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Hello Stickytoria
The Thornton family history of Abraham Drake has taken some unravelling and these are my findings which may not be wholly correct.
Abraham b1827 had parents William b1796 and Mary Sharp b1796 they had 8 other children(including a Charles)
Abrahams first wife was Hannah Leach b1827 and were married in 1854.Their children were William b1855 MaryAnn (my gt grandma) and Charley b1861 who died in 1863(I think) Hannah died in 1868.
Abraham then marries Elizabeth Redman in 1869 and they have a child Charlie in1870 who I think is your gt grandfather.
So Charlie will be step brother of William and MaryAnn.
William was widowed and young Abraham was his son,but William married again when he moved to Liverpool to Margaret and they went on to have 5 children.This family were always in contact with their family in Thornton namely MaryAnn who had married Wright Stanley.
I believe young Abraham married Isabella in 1899 while your gt grandfather Charles married Eliza in 1903
I will be interested to know if you know differently.I am trying to work out how to do a private message to you so I can tell you more details.
Hope I have added to your family history

Thanks
Like you say I will have to send off for Mary Ann's birth certificate.
Good luck with your Leach and Drake families   

Thanks for the information
I have come across James and Nanny Leach but not sure about them
I really need to know who Abraham Drake married in 1854 in the Bradford or Thornton and if it was Hannah
was she the mother of William Mary Ann and Charley.

Please has anyone got information about
Francis Fosters birth and place of birth
Francis' marriage to Mary
They lived somewhere around Middlesmore in the late 1700's as I think their children
Ann William Sarah and Robert were born there and then they moved to Burley
Thankyou 

Thanks Dee
It looks very promising I didnt think Francis and his wife would be so old