My maternal gt grandfather Thomas PATTERSON was born in Greencroft, Lanchester in 1852. His mother was Hannah HILLS (bp 1819 Lanchester). Her parents were Mark HILLS (bp 1775 Lanchester) and Sarah Simpson. On my paternal side I found that I have Dorothy HILLS (bp 1760) in Greencroft, daughter of George HILLS and Margaret Myers. The baptism record for Mark Hills just says Lanchester, not specifically Greencroft, and I realise that these entries are nearly 100 years apart. Greencroft is certainly a very small place now, but may have been larger many years ago. I haven't actually been able to find a certain connection between the two families, but what are the chances that two of my grandparents were descended from the same family??? Margaret