the bread in the news sandwitch in local papers

Often, when we get an enquiry, I recognise a 'Good East-Anglian' name. Theobald, Death, Barrell, Bareham, Humm. I recently did some research of my own on the 'clusters' of particular surnames around the area. The Bareham families of Clare are Memorable, as is the Muzzell and Levett surname in Lavenham. The Squirrell family dominate in Waldingfield, Acton Long Melford and Groton. In some parishes, past immigration have formed family 'pockets' with scottish, italian or flemish names.

Here is a quick analysis of some of the more significant clustering of surnames in the area.

No.adults	percent	surname	village
117	28.82%	Squirrell	Little Waldingfield
39	14.77%	Squirrell	Groton
273	13.25%	Squirrell	Acton
117	3.92%	Squirrell	Long Melford
22	2.53%	Smith	Hundon
28	2.26%	Smith	Great Waldingfield
44	2.22%	Bareham	Clare
45	1.75%	Smith	Glemsford
51	1.71%	Smith	Long Melford
101	1.68%	Smith	Great Cornard
33	1.67%	Smith	Clare
26	1.60%	Muzzell	Lavenham
19	1.41%	Smith	Boxford
20	1.23%	Levett	Lavenham
22	1.07%	Smith	Acton
20	0.97%	King	Acton
19	0.96%	Martin	Clare
27	0.91%	Brown	Long Melford
49	0.82%	Brown	Great Cornard
20	0.78%	Clarke	Glemsford
20	0.78%	Slater	Glemsford
45	0.75%	King	Great Cornard
19	0.74%	Brown	Glemsford
21	0.70%	Boggis	Long Melford
21	0.70%	Webb	Long Melford
19	0.64%	Cadge	Long Melford
19	0.64%	Frost	Long Melford
19	0.64%	Jackson	Long Melford
19	0.64%	King	Long Melford
36	0.60%	Fyzool	Great Cornard
34	0.57%	Wright	Great Cornard
30	0.50%	Bareham	Great Cornard
28	0.47%	Palmer	Great Cornard
28	0.47%	Wood	Great Cornard
26	0.43%	Williams	Great Cornard
25	0.42%	Fisher	Great Cornard
25	0.42%	Mills	Great Cornard
24	0.40%	Bird	Great Cornard