Hello, The DEWHURST family I'm researching started in Blackburn, Lanc, ENG - moved to Chorley, Lanc, ENG about 1815 then to Lowell, MA in the late 1840s and to NYC about 1860. The primary first names were: James DEWHURST & Mary BOLTON (mar Blackburn 1793) Children: Maria 1794, Thomas 1798 (mar Agnes Anderton), William Bolton Dewhurst 1800 (mar Jane Cookson), Mary 1802, Maria 1806, Elizabeth 1808-1865 - AND --- James Kirkham DEWHURST 1796 - &Jane BROWNE (Mar 1816 in Chorley) Children: Mary 1818 (mar Jonathan Gent - lived Manchester), William 1819 marr Catherine ? lived New Brunswick, NJ), Elizabeth 1825 (mar John Dowling, lived Bolton, Lanc, Eng), Sarah 1827 (mar ? Blake - lived ENG), James 1831, Hannah 1833 (mar Albert E Moors, lived Lowell, MA) AND ---- Richard James DEWHURST & Anne HENDERSON (mar in Glasgow, Scotland) & Ellen B REGAN (married MA or NYC?) Children of RJ & Anne Henderson were: Adeliade - about 1840 (mar Andrew Emerson, lived Hoboken, NJ), Ann Jane - about 1845 (mar Patrick Grady, lived Jersey City, NJ), William James 1845 -1860, Franklin 1848 - 1873, Charles 1849 Lowell, Ma (mar Augusta Schick , lived Jersey City, NJ), Henrietta 1853-1868. Children of RJ & Ellen B REGAN were: Ida 1860 - 1865 NYC, Mary E 1861 NYC ---, Richard 1864 - 1865 NYC, Ida Belle 1865 -(MAY have married ? Sparks), Nellie 1867 (mar George Willard Young, lived Bklyn, NY), Emma 1870 (mar L. Edward Delanoi, lived Bklyn, NY) AND --- Richard James DEWHURST & Ann HAYDEN Children were: Helen 1895 (marr Arthur Brooks) Frances 1896 (marrr Steven Oswald Mott) Margarite 1898 (marr Ernest Franklin) Richard James 1905 (marr Florence MacIntosh) I'd be happy to share more specific info with anyone else who shares an interest in this line. You might also want to check out the GenConnect boards at Rootsweb. There have been recent changes that have expanded the number of boards dedicated to the DEWHURST surname. There are now specific boards to post Wills, Deeds, Obits etc. Still no specific place to put vital records, but whatever is posted is easily searched. Take a look at: Dewhurst Cluster page http://resources.rootsweb.com/~clusters/surnames/d/e/DEWHURST/ Dewhurst Queries http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/dew/Dewhurst Dewhurst Bible Records http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/d/e/DEWHURST/bible_recor ds Dewhurst Biographies http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/d/e/DEWHURST/bible_recor ds Dewhurst Deeds http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/d/e/DEWHURST/deeds Dewhurst Obituaries http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/d/e/DEWHURST/obituaries Dewhurst Pensions http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/d/e/DEWHURST/pensions Dewhurst Wills http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/d/e/DEWHURST/wills