That's an interesting find Peter, the 1841 baptism of 34 year old Mary Hight in Kempston, parents Samuel and Jane. It's an extracted item, so reliable. There's an extracted marriage on the IGI of Jonathan Swales and Mary Hight at Kempston on 16 Feb 1829. In 1851 living in Kempston were Jonathan Swales 42 born Kempston, and his wife Mary age 44 born Colmworth. So it seems as though she is one of the missing children of Samuel and Jane born in that gap between 1803 and 1810. But the baptism entry is in her maiden name of Hight, as opposed to Swales, which I've not seen before. It would be interesting to see what the full entry says. I don't think there are any Colmworth baptisms missing - I've never seen two separate registers for males and females (although others may have) - as there are plenty of male baptisms on the BVRI in Colmworth 1812-22. I think it's merely that none of the Hite sons were baptised. David --- En date de : Mer 1.10.08, Peter Booth <[email protected]> a écrit : > De: Peter Booth <[email protected]> > Objet: Re: [BDF] Bedfordshire Genealogy Research John HITE c1811 COLMWORTH > À: [email protected] > Date: Mercredi 1 Octobre 2008, 6h59 > Peter, > > Are you aware of the Australian connection to a similar > branch of this > family? I've passed your message on to a descendant who > should contact you > direct. > > As for John, I looked all through the Colmworth batches > for surnames > starting with "H" and found nothing. This is > strange, because the remaining > children of Samuel Hite and Jane are all christened. > > But then again, there is no record of the marriage of > Samuel & Jane. Her > name comes from christenings of children. > > You should also be aware. There are a number of > questionable user > submissions and adult christenings that confuse the issue. > Look at Mary > Hight with mother Jane. She is said to be born 1807 and not > christened until > 1841. Three other supposed sisters are all christened on > the same day. > > Lots of traps for inexperienced players. > > Peter in Sydney > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedford.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message