« Reply #2 on: Monday 22 January 18 08:39 GMT (UK) »
:)Hello Martin,
Yours is a very old posting but I just found it. My Aunt (mother's sister) married Alphonso Briscoe and my 3 Briscoe cousins from that marriage are still alive and living in and around Abram.
You don't give any names to check but if you are still interested post again and I will see if we have connections. I've asked to be notified by email if you reply.
OzzieJoan
Thanks, I have never seen that name before. Just looked on Ancestry and see there are a few trees with the name. They seem to be around Wigan, that is one area where I don't have any connections.
My Briscoes are centred on Bolton though odd branches have appeared in other parts of the country. There have been several generations with "James" in the name then before that "Peter" and "Robert".
One very identifiable characteristic since the early 19th Century is the use of "Daley" as second name. This was used in various branches and continues today in one branch.
If you are in Australia, I did not think any of the family ended up there but last year I found an illegitimate second cousin there, initially through DNA. He did not have the Briscoe name but an earlier person in the branch had used it as a second name.
BRISCOE - Bolton, Heaton Norris, Rochdale, Oldham, Chadderton, Blackburn
POUNDER - Middleton Tyas, Kirkbymoorside, Stokesley, Lambeth, Bolton, Newcastle on Tyne, Leeds
HAMMOND - Quebec, Laverton, Masham, Grantley
SWALES - Laverton, Masham
O'Shea - Quebec
PARRY - Caerhun, Deiniolen, ClwtyBont, Brynrefail, TalySarn, Brynrefail, Bethesda
EVANS - Llanfihangel Bryn Pabuan, Maesmynis, Dowlais, Stockton on Tees, Hartlepool, Trealaw
HARVEY - Trentham, Sheriffhales, Llanfyllin, Llanferres, Minera