Hi Pat, Has Stim/pson Committed a crime? I have checked British Newspaper Archives for Stimson Rossington and Stimpson Rossington, but not found anything as regards a severe crime. If he had committed something bad it would have made the newspapers, only things like that did appear in newspapers.I did find this for a John Rossington in Walcot, erecting a steam engine within 25 yards of a highway!http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?phrasesearch=john%20rossington&basicsearch=%22john%20rossington%22&frontpage=false&sortorder=dayearly&newspapertitle=lincolnshire%2bchronicle I also looked in 19th Century British Newspapers, from Gale databases available through many public libraries online, think North east Lincolnshire does it, but if not find one that does. This is mine. http://find.galegroup.com/bncn/dispBasicSearch.do?prodId=BNCN&userGroupName=lancs John