Thanks for your message Wilf. I have all the info for Mary Ann's descendants so you don't have to worry about looking that up for me. I'm really trying to verify who her parents were. I think I have it narrowed down to James Bull and Elizabeth Wilkens. And for Mary Ann's possible siblings I have Elizabeth b. 1801, William b. abt 1804, and James b. 1813. But I'm not 100% on any of this so am hoping to one day solve it. Out of curiosity do you by any chance have the name "Dixon" appearing in your wife's Bull line?? David Preston and Mary Ann had a child named William Dixon (who died in infancy) but then I notice that the middle name Dixon shows up in the next generation as well. Thought it may be a clue of some kind, however it could easily have come from the Preston side since I don't know much farther back about them either :o)
Jackie