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Lancashire / Re: NORCROSS FAMILY-RIBCHESTER,PRESTON
« on: Monday 05 December 16 22:28 GMT (UK)  »
THANKS for all the good hints! And yes, Henry was a vicar, not a bishop..and a disgraced one at that. When we were there this summer, a local contact gave me a copy of the charges against him, and sad to say, he really disgraced himself! We saw many places with connections to the Norcross line, including what is left of a town which was named Norcross, which is located near Carleton off Fleetwood Road near Poulton-le-Fylde. The church at Ribchester is lovely, and right next to it, excavations of the ruins of a Roman camp are ongoing, plus right next door, there is a small but very nice museum of items that have been found there. I have joined the Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society and yes, Thomas Norcrosse was born in Alston in Dilworth..but he lived from 1558-1617. It was his son who came to America in 1633 (my 9th great grandfather). Again, thanks for all the clues...and after Christmas will work on those! Cerelle

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Lancashire / Re: NORCROSS FAMILY-RIBCHESTER,PRESTON
« on: Friday 26 February 16 17:56 GMT (UK)  »
I am double descended from the Norcross/Norcrosse family as my two 2nd great grandmothers Susan and Sarah Butler were the granddaughters of Mary "Polly" Norcross and Asa Butler. Mary Norcross's family goes back through Daniel, William, Richard Jr, Richard, and Jeremiah Norcross (1595-1657) who arrived in Massachusetts, USA by 1633. From there the family can be traced securely to Thomas Norcrosse (1560-1617) and before that there is a Henry Norcross who may have been not his father but a cousin and also a George Norcross b. 1480 in Ribchester. Henry was confirmed as bishop of St. Wilfred's church in Ribchester and served until his retirement in 1616. The name first appears  in a survey of 1320-46 when a Roger de Northcrosse was listed as having "a messuage and an oxgang of land, 7.5 d" It appears that the name first came from a cross at an intersection of roads and later became a market place. There is still at least one of these North crosses remaining in the market of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire. There is also a nearby town called Carlton which once had a division called Norcross.  The Butler side of my family is very old as well..and has been traced back to 1100.  So..hello cousins..

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