Here's hoping that you are still there after more than 2 years- just came across you message.
I am descended from Samuel Goard 1803, Mary's Oldest Brother. Therefore I believe our common ancestor would be Samuel Goard and Ann Benny.(My Great,Great,Great, Great Grandparents)
I have found the research particulary of Samuel and Mary's generation particularly difficult as our Parish records just catch Samuel and Ann's marriage, we have used BMD and then the 1841 census is our only other line of more definate info. We therefore have a void. We thought there must have been other children between Samuel and Mary but keep hitting blanks.
If you are interested in sharing information that would be fantastic- we may have something you have missed, who knows?
Please reply to
andyrac.hutchinson@blueyonder.co.uk My name is Rachel.