<<snipped>> I have John MOORE(S), a flatman, married to a Mary who may well be PICKSTOCK. If so they married at Witton on 4 May 1785. John's daughter was Mary MOORES who was my wife's 3x g grandmother and married George LEA at Sandbach in 1815. <<snipped>> Eric - thanks for that. Yes, as you realise, John Moors (I have him as John Moors Junior) married Mary Pickstock on 4 May 1784 (not 1785 - FamilySearch has both years, and the parish register is clearly 1784). They went on to have at least 7 children baptised, including Mary, born 25 August 1792, baptised 9 Sept. So if you can show that Mary Moors of Sandbach is the same person as Mary Moors of Witton in 1792, (who will be born abt 1763) then yes, that's the next generation. Where it becomes interesting is the generation before that. John Moors' parents were John and Mary Moors, who from 1784 to 1794 were recorded as last living in Northwich. OK, no problem. Mary Pickstock's parents are recorded on the extended format baptisms of the Moors children as either John & Jane Pickstock or Jane Pickstock ONLY. And when Mary Moors nee Pickstock is buried in 1813, her parentage is Jenny Pickstock ONLY. So I have no real opinion yet on whether Mary Pickstock (later Moors) is: 1. The illegitimate daughter of Jane / Jenny Pickstock (in which case, she is PROBABLY born in Tarporley workhouse and baptised 17 June 1763 at Tarporley to Jane Pickstock, then of Tarvin parish). Or... 2. The legitimate daughter of John and Jane Pickstock, which sounds unlikely given the use of Jane only in some of those entries. The only candidate for such a marriage is in 1743, 20y before Mary's birth - but that couple did go on to live in Tarvin and Tarporley, so Jane / Jenny could be an undocumented daughter of theirs... It could be that this is a Friday night problem - or it could be that this really is a pig to work out.... **Does anyone know if there might be any bastardy records for Tarporley circa 1763 that might help with working out what's going on?** Like I said - Pickstock has its share of interesting problems. Adrian B