Hi Listers I "believe" I am directly descended from the Calcutta identity Frances 'Begum' Johnston (nee Watts/Templer/Altham/Croke), born Frances Croke, daughter of Edward Croke, Governor of Fort St David (1690-1768) and Isabella nee Beizor (1710-80) who appears to have been of Indian and Portuguese extraction. By her third husband, the Scottish-born William Watts, Governor of Fort William, Bengal (1722-64), Frances left three children: Amelia (1750-70, the mother of Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool and, by 1812, Prime Minister), Edward (1752-1830) and Sophia (1753-1830, who married George Poyntz Ricketts, later Governor of Barbados). A granddaughter of George Poyntz Ricketts, Ellen Catherine Ricketts (1806-86), was my ggg grandmother. My queries are: - Does anyone know the parentage/origins of the abovenamed Isabella Beizor? - Does anyone know the parentage/origins of the abovenamed William Watts? Any tips or clues? Mark St Leon NSW Australia E: markstleon@bigpond.com