Nev and anyone else interested in the Tyson -Southward family. I can only agree with you in the difficulty in searching for this family.I would be very happy if someone could find a family that is Williams,but after spending some time mulling over the names you have given me and further information I havefound I am wondering if you might give consideration to a scenario I will put forward to you or anyone else interested in this family. I have for some time been wondering if a William Tyson who married Ann Langley (Longley) 15th Jan 1742 may be our Williams parents? My reasons being the use of family names in the next generation. The Southward family, Father John Mother anne ,children Mary 22 May 1743 Thomas 18 May 1749 Dorothy 9 June 1750 our Dorothy, Isaac 1751, Abraham 1754 At present the only family I could put forward for William and Anne Tyson would be our William born about 1750. It seems in those times families repeatedly used the same family names for generations. My thinking is that William and Dorothy like others used their family names being : John Ann William and Thomas, being 4 of the 6 of their children named from these families. As yet I have been unable to find any family for William and Ann but maybe Dorothy and Williams other 2 childrens names are the clue. WHAT DO YOU THINK? Do you have a connection with the Tyson or Southward families . Regards yhout.