Holy Thursday Just came across a distant branch of the family which settled in Barbados. John SPRINGHAM married Sarah Berry in 1663. He is referred to as "Doctor". I have the will of one son, also a John and also a doctor in the Royal Navy. Is it likely that I will find additional information on these people beyond the parish records? Also, could anyone take a guess as to how they wound up so far from home? What would John the Elder have been doing there at that time? The area is new to me. Just starting to scan through histories of Barbados on line. Not much there. Most SPRINGHAMS in England were not exactly upwardly mobile but one branch became involved in trade in the 1550's and seems to have produced some important merchants over the next century and marrying into some gentry families. Anyone able to hazard a guess as to what status "Doctor" Springham might have had? God Bless John Paul Bradford