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The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 3 Send Message	Karen	Report	13 Feb 2005 12:56
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 3 Send Message	The name 'Pusey' means 'The isle of peas' and refers to a smal hamlet near Faringdon. Legend has it that William Pusey saved King Canute's life, and in gratitude the King gave him the right of cornage, i.e. all the land where a horn's blast could be heard from a fixed point. The horn is now in the V&A Museum. Pusey House has long gone out of family ownership. The 19th.c Edward Bouverie Pusey was born there, but in fact was not a true Pusey as his father, Philip Bouverie added the name when he inherited it from the last surviving Pusey, Jane.l

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