Hi Ann and Chris...... Your names caught my eye. I am researching John Bowness of Whitehaven, (1737-1787 roughly) and his children. His wife was from Flimby. I have noticed both Spedding and Brownrigg many times for two reasons. The minister of either St. James or Holy Trinity (1:30 am here and not looking for my notes, grin)......was a Thomas Spedding who must have had at least 14 children......and Brownrigg is a name stuck in my memory banks, as it is a family here in the Maritimes in Canada and the lawyer I worked for was married to a Brownrigg descendant. I haven't followed up on the Brownriggs over here, but I should imagine they emigrated to Newfoundland, as Ann was from there. Maritimers (people of Nfld, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) tended to stay close to home until well into the 1900's. Our Bowness family didn't leave the Island until Dad did in 1928. And they arrived there in 1820. Just thought I would mention the Brownriggs in particular as I could search thru some of the online censuses for Newfoundland. I am pretty sure I didn't run across it in PEI, but did find one of Fred Mantey's Barwise's in PEI........as well as Jamaica. It is certainly a very small world, isn't it. I found one of my Bowness Islanders worked in the same bank in Jamaica as my husband did!! Heather > Mary Spedding (?-1794), dau. of John of Whitehaven who died in 1758, > married William Brownrigg, Dr. (1712-1800) of Whitehaven on 6 August, 1741. > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >