Keith, I have a Stephen WATKINS who married my Mary GREENLY in Staunton on Arrow 17.03.1738. Mary was buried 12.12.1741 at SoA. They had a son (don't know about siblings) John WATKINS who married Elizabeth SMYTHE in SoA 14.04.1774. At one time, I had been told that there was a link between these Watkins and another John WATKINS who emigrated to the US where he became a very famous soldier in the American Civil War. I've just relooked at some of the web resources and have found no link but I am sure that I read that the famous John WATKINS was born in HEF. Try a Google search, there is a lot of information about him out there. David Matthews