Hello,  This is my first message to the NOTTSGEN mailing list. I hope someone may be able to help me.  My 4 x great grandfather William MASON married Arabella PILSWORTH at Newark St . Maryâs Church on 4^th February 1802, by licence. I have a copy of the licence which states that William was aged 23 and Arabella 21, both being âof this parishâ  Their children were as follows:-  -        John MASON was baptised at Welby, Lincolnshire, April 1804 -        Thomas MASON was baptised at Welby, Lincolnshire in August 1806. -        Robert Pilsworth and William MASON were baptised in Newark in August 1808 -        Elizabeth MASON was baptised at Welby, Lincs. in November 1810.  William snr. was buried at Welby, Lincs. in January 1811. (The following year Arabella remarried in Lincolnshire and appears to have spent the rest of her life there).  Although a Lincolnshire family, the PILSWORTHs had been living in Newark since at least 1794. In the case of William MASON, however, I have no trace of him prior to his marriage in 1802.  My requests for help are as follows:-  Can anyone tell me if settlement certificates or examinations exist for Newark? If they do, are published indexes available for purchase or online? Is anyone able to check if William MASON appears amongst them (either before his marriage in 1802 or on his apparent return to Newark around 1808)?  Can anyone come up with a possible birth for William MASON in about 1778-9 who married Arabella PILSWORTH in 1802? (I have checked the FreeREG and Familysearch webpages but can find no likely candidates either in Nottinghamshire or Lincolnshire.)  Does anyone know of any sources such as land tax records or other records which exist for Newark between about 1795 and 1810 and which might include William MASON?  Iâd appreciate any help anyone can offer with William MASON, especially since I am descended from him on two sides of my family.  Thanks for taking the time to read this.  Best wishes, Mark in Barcelona [1]"Hoy puede ser un dÃa especial / RegÃstrate en Meetic y conoce a la persona que más te guste ¡ Tienes 3 dÃas gratis!" References 1. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198970522;7829128;x?http://orange.meetic.es