Hi Ann, This family is not my Barrass line, but I have several parish register entries that relate to them and thoroughly confused me. Perhaps someone can help. In 1776 William BARRAFOOT and Mary OLD were married in Chester-le-Street. In 1776 Thomas BARRAFOOT was baptized with residence shown as Howlett Hall. In 1779 William BARRAS son of William and Mary was baptized with residence shown as Howlett Hall. In 1781 James BARRASS son of William and Mary, living at Bis(?) house(?). In 1785 Mary BARROWFOOT is born to William and Mary at Pelton. In 1787 Wm BARROWFOOT of Pelton is buried. In 1795 Ann illegitimate daughter of Mary BARRAS of Pelton is baptized. In 1798 Michael Fairless, 1st son of Wm Fairless of Pelton and Mary BARRAS late OLD, native of Lanchester, is baptized. It looked to me as if the names Barrafoot and Barras were being confused in these entries. Some slight further evidence: there is a 1754 baptism for William Barrowfoot, son of Thomas, in CLS, and a 1755 baptism for Mary Old in Lanchester, daughter of James and Mary. If William Barrafoot and William Barrass are the same person, as seems possible, he is not the husband of Grace Cunningham. Pamela Huddleston Honolulu, Hawaii ----- Original Message ----- From: <ynge@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <DUR-NBL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 5:35 AM Subject: [DUR-NBL] William Barras 1760 >I have been looking for quite a few years for Ancestors of William Barras, > b 1760 in Chester le Street, who married Grace Cunningham in Tynemouth on > 17 Novenber 1783. I thought his father would have been named Francis as > his first child was given this name.The Barras way of naming children > after father/grandfather wouldhave been kept up. > Another family line has already placed him as possibly marrying Mary Tate > and having ?2 sons William 1779 and James 1781. I have found no other > children for this couple and my research into this line was all but > stopped. Then I thought of one other chink of light on this problem. > Could it possibly be that his wife died some time after James's birth and > William then married Grace. She was born in Lamesley. The dates could fit > in. > I would welcome any comments. > 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 >