Brian - thank you very much for your message.

I have since discovered that Maria who married Richard Phayre was the sister of James Leech Ridgway, as I have received a copy of the transcript of their father's will, which also mentions William James Stockdale married to another sister, Caroline.

Do you know if and how William James Stockdale was related to the publisher John Stockdale (1750-1814), please?

Many thanks,
Caspar