Hi there, wow you lot are quick, thanks very much. Have already confirmed Hewitt's details, he's defintely a direct ancestor. I have managed to find a record of a marriage between a Robert Burnett and Jane Hewitt, and I'm pretty convinced they're his parents, as the names match his brother's baptism records, can't trace Hewitts. I'm now trying to go back further, but can't seem to trace anything certain, so hoping that someone has already done some research, possibly someone still local.
Have trawled through Durham records on-line, and on-line non-conformist chapel records, where I found a bulk of records, as they were members of the Spring Garden Lane Chapel for some time.
They have married Sommervilles, Gledhills and Berries over the years, and we have a few 18th and 19th Century documents, letters and wills relating to all three, plus the Burnetts, if that's of interest to anyone out there.
Best Wishes, Emma.
