Hi Katie

Your email address will be removed by the mods coz you're not supposed to put emails onto the boards

you have to PM them. However I've noted it down and will send you a message so you have my email too

I would really like to see your gedcom and see if we can find the link. I'm sure there is one - as you say, Docking and Stanhoe are just up the road from each other

Doing a little more research after I posted last night, and found a couple of refs. online to William's parents being James and Margaret...no further info about them unfortunately, and the email address given by the person who put the info up doesn't work any more

I will be ordering William's marriage cert today which should confirm his father and hopefully show some helpful witnesses

Cheers
Prue