11-29-2008, 08:08 PM
I think you got it just a bit wrong Mike as Tackem is also Durham, it is the land of the Mack and Tack. Where of course God's country or Northumberland is the land of Meck and Teck. However he could have been French for he did originate and live on the other side of the river that devides us from them.
Brian Stobbs