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.