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« on: Tuesday 21 September 21 15:40 BST (UK) »
Hi from a first poster.
I wonder if anyone could help me with some issues arising from an entry in my 'family tree' for Richard/Richardus Else b.1603, Ashover, Derbyshire, and his wife Ann Gibbons b.1605, (source family tree, findmypast.com) There is a record of their marriage on 02 June 1603, South Wingfield, Derbyshire, which of course invalidates their birth dates.
Richard had a son William Else b.1639 whose mother is recorded as Mariae (sic).
Richard Else died and was buried 24 Feb 1639 South Wingfield and Ann Else (Gibbons) died and was buried 16 Feb 1639 South Wingfield, eight days apart! A family tragedy perhaps; but then baby William was baptised 24 April 1639, South Wingfield presumably by Mariae.
I have wondered whether there was a second Richard Else living at the time or if Mariae was a mistress,- would an illegitimate birth have even been recorded at the time?
I admit that I am new to this ancestral sleuthing so I may have made some errors, and as four hundred years have passed and records are not plentiful perhaps imagination will have to suffice. Rgds Zanuda.