I too am related to the Ley's through Alexander Ley and his wife Patience Whitfield. They are my 5th great grandparents. Alexander was born and baptised in Monkleigh, Devon, England and his wife Patience was born and baptised in Bideford, Devon, England. Alexander had a daughter named Patience who married William Phipps. Patience and William Phipps are my 4th great grandparents. I also come through John Ley, son of Alexander and Patience and his wife Jane (possibly Burke) They are also my 4th great grandparents. (We had some intermarriage in the family) Their son, John Ley married Jane Martell and had James Ley who married Mary Ann Hall. Mary Ann and James had Alexander Ley, who was my great grandfather. They were all Church of England. There is another branch of the family who are Roman Catholic. It appears from my research that your Charles Ley was married to Alberta Bate. Did your Charles die in 1998? If so, his parents were James Joseph Ley and Catherine Margaret Lahey and his grandparents were Charles Ley and Susan Louisa Nearing. I hope that I'm talking about the correct Charles.