This is my first Post to this List so may I wish you All a Very Happy Christmas and Good Hunting in 2010 . Having done a lot of work on the SAYER name in Yorkshire I am now looking in more detail in Northumberland and Durham and will be pleased to hear from anyone with SAYER interests or records , however small . Our interests start with the marriage of a John Sayer to Agnes de Seton c 1380 . Little is known about John Sayer except that he was of Durham . Like wise the de Setons lived at Preston in S,Durham .Agnes inherited the Manor of Worsall , on the Yorkshire side of the Tees near Yarm .A history of this Family up to mid 1660s by a JP SAYER was published soon after his death in The Catholic Ancestor . We were fortunate in finding JP's daughter who gave us access to his papers and permission to place his already published work ,together with additional material , on a Web site . For anyone interested this can be found at www.bedfordpark.net/genealogy/sayer/ One of these pieces relates to a member of this "Worsall" Family who lived at Stockton from where the family moved to Sunderland and then to Richmond, Surrey . The line continues up to the present day .Another 2 or 3 similar linked lines also exist . Much additional material has been collected , mainly in Yorkshire , and some large Family Groups identified but linking these to the older family is proving difficult . We are now hoping to improve our overall knowledge of the SAYER surname North of the Tees and will appreciate any help . We are aware of the many SAYERs who moved to the North East in the Industrial Revolution . Those from Cumberland and Westmorland are likely to have links . However those from Norfolk and other Eastern and South Easter Counties are unlikely to have Northern connections . Being of a mature age (92) and my co-reseaecher resident in Surrey it is not practical to spend days in the local Record Offices so any help will be much appreciated . Harry Sayer , Ambleside .