I have had a brick wall with my 5xGt Grandfather for many years. Just when I think I have another lead it too becomes a brick wall. The person in Question is Lionel George Becher. He first appeared in a letter stating that he was the Grandfather of my 3xGt Grandfather's sister Mary Anne Becher(spinster) He had been in the Guards and then a special troop of Marines to fight at Cartagena, sAmerica.and he had died there in 1741. I have tried to find out who paid for his commision as ensign in 1722 and hope that his father at least may have been mentioned. However Wellington Barracks assured me that there was no one named. Then I discovered that he had actually paid for himself with a loan which had escalated out of proportion which he could not pay back and there was a big court case which I have from the Nat. Archives. On one of these he states that he has a brother Samuel. So thinking that this might give me a lead I then found the only possible Samuel to fit the dates, had made a short will which is on Ancestry and he had died in 1754. Is there anyone out there with any more ideas where to at least look for Samuel. He had been stationed in Portsmouth in a troop of invalids and was a batchelor and left everything to his housekeeper!. Lionel George married Ann Lake, an illegit daughter of General Henry Lumley and I have letters and wills etc. to verify this. Have just found the marriage in Fleet prison Chapel in 1725. They had two children in 1729 and 1738(my 4xGt Grandfather) and also twin daughters in 1739 when they and Ann died in Sonning Berkshire. Lionel had joined the Marines by then. Any suggestions welcome. Eileen. http://www.epfranchi.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/page1.htm