Dear all I have been searching steadily backwards in the Wrightington, Mawdesley and Parbold area of Lancashire for my Edgar lineage. I am now in the second half of the 1700s and looking for the parents of Thomas Edgar who was born 1774. The only local candidates are John Edgar who married Mary Bennet in 1771. The prime candidates for their parents are John Edgar who married Jane Woods in 1749 in next door Standish. But then the name Edgar drops out the local parish records for this area. I have checked back to the early 1600s with no luck. One theory is the army of Charles Edward Stewart as it passed just a few years before 1749. Does any information exist on the possible inclusion of an Edgar presence in the army. However, I do realise that the family might have migrated regardless of the army. Any views most welcome. Regards Paul Dwerryhouse Hawarden, Flintshire, UK.