Hello All ! Nice to see some activity on this list. I am still searching for ancient Whitaker/Whittaker/Whitacre families. I am descended from Cornwallis Whitacre of the estate of High Whitacre, near Padiham. The Whitacres of High Whitacre were found there in the 15th century when Corwallis Whitacre married the heiress of the Cradock family. Their son Richard had a son, Thomas, who married the heiress of the Taylor family. Richard also had son and heir, Lawrence, died around 1518, and a third son, Henry inherited High Whitacre. I am descended from the inheriting ancestor, Henry, who with his wife Isobel had a son and heir Lawrence Whitacre who died in 1582. Are any of you "Whittaker Cousins" researching the ancient English lines? Karen Whittaker Houston Texas