Thanks Elaine, yes he did come from Greasbrough and married Judith Frith in 1801.
I have only found three definite children the first one on my list was born in 1821 but there must be loads more,
The definite person on the line is Joshua Willey born in 1823 who married Annis Hawke in 1842.
Joshua born 1780 died in 1852,
I need to find more children of the marriage to Judith unless of course I have got the wrong Judith.
I do not think I have touched this part of the family since I had access to the internet so its back to the 100% person I know and retrace my steps in case I have made a big mistake.
I have found a cd for Greasbrough and it names 6 children the earliest born in 1812 but they were all baptied in 1837.
I am wondering therefore have I found the wrong Joshua and Judith marriage for 1801 or were there more children but not born in the Greasbrough area.
Elaine I shall send you a scan of the marriage cert for Joshua Willey born 1822 to Annis Hawke which I know is definitely on the branch of the tree....that is when I have found it haha
Is that family on the 1841 census yours? If not there are a number of them on Family Search but you have to do the searching.
Joshua and Judith were married in Rotherham Minster in 1801. St Mary's didn't open until 1826 probably one of the reasons for not having the children baptised as infants.
So decide if they are the right family or not and yes you probably need to come forward one generation.