Hi All, James HUDSON, my gggg-grandfather, was baptised 7 July 1776 at St Michael's, Macclesfield. He was the son of John and Hannah of Rainow. There is an marriage of John HUDSON and Hannah BOOTHE, both of Rainow, on 7 July 1760. (I am not sure whether the marriage was at Prestbury or at Rainow.) There are also 2 girls baptised, Matty Nov 1771 and Phebe Mar 1774, both at Rainow with the same parents. So why was James bap. at Macclesfield? There are also a family with the same named parents at Butley. I believe this to be John HUDSON and Hannah BARBER married 1746 at Prestbury and had children between 1757 and 1765. But there were also children bap. at Gawsworth, father John HUDSON, no mother named between 1761 and 1766 and to John and Hannah between 1779 and 1782. I cannot find a marriage of a John HUDSON to Hannah to go with these later baptisms, and possibly the earlier ones. The earlier ones overlap the Butley ones so that cannot be the same John except in the unlikely event he was supporting 2 families. Since there was a gap between the marriage of "my" John at Rainow in 1760 and his first child in 1771 could he also be the John at Gawsworth, as the Rainow births fit nicely into the gap between the 2 sets of births at Gawsworth. Any ideas, speculation or evidence to sort out which children belong in my tree much appreciated. Christine