I Took a look at genesreunited to see where most of the Rowbotham searches are for at the time frame. Just possibles but Cheshire, is a contender for William and the odd one in Scarborough and also Newark Upon Trent, Nott. That could be a possiblility as my Lane went to Newark Upon Trent, Notts, from Billingborough Lincoln. Taking that your William may of married at the age of 25 or thereabouts. Then giving it an extra 20 years. Most were from Cheshire. As it has been discussed before. Folk travelled along the Canal ways quite a distance.Worth while looking beyond Lincoln. Edie ------------------------------------------ From: Lesley O'Connell via <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> To: ENG-LINCSGEN@rootsweb.com; Subject: [LIN] WILLIAM ROWBOTHAM Lou's comments about the lack of messages recently has prompted me to post a query. My ggg grandfather William Rowbotham shows up in Holbeach in 1792 when he marries my ggg grandmother SUSANNAH THIMBLEBY. They had four children, of whom three died in infancy, leaving only my gg grandmother Harriet Thimbleby Rowbotham to survive to adulthood, although she died young as well, at the age of 26 However I can find no information as to where he originally came from. There don't seem to have been any Rowbothams in Holbeach before William's appearance and no other Rowbotham families there afterwards. William was said to be 'of this parish' when he married, so no clues there as to his origins. From the age he was said to be at burial he would have been born around 1756. It looks as if the vast majority of Rowbothams lived in and around Brigg, with a limited number living in Northwest Lincolnshire. Is there anyone on the list researching the Rowbotham family? I have looked at variants such as Rowbottom and Rowbotham on Ancestry, Family Search and FreeReg and have also had a quick look at Linc's to the Past and the TNA website. Any information or suggestions would be most welcome. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message