A happy New Year Listers. 2007 was exciting for me, in that after thirty years or more I established the marriage links of my ggf born 1813/16? Against the law of the land he married two sisters one in 1836 and the younger sister in 1856. John NEWTON=Elizabeth HOWARD 1836. Elizabeth died in 1852. And, = Eleanor(Ellen) HOWARD 1856 in Streaton, Cheshire UK. He is recorded as a Flatman. His father John, a mariner. Siblings are> 1851 Robert b1837, d1907. Thomas b1839. Mary b1841. Henry b1844. Anne b 1846. Emma b1848. 1861 Census> Frederick b1858. Sarah b1860. Martha E 1861. Mary J b1863. Alfred b1864. d1905 at sea a mariner. Alfred's family went to Australia in 1914 aboard the SS RUNIC. Trust this proves of some interest, you have got to keep searching. regards Pete Newton