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I am trying to find out more about Joseph, Rebecca and their family. They are my 5xGreat-Grandparents and I can pretty much trace the descendants of my 3xGreat-Grandfather (their Grandson and another Joseph) into the twentieth century and present day in some cases.

Joseph and Rebecca married in Greyrigg near Kendal in 1791 and died in 1843 (Mansergh)  and 1848 (Burton-in-Lonsdale) respectively. The Farrers were a well established Grayrigg family at this time.

This Joseph is NOT the son of Thomas the Quaker of Grayrigg but another man with the same name who was living in the same area. I say that because I have a copy of the will of Joseph son of Thomas the Quaker which implies this Joseph wasn't married and did not have children. The Josephs also had different death dates and occupations (and years of birth).

I also have a copy of the will of Thomas Farrer eldest son of "my" Joseph and my current project is to try to trace as many of his descendants down to the 1911 census as I can. This isn't my direct line but I am trying to be methodical in my research.

Could any kind person please check to see if there is a baptism for a Mary Harbert (the last name may have a spelling variation) around 18 January 1797? The LDS index gives the parish as "St Mary" so I don't know if that is St Mary Le Bow or St Mary the Less, although I would take a guess at St Mary the Less. Ideally I'd like to know who her father was. Her mother's name was Ann or Anne.

There is no hurry for the information so please don't make a special trip.

Anthony Bowron married Mary MacDonald in Romaldkirk 23 August 1817. Anthony was a blacksmith.

I have found them on the 1841 to 1861 census returns (Anthony died in 1868), I then have Mary living with a niece (actually niece by marriage) on the 1871 census. Mary died in 1879.

Anthony and Mary had at least 4 children, William, Ann, Jane and Anthony. If Mary is the Mary I think she is there was also a child born before the marriage, George MacDonald born 1810.

George is my direct ancestor but we don't know who his father is. There are no bastardy records that mention Mary or George or Anthony although the bastardy records do appear to be good. All I can conclude is that no complaint was made about the father of the child or that the child's father acknowledged his son and paid maintenance.

My own father has had a DNA test done which has come back with a very unusual male line  haplotype - well that is what the testing company say.

I'd really like to find a male line descendant of Anthony Bowron who either knows his male haplotype or would be willing to have it sequenced. That way we would have more idea about George's paternity!

I also wonder just how rare Dad's male line haplotype actually is .......

From the  National Burial Index

Ann MCDONALD age 105

buried 30 October 1814 Cleasby, Yorkshire (North Riding) St. Peter

I am completely stuck with my husband's Bickle line.

I have a Thomas BICKLE born about 1837 who I think married Elizabeth WALTERS 12 August 1856 in Whitchurch, Devon. If that is correct Thomas' father was William BICKLE. Thomas died in 1871 in Easington Co Durham.

I'd like to find out where the family originated and trace back a little further.