Being new to geneology and unfamiliar with the Bucks area I would welcome the opinion of any listers out there re whether its extremely likely that Ive found the ancestor that Im looking for. Im looking for the baptism of STEPHEN WRIGHT in order to identify his parents. He married Ann Thonpson (b 1767) at Ellesborough Bucks in 1791. Their children included Sarah (b1791) and John (b 1802) in Great Missenden. Ive received baptism records from Bucks FHS for the period 1694 1794, covering all Wright baptisms in the whole of Buckinghamshire. Of the 700 entries only 2 have the first name of Stephen and those two are in Great Missenden some 23 years apart. Ive listed below the two Stephens that are identified with what looks like other siblings. Thomas bapt 1771 of Robert and Joanna Sarah bapt 1767 of Robert and Joanna STEPHEN bapt 1764 of Robert and Joanna Anne bapt 1762 of Robert Stephen bapt 1741 of Robert and Ann John bapt 1737 of Robert and Ann Ann bapt 1734 of Robert and Ann ROBERT bapt 1733 of Robert and Ann Sarah bapt 1730 of Robert and Ann Mary bapt 1728 of Robert and Ann I know I can never be 100% certain, but would it be a relatively safe bet to say that the Stephen bapt 1764 is likely to be my man and therefore the Robert bapt 1733 likely to be his father? Any opinions would be most appreciated. Thanks everyone Mark mlemmer_uk@yahoo.co.uk ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
>there re whether its extremely likely that Ive found >the ancestor that Im looking for. >Im looking for the baptism of STEPHEN WRIGHT in order >to identify his parents. >He married Ann Thonpson (b 1767) at Ellesborough Bucks >in 1791. Their children included Sarah (b1791) and >John (b 1802) in Great Missenden. >Thomas bapt 1771 of Robert and Joanna >Sarah bapt 1767 of Robert and Joanna >STEPHEN bapt 1764 of Robert and Joanna >Anne bapt 1762 of Robert > >Stephen bapt 1741 of Robert and Ann >John bapt 1737 of Robert and Ann >Ann bapt 1734 of Robert and Ann >ROBERT bapt 1733 of Robert and Ann >Sarah bapt 1730 of Robert and Ann >Mary bapt 1728 of Robert and Ann > >I know I can never be 100% certain, but would it be a >relatively safe bet to say that the Stephen bapt 1764 It MIGHT be so, but I don;t think the BF index is actually complete yet. The main problem here is that some of the Wrights around that area were nonconformists and by no means all those records survive or were always recorded in the first place. I would dig around in wills a bit, to make sure there is no other Stephen. If your Stephen called his eldest son Robert and a daughter near the top of the family Joanna, then that is looking good. If his marriage was witnessed by one of the siblings, again maybe. There does seem to be only the one Stephen between 16 and 60 in 1798 (in Missenden) though there could be others serving in the army. I would say you have a very good chance of this being right, but watch out for alternatives and also discrepancies. >is likely to be my man and therefore the Robert bapt >1733 likely to be his father? If the one, then the other (as Stephen goes back another generation, and it isn't the commonest name.) -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society