David C. Blackwell has an interest in the Tunstead family of  the High Peak Hundred of Derbyshire pre 1700.

John Tunstead of Tunstead in the Peak, Derbyshire. He appears in a few Derbyshire Grants. circa Edward IV later 1400s.


Tunsted of Tunsted in the High Peak Hundred of Derbyshire

Arms: Sable Three falcons close argent.

from Vistation of Derbyshire 1662-1664 pg.129
for earlier generations see Vis. 1611 pg.176-7

I . Anthony Tunsted of Tunsted, Derbyshire, mar. Joyce dau. of __ Malherbe of __ Wilts.

II . John Tunsted of Tunsted died about 1624, mar. Anne dau. of Thomas Flacher of Hanson Grange, Derbys. and had issue:

III . Francis Tunsted died about 1636 mar. Thomsine dau. of WIlliam Baxter of Sharphill,Yorks.

IV . James Tunsted of Tunsted age 61 in 1661 mar. Grace dau. of Nicholas Redfern of Wormhill, Derbys.and had a son Francis (see below) and m2.Helen dau. of Richard Senior of Cowley, Derbys. and had a son Robert and daughter Elizabeth (see below).


Glenda Schneider <Dagas@onlink.net>  writes:
Hi David, I am researching the family of :

Richard Tunstead who was born in Ireland, around 1810.
He married Rachel Scanlon, b. around 1812 also from Ireland.
They emmigrated to Newark, N. J. around 1848 with their children:

In 1861 the moved to West Gwillimbury Twp. Simcoe County Ontario, Canada, where they lived until their deaths. I am trying to find the ancestors of Richard Tunstead. If any of this fits with your research, please contact me. I found your E-mail address and the Tunstead name in Roots.
Glenda Schneider <Dagas@onlink.net>
Box 6, Sundridge, Ontario, Canada P0A 1Z0


Hello Glenda Schneider June 21, 1996
... I suspect your Tunsteads probably descend from the Derbyshire Tunsteads.
It seems likely that younger sons of Derbyshire families went to Ireland at various times. ...
British peoples who immigrated to America between the Revolution (1790) and the American Civil War (1860) like my Blackwell ancestor, are often called "mill english"

David Craig Blackwell - http://DavidBlackwell.us
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