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Lancashire / Worsley-Taylor -> Worsley of the Laund -> Worsley of Rising Bridge -> ?
« on: Tuesday 31 December 13 17:19 GMT (UK) »
Dear all,
I'm a newcomer here, so please don't hesitate to set me straight on any transgressions of etiquette
My wife has ancestors by the name of Worsley-Taylor, who according to the notes of one of her cousins descend from a James Worsley of The Laund, who in turn descends from Nicholas Worsley of Rising Bridge.
These notes are handwritten, somewhat haphazard and not well-documented. The aforementioned Nicholas was apparently born 1700 and his father James born 1688. Then we have three further generations going back -- Thomas, another Nicholas and another Thomas.
Nicholas (1700) married an Elizabeth Law, James (1688) married a Mary Lord, and his father Thomas married an Elizabeth Ramsbottom. I do not have wives for the other Nicholas and Thomas.
I'm wondering if these Worsleys might be connected to the main Worsley family descended from Sir Elias de Workesley. Does anyone recognise the associations of the name with The Laund or Rising Bridge?
Thanks,
Hamish
P.S. Happy New Year to those of you in eastern parts of the world, or those further west reading later
I'm a newcomer here, so please don't hesitate to set me straight on any transgressions of etiquette
My wife has ancestors by the name of Worsley-Taylor, who according to the notes of one of her cousins descend from a James Worsley of The Laund, who in turn descends from Nicholas Worsley of Rising Bridge.
These notes are handwritten, somewhat haphazard and not well-documented. The aforementioned Nicholas was apparently born 1700 and his father James born 1688. Then we have three further generations going back -- Thomas, another Nicholas and another Thomas.
Nicholas (1700) married an Elizabeth Law, James (1688) married a Mary Lord, and his father Thomas married an Elizabeth Ramsbottom. I do not have wives for the other Nicholas and Thomas.
I'm wondering if these Worsleys might be connected to the main Worsley family descended from Sir Elias de Workesley. Does anyone recognise the associations of the name with The Laund or Rising Bridge?
Thanks,
Hamish
P.S. Happy New Year to those of you in eastern parts of the world, or those further west reading later