I could be wrong on William Eltonhead below. He may be an uncle to the five Eltonhead girls instead of their brother. Anway, I also descend from Martha Eltonhead and Edwin Conway's daughter, Eltonhead Conway that married Henry Thacker, Sr. Marianne Dillow --- On Mon, 10/13/08, marianne dillow <mdillow31@verizon.net> wrote: > From: marianne dillow <mdillow31@verizon.net> > Subject: Eltonhead Line in Maryland, Virginia. and England, > To: MDSTMARY@rootsweb.com > Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 10:34 PM > My 9th great grandparents are Martha Eltionhead that married > Edwin Conway. Martha is the daughter of Richard Eltonhead > and Anne Sutton. I am attempting to trace Richard > Eltonhead's lineage but there appears to be several > generations going to Henry Eltonhead, first I see of the > line. > > According to another persons research the following is > noted. > " Parrin, in his Register of Maryland Heraldic > Families Pages 273-277 shows that family of NORRES or NORRIS > family were owners of the manor of Eltonhead. The origins of > the NORRES family became Eltonhead and started in Sutton, > Lancashire, England before the beginning of the reign of > Henry III." > > " In his comment on Eltonhead, Sir william Norres of > Speke affirms that there were families in Sutton who had > once carried the name of Norres but had given it up." > > " The Eltonheads original crest was on a window in > Chidwell Church, County, Lancashire. It displays the same > crest as Sir Henry Norres who married Alice of Chester, > daughter of Roger de Ernys." > > I have as data, Richard Eltonhead was born ca 1582 in > Eltonhead, Lancashire England and died 23 Sep 1664 in the > same location, son of William Eltonhead and Anne Bowers. His > wife Anne Sutton was born ca 1586 in Rushton, Staffordshire, > England and died about 1686 in England. She is the daughter > of Edward Sutton and Theodosia Harrington. > > Richard Eltonhead and Anne Sutton had five daughters that > came to Virginia and a brother William Eltonhead that came > to Maryland. > > Children: > i. William Eltonhead born ca 1615 in Lancashire, England > and died 14 May 1657 in Calvert Co., MD. He was a member of > the Maryland Council. Hayden shows that William Eltonhead > took the oath of fealty on 2 Jan 1646, and that he was a > member of the King's Privy Council 29 Sep 1649, or a > little more than two years after taking his oath of fealty > to the Stuarts. He took the oath as a member of the Privy > Council 22 Jul 1650 and undertook a mission to the colony of > Maryland as agent of Lord Baltimore 1654-5. There he was > killed in the conflict between Governor Stone and Fenwick. > > ii. Agatha Eltonhead m (1) Luke Stubbins ; (2) Ralph > Wormley, Sr. ; (3) Henry Chicheley. > > iii. Alice Eltonhead m (1) Rowland Burham; (2) Henry > Corbin; 93) Henry Creyke. > > iv. Martha Eltonhead m (1) Edwin Conway (my grandparents) ; > m (2) William Stanard. > > v. Jane Eltonhead m (1) Robert Moryson; (2) Cuthbert > Fenwick. > > vi. Eleanor Eltonhead m (1) Col. John Carter; (2) Capt. > William Brocus. > > Any information on the Eltonhead line are others kin to the > ones mentioned I would like to hear from. I descend from > Martha Eltonhead that married Edwin Conway. > > Marianne Dillow > Illinois