<<<<In a message dated 13/05/2004 15:35:08 GMT Daylight Time, homemead@evemail.net writes: Please could SKS look for John James LEIGHTON, master mariner or shipwright for me on the 1851 census. He was married in Bishopwearmouth in 1849 to Elizabeth and he should be about 25 years old.>>>>> Hi Sue, I don't know if it helps but there is this family in the Bishopwearmouth 1851 Census; John Jas. Leighton, hof, 52, Master Mariner, Gateshead Fell. Jane Leighton, w. 51; Jane W. Leighton, daughter, 20. Joseph Leighton, son, 17, printers app. Robert H. Leighton, son, 15, joiners app. Ralph Leighton, son, 12, errand boy. Mary Ann Leighton, daughter, 8, scholar. Regards Stan Mapstone