Frances
Thank you again for your help
We have spent the day at MM and have been through the documents which confirm the lineage. It all fits exactly as you suggested. Oats Kelly (the grandfather ) is born 12/1731 son of Oats, so that gets the male line back another generation (9xgt). Still some work to do though because we have not yrt got a spouse for either Oats Kelly (or indeed Nicholas Kelly)
Carol