Hello everyone

I have sent the following message previously, but am not sure that it got through. I have not seen it or any replies, so I will try again.

The message was -

> I have been receiving the odd email from this list, but have 
> never contributed but this latest train of thought has peaked 
> my interest.  At last someone has mentioned someone in my 
> husband's family.
>
> My husband's g.g.g.g grandfather is James Hargreaves, brother 
> of Col. John Hargreaves.
> Their parent's were James Hargreaves (born about 1750?) and 
> Esther Heap.  James' parents were James Hargreaves (born 1716) 
> and Elizabeth Birtwistle.  This James' parents were Henry 
> Hargreaves (born about 1690) of Newchurch in Rossendale who 
> married Jane Hoult.
>
> James Hargreaves (born 1774) married Ann Vavasour but had no 
> children.  He did, however, father two illegitimate daughters 
> (to two different women).  One of these daughters is my 
> husband's g.g.g. grandmother.  Col. John Hargreaves married 
> Charlotte Ann Ormerod and they had three children.  Eleanor, 
> who married Rev. William Thursby and Charlotte who married 
> General Sir James Yorke Scarlett.  Their son John died at the 
> age of 22 years.
>
> James and John inherited properties, including coal mines, from 
> their uncle the Rev. John Hargreaves who married Mary Blackmore.  
> It is my understanding that the Rev. John Hargreaves originally 
> owned Bank Hall.  His nephew, John and his wife Ann, lived at 
> Bank Hall until their death.  It was then occupied by James and 
> Charlotte Scarlett.  Col. John Hargreaves lived at Ormerod 
> House, the home of his wife's family.  
>
> My husband's connection to this family is through one of James' 
> illegitimate daughters, Elizabeth Haworth.
> She married a Christopher Duxbury and had four children.  Their 
> eldest child, Alice, is said to have married a John Hardgraves 
> (This is the spelling they used when in Australia).  I have 
> never been able to find this marriage.  She had two sons, James 
> and Richard and I have also not been able to find records of 
> these births.  For some reason, her family shipped Alice and 
> her two sons out to Australia.  James did not marry.  Richard 
> married and had a large family.  For reasons known only to 
> themselves, Richard began signing his name as Hargraves.  Half 
> of his children are called Hardgraves, the others Hargraves.
>
> If anybody has any connections to this family, I would love to 
> hear from you.

Lesley Hargraves
Petrie, Queensland, Australia

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