Hello all, The data on the Skipton line is on our website: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jmbhome/1dewhurst.html or http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jmbhome/dewhurstname.html#Cotton and was contributed by David Freeman.... his email addie is on the page and he is on this list. Good luck and let us all know if you make any headway! Jana Black Listowner, DEWHURST-L Roger Dewhurst wrote: > At 17:22 25/09/00 SDT, you wrote: > >Form: Reply > > > >Text: (35 lines follow) > > > >Can anyone verify the story of a Miss Dewhurst of Belle Vue Mill, Skipton who > >eloped with a coachman and was disinherited? We are supposed to be descended > >from the Dewhurst's of Sylko cotton thread fame. Perhaps the coachman was > >called Oldfield or Thorp ?? > > > >Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. > >---------- Original Text ---------- > > > A year or so ago I posted some information on Dewhursts from Skipton. > Unfortunately I have mislaid the original material. Can anyone who has this > please re-post it. > > Roger Dewhurst.