3000 miles to Coggeshall

Last year I had an unexpected visit from a nephew from Toronto. He said he would like to pop in and see me. He arrived early afternoon and when asked what he would like to do, said he would love to visit Coggeshall in Essex. He said his father had been boring him for years about the family tree, but now he was over here he would rather like to visit. We agreed to take him and after a difficult 80 mile journey arrived in Coggeshall about 4.15. Our first call was to the public loos in the square. I was waiting outside and got talking to two ladies. I asked one how long she had lived in Coggeshall and she said "all my life". Oh well I said (rather boastingly) my family has lived here for 400 years, the name in Jepp. Oh she said "my name is Jepp too" When my nephew came out from the toilets, I said "Dave you have come all the way from Toronto, gone 80 miles and at this precise time have met another Jepp who in fact appears on our Family Tree" Can you imagine my own surprise because I had spent some years researching the name Jepp (originally Gyppes) and had to halt my searches when I had got back to a William Gyppes in 1580. This ladies husband was in direct line to William and was still living in Coggeshall. NB If anyone knows how a William Gyppes and his brother Moses arrived in Coggeshall in the 1580's, I would love to hear from them. Ron Jepp