Hi Are there any people out there with the following ancestors in their tree. Richard WELLS and Mary BISSELL m 1687 St Mary, Handsworth, Staffordshire with 8 WELLS children (i) Mary bp 28 Jan 1688 St Mary, Handsworth m 23 Sep to John WILLIS St Mary, Handsworth (ii) Sarah bp 5 Oct 1690 St Mary, Handsworth (iii) Richard bp 5 Feb 1692 St Mary, Handsworth (iv) Susanna bp 22 Sep 1695 St Mary, Handsworth (v) John bp 11 Sep 1698 St Mary, Handsworth m 2 Nov 1730 to Mary Stanton St Mary, Handsworth (vi) Edward bp 19 Jul 1701 St Mary, Handsworth m 21 Sep 1730 to Elizabeth Wright St Mary, Handsworth (vii) Phebe bp 24 Jun 1704 St Mary, Handsworth (viii) Joseph bp 14 Apr 1707 St Mary, Handsworth Our interests lie through Edward WELLS whose daughter Mary (Meary) bp 14 Aug 1731 St Mary,.Handsworth - had an illegitimate son Joseph bp 19 Jul 1747 at St Peter and St Paul Aston Juxta, Birmingham. Joseph WELLS married Ann ROBINS 21 Nov 1767 St Mary, Handsworth they had 6 children (i) Nancy bp 21 Feb 1779 St Mary, Handsworth (ii) Jeremiah bp 21 Feb 1779 St Mary, Handsworth (iii) Phebe bp 26 Aug 1781 St Mary, Handsworth (iv) Thomas WELLS bp 2 May 1784 St Mary, Handsworth m Jane JOHNSON 16 Feb 1806 Edgbaston - Iron Founder (v) James bp 25 Dec 1786 St Mary, Handsworth br 26 May 1805 St Mary, Handsworth (vi) Jeremiah bp 27 Dec 1789 St Mary, Handsworth br 26 Feb 1796 St Mary, Handsworth Then Thomas WELLS and Mary JOHNSON had 6 children (i) Joseph bn 22 Mar 1807 Nineveh, St Phillips (ii) Harriet bn 5 Jan 1811 Nineveh, St Philip, Birmingham m William HOOKER 4 Apr 1830 St Michael, Toxteth Park, Liverpool (iii) Eliza bn 15 Aug 1813 St Philip, Birmingham (iv) Emma bn 21 Dec 1815 St Phillips, Birmingham (v) Joseph bn 28 Jun 1818 St Phillips, Birmingham (vi) William WELLS bn 9 Oct 1820 St Phillips, Birmingham m Maria NEALE 1 Apr 1844 St Phillips, Liverpool I also have details of the ancestors between William and my husband Martyn if anyone recognises the above. Regards Judy Wells New Zealand