the vast majority of the cambridgeshire and lincolnshire culys are descended from one couple namely john cuvelier the son of abraham and jane who married marie tegredin in 1660 the daughter of jean tegredin who died in 1655[ my 5x great grandfather]. they went on to produce several children including david culy who formed a religious sect at the end of the 17th. century. most of the culys settled in wisbech st. peter where they almost exclusively married culy cousins. if they didnt marry culys they married tegerdines. there is evidence that a few related cuveliers who had settled in vermuydens drainage colony in the isle of axholme in 1626 left to live in lincolnshire and derbyshire in the mid 17th. century. martin william tegerdine