Hi Walter >where does he actually fit in? Thomas and Nancy (Beck) JONES' second daughter Mary JONES (b1803 Great Meols) is your first cousin 4 times removed (mine too, of course + Yvonne Purdy's removed once more). After her first husband Thomas HUGHES (b1804 Hoose) was "found drowned" in November 1830, leaving her with a two year-old son and six months pregnant with a second child, she re-married William CROXTON (b1811 Little Meols) on 2 May 1834 in Liverpool St Peter. Children of this marriage, all born in Hoose, are :- 1835 Sarah (m Archibald Tutton SALVIDGE 1861 West Kirby) 1837 Samuel (m Mary STRONG 1863 West Kirby) 1838 Jane 1840 Hannah (m Joseph BALL 1862 Hoylake Holy Trinity) 1841 Mary (d 1842) 1843 Mary Ann (d 1844) 1844 William (d 1844) 1847 James (m Sarah KNOWLES 1872 Liverpool) Children of Archibald Tutton SALVIDGE (born 1833/4) and Sarah CROXTON, all born in Birkenhead :- 1862 William Richard (m Margaret BILLINGTON 1887 B'head St Mary 1863 Archibald Tutton James (m Alice McKERNAN 1885 Liverpool) 1867 Frances (m Mark BREACH 1899 West Kirby St Bridget) 1869 Edward Cornelius Tutton 1871 Sarah The SALVIDGE's were originally from down Zummerzett way, this probably being young Archie in the 1841 Census :- HO 107/13 page 7 Sidcot, Winscombe, Somerset Richard SALVIDGE, 30 , grocer, Y (born in county) Charlotte, 30, Y Frances, 8, Y Archibald, 7, Y Henry 6, Y Lilian, 5, Y John, 2, Y Lucinda STOCK, 7 Several other people on this list may be able to identify a connection to the same gentleman via the CROXTON's of Little Meols? Mary JONES' spouse from the 1834 Liverpool St Peter marriage was the second child of James & Hannah CROXTON, both of whom died in Little Meols in 1842 and 1840 respectively. Children of James and Hannah CROXTON, all born in Little Meols :- 1809 Samuel (d 1833) 1811 William (m Mary JONES 1834 Liverpool St Peter) 1814 Hannah (m Joseph COVENTRY 1835 Liverpool St Martin) 1817 John 1820 Mary (m Peter SPARKS 1842 West Kirby St Bridget) 1823 James (m Ann c1850) 1825 Robert (m Margaret HUGHES 1856 Liverpool) 1828 Joseph (m Jane Nuthall LEDSHAM 1849 Wallasey St Hilary) 1830 Eliza (m John COVENTRY 1851 Liverpool) 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? >Regards to you and yours. >Walter.