Hi there I'm investigating the extinction of the line of Bowes of Barnes (just west of Bishopwearmouth in County Durham) and the short-lived ownership of Barnes by William Haddock (who may be a forefather of mine). I think I have established that a lot of what was said in Surtees etc. is incorrect, and especially the 1640 date for Haddock marrying a Bowes daughter. It would appear that instead 1640 was when William Bowes married Ann Ventris with whom he had issue, two of whom survived when the Barnes estate went through the Compounding process after William Bowes' death in 1649 / 50. One of the two children was another William Bowes who died in about 1662 and my hypothesis is that the other was a Mary, who had married William Haddock by 1666 when there is baptism record for their son George, although there is also a reference to a second William Haddock who was presumably born earlier. The estate was sold in two tranches in the late 1660's / early 1670's, I suspect because it was already burdened by Bowes' family debts (although Surtees etc. blame the Haddocks' mismanagement), although the elder William Haddock was still described as "of Barnes" when he was buried in 1679. The only subsequent reference to these Haddocks is in the context of a court case over tithes when widow Elizabeth Haddock and her son Nicholas get a mention. My presumption is that they are the relict and son of the younger William. Despite most of the church records now being available on line there are too many Haddock lines in Sunderland to identify which is which, which is made worse by the effects of the Civil War etc. on those records, which means I have not been able to trace details for the Haddock-Bowes marriage, the birth / baptism of the Bowes children or the younger William Haddock, or his subsequent marriage. Searching for Bowes Barnes on this forum drew a blank, but there seems to have been continued interest in earlier generations of this family and I was was wondering whether anyone had looked into these aspects and would be willing to share their knowledge with me. Regards James Haddock