Barber and Willshaw

[wheeldon]

Is anyone researching the Barbers and Wilshaws, mainly from Cheddleton, Endon and Leek?  If so I would love to hear from you 

[mishcat]

hi, i have willshaws from cheddleton in my family, thomas wilshaw c 1772 cheddleton married catherine doorbar c1774 they lived at biddulph in staffordshirethey were my 3x great grandparents,         mishcat

[wheeldon]

Hi Mishcat, thanks for your reply and sorry for the delay.

I've come across your family before but haven't made a link yet.  However,  I have been in Cheddleton for the weekend and I'm now certain that all Wilshaws from that area are related in some way or another...the trick is to find out how 

The earliest that I have is George Wilshaw born 1763 -1850  married to Annie Hulme and they lived in cheddleton village.  His son George Wilshaw (b.1817) married the widow Mary Barber in 1840.

On my visit I discovered that nearly every other persons name is Wilshaw or Barber.

So, hello distant cousin 

[mishcat]

hi cous, my earliest is joseph wilshaw c 1708, horton , staffs, his son joseph c 1744 married elizabeth dawson who were the parents of thomas  my gggggrand pa,  good luck in searches,   mishcat