Dear Listers First of all apologies for this long post. For a number of years one of my brick walls has been the story of the siblings of my 2x great grandmother Mary (Hayes) Percival, who with her husband emigrated to the USA around 1871, and did they have descendents. Recently, I have found them hiding in plain view ­ I think ­ but have not been able to verify all my ³likely² and ³probable² links, so I am asking if there is anyone else who is researching this family or knows of connections. The main line I am researching is Hayes, with subsidiary lines Palin, Griffiths, Wade, Richards, McKay, Thomas, Jackson, Jones. We are in and around Frodsham and Sutton Weaver from 1800 to 1940. I have worked mainly from Census returns and parish records I can find on FMP or familysearch, plus CheshireBMD. Any confirming information or additional information, particularly descendents, would be wonderful. Part of the problem is that Hayes is not an unusual name in this part of the world. The family starts in Frodsham and are Peter Hayes (c1812 - ) Ellen (Evans) Hayes (c1802 ­ 1859) Five children: Betsey (c1833-1882) James (c1835-1915) Ellen (1839-1867) Mary (1842-1897) Jane (1844-1848) They lived on The Quay or at Frodsham Bridge according to census returns. It would be great to verify birth dates, a death for Peter, and their ancestral lines. 1. Betsey Hayes I think married William Palin, a waterman, in February 1851, and had 2 living sons, William and Joseph. I think Betsey died in 1882 and William her husband in 1890, but this needs verification. 1a. William Palin the younger became a master butcher in Frodsham, married Mary Wade in March 1880 and had 8 children. The family lived in Church Street, Frodsham. I cannot yet find death records for any of William the younger¹s family, nor trace them beyond the 1891 Census. 1b. Joseph Palin worked at the gas company in Frodsham and rose to be foreman by 1911. He married Mary Richards in November 1878 and had 10 children. The family lived in Main Street, Frodsham. Joseph died in April 1940 and his wife Mary died 9 months later. They are buried at St Lawrence, Frodsham, with three of their children. I would like to trace what happened to their other children. 2. James Hayes I think married Sarah Miller in 1854. There is more than one James Hayes about his age in Frodsham, but in the 1851 census he is described as an apprentice to a ship¹s carpenter and on his marriage record he is described as a ship¹s carpenter, so I think I have the right James. The family lived in Frodsham Bridge. 2a. They had two sons, Frederick and Peter (1859-1926). Fred never married as far as I can tell, but Peter married twice, first to Sarah Griffith(s) in 1881 and then to Charlotte (McKay) Thomas in 1901. Peter died in 1926 and is, I think, buried at St Peter, Aston-by-Sutton, as are his parents James and Sarah. Peter Hayes was a chemical engine driver and he had 4 children with Sarah, and 5 step-children when he married Charlotte. 3. Ellen Hayes I think married John Jones, who became a butcher, and had one son Frederick William who died in 1863 aged 15 months. Ellen herself died in 1867 and her husband in 1874. I do have more names, especially of the children, and information, but this post is already too long. Many thanks in advance to anyone who can confirm or extend my researches. Sarah Percival