Hi Valerie, First I want to thank you for that wonderful information. I know very little about the Scowcroft's but since it is not a very common name I would have to say that any Scowcroft's in the Harwood area would have to be related in some way. I do know that my Sarah Scowcroft's parents were Richard Scowcroft and Sarah Hamer but I have no other information on them. I do not know who Sarah's siblings were and would like to learn that information and any other information available. John & Sarah Scowcroft Booth left England and this is the information passed down: "It was said that John S. Booth was a manufacturer in his native country, of England. He brought the family to America, leaving at 4:00 Thursday 9 of Sept.1830 and settled in Westchester county, N. Y" Thank you again, Jan Buker -----Original Message----- From: Valerie Lirakis [mailto:v.lirakis@ntlworld.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 11:54 AM To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] BOOTH - FIELDING - ORRELL Jan Buker writes <If anyone has information on this family and collateral lines it would be > greatly appreciated. I believe there were Scowcrofts still in Harwood in > the 1960's and Booth's around the 1920's.> > Hi Jan, Turton Local History published a book last year entitled Samuel Scowcroft, A Bradshaw Man 1838-1914, who was a diarist. This is what it says: Quote ... there have been many Scowcrofts in Bradshaw and Harwood over the centuries, a number of them being notable figures in local society, including farmers, publicans, colliery owners and managers. Samuel was descended from John Scowcroft, his grandfather, who was born at Ruins, Harwood on the 21st December 1777 and baptized at Bolton Parish Church on the 15th February 1778. He was described as a weaver when he married Martha Haslam on the 20th July 1800 at Bolton Parish Church. They had eleven children and lived as tenant farmers at Springside Farm, Harwood in 1841, later moving to Scowcroft Houses, Ruins Lane, Harwood in 1851. By 1861 they lived at Middle of the Moor Harwood. John was a trustee of Harwood Wesleyan School when teetotalism came to Harwood on the 29th May 1835. The first meeting of the Harwood Temperance Society was held at Harwood Wesleyan School and John was the first person to sign the pledge, becoming a founder member of the Society. In 1837 John was the first elected Guardian of the Poor for Bradshaw Township. He was a very strict and religious person all his life and when he appeared in the Harwood Wesleyan School and thumped his stick on the floor there was an immediate silence and complete order. John's eldest son Samuel was the father of Samuel the diarist. Samuel married Jane Bolton of Harwood at Bolton Parish Church on the 18th July 1817 when they were 20 and 17 respectively. Samuel and Jane had six children, John born 1818, Sophia 1822, Richard 1827, Sarah 1831, Martha 1834 who died as a young child, and Samuel Junior born 15th September 1838. The youngest son became the author of the diaries which he kept for nearly 50 years. unquote Could it be that your Sarah was a member of this family? Valerie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Buker" <jcbuker@bukerfamily.org> To: <ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 9:04 PM Subject: RE: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] BOOTH - FIELDING - ORRELL > > Hi Annie > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.1/344 - Release Date: 19/05/2006 ==== ENG-LAN-BOLTON Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from this list, send the command "unsubscribe" to ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L-request@rootsweb.com (if in mail mode) or ENG-LAN-BOLTON-D-request@rootsweb.com (if in digest mode.) ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

Jan Buker wrote Tuesday, May 23, 2006 8:25 PM < I know very > little about the Scowcroft's but since it is not a very common name I > would > have to say that any Scowcroft's in the Harwood area would have to be > related in some way.> Hi Jan, I will try and find out who Samuel's g.grandparents were. Valerie -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.0/346 - Release Date: 23/05/2006