William JAMES was baptized Oct 5, 1738, in Dowlish Wake. He married Sarah SYMONDS on April 12, 1768 at Dowlish and lived for many years, a yeoman at Colmer farm in Marshwood, Dorset. They also had an estate at Wellfield in Hawkchurch, Devon. He died in Marshwood 1813, aged 75, buried in Dowlish Wake on May 18, 1813; his widow, Sarah, died in Marshwood 1823, aged 82, buried in Dowlish Wake on January 7, 1823 (M.I. Dowlish). They had issue: i. Mary JAMES, born c 1771. Mary JAMES of Marshwood married Thomas ROPER, yeoman, on November 18, 1794 at Whitechurch Canonicorum, Dorset, in the presence of William JAMES. They apparently lived in Hawkchurch, Devon, and in Chillington / Cricket St. Thomas, Somerset, where Thomas was a tanner. Thomas died on August 7, 1815, in Hawkchurch, buried in Chideock on August 18, 1815, aged 50 (M.I. in Chideock). Mary, his widow, died in Hawkchurch, on October 11, 1815, buried in Chideock, Dorset, on October 19, 1815, aged 44 (M.I. in Chideock). They had issue. ii. William JAMES, baptized on Dec 29, 1774 in Dowlish Wake. He died in Hawkchurch in 1847, aged 73, unmarried, and was buried in Dowlish Wake. (M. I. in Dowlish church) iii. John JAMES, born c 1776, died, aged 33, on October 31, 1809, unmarried (M. I. Dowlish); iv. Richard JAMES, baptized 1777; died 1839, aged 63, unmarried, at Wellville in Hawkchurch, and was buried in Dowlish Wake. (M. I. Marshwood and Dowlish churches) v. Sarah JAMES, born c 1779; died Februaray 19, 1789, aged 10, at Colmer Farm, Dorset; buried in Dowlish Wake on Feb 25, 1789 (M.I. Dowlish). vi. Honour JAMES, who married Thomas SMITH of Stoke Abbott on June 21, 1803, in Whitechurch Canonicorum, in the presence of William JAMES. Honor died without issue. I am seeking to make contact, and to exchange JAMES family history notes, with any relation or researcher of this family, all cousins of mine. Best wishes. Peter Ferreira. Toronto, Canada.