Hi Howard, Although the dates are out there is a John Harland sailed from the port of Stockton, Durham in the week 19-26 April 1774 on the ship Mary to Halifax, Nova Scotia. John was said to be a Shopkeeper, aged 30 and going to seek better employment. All the passengers are said to be from Durham but could possibly just be the port they sailed from. The information is on both Ancestry and the Immigrants Ships website. Regards, Gillian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Speck" <howards@infionline.net> To: "Cecilia Bell" <bell193@btinternet.com> Cc: "England Durham Yorkshire mail list" <ENG-DURHAM-YORKS@rootsweb.com>; "England Durham mail list" <ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com>; "Durham Northumberland mail list" <DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 6:59 PM Subject: Re: [DUR-NBL] [ENG-DURHAM-YORKS] Brancepeth,Durham: HARLAND-DEIGHTON > Cecilia, > I am definitely NOT certain that my John HARLAND was born in Brancepeth. > I have searched Philadelphia documentation and UK records that have come > online over nearly 20 years, with NO evidence of a connection to my JH. > Over that time I have collected several of England's births and/or > baptisms > for John HARLANDs (including Rosedale, New Malton, Kirby-Overblow, > Hinderwell, Great Driffield, and Whitby) who appear to have entered the > world during or near the year 1753, but none were referenced to have > emigrated to the States, and none of the others seemed to have a DEIGHTON > connection. I hold 3 two-inch volumes of document copies for the HARLAND > family of Philadelphia, but none of them tells me his exact birthdate, > exact date of emigration, the name of his ship, the names of his parents, > or his parish of birth in England. But thank you for your interest and > response. > > Howard > > <Howard, > You don't say why you are so certain that your John HARLAND is from > Brancepeth, Co. Durham. > HARLAND is a fairly common name, particularly in North Yorkshire as well > as > Durham, and especially folks with the name of John HARLAND. > A search on Ancestry reveals the surname all over the country. You only > say that the tombstone says that John HARLAND was a native of England. Do > you have any other information to back up your suggestion that your John > is > from the parish you mention? > > Worshipping in Episcopalian churches would be a fairly logical progression > for someone who had previously worshipped in the Church of England. > > Regards, > Cecilia in Essex UK > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > To Post a message to this list send it to, > DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > List Web Page > http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUR-NBL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message