Hi I'm new to the list. I am currently researching my family who were from North Hylton in the 1840s and who were in Washington before that. My gt-gt-grandmother was Sarah Ann Wood who married Thomas Stewart in 1849 at St Peter's. Her father was Thomas Wood, born in 1791 and her grandparents were Stephen Wood and Barbara nee Heron/Herron. Both Thomas's were involved in iron and/or shipbuilding. I'm not from Durham myself, so if anyone can shed light on why the family may have moved from Washington to Hylton, I'd be grateful, as I haven't been able to find out much about the type of jobs in the Washington area circa 1790s. Many thanks Sue