Hi again Walter If you were "chuffed" to discover that you are third cousin twice removed to a knight of the realm wonder how you'll feel when I tell you that you are also first cousin 9 times removed to a Bishop? That is in fact the relationship you and I enjoy to Thomas WILSON (b1663 Burton) who was Bishop of Sodor & Man from 1697 until his death in 1755. There's no money left in the till though, I'm afraid, as every last penny disappeared long ago in the direction of the Bish's in-laws, the PATTEN's of Warrington. By a subtle change of name from PATTEN to WILSON this line secured their financial future for generations, as you'll see at :- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilson-Patten,_1st_Baron_Winmarleigh Thomas WILSON was a great-grandson of Thomas BROWNE and Alice MEOLS who were married on 19 November 1592 in Burton St Nicholas, these people being 9 x great-grandparents to you and I + one or two others on this list. One of Thomas WILSON's grandmothers was a Cicely FELLS who married John SHERLOCK on 27 July 1607 in Woodchurch Holy Cross, these people also being 9 x great-grandparents to you and I as well as direct ancestors to several others on this list. There have been some misconceptions, indeed some plain untruths, written about Thomas WILSON's maternal line over the centuries which Yvonne (Purdy) and I + another cousin and one of my brothers are trying to have recognised in a "paper" which we submitted to the Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society last year. If the IoM NH&AS accept our findings then they will hopefully one day appear in print instead of just being on a web-site as at present. See :- http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/people/bishops/bpwil.htm Hope you find this of some interest. Regards Gordon From: "WALTER JONES" <alsrecs@btopenworld.com> To: <eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 11:55 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Common ancestors >Hello Gordon, >How are you? thanks very much for that Info:- I must >admit I did not know all you've told me, and I'm quite chuffed, Imagine >having a "Sir" in the Family, things are looking up eh!? >I seem to remember reading a bit about the Tunnel, and >I recognised the name but didn't know he was ours, so to speak, where >does >he actually fit in? >How about you?, are you due a Gong or Knighthood yet? >I'm not, as far as I know. Anyway I'll now have to get this latest Info:- >into my Tree, and I'd be very happy to receive any more you're willing to >pass on. >I wrote to Shirley(Williams Contact?) last night but >not heard back just yet, I don't know how she fits in yet, but it will be >on the GRAHAM side I reckon. >I'll leave it there for now, speak again soon? >Regards to you and yours. >Walter.