Hi everyone - Angela here !! At last I have managed to do the descendants of James Blaxall and Elizabeth Cotton daughters - Mary and Lucy. I said in my last email that Mary and Charles Barwell (son) were listed as birthplace Shenfield as was another son Newman. In 1881 Newman states his place of birth as Witham and I have lots of christenings for Charles and Mary at Witham. I wonder if for some strange reason Shenfield was put down when it should have been Witham ?? I will have to get a more thorough search done at Essex R.O. for these 2 families as there is another daughter of Lucy -Eliza Walford- and a granddaughter Emma on the 1851 census but not in the IGI. Tantalisingly in the 1881 census there are a number of male Walfords who give birthplace as Witham and have the occupation of tailor which the other male Walfords have but no christenings have shown up. In 1851 there are another family of Walfords from the London area who were living in Witham - Williams brother decided to head for the country - certainly by 1881 at least one lot had moved back to London after having some children born in Witham. The Barwells are quite a well documented family with a long line going back at Witham - they were butchers. Well here's the information : (Please note - Henry Barwell had a different wife for the 1851 and 1881 census. The first child Henry was definitely a child of his 1st wife Frances. How many - if any were the result of his 2nd marriage to Mary I don't know as I haven' t yet tracked down a marriage date yet. They are currently all listed as Henry and Frances children!) Descendants of Charles Barwell 1 Charles Barwell b: Abt. 1787 in Witham Essex c: 14 December 1787 Witham Essex d: Bef. 1851 .. +Mary Blaxall b: Abt. 1794 m: 2 August 1817 in St. James Westminster d: Aft. 1851 ..... 2 Charles Barwell b: Abt. 1818 in Witham Essex c: 23 September 1818 Witham Essex o: Butcher ..... 2 Mary Barwell b: Abt. 1818 c: 23 September 1818 Witham Essex ..... 2 Elizabeth Barwell b: Abt. 1825 c: 17 August 1825 Witham Essex ..... 2 Henry Barwell b: Abt. 1826 in Witham Essex c: 26 November 1826 Witham Essex d: Aft. 1881 o: Butcher ......... +Frances b: Abt. 1832 in Witham Essex m: Bef. 1850 ............. 3 Henry Barwell b: 1850 in Witham Essex ............. 3 Charles Barwell b: Abt. 1855 in Witham Essex o: Assistant butcher ............. 3 Frances Mary Barwell b: Abt. 1857 in Witham Essex ............. 3 Maria Barwell b: Abt. 1858 in Witham Essex ............. 3 Robert Newman Barwell b: Abt. 1861 in Witham Essex o: Assistant butcher ............. 3 Annie Barwell b: Abt. 1870 in Witham Essex ............. 3 Alice Maud Barwell b: Abt. 1873 in Witham Essex ..... *2nd Wife of Henry Barwell: ......... +Mary b: Abt. 1834 in East Hanningfield, Essex m: Aft. 1851 ..... 2 Edmund Barwell b: Abt. 1829 in Witham Essex o: Butcher ..... 2 Newman Barwell b: Abt. 1831 c: 22 February 1831 Witham Essex ..... 2 Newman Barwell b: Abt. 1834 in Witham Essex c: 9 August 1834 Witham Essex o: Butcher ......... +Eliza b: Abt. 1834 in Gaines Colne, Essex Descendants of William Walford 1 William Walford d: Bef. 1851 .. +Lucy Blaxall b: Abt. 1791 in London m: 27 April 1813 in Westminster, Saint Anne Soho, London, England d: Aft. 1851 o: Washerwoman ..... 2 William Walford b: Abt. 1814 c: 28 February 1814 Witham Independent Essex ..... 2 John Walford b: Abt. 1816 c: 31 January 1816 Witham Independent Essex ..... 2 Charlotte Walford b: Abt. 1823 c: 29 January 1826 Witham Independent Essex ..... 2 Edward Walford b: Abt. 1831 in Witham Essex c: 24 July 1831 Witham Independent Essex d: Aft. 1881 o: Tailor ......... +Mary b: Abt. 1831 in Bradwell, Essex d: Aft. 1881 ............. 3 Edward Walford b: Abt. 1855 in Chelmsford Essex o: Tailor ............. 3 John Walford b: Abt. 1857 in Witham Essex o: Tinman ............. 3 George H Walford b: Abt. 1861 in Witham Essex o: Bricklayers lab. ............. 3 Edith E Walford b: Abt. 1864 in Witham Essex ............. 3 Alfred Walford b: Abt. 1868 in Witham Essex o: errand boy ............. 3 Esther C Walford b: Abt. 1870 in Eastbourne Sussex ............. 3 William Walford b: Abt. 1873 in Eastbourne Sussex ............. 3 Frank H Walford b: Abt. 1876 in Eastbourne Sussex ..... 2 Eliza Walford b: Abt. 1835 in Witham Essex 3 Frank H Walford b: Abt. 1876 in Eastbourne Sussex=20 ..... 2 Eliza Walford b: Abt. 1835 in Witham Essex=20