In a message dated 01/01/04 15:46:58 GMT Standard Time, brucemoorhouse@rogers.com writes: > My Moorhouse line is mainly from WYks but I have come to a dead end. > Somewhere I read that my line perhaps had its origins in Lancashire. > > If that be the case then maybe someone on this list would recognize the name > THOMAS MOORHOUSE. Thomas was born ca 1698 and was a searge weaver by trade. > In WYks he was married twice. First in 1723 to Sarah WRIGHT and then in 1727 > to Agnes MIDGLEY. He had 6 children that I know of- John, Jane, George, Mary, > John and Anne. > > If any of this sounds familiar at all to anyone I would be delighted to > hearf rom you. I dont know where in W Yorks your Thomas was but it might be worth having a look around the Skipton area. My Moorhouses originally came from there and were based there pre-1650 and its only a spit and a jump from W Yorks.