My DEWHURST line descends from James DEWHURST Sr. James was born abt. 1750 in England. Married to Elizabeth DRINKWATER (b. bef. 1745) on June 10, 1769 in Ribchester. 2nd Generation: James DEWHURST Jr.(James Sr.) born abt. 1770 married Jane GREENHALL on Feb. 3, 1788 in Ribchester. 3rd Generation: John DEWHURST (James Jr., James Sr) born abt. 1790 married Nancy WATSON (b. abt. 1810) on May 5, 1823 in Ribchester. 4th Generation: William DEWHURST (John, James Jr., James Sr) born 1823 in Longridge Lancs. married Esther COOPER ( b. Abt. 1826 in Plymouth Eng.) on June 19, 1848 in Bentham Parish, Co. York. 5th Generation: Elizabeth DEWHURST (Wm., John, James Jr., James Sr.) born 1859 married George DERHAM (b. 1856 in Lancaster) on March 20, 1880 in or around Blackburn Lancs. Elizabeth had six other siblings: James b. 1849, Ann b. 1855, William H. b.1857, Joseph b. 1861, Jane b. 1864 and Esther b. 1866 6th Generation: George DERHAM ( Eliz., Wm, John, James Jr, James Sr) born 1889 in Blackburn, Lancs. married Ethel Estelle SCOTT (b. 1897 in Newburgh NY) on Nov. 22, 1922. George, his mother Elizabeth, Sister Jane Ann emigrated on the ship Coronia on April 1, 1911 and landed in Ellis Island NY on or abt. April 9, 1911 and proceeded upriver abt. 60 miles to Newburgh NY. George's siblings were: Jane Ann b. 1881 married to Richard PARK, ELiz. Ellen b. 1883 d. 1884, William b. 1885 d. 1966 and John b. 1887 d. 1907. Richard PARK and Wm. DERHAM had already emigrated to Newburgh NY in 1910 on the Lusitania. They all worked in the cotton industry in Blackburn and emigrated to Newburgh to work in the factories especially the Newburgh Bleachery which was owned by the CHADWICK family from England. 7th Generation: John Scott DERHAM, Sr. (Geo, Eliz., Wm, John, James Jr, James Sr) born in 1929 in Newburgh NY married Joan GERKEN (b. 1930 in Newburgh) on June 28, 1952. John had one other sibling, Anne born in 1926 in Newburgh now living in Lexington KY. John and Joan had five children: Brian b. 1955, Gary b. 1960, Robin (THIS IS ME!) born 1962, John Scott born 1966 and Mark born 1967. We all still live in the City of Newburgh with the exception on Mark who is in N. Carolina. I would love to fill in some of the older information. If anyone can help, please email me. Thanks alot. Robin Galage Ireland: Coyle, Dennegan, Woods, Brophy, Kerwin, Burke, Farley, Sherry, Cooper, Scott, Brown, Moore, Peel England: Dewhurst, Derham, Cooper, Watson, Drinkwater Brooklyn NY: Coyle, Dennegan, Woods, Burke, Farley, Gerken, Christianson Newburgh NY/New Windsor NY/Cornwall NY: McKinney, Jennings, Owens, Miller, Jones, Scott, Brown, Peel, Kerwin, Brophy, Derham, Galage Italy/Dobbs Ferry NY: Casadone, Galage, Gallace, Salerno, DiGiorgio Germany: Gerken, Von Der Lieth, Bergholz Sweden: Wester, Christiansson, Eliasdotter