From the Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700 William Storrs to whom American family is traced lived in Nottinghamshire. ----------------------------------------------------------------- He left a will which was proved at York, 6 Oct 1557 by Dorothy Storrs, widow of the deceased, one of the executors in the said will named the power reserved to Robert Storrs and Williams Storrs the sons of the other executors. ----------------------------------------------------------------- From NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES by William Richard Cutter His will dated 1557 expressed a wish to be buried in St. Bartholomus's ----------------------------------------------------------------- From GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT VOL 1 by William Richard Cutter. William Storrs to whom the American family is traced to England living in Nottinghamshire . His will dated 1557 expressed his wish to be buried in St. Betholomew's He married Dorothy ???. ----------------------------------------------------------------- From Robert Storrs The entire Storrs name in England may have come down from Philip du Storrs who was stores provider for William Duke of Normandy afterwards named William the Conqueror and accompanied him on his expedition into England..