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Member Since: December 2005 Posts: 1 Send Message	Roy	Report	2 Nov 2007 08:56
Member Since: December 2005 Posts: 1 Send Message	Hello Joyce Just found your message about the Greenhalgh family of Tottington. We have a copy of the book written by Joseph Dodson Greenhalgh and also a book about Frederick Greenhalge/gh who became Goveror of Massachusetts in 1880's. We have managed to trace our Greenhalgh line back to 1690 to a Thomas Greenhalgh in Preston but so far cannot find where he came from before this but we still hope to find him. Val Greenhalgh
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 1 Send Message	Joyce	Report	15 Dec 2004 11:46
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 1 Send Message	The Greenhalghs of Brandlesholme were hereditary wardens of the forest of Tottington, and minor Lancashire gentry - hangers -on of the great Stanleys in the 17th century. A 19th century history of the family by Joseph Dodson Greenhalgh is very disappointing and dull, but includes an illustration of a portrait of one of the earlier Greenhalghs. The author says that there is a strong family resmblance in many of the Greenhalghs of his day, and I smiled tolerantly at this till I turned the page, saw the picture, and realised that I might have been looking at my 2xgt grandfather Richard Greenhalgh, a 19th century bleachworker, of whom I have an early photograph. A Roger Greenhalgh was warden of Sherwood Forest in the 16th century.