Foundation
Start with Peter’s ancestors
Follow the documented family groups back through Brunning, Warren, McComb, Osman, Melhado, Kellett and Napier.
Explore the research
This is a working reconstruction, not a fully proved pedigree. Read a person’s profile to see the source for each relationship, then follow the evidence links to assess the records yourself.
85Person records
139Sourced relationships
35Findings & conflicts
72Source entries
Provisional extension
The early Brunning branch
Ten candidate collateral records have been added from the Cosford compilation. Their connection to the anchor depends on unresolved ancestral links.
Historical lives
Beyond birth and death
Newly located material includes an official appointment, a militia entry, a recording credit and Canadian archive leads.
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Keep uncertainty in the tree. “Inherited” means reported by Peter, not independently verified here. “Provisional” needs original-record checks. An archive lead identifies a record whose contents have not yet been read.
Research still to do
The first priorities are the original early Brunning parish records, the conflicting Osman birth evidence, and Irish McComb parentage. The Napier descent does not yet establish a link to the inventor of logarithms. The research log lists specific records to obtain.
The current Cantab site was used. The supplied Wayback copy did not yield readable historical content, so updates since that snapshot have not been established. Only selected ancestors and historical collateral relatives are included.
The family tree
Select a person for their story. Dashed lines mark uncertain connections.
People
Evidence, additions & conflicts
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Source register
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