Hello one and all (and especially Sue) Rummaging through my papers I came upon the half-transcribed 7 page Will of Richard WATTS, gentleman of Oldbury on the Hill 14 Nov 1778. I know that his mother was Elizabeth and I have her Will also - Elizabeth WATTS of Didmarton probate 6 May 1730, names daughters Susannah POPE, Mary MANNING and only son Richard WATTS (This Will is on Robert's website). I can link Mary MANNING to Giles MANNING of Tormarton (Will on Tormarton pages of Robert's website) but I'm still missing the POPE connection. The interesting thing about Richard WATTS is that he was a Quaker. He seems not to have married and I have yet to find his burial. He names kinsmen: Thomas POPE Robert POPE Sargent of Staines in Middlesex Martha and Sophia and John ?BARLOW/BASTON/BASLON John BOYE and Mary his Wife (of Oldbury) Richard /MILL and his now wife (of Oldbury) John PLAYER of ?Hope, GLS William HOLBOROW of Great SHERSTON, WIL Yeoman Richard FFOWLER of Tetbury, Shopkeeper, Henry ?WILKINS of Cirencester Woolstapler John ?WILKINS of Nailsworth, GLS Woolstapler Richard WATTS leaves land in Oldbury on the Hill, Kingswood, WIL, Malmesbury, WIL, Great Sherston, Didmarton and Hawkesbury. The PRO have a Tithes examination dated 5 July 1753 which reads something like this :"Defendant Richard WATTS.. being one of the persons named as Quakers... rents a farm from John BOY at Luckington. He hath dwelt and resided when at home at Oldbury on the Hill and that Daniel CLARKE the other defendant resides in the messuage of Luckington looking after the farm and lands on behalf of the examinant (Richard WATTS) John Boy is said to be, late of the city of New Sarum Wilts, tanner, but now of Oldbury on the Hill.. If there is anyone with any connection to these people I would be pleased to hear from you. I suspect that they were all Quakers and confirmation of this would be welcome. Best wishes Carole