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Thanks for the information people have posted and I think it is possible that William was married to Elizabeth and then Rebecca so it may be that it was Elizabeth who was from Laceby and that was the reason for settling there. Frances and William are two of William and Rebecca's children and I am reasonably confident about that but I am reassured that it is not just me who doubts some online trees.  I have never tried googling the names so I will try that.  Still unsure why he would have been travelling from Luddendon Foot in first place to meet either Elizabeth or Rebecca.  I will have a look at the Mary Pattinson although I am not sure I want any more complications!

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I had been assuming that Susan and Sarah were the same person but if George and Sarah Deed were god parents at the baptism of George and Susan Deed's son, Samuel then there must be two couples with surname Deed which seems a coincidence.  George Deed married Sarah Randal in 1796 in High Wickham but his home village is Whepstead in Suffolk and he returns there in 1814 and he has two more children George and Sarah.  The 1841 census for Whepstead shows Mary Sparks nee Deed born @ 1807 who has a brother called  John Deed and both say they were born in the Channel islands as does Samuel Deed also living in Whepstead hence my assumption that they were all George and Sarah's children.  There was no further mention of Richard Deed so I had assumed he had died.  Mary Sparks was present at George deed's death in 1852 and in 1841 he is living in Colchester with a 10year old boy called George Sparks who is then with his mother Mary in 1851 so it seems pretty certain that she is George's daughter. 
I think I need to find more information about George and Susan Deed.

Thanks for your help

I think my ancestor George Deed was stationed in Jersey whilst serving in the Royal artillery  at some time between 1800 and 1814. I think he may have had a son around 1810 Samuel and possibly other children.  Does anyone know where records of the births of children in the Channel Islands at this time are available?   I can find Samuel Deed in the 1841 to 1881 censuses in Whepstead Suffolk and it says he was born in the Channel Islands and as  George was from Whepstead and returned there after the army I thought it likely that Samuel was one of his sons but I don't know for sure.

I have been researching my Scottish family and my father and his 3 siblings (Keenan) were all born in hospital in Dundee between 1916 and 1927.  Also I know that my paternal grandmother and her sister were born in the Glasgow royal infirmary in 1890's (Mullan) whereas I have not come across any of my English family being born in hospital until the 1950's.  Were hospital births more common in Scotland at an earlier date? My dad's family were poor and I wondered if this is likely to be the reason? 

Hi Gortonboy
Thanks for this information.  I have not been able to find Francis in the 1911 census so could you give me more details. 
Thanks