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