Francis was one of Ari’s 6x great-grandfathers. We know that he died in Belton, Rutland, in 1794 and was buried there on 3 April. On 27 September 1779 he had married Susannah Whiteley at the church of St Mary Magdalene & St Andrew in Ridlington, a small parish north of Uppingham. Specially for Ari! From this date we can estimate that he was born in about 1759, but I haven’t found a record of his baptism. This is the marriage entry from the Bishop’s Transcripts from Ridlington

One of Ari’s 5x great-grandmothers was Susanna Burton, the mother of William Cobley. Susanna was born in 1784. I am working on the theory that her parents were Francis and Susannah Burton, and if this is the case then she was born on 13 April and baptised on 10 June in the village of Ridlington in Rutland. The baptism record on Findmypast says that the parents live at Leigh Lodge, which is a listed building now. Of course once you identify someone’s parents you can start to f