Bad news to go with Sarah good news kids.. I checked the "Parish Maps of the Counties of England and Wales", and there is no Chalton Parish in Northumberland County. Closest fit is a Chatton Parish in the north central part of the County. Most of the parishes were not formed until the 1600's or later, so perhaps Chalton was a Scottish parish. Just additional information... Steven A. Bridges huskyfan2ix.netcom.com Sarah Hambrick wrote: > > OK Kids - > > Sarah's has been searching the maps at the PCL again (Perry-Casteneda Library at UT Austin. > No, I'm not a t-sip, but actually a maroon-blooded Aggie. But PCL DOES have a FANTASTIC > collection of maps online!) > > check out > > http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/europe/United_Kingdom.GIF > > Northumberland County is in far NE England, right by the Scotland Border. About 80-90 miles > S-SE of Edinburgh. (When the map comes up, click the frame once to the right, and once down, > and Northumberland County should be very near the middle of the screen (on a 15 in monitor, > anyway). > > Hope this helps! > > Sarah > > Joan Gardner wrote: > > > Recently while at the library I ran across the following which personally I think may be > > a real clue for us: > > Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly Historical & Genealogical > > Magazine. > > The Strother Family > > .......(will not send all the page).......Alan del Strother, Lord of Lyham, in the > > Parish of Chalton, County of Northumberland, England, had by a fine (Temp.23 Edward III) > > 1349, 100 merke and half of the Manor of Lyham. He was High Sheriff of Northumberland > > 1354-5 and married Constance de Lyham. Alan del Strother, son of Alan, Lord of Lyham, > > was High Sheriff of Northumberland 1356-7 and Warden of the Castle of Shire of Roxburgh > > in 1368 and in 1376 was succeeded in that command by Thomas Percy, Earl of > > Northumberland, by the King's order "To hold them in the same manner that Alan del > > Strother had holden them". Prior to this time, in 1369, he was appointed Bailiff of > > Tindale and had custody of the Manors of Werk and Balester. He died in 1381, seized of > > Kirkharle, Whalton, Barrington, Denon, Wallington, Whitchester, HAMRICK, Crookden, Sweet > > Hope and lands in Lyham......... > > Personally I believe this definitely places Hamricks in England at least by 1381.... > > The Hamricks and Strothers were all around each other in the United States. > > Does anyone have a good map of England????? > > > > Joan > > -- > Sarah E. Hambrick [email protected] > > "There's enough youth, how about a fountain of smart?" - unknown