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hi . My family is from Kirby Stephan . can't say i have seen that name but i suggest you get onto Kirby Stephan thru google then go to Eve McLaughlin's site . she has many transcripts , weddings ,baptisms etc .
i have printed off a lot so will look for those names . also Kirby Stephan has an historical society . I think maybe Silligen can get the phone number . also there is westmoreland wills on line and North? of the Sands amongst others that have helped me over the years.
Jan

Thanks for the tips too - Nancy McLaughlin & I share Anthony Simpson as a common ancestor so her sites have been very useful in confirming info I had in a family bible. Simpson appears to be a relatively common name in the area; mine came from Hartley & Lockthwaite/Nateby. I really need to try & track down the Simpson-Bracken marriage which wasn't in Kirkby Stephen.
Carol

Thanks again.
Time is something i've learnt this hobby absorbs huge quantities of - I started as a little 'millenium project' & 8 years on am still making new breakthroughs!
Carol

Hi - many thanks for the reply.
My info comes from details transcribed from an old family bible. I've been checking it back & it has proved very reliable so far. Unfortunately, it just gives names & dates - no places!
I've checked IGI for marriage & drawn a blank.
Alice Bracken was allegedly "sister to Dr Bracken, patron of the living" (of Whitgift, near Goole, Yorkshire - one of the sons later became curate under him). I've checked Clergy Database & this Dr Bracken is Edward, who held a number of posts in Snaith/Whitgift area, & ended up in York. However, I cannot conclusively find parents for Edward & Alice. I've checked Whitgift & Snaith, & they don't appear to have originated there.
The IGI has the baptism 1711 of Alice Brackon to John Brackon of Thrimby, Morland, Westmorland, & the baptism of Edward Bracken 1720 to John Bracken of Brough....but this is obviously speculative. Clergy database does have a John Bracken as curate of Brough, but much later, 1749.
So - nothing conclusive - just a good old hunch that they may have originated Westmorland.
Sorry to ramble on! Thanks for reading!
Carol