This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hartley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TS.2ADE/1749 Message Board Post: William Hartley is in the 1841 Mochrum Wigtownshire as a Merchant Seaman age 70 born Ireland,are there records of Irish Merchant seaman in the late 1700's. Thanks John Hartley