Hi Carol, First an apology regarding the two Francis's. It was the dates. There were two separate Francis Barraclough's both baptised in January 1686 (one at Bradford Parish Church and the other at Wibsey Chapel), both with fathers also called Abraham. As it is so confusing I have expanded and uploaded my Family Group 6.27 to include both. I have also included the linked Family Group of Francis Barraclough and Mary Pollard (1685 to 1800), Family Group 6.1; these are my ancestors. As I said I haven't researched your family line but it does look as if Hannah Pollen/Pullen/Pollard are one and the same. I have arrived at Pollard after examining the actual handwriting, but spellings, handwriting and the general condition of the documents make transcribing with certainty difficult. Whilst writing I would like to comment (oh no not again) on the marriage of Abraham Barraclough to Agnes Rayner in 1604. This marriage is not recorded at Halifax Parish Church, but the Marriage Licence was for Halifax or Hartshead. I have now checked the Parish Registers for Hartshead. These have not survived before 1612. The Bishop's Transcripts archived in York start from 1600, but the year 1604 is missing, as is 1603 and 1605. I have therefore concluded that the marriage did take place at Hartshead and have amended the Family Group 6.27 on my web site accordingly. I did discover that the name Raynor/Rayner was common in Hartshead, so Agnes probably came from there. The name Awbrey and its variant spellings is also common in the general area. The marriage of Abraham Barraclough and Sarah Barraclough in 1665 at Bradford Parish Church is interesting. Abraham was the son of Francis and Elizabeth (FG 6.27), but where did Sarah Barraclough come from? There must have been another unrelated family around. Could this have been the family of James Barraclough and Dorothy Judson of Great Horton who married at Bradford in 1608? What did happen to James' family, did they end up in Eccleshill? Jeff Sutcliffe http://www.btinternet.com/~jeff.sutcliffe Researching Ambler, Baker, Barraclough, Bates, Booth, Broadbent, Brook, Brown, Chadwick, Collins, Coning, Crowther, Fearnley, Hanson, Hardcastle, Hartas, Harwood, Holmes, Metcalf, Nowell, Oliver, Pennington, Pollard, Radcliffe, Roebuck, Routh, Smith, Sugden, Sutcliffe, Tordoff, Ventress, Walker, Whitaker, Whiteley, Wilkinson, Wilson All of the Yorkshire Area. -----Original Message----- From: Ray Whitham [mailto:razorcc@yahoo.com] Sent: 16 May 2004 14:00 To: BARRACLOUGH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: BARRACLOUGH-D Digest V04 #57 My appologies for assuming you had all the information Jeff. I am filling it in for you and the rest of the list and maybe I can get it right. I am clear up to Joseph B. and Hannah Robinson. I am assuming also that Hannah Pollen and Pollard are the same person. I found spelled both ways and I have May 24 1734 as the marriage date. I had 2 sons attached somewhere in here as Francis one yours married to Martha Wood which I fixed and another. I guess my confusion is after Abraham and Hannah Pullen/Pollard to Joseph and Betty Smith. I have made a mistake in here and probably not just one but would like to get it right. So you listers anyone got the solution???? My head is spinning its the blone hair showing up again after all these years. Carol