A branch (by my definition) has 3 or more generations, so the head of the branch has got at least grandchildren. So far I have identified around 30 branches going back in one case to about 1490, although most do not go that far back, and many have just 3 generations. Details are shown on another page, with an index for branch members and another index for their spouses. Descendants of illegitimate children pose a problem as they are not genetically Micklethwaites, yet still bear the name (but the same may also be true for other branches where the illegitimacy has not yet been discovered!) Widows who had children after their husband's death pose an even greater problem. In both situations I have attached the children to the husband, even though he is not the father.

John Micklethwait's site has full details of his 4 branches indicated by an asterisk * in the details

1. The Ingbirchworth Branch, who moved to York, Swine in Holderness, Leeds & Ardsley, Yorkshire.
2. The Cawthorne and Worsbroughdale Branch, followed by Cherry Burton, Yorkshire; Lincolnshire; Kent; Sussex & Bedfordshire.
3. The Hopton Hall Branch, followed initially by Wakefield, Yorkshire.
4. The UK / USA Branch part of which emigrated to the USA in the 19th Century with descendants there and in the UK. DNA suggests a link between this branch and the Ingbirchworth branch.

I also have several unattached branches of 3 or 4 generations, where due to there being several similarly named individuals or similar problems, it has not yet been possible to attach them to one of the main branches. I'd like to hear from anyone with more details of them.

There is a family which appears briefly in the Bahamas although only 2 generations have been identified - Richard, son of Christopher and Jane, was a plantation owner. Families still bear the name (usually Micklewhite) in the islands.

3 branches originate in the area between Hemsworth and Goole - are they related?

• Jonathan 1660 Hemsworth JM600 (now part of the branch of Richard 1604 Cawthorne JM1025)
• Richard 1727 Fishlake m5861
• Jonathan 1729 Campsall m5934

Additionally I suspect that the Michaelwaite branch may come from this area.

Of the 27 main branches, 16 are known to have living male descendants who still bear the name Micklethwaite (or a variant of it). 11 have died out.

As of 15/09/2014 there are:

• 4069 birth/baptism records
• 2477 marriages
• 2158 deaths/burials
• 314 1841 census records
• 369 1851 census records
• 413 1861 census records
• 374 1871 census records
• 464 1881 census records
• 490 1891 census records
• 572 1901 census records
• 595 1911 census records
• 1540 Miscellaneous records for 357 individuals
• 303 wills mentioning 372 individuals
• Total number of entries 14207

Number of individuals with this number of entries:

Total individuals: 5504 of which 4059 are members of a branch; plus 2913 spouses.

For comparison Stephen Archer's Surname Atlas 1881 count has 405 Micklethwaite, 27 Micklethwaits, and 2 Micklewhites plus sundry others - here's his map.

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