Hello Brad, I dont know whether you have received my recent communication with regard to your request about " John Ashcroft" of Burtonwood.[7.06.08] I replied that I am the great great grand daughter of John Ashcroft who was a shoemaker from Burtonwood.He was born in 1799 and his wife was Margaret b 1806.One of their children was James b 1846, and 1881 rcords show that John was at that time living with James, his wife Mary,and their 4 chldren in Newton le Willows Lancashire He was then a widower. James had a son called Richard who married Lilian Mabel Partington [my Grandmother] They had 4 children, one of whom was my father Richard Stanley Ashcoft b 14/11/1911. I do know that the family had relatives in Canada and my Grandmother was in touch with them for years. I will try and locate one of the letters that she received which were passed on to my Father when she died in 1976, and which I inherited when he died in 1984. It would be great to find out if we are from the same branch of the "Ashcroft" clan. Pleas reply if you think that we are and I will let you have a lot more detail Thanks a lot Judith A Southern nee Ashcroft