Bonkersdog Bonkersdog@aol.com via rootsweb.com
7:36 AM (3 hours ago)
to hightower
Margarett Hightower was Baptized 21 Aug 1666. Wimborne Minster, Dorset,
England. Father was William.
John Hightower was christened 26 Jan 1729, Birstall, St. Peter, West
Yorkshire, England. Father was John of Hightower.
Surnames were started by the Normans in England about 1066. However,
education wasn't given to everyone and most likely most did not know how
to spell their last name [if they even went by one].
I couldn't find a town of Hightower in England. I did find several
people in records for burials, banns of marriage, christening, etc.,
that had their fathers listed "of Hightower".
The one for Margarett has her last name listed as Hightower. This and
the others are in ancestry.com and I looked at the photo copy of the
original record and not a transcription.
The one poster who mentioned that Joshua might have taken the name
Hightower makes sense, especially if he was "of Hightower".
Molly
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