Burnell Family Tree

This website details the family history of one branch of the Burnell family originating in the area north of Leeds in Yorkshire in the seventeenth century.

It also covers the ancestors of two of the youngest members of the Burnell family - Matthew and Peter, grandsons to Martin Burnell, the author of this site.

For five generations the family lived in the village of Little Ribston in the West Riding. The picture shows the burial place of Robert and Hannah Burnell in the churchyard in Spofforth - the local parish church.

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Family Tree

Origin of the name

Geographical distribution