Hi Susan
Thank you so much for reading our posts! I hope that I may have some information that will be helpful to you. There are a lot of issues with Driffill family trees that have posted online and circulated and in recent months a group of dedicated Driffill researchers have been collaborating to try and sort out some of the problems in these trees. For example if you are a descendant of John Driffill and Winifred Wade, then we believe that John is not the son of Ralph and Ann Williamson - Ralph being the son of William Driffill and Susannah Wressell. We have a compelling case with lots of hard evidence from the Lincolnshire Archives which shows that Ralph, the son of William and Susannah is mis-represented in almost all Driffill family trees.
If you have worked back through your ancestry to John Driffill (1771-1850) and his wife Winifred Wade, then you are almost certainly also a descendant of Ann Martin and Ralph Driffill of Crowle/Burton upon Stather. This Ralph is not the son of William (1704-1794) and Susannah his wife, but rather their nephew.
In most family trees, the life events of three and up to four different Ralphs have been merged into one person which has created a great deal of confusion.
I have written a bit of discussion paper called "The Mysterious Case of the Mixed Up Ralphs" which endeavours to shed some light on this problem and includes the source evidence which hopefully separates the Ralphs.
I have endeavoured to attach my paper to this message. I do hope that you will find this useful information and I am very happy to discuss with you any of the proposals that I have suggested in my writing.
With many blessings, Christine Driffill McDonald