Peggy Ashby ashp@chariot.net.au posted on the Attwood List: Hi, I am researching the Ashby family as my gg grandfather was Adam Ashby. His sister married George Attwood and they moved to the USA. A descendant, who I had contact with a few years ago, had a message on one of the boards. This was her message, but I am not sure if her email address is still valid. "Seeking information on Amy Ashby Born 11 Jan 1820 or 1821 in Westerham, Kent, England. Her father was William Ashby she had a brother named Thomas and a sister Lucy. She was married to George Attwood. Migrated to the U.S. and settled in Kansas. Please contact me by e-mail ja291@earthlink.net" Adam Ashby is an enigma. His parents were William and Susannah Ashby nee Latter and the rest of the children were christened in Sussex or Kent (William was a millwright and built or owned mills). Adam was not christened and in the censuses he was never sure of his birth date but it was c. 1804 and he always named Frant, Sussex as his birth place. Whilst looking through the Frant register on the Hugh Wallis's IGI batches, I found the item below and feel Adam may have been cared for by William and Susannah, but be the natural son of Elizabeth Mepham as Adam is an extremely rare Christian name for that era and it seems a big coincidence. "Adam Mepham born to Elizabeth Mepham on 3/4/1803 in Frant Church Register." I found your Attwood Family History on Rootsweb and noticed that you mentioned an Elizabeth Mepham, who was married a year after Adam was born. "John Attwood's father was Samuel Attwood born 1779 Waldron and married Elizabeth Mepham born 1780. They married 1804 at Wadhurst". Wadhurst is the next village to Frant. Incidentally if you type in Sussexweald in Google, there is an enormous amount of information on a lot of the people of the area including Attwoods. Hoping that you can clear things up a bit, Peggy Ashby, Australia