Hi Bob, thanks for the opportunity to see your tree, having had a look, I am unable to find a link, but that does not say that there is not one some where. So if I may Please, I will keep your family tree on record, just to see if I have missed anything.  The reason that I am a bit pedantic about it, is just because, ANDREW is by far the least common spelling of the name,(there are not that many in this area)  ANDREWS being the most common.  Many thanks for your cooperation, there are a few versions of my tree on Ancestry under B J D Wilson, but whilst they are basicly correct, there is quite a bit missing, so I would of coarse answer any questions   Regards Barry Wilson   Lincoln From:Baz Willy <spadga19382000@yahoo.co.uk> To: "eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com" <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, 4 April 2012, 17:39 Subject: Re: [LIN] Bastardy - COCKING. Hi there Bob, I am just curious about your wife's Andrew family roots, as my wife is an Andrew by birth, mainly in the Lincoln area of Lincolnshire, do you think there is any chance of a connection.  Maybe if you were to reply off line from lincsgen, and Emailed me on my Email address,  Spadga19382000@Yahoo.co.uk  it just might be worth a look. Regards Barry Wilson   Lincoln ________________________________ From: rjngs <rjngs@pearson30.karoo.co.uk> To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 4 April 2012, 15:33 Subject: [LIN] Bastardy - COCKING. Here is one for Jim Ward. Robert ANDREW, the illegitimate son of Jane ANDREW, was born 1803 at Spridlington. In 1827 Robert ANDREW, of Moorhouses in the parish of Laxton, Notts., appeared before the magistrates at New Sleaford, Lincs. charged with being the father of a female child of Elizabeth BAGALEY, [b.1809 at Laxton, Notts.] single woman; the child born at the house of William WALTON in the parish of Stapleford, Lincs. The child was bapt. Harriet BAGALER on 27th May 1827 at Stapleford.    Robert ANDREW's surety for the court appearance was John COCKING of Askham, Notts., Robert's step father by later marriage to Jane ANDREW. Robert Andrew was charged    £5 - 13 - 6   for his arrest and the Parish Overseer's costs of the birth. He then had to pay 2/- per week maintenance. [It remains a mystery why Elizabeth BAGLEY gave birth to Harriett at Staplford]   Robert ANDREW remained a single agricultural labourer at Laxton until he died there in 1883. Harriet BAGALER, or BAGLEY, was my gt. gt. grandmother and the second of four generations of illegitimacy in this part of my tree. Harriet took the surname VALLANCE of her mother's husband when she produced her own illegitimate child.  Just to make the searching difficult. I found all this by pure chance when I was searching for my wife's ANDREW family in Lincoln Archives. Why we both have ANDREW roots at Spridlington at the same time is yet another mystery. Bob Jennings. ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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