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Hi all,

   I have hit a brickwall with Robert Saywell, baptised in Wellingore in 1696.

   His parents are listed as Robert and Alice, but I cannot find a marriage for them.

    Several trees on Ancestry.co.uk list Robert's mother as Elizabeth Haycock (1671 - 1731) but with no sources attached, and obviously the baptism lists Robert's mother as Alice...

    Any pointers?

    Thanks in advance! 

Hi all,

I'm hoping that someone may be able to help as I am stuck!

I have got back as far as Judith WELLS (1739 - 1765). She married Francis EASTON in Biddenden in 1761.

She was born in Staplehurst to John and Elizabeth WELLS.

John married Elizabeth KINGSNORTH on 26th October 1736 in Staplehurst.

I have had difficulty finding information about Elizabeth KINGSNORTH. There is a baptism in Tenterden in May 1710 for an Elizabeth born to Thomas and Sarah KINGSNORTH.

I have not been able to find a marriage for Thomas and Sarah KINGSNORTH.
There is a marriage of a Thomas KINGSNORTH and Sarah GOSLING in Gillingham, Kent in 1718 but this is 8 years after Elizabeth's (apparent) birth and baptism.

Many trees online list this Thomas and Sarah as Elizabeth's parents, and while I appreciate relationships at that time were not as "pristine" as we might think, marrying 8 years later and many miles away seems odd!

There is a baptism for a Sarah GOSLING in Rochester, Kent in 1693 which is not far from Gillingham, but I cannot fathom how she would go from Rochester to Tenterden and back to Gillingham (to marry), for her daughter Elizabeth to then end up in Staplehurst in the 1730s.

Does any one have any thoughts or leads on the above, or an alternative marriage for Thomas & Sarah?

Any advice is much appreciated!

Kind Regards,

Joel Simons

Thank you so much everyone! What a mystery!!!!   

Hi all,
 
  Could you help in deciphering wjat s written on the reverse of this photograph. I am so stuck!! 

Thank you!

J Simons

Fantastic! Thank you very much!