I see two years ago we spent time unsuccessfully trying to sort out the baptism for illegitimate William X b about 1825-9.
http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/F...rod#post315396
We seem to have given up before coming to a conclusion. Did you find anything more? I'm a but confused as to how his paternal grandfather is a Grimshaw when his father seems to be unknown (ie the great-grandfather and grandfather of William b 1854).