Thanks for that, I have got the information on the Lawson's, but with regard to the parents of Thomas Cottier, Sue told me some records were unreliable, so I approached it from a different direction and have now come up with James Cottier and Catherine Kessick as parents of Thomas born 1810 and on a separate page as parents of a Thomas born 1812, and both with a lot less siblings than I originally found, I'm wondering if somehow 2 or 3 records have got mixed up. The 2 Thomas's could be the same person, if it wasn't for the fact that I've found records of marriage's for both, 1833 & 1838 and we believe our Thomas was in America by 1838.Thanks again for your efforts.