thanks nell for replying the area of the country is SHEFFIELD. The earliest dates i av is 1793 and1827 anything before or after them dates for the brown/wardle/farmer family would be great. Anything on the whitham family which includes the names WILLIAM/HENRY/ANN ESTHER/ANN/THOMAS/MARY/JULIA. All the female names were married to a WHITHAM. I am after people pre 1827. Also i forgot the surname STANIFORTH in my list of surnames. Hope i av given the details that you want. The males were all filesmiths/cutters ETC. I yhink WILLIAM was a farmer by trade but not 100% sure on that with him marrying MARY FARMER.
thanks again
BRIAN