Hello Henry, Well, whata shock. As I said myself and other members of Gilberts descendants are still trying to sort things out. 2 cousins and myself are descended from Jane Welch, who was the son of Thomas and Agnes and was born in 1765. It seems he must have been a bit of a "lad" also, because I have found the baptism of a Christian daughter of Gilbert and Mary Davidson, baptised 6/10/1787, in Falstone, and in June 1787 he had married a Margery/ Margaret Herdman, at Falstone, and had 2 children, John baptised 11/3/1788 and Ann baptised 4/3/1789 both at Falstone, then in 1793 he married Margaret Thompson 2/6/1793 at Simonburn, they had 2 daughters , Frances baptised 6/6/1794 and Jane 11 December 1796 in Simonburn. Both Gilbert and Margaret are buried in the Churchyard at St Peters Church in Newbrough, Northumberland. Jane had a son, Gilbert in 1816 to a Ralph Milburn and the wives of 2 people I have been in contact with are descendants of the son Gilbert who married Mary Hogarth. my 2 cousins in Northumberland and me in Australia are descended from Jane. In 1819 she married a John Parker, however in 1825 she gave birth to a son, Thomas whose reputed father was Nicholas Todd, a wealthy land and mine owner in Stonecroft which is near Newbrough. Look forward to the next episode of our "Illustrious" Welch family, Bev.