Thank you Tony. I am very vague on this. Have got the family back to a William Champion, a blacksmith, in Woolwich whose son John was baptised in the normal parish church in 1799. There are lots of other Champions around there at the time but have made no links. Researching in Woolwich I found that many families there were of Huguenot origin. My father once told me the family had come from France originally but knew no details. It sounds as if I am not going to get any further without more information. Thanks again. Val