There are 2082 people in the INGGS family tree, 1062 males and 1020 females, covering the 19 generations that have been traced over the past 600 years. Of these, 297 have the surname INGGS, 130 BOVEY, 122 INGS, 60 PARKIN and 50 MILDENHALL.
The earliest person in the INGGS line is John INGS who was born in about 1515 and registered his will in 1557. He was the father of Thomas INGES who was born in Dinton, Wiltshire, in about 1544 to be old enough to be the father of William INGES who was christened on 24th August 1564. Over 17 generations, John and his wife have 932 traceable descendants with 387 spouses.
The earliest person in the BOVEY line of the greater INGGS family tree is Robert ROWE of Rowe Place, Aylesford, Kent, who was born in about 1403 to be old enough to be the father of Richard ROWE who was born in Kingston, Devon in 1428. The BOVEY connection to the ROWEs was made much later in 1725 when Robert's 7g-granddaughter, Margaret, married Thomas BOVEY. Thomas's 3g-grandfather, Nicholas BOVEY, is the earliest traced BOVEY and he was born in Staverton, Devon, in about 1550. Thomas and Margaret's grandson, John, married Mary MICHELMORE at Buckfastleigh in 1791. Mary's 5g-grandfather, William is the earliest traced MICHELMORE and he was born in Buckfastleigh in about 1545. The BOVEY line covers 19 generations.
The most common first name in the greater INGGS family tree is John with 78 occurances, William is next with 72, closely followed by Mary (66), then Elizabeth (51), Thomas (32) and James (29).
Staverton is the place where most family events took place over the years - 91 births, marriages and deaths are recorded there. Buckfastleigh appears 82 times and Ringwood, Hampshire, 41, as does Barford, Wiltshire. In South Africa, Port Elizabeth crops up 73 times, Uitenhage 68 and Durban 59.