Suddenly my tree is wrong

[Glen in Tinsel Kni]

This general register covers at least twenty years, presumably it wasn't brought out on every occassion (baptisms, marriages and burials recorded), it is doubtful it would have survived intact, looking at the images it seems the entries were done en bloc but quite how often is impossible to tell, it certainly seems they would have been transcribed from some other source so it could easily be an error in the register.

Joseph and Mary had children later than Ann but in an adjacent parish, this record is the last at Ropsley for the surname so seems at odds with everything else, especially when the later census and marriage certs all point to Joseph, blacksmith being her father and the name Ann vanishing from the family with the birth of her daughter whereas the names Mary and Elizabeth (known forenames of mothers within the family) remain through the subsequent generations.

[AngelFish]

First of all I apologise as I haven't read through all of the other replies.

The baptism record for Ann has been checked on LincstothePast. Has her marriage record also been checked on LincstothePast?  Sometimes you get very lucky and the person completing the record has written the names of both parents.

[smudwhisk]

First of all I apologise as I haven't read through all of the other replies.

The baptism record for Ann has been checked on LincstothePast. Has her marriage record also been checked on LincstothePast?  Sometimes you get very lucky and the person completing the record has written the names of both parents.

Already answered by Glen in his original post:

There are others at Woolsthorpe for Joseph and Mary, 1808, 1816 and 1817 (the last one buried at Knipton, Leics in 1818) then further baptisms at Knipton in 1820, 1821 and 1823 to a Joseph and Mary. The latter two appear as witnesses on Ann's 1839 marriage cert and one is with her in the '41. I have several marriage certs for the names given and all, including Ann's, note father as Joseph, blacksmith.

Post 1837 marriages aren't available on Lincstothepast, although it sounds like Ann may have married in Leicestershire anyway.

[Glen in Tinsel Kni]

Her marriage was Knipton, Leicestershire, it's always been a bit of a bind with this family group as they were within a mile or two of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire at various times.  Knipton Church hosts a lot of the burials and the stones are still there, Ann was the one who travelled however with the job her hubby did, Yarmouth 1841, Berwick on Tweed 1851 and her death in Berwick in 1857.

[alunno-a]

I'd agree with the consensus here and say this is a Clerical Error in the baptismal records. I have several like this in my tree!
One, a sibling of my great-grandmother, actually has a mistake for the surname in the PR.- the family, well known in the parish, intended a middle name at the baptism ( but not at registration)for their son. This was later written as the parents'  surname. This actually prooved really useful to me once I'd found it, as it identified my great great grandfather's mother and step father..a huge family mystery before that!