Many thanks, Chris. It is Daniel Magson's will of 1670, brother-in-law of Gawen Brownrigg.

Ann Brownrigg writes: 'It is Daniel Magson's will of 1670, brother-in-law of Gawen Brownrigg.' Yes, thanks Ann. I'm relieved that you were able to identify the name for me. In private correspondence, Ann and I have come to the same conclusions (more or less) about Richard Tubman. My 'assumptions' look valid in the light of usually cruel facts. I've noticed that, as well as entries in 'Cumberland Families and Heraldry' about Tubmans and Dickinsons, there is an entry about the Brownriggs of Ormathwaite - starting with a Gawen Brownrigg of Millbeck, Keswick, with sons Giles, Henry and George. For any of you researching long-established Cumberland names, and at the risk of boring quite a number of you, I'll reiterate the value of buying 'Cumberland Families and Heraldry' by C. Roy Hudleston and RS Boumphrey. Published by the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, it's 400 pages of family biography - a Burkes Gentry for the Cumberland yeomanry. The book should still be in print and available for purchase on the internet. Someone should do something similar for the influx of Cornish and Irish in the nineteenth century. Chris chris@dickinson.uk.net