Thanks helen I think this must be the marriage ,another lister kindly sent me the info as well,but I just can't find his birth/baptism,perhaps for some reason he wasn't baptised.Thanks once again for the help.Jess Helen Verrall <hverrall@ihug.co.nz> wrote:Jess From the Transcripts of Alton Parish Regsiters. September 1781 9th Thomas CLAY son of Richard and Lydiah Baptised June 1783 29th Jobe son of Richard and Lydia CLAY was Baptised May 1785 15th Ellen CLAY dau of Richard and Lydia was Baptised May 1787 6th Lidia dau of Richd CLAY and Lidia was Baptised October 1789 16th Richard son of Richd and Lydia CLAY was Baptised 1804 3rd March Richard son of Richd and Lydia CLAY was buried This would appear to be Richard and Lydia's Marriage CLAY, Richard Marriage Wife: Lydia TORR Marriage Date: 23 Sep 1777 Recorded in: Ipstones, Staffordshire, England Source: FHL Film 1471000 Dates: 1763 - 1783 From the Transcripts there appear to be a family of William and Martha CLAY and a William and Hannah being Baptised bet 1745 and 1760 but cannot locate a Baptism for a Richard amongst them From the Registers - 10th July 1763 Buried Lydia ye wife of William CLAY 26th " " Buried John son of " " 1st January 1768 William CLAY was buried Feb 1736 23rd William CLAY and Martha BROWN were married 17th July 1765 William CLAY married Hannah WILSON at Ipstones 25th December 1777 Mary CLAY dau of Richard and Lydia I hope this information is useful! Helen New Zealand -----Original Message----- From: Jess Brewer [mailto:jessbrewer2003@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: Sunday, 21 August 2005 5:32 a.m. To: ENG-STS-THE-POTTERIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Pots] Richard Clay Hi listers.I have a Richard Clay m.to Lydia ?.could sks tell me who his parents were,they had a large family in Alton .I have alot of detail about their family but can't seem to find his birth.I think it must be somewhere in the region of 1740's as they were producing children from 1766.Thanks for your interest.Jess --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail ==== ENG-STS-THE-POTTERIES Mailing List ==== The List for the Pottery Towns of the Ancient County of Staffordshire ==== ENG-STS-THE-POTTERIES Mailing List ==== The List for the Pottery Towns of the Ancient County of Staffordshire --------------------------------- How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos. Get Yahoo! Photos