Dear Phyl, Hanne, and others my ancestors were HANCAR and HANQUAR in the mid 1600s and were in Sandtoft and Hatfield before moving down to Thorney, Whittlesey and Ramsey in the period 1670 to 1700. while in Sandtoft, a HANCAR brother and sister married a LEGRAND brother and sister, and another HANCAR also married Jenne DESTRIE after moving down to Thorney and Whittlesey, the name became written as ANKER, ANKOR, and ANCHOR, before it seems to have standardised to ANKER in the early 1800s. Regards, and happy hunting to everyone in the New Year David Anker Yorkshire, England