An ancestor on my late mothers side of the family was a Richard Harland b.1592, d.1689,aged 97 years old .
Richard Harland who sided with the winning Royalists in the English Civil War and was rewarded by Charles II in 1660 with the ownership of Sutton Hall, a manor surrounded by a large estate which had belonged to the crown. It passed to another family in the 19th Century.
his youngest son John who married Mary Cressy the daughter of Everingham Cressy;
Am keen to learn more about the Ancestry of this particular Harland family and would welcome any information you would like to share with me.
Feel free to email me direct at tavernside@xtra.co.nz
Jack Richardson
New Zealand