John and all. (John - I think we had some contact in my FreeBMD transcribing days). I assume that the nine are Sarah, Mary, Samuel, William, John, Joseph, Samuel, Hannah and Hannah. I have not been pursuing this line for some years so have had to refer to my files. I note that I was in contact in 2001 with Lawrence Annable in Canada. He said that he had found a patron submitted baptism record for Sarah STAFFORD in the IGI as the illegitimate child of Nancy STAFFORD father not specified at Arnold on 27 Apr 1834; he assumed this was the child recorded in the 1841 and 1851 censuses as Sarah WELLS, daughter of William and Ann WELLS. Best wishes John Townend ----- Original Message ----- From: John Mellors To: lcaron0822@rogers.com ; 'John' ; 'andrew ronald hamilton' Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [NTT] STAFFORD FAMILY @ BASFORD Laurie/ John/ Ron - my research in to the WELLS family in Arnold indicates that: William (x) WELLS mar Ann (x) STAFFORD on 19 Apr 1835 after Banns at Arnold St Mary wit by Henry (x) STAFFORD & Mary (x) GODBER, I have 9 children from this marriage - 3 of them marrying in to fairly well known (not famous) Arnold families - ROCKLEY, MELLORS & PEMBLETON and another possible contact in Jill hazeacres@aol.com I have a possible burial for Ann WELLS of Redhill (possibly nee STAFFORD) on 23 Jan 1888 aged 77 Not too sure if this helps Regards John Mellors