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Jacky,have you come across Rebecca Carrington bapt.at Metheringham on 6 Jan.1828,mother Elizabeth,i think she might be sister of my 3 x great grand mother Elizabeth.I found a marriage for Rebecca Carrington at Metheringham,to William Stow on 4 April 1854,i found him on 1841 census at Metheringham,gives birth place as Lincs,he has several children,but i can`t find Rebecca on 1841 or 1851 census prior to marriage and the only Rebecca Stow i can find,was born in Yorks.
In the marriage record Rebecca is shown as illigit. She was baptised as you say at Metheringham, dtr of Elizabeth.
An Elizabeth Carrington married a James Sharpe at Metheringham 12 Sep 1831 and their children are on the IGI
In 1841 the couple are living in Metheringham with their children also with them is a dtr Rebecca "Sharpe" of the right age.
Rebecca is not with them in 1851 and a search for Reb* born at Metheringham does not find her. Elizabeth Sharpe nee Carrington is still in Metheringham with her family - she is recorded as born circa 1801 at Holland Fen.
This Elizabeth could be the dtr of Henry Carrington and Dorothy nee Gillion who bizarrely seems to have been baptised twice - once in Kirton in Holland and once in Fosdyke on 9 June 1800 and 5 June 1800
Jacky
My Maternal line are all from Lincolnshire - First Generations include:
Arliss, Armstrong, Baker, Borman, Cartwright, Clark, Dixon, Duckering, Everington, Forman, Freshney, Gadsby, Graves, Hatcliffe, Holmes, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Lacey, Leverton, Lilley, Morton, Oades, Pacey, Priestley, Rickett, Riggall, Rowson, Shaw, Sleaford, Sleight, Smith, Spikin, Taylor, Thacker, Ticklepenny, Tomkins, Tyler, Walton, Ward, Willson, Wood and Wortley.