Janet, I have found the following, but please be cautious with the dates etc. They should be checked against the registers. I got the baptism and marriage dates from the IGI just to give me an idea of the time period we are looking at. The names came from John Travis apart from Mary Crossley - that was the IGI, but all the children fit in with it being her. Please check if you can. You may also like to get the will that's mentioned. This is a quote from Some Old Walsden Families by John Travis. "John Ffielden of Inchfield made a will in 1757, 26th. November, bequest to Dorothy his wife of furniture, and a farm called Weetshaw in Todmorden, and a cottage adjoining, during her life, and after that to her nephew, John Ffielden, the youngest son of John Ffeilden late of Shore in Stansfield, in the county of York, deceased, by Elizabeth her sister. Sole Executor his cousin Joshua Fielden of Edge End, Todmorden. Joshua renounced probate, and administration was granted to the widow, Dorothy.".................. "....The above Dorothy was probably the daughter of John Travis of Inchfield, being interred at St. Mary's Church, Todmorden, in the same grave...." (THIS MEANS THAT HER SISTER WOULD BE ELIZABETH TRAVIS.) ".......... The last Nicholas (Nick) died in 1821, being descended from the John Ffielden who inherited Wetshaw Farm, Todmorden." The pedigree seems to be: John Fielden of Shore, Stansfield, died before 1757. Married Elizabeth Travis at Halifax on 10 Sept. 1719. Their youngest son, John Fielden, married Mary Crossley, Feb. 1754 at St. Mary's, Todmorden. They had at least 5 children: Susan, baptised 23.3.1755 at Todmorden, born in Walsden, married John Shackleton the eldest. Ann, baptised 4.11.1759 at Todmorden, married John Schofield of Reddishore Nicholas, baptised 27.5.1764 at Todmorden, married Dorothy Crossley 28 Dec. 1786 at St. Chads, Rochdale. Died 1821 John, went to live at Warland Mary, had a natural son, James Fielden, by William Walton. That's about it for now, unless I find something else. Happy Hunting! Linda

Linda & Janet, The booklet "Shore in Stansfield" lists the family tree of the Fieldens you mention. John who married Elizabeth Travis of Inchfield is written up as John V it lists all their children and goes back through Johns IV, III, II and I. It only lists 4 children though for John IV, namely Susan, Mary, John and Ann. Further info could be available bearing in mind this weekends discussions. Lots of other trees are included as well as wills etc. Jack (Todmorden) -------Original Message------- From: ENG-TODMORDEN-L@rootsweb.com Date: 07 May 2002 17:16:40 To: ENG-TODMORDEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-TOD] Re: SHACKLETON Janet, I have found the following, but please be cautious with the dates etc. They should be checked against the registers. I got the baptism and marriage dates from the IGI just to give me an idea of the time period we are looking at. The names came from John Travis apart from Mary Crossley - that was the IGI, but all the children fit in with it being her. Please check if you can. You may also like to get the will that's mentioned. This is a quote from Some Old Walsden Families by John Travis. "John Ffielden of Inchfield made a will in 1757, 26th. November, bequest to Dorothy his wife of furniture, and a farm called Weetshaw in Todmorden, and a cottage adjoining, during her life, and after that to her nephew, John Ffielden, the youngest son of John Ffeilden late of Shore in Stansfield, in the county of York, deceased, by Elizabeth her sister. Sole Executor his cousin Joshua Fielden of Edge End, Todmorden. Joshua renounced probate, and administration was granted to the widow, Dorothy.".................. "....The above Dorothy was probably the daughter of John Travis of Inchfield, being interred at St. Mary's Church, Todmorden, in the same grave...." (THIS MEANS THAT HER SISTER WOULD BE ELIZABETH TRAVIS.) ".......... The last Nicholas (Nick) died in 1821, being descended from the John Ffielden who inherited Wetshaw Farm, Todmorden." The pedigree seems to be: John Fielden of Shore, Stansfield, died before 1757. Married Elizabeth Travis at Halifax on 10 Sept. 1719. Their youngest son, John Fielden, married Mary Crossley, Feb. 1754 at St. Mary's, Todmorden. They had at least 5 children: Susan, baptised 23.3.1755 at Todmorden, born in Walsden, married John Shackleton the eldest. Ann, baptised 4.11.1759 at Todmorden, married John Schofield of Reddishore Nicholas, baptised 27.5.1764 at Todmorden, married Dorothy Crossley 28 Dec. 1786 at St. Chads, Rochdale. Died 1821 John, went to live at Warland Mary, had a natural son, James Fielden, by William Walton. That's about it for now, unless I find something else. Happy Hunting! Linda Interested in Modern Newspaper Indexes? http://www.dreamwater.net/genealogy/Newspapers.htm To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetidW1&sourceid37