I am very interested in this thread. I am a descendant of John and Margaret Hepworth of Batley mentioned here. Margaret was born in Ireland, although John was from a Batley family. I know of only 3 chn, all born in Ireland. Hannah b.c. 1813, married William Sheard in Batley, Samuel my gggf (long story) b.c. 1816 and Joseph b.c. 1824 ( have not been able to trace him after 1841 but he may have emigrated to US). Because of the ages of John and Margaret I suspected that they may have had other chn born in either/or Ireland and England. The marriage of Frances Hepworth ad Francis Hinchliffe is of interest because (1) Frances born in right place, right time (Hepworth a rare name in Ireland); (2) father named John, occupation clothier (3) name Frances, John's mother was Frances, not a particularly common name. The Hepworths appear to have returned to England between 1825 and 1835. No apparent close connection to either the Stubleys or the Akeroyds, but I will pursue this.
