Sorry to be slow to come back after all these excellent observations as I am not well at the moment and will need to trawl through past messages to prove my points but I believe this Mary Cowmeadow being referred to is the wife of William Cowmeadow James' brother. My Mary's court appearances suggest she was born around 1790. I would love to be able to access the work house records but I think they have disappeared.

I am sure that the Mary Slowhands refers to has been claimed by another branch of the family. What I need is a tree from a good old fashioned bible!