Hi Joyful, thanks so much for your help so far - you've been great. As to the questions, it looks as if Jeffery dunning, who was a Master Mariner, may have been out of the country at this time. I don't think Eliza had been married before. Eliza's parents were Mary Ann nee Street and Draper Windsor, a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Does this help Joyful? I hope so, any info you can find would be great thanks anderton