Thanks Pamela. darn it I thought I might just have cracked it. William marrying Grace in Christ Church is pretty certain. IGI has William as being born in Chester Le Street and Grace in Lamesley. I have found nothing at all about Grace. Their children are: Eleanor 1786 Harraton, C.L.S Elizabeth 1788 " Mary 1793 Penshaw William (Henry) 1795 Benton Isabella 1798 Wapping Square, Benton Ann 1800 Dorothy 1804 Tynemouth Son William 1795 first sons are names Francis, James and William. I cannot proceed without finding William 1760 father. Ann

Some entries in the IGI for this couple are patron submitted and appear to be errors. The baptisms of these children show parents to be William and Grace: 1784 Thomas Tynemouth 1786 Eleanor Chester-le-Street 1788 Elizabeth Chester-le-Street 1791 John Penshaw 1793 Mary Penshaw 1795 William Chester-le-Street 1798 Isabella Penshaw 1800 Ann Penshaw 1804 Dorothy Tynemouth Dorothy's baptism shows her father as a native of Chester. Except for the Penshaw baptisms, I have read these entries in the parish registers, so I am reasonably certain they are correct. Penshaw registers are available only at the Durham Record Office, so if you are able to make a trip there, you should be able to confirm the parish of William's birth. My personal guess is that he is baptized 25 May 1760 in Lanchester, son of Thomas and Elizabeth, but only the Penshaw registers will be able to confirm if "Chester" means Chester-le-Street or Lanchester. The Lamesley registers are also only available at the DRO, so you should also be able to find Grace's baptism there. Best wishes, Pamela ----- Original Message ----- From: <ynge@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <DUR-NBL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 2:24 AM Subject: [DUR-NBL] William Barras 1760 > Thanks Pamela. darn it I thought I might just have cracked it. William > marrying Grace in Christ Church is pretty certain. IGI has William as > being born in Chester Le Street and Grace in Lamesley. I have found > nothing at all about Grace. > Their children are: > Eleanor 1786 Harraton, C.L.S > Elizabeth 1788 " > Mary 1793 Penshaw > William (Henry) 1795 Benton > Isabella 1798 Wapping Square, Benton > Ann 1800 > Dorothy 1804 Tynemouth > > Son William 1795 first sons are names Francis, James and William. > I cannot proceed without finding William 1760 father. > Ann > > > ==== 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 >