This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SVC.2ACEB/161.3 Message Board Post: Most of the people surnamed Baron appear to have come from Lancashire. I know of only a few in Yorkshire. Most of those came from the East Riding, Hull and Patrington etc. My husband is descended from Edward Baron b. Patrington around 1774. Edward was a customs official in Hull, he had at least 8 daughters and 1 son. I know that he had a cousin also called Edward and an Uncle or Cousin called Thomas Bylith Baron, but although I have been able to find out quite a lot about him I am not sure who his parents were. Dont know whether this is any use to you. cynthia Jones