Thank you all so much, that is seemingly our family. I started the family trees in 2000 and put an awful lot together from my mum in laws notes and those that where carried on by my sister in law. I stopped all my searches after the death of my own father in 2008. In the last few weeks quite by chance I ended up in contact with two members of the Higgins family (one who I briefly had contact with before my dad died) and my interest was piqued again.
In my mum in laws hand written notes she had a small piece at the side with a question mark by Sarah's name saying baptist ministers daughter. So much she wrote I have now proved true, I wish she was still here to be able to tell. The family reaches all the way to Australia, now all I need to do is get a new PC and up to date family tree maker so I can add all this new information, again thanks to everyone who has taken the time and trouble to look these up for us
Oh and yes thank you for finding the Alice in the name, I do have Charlotte in the tree but only as Charlotte A Higgins! Our granddaughter is a Charlotte too