I am a new member. I am also researching the King family in Caton and Melling.
My 4 x great grandfather William King married Sarah Fox in Caton in 1788. Witness Anthony King.
John King married Alice Leeming at Caton in 1783. Witness James King.
James King married Grace Thompson at Caton in 1790. Witness Anthony King.
Anthony King married Isabella Rathmell in Lancaster in 1793. Witness John King.
I have been researching William King's family for years and thought that my William was born in Burton in Lonsdale, but I have recently found out that this William married someone else.
All the above Kings had a daughter named Ann or Nancy and a son William, so I wondered if this was the name of their parents.
I have just found a baptism for a William King in 1766 to a William and Ann King at Whittington.
I have also found a marriage for a William King and Ann Roach in 1763 at Beetham. I wonder if these are the parents of Anthony, William, John and James and perhaps Henry of Melling.
Beetham, Whittington, Melling, Hornby and Caton are in the same area. I visited them yesterday.