Interesting: I still can't think it can be anything but Ald. Jere(miah) Barstow. Do you think 'd. of' or 'widow of' might have gone missing somewhere along the line? I'm pretty sure women were never allowed to be Aldermen until the 20th century. Terry and Tracey <middleton@foxcrofts.com> wrote:Thnaks very much. However, I neglected to say that Jere. Ald is a female. Is is written as the second wife of one of the people in the tree. Sam. Foxcroft ==>2. Ald. Jere. obt. 10 Oct 1713 Barstow of Leeds s.p ob s.p. 20 Aug 1742. I hope this emails OK. Thanks again. It makes things so much clearer! Foxy ----- Original Message ----- Com. Lane should be Com. Lanc. = Comitatus Lancastriensis = County of Lancaster = Lancashire! Tatham is about 10 miles up the Lune Valley from Lancaster. Not being sure of my Latin, I put that into google and came up with the following site where you find it under L. http://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_locorum_in_Regno_Unito Jere. should be Jeremiah or Jeremy. Ald. is Alderman. ==== ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON Mailing List ==== Check out the Middleton site for up-dates http://www.vmims.com/middleton.htm