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Thanks so much Peter, interesting information.

In the years following my original post, I have made a little progress, which I'll now update if I may, just in case any other nuggets like this appear (she says, hopefully!).

Mary CRUMPTON/CROMPTON married Thomas KEEPAX (b. 1810, Claines, Worcestershire) on 30 April 1835, at St. Peter's, Leeds, West Yorkshire.  No sign of any children for them in that area, and I have absolutely no clue what they were doing there, as Thomas' family has no known connection to the Kippax and variant families which do occur in Yorks/Lancs.  How long they stayed in Leeds, and if they went anywhere else before moving back to Bristol for their son's birth in 1839 is not yet known.

The most likely CRUMPTON family for Mary to belong to seems to me to be that of John Crumpton and Mary (FOOTMAN), who can be found living in the St. Philip & St. Jacob area on various censuses.  The men of the family tend to be ropemakers, the women pipemakers.  But I can find nothing to PROVE Mary's connection to them, just a hunch right now.

Thanks for taking the time to post the information about Mary, it really is much appreciated,
Jenna :-)

I'll get ordering the Berks Burial Index, thanks :-)

The CD from the OFHS arrived today.  As already stated, there are no suitable Dean(e)s in the registers, but, intriguingly, there are a large number of ADEAN(E)s...

Particularly interesting to me is the baptism of one Francis Seaward ADEAN in 1763, s/o Michael & Sarah, at St Mary, W'ford....

Could this be a coincidence or is this my man?  I'm not seeing a marriage or burial for him, which could indictate he left the area, maybe. 

If this is the chap I'm after, his parents married in the same parish in 1762 - his mother's maiden name was PITHER.

If anyone has any knowledge of these families, do please give me a shout :-)

Jenna

After many years of plugging away in the Herts/Middx area, I have just established that it looks like I need to start in Wallingford with my DEAN family...  therefore, I have just ordered the relevant CD from the OFHS.....apologies if I should be posting this to the Oxford section; tbh, every family line I have treads borders of countries AND counties, so it can be confusing when establishing resources.

I was just wondering if there was anyone out there with this surname interest in the vicinity?  I am looking for Francis Dean (male) born, possibly around 1762...  His settlement exam in Hertfordshire is very detailed; he states various work situations as well as the fact that he lived with his parents in Wallingford until he was 14 years of age.

On another note, are the earlier dates for the NBI available anywhere online?  Correct me if I'm wrong, but I have not purchased any version of the NBI because I have been told it is not Mac compatible - if this has changed I'd be happy to know!  I've had good luck elsewhere finding potential villages to research using burial records so I was hoping to do the same in this area...

Many thanks,
Jenna

Thanks for that Jim - Acock's Green was mentioned in an uncertain way by another family member, so my money's on that one.  I'll bear Witton in mind too though.

If I don't get confirmation from elsewhere, I plan to pop into the Central Library when in Birmingham and see if I can look at the burial registers before I head out there; lots of train trips for us!

Jenna :-)

Oh whoops!  Not a problem though, you caught it really quickly.

I'm going to spend a bit of time this week seeing if I can pin this couple down any further now as I still see them as odds-on favs to be mine.

Thanks again :-)

Jenna