Hi Olwyn, Not sure whether we've exchanged e-mails before, but I have NATTRESS ancestors from around Byers Green, County Durham. Have you had any connections with this neck of the woods? Joseph NATTRESS b1812 Helmington Row, Durham - (married Ann SCORER b1815 Newfield, Durham). Their children were Mary b1837; Rebecca b1839; Thomas b1841; Jane b1844; Hannah b1848 and Ann b1851. It was the above Thomas who married my gg aunt Jane TODD b1844. His father Thomas was a farmer at Tod Hills, near Newfield. Regards... David Allan.