I would love some help with a double-quandary involving the Pavitt and Pafford (aka: Pavit, Pavet, Pavot, Perfect, Paverd, Pavard, Pavord, and Pavoord) families. The primary setting is the border of Somerset and Dorset… with rather lengthy extensions into the States, Newfoundland, and New...
I came across this site while researching my puzzling 2nd great grandfather William Henry Childs (or Chiles),, aka William Childs Pavitt (or Pavord), of Melbury Osmond in Dorset. Very glad to find a forum where a lot of information about English forebears is exchanged.