Hi , from this 1841 and 1851 , it would seem that the Cross family are more Devon based. The Friends of Devon archives have put on line the Freeholders lists and for 1741 there is a William Cross at Farway . Farway and Southleigh both have OPCs who may be able to help further with the Cross family , see genuki/devon/farway or southleigh . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "SusanKellow" <ksusan1999@gmail.com> To: <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] Willis family from Marston Magna Somerset > Having nothing better than housework to do, I just had another search > through the census! Just in case Samuel and Martha CROSS were, indeed, > Caroline's parents, I see that they, too, moved from Devon to Somerset, > and > in 1851 they were living at Yeovil (like their son, John). The household > was: > > 1851 census > Yeovil Marsh, Yeovil, Somerset > Samuel CROSS, Head, Mar, 75, Dairyman, South Leigh, Devon > Martha CROSS, Wife, Mar, 70, Farway, Devon > Elizabeth CROSS, Dau, 40, South Leigh, Devon > Thomas TUCKER, Serv, 14, Ash, Somerset > > In 1841, Samuel and Martha were living at Milborne Port, Somerset: > > 1841 census > Kingsbury, Milborne Port, Somerset > Samuel CROSS, 65, Dairyman, N > Martha CROSS, 60, N > Elizabeth CROSS, 30, N > Charlotte CROSS, 20, Y > Samuel EDWARDS, 15, MS, Y > > I do think there has to be a very strong probability that this is > Caroline's > family. > > Best wishes, > > Sue > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >