This is a wild shot but has anyone researched the
Walton families of
Alston/Allendale. I have two currently
separate lines of Walton from my maternal grandparents each of who carried Walton as their middle name. Was a bit of family mystery to my generation that one ! The lines may tie up in dim & distant past as its only a bit of a hill between them as far as I have managed to trace so far.
From my grandfather's line I am up to a
John Walton who married a Mary Millican in
1777 at Alston. But I'm a bit stuck as there appear to be about 5 or 6 John Walton born in 1750s in Alston/Garrigill, no way to tell which is correct one
EDIT - actually scratch that, I've just done another search and its 13 John Walton born in Alston between 1749 and 1760 only one have I found an early death for 
From my grandmother's line I have reached a
Richard Walton a yeoman of Catton Lea (just south of Catton nr Allendale) who married an Elizabeth and had 8 children there (first in 1752). I haven't been able to find Richard & Elizabeth's wedding or an origin for Richard.
Any other Walton researchers, would be good to compare notes !
Pete