Thank you for allowing me to join your group. My name is Ron and I was born in Bootle (the one near Liverpool) in the late 1940’s. My wife, who is also from Bootle, and we currently live near Adelaide in Sth. Australia. I have been researching both of our trees for about three years and had some success though I do have trouble keeping on track whilst searching. I tend to go off down interesting looking pathways. My main search in Lancashire is the CHISNALL family, there are various ways to spell it, from the Rochdale/Bolton area. So far I have traced them back to Richard CHISNALL b; 1638 whom I believe married Jane HILTON b; 1657. There does seem to be a discrepancy in the ages there so I need to do some more checking unless one of the members can assist. In my wife’s family I am researching the PRESTONS from the Manchester area. They probably originated in Preston or Leyland as I have a Robert PRESTON  b; 1720 in Leyland married to Jennet BENNET, born around the same year. Cheers, Ron King

Hello Ron, There were a lot of PRESTONS in the Cartmel area of Cumbria. In that area they were aristocrats. They even have a Hall. The city of Preston was named after the Preston's. According to some old record I came across and lost, one of their female relatives was one of the wives of Henry the Eighth. Cartmel is a village in Cumbria, England, 2.2 miles north-west of Grange-over-Sands and close to the River Eea. The village was once known as Kirkby in Cartmel, as it was the location of the church for the large parish of Cartmel. The Preston's took over Holker hall around 1610 and the last owner from the Preston family died in 1697 and left it to his daughter Catherine. She married Sir William Lowther. Sir William's son Sir Thomas laid out the formal gardens and added the north wing to the house. There is a record that George Preston of Holker Hall presented the west screen and stall backs to Cartmel Priory between 1618 and 1622. Regards, Mike Morris Toronto Canada ________________________________ From: "ronking4847@gmail.com" <ronking4847@gmail.com> To: "LANCSGEN@rootsweb.com" <LANCSGEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 5, 2018 10:31 PM My main search in Lancashire is the CHISNALL family, there are various ways to spell it, from the Rochdale/Bolton area. So far I have traced them back to Richard CHISNALL b; 1638 whom I believe married Jane HILTON b; 1657. In my wife’s family I am researching the PRESTONS from the Manchester area. They probably originated in Preston or Leyland as I have a Robert PRESTON b; 1720 in Leyland married to Jennet BENNET, born around the same year. <SNIPPED>

Thank you Mike. I don’t know weather to tell my wife she could be descended from royalty. I think I’d best try to trace it all out first, before she demands an invitation to Harry and Megan’s wedding! Seriously I will have to trace it all out and see what comes through. Thanks again Cheers, Ron King From: Mike Morris Sent: Sunday, 6 May 2018 22:10 To: lancsgen@rootsweb.com Subject: [LAN] Re: Chisnall family from Rochdale/Bolton Hello Ron, There were a lot of PRESTONS in the Cartmel area of Cumbria. In that area they were aristocrats. They even have a Hall. The city of Preston was named after the Preston's. According to some old record I came across and lost, one of their female relatives was one of the wives of Henry the Eighth. Cartmel is a village in Cumbria, England, 2.2 miles north-west of Grange-over-Sands and close to the River Eea. The village was once known as Kirkby in Cartmel, as it was the location of the church for the large parish of Cartmel. The Preston's took over Holker hall around 1610 and the last owner from the Preston family died in 1697 and left it to his daughter Catherine. She married Sir William Lowther. Sir William's son Sir Thomas laid out the formal gardens and added the north wing to the house. There is a record that George Preston of Holker Hall presented the west screen and stall backs to Cartmel Priory between 1618 and 1622. Regards, Mike Morris Toronto Canada ________________________________ From: "ronking4847@gmail.com" <ronking4847@gmail.com> To: "LANCSGEN@rootsweb.com" <LANCSGEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 5, 2018 10:31 PM My main search in Lancashire is the CHISNALL family, there are various ways to spell it, from the Rochdale/Bolton area. So far I have traced them back to Richard CHISNALL b; 1638 whom I believe married Jane HILTON b; 1657. In my wife’s family I am researching the PRESTONS from the Manchester area. They probably originated in Preston or Leyland as I have a Robert PRESTON b; 1720 in Leyland married to Jennet BENNET, born around the same year. <SNIPPED>