Hello L agree with the facts, the same as what l have, but l don't know how or where to prove any, just want to cry with frustration,

l think James is the son of Thomas & Amy Bestwich, don't ask me why but as l have the same information as you have found could some one explain to me how l found that info as well , l think l found it on I G I site would have been a couple of years ago now, l have been sorting loads & Loads of paper work family search site, Ancestry, genes united, census, re reading them but nothing Say's any thing different to what l think !!!!! l know,
As to Carols question about Lydia marrying a Wass l have not come across any info only an old e-mail l received August2011 saying that a gravestone at N W double sided one, side 1 John d 1773 age 79 says Lydia wife of John wass she d1769 also 79years also buried with them is daughter Ann d1778