« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 14 August 19 09:19 BST (UK) »
Hi Gayle
Are you descended from Thomas & Mary? They are 6x great-grandparents of mine, via their son James Merritt (1770-1842).
Update: you have prompted me to have a fresh look at my James, and it looks like they weren’t his parents at all! Oops. I now have new 6x great-grandparents 
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)