Hello Meli In the interest of accuracy, I have checked the Perranzabuloe Burial register for your WITHIEL family. The full details are: 1820: P 26 No. 201 Robert WITHIELL Chenhall Sept 25 73 yrs 1822: P 31 No. 247 Ann WITHIELL Trelask, St Cuthbert June 25 76 yrs The point to bear in mind is that the register lists *burials* not * deaths*, so - though it is not unknown for a burial to take place on the date of death (especially when a contagious illness was the cause) - it is most probable that both Robert and Ann would have died at least one day before the dates you have quoted as being for their deaths. I have checked the Perranzabuloe Baptism registers from 1809 - 1820 but there is no sign of any baptism for children of William PHILLIPS = Elizabeth WITHIEL. (Were they christened elsewhere, do you know - either in another parish or in a Nonconformist chapel, perhaps?) Having asked that question, I see from Perranzabuloe Marriages that William PHILLIPS was from Illogan, so perhaps they were there. I have also checked for Robert WITHIEL's marriage to Ann JOHNS but it did not take place in Perranzabuloe. I'm estimating it to have taken place c1770 or later, so have taken that year as a starting point to look for christenings of their children . There is no sign of any up to the end of 1778, which marks the end of the general register. Tragically, Perranzabuloe's baptism register for 1779 - 1812 has suffered what appears to be massive water damage, and baptisms from 1790 - 1802 are virtually lost to posterity, while those from 1784 - 1790 are partially legible. However, the first baptism I can find in Perranzabuloe for a child of Robert & Ann WITHIEL appears just before the water damage took hold: 1783 Phillippa d/o Robert & Ann WITHIELL 20 April (NB - this is a christening / baptism, not a birth date). I can't see any others up to 1790. I hope that you might find them in another parish! Regards Blanche Charles Wellington New Zealand OPC: St Allen, St Newlyn East, Perranzabuloe,Withiel http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/index.htm Cornwall Online Parish Clerks http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Meli" <melibob4@texasbb.com> wrote: <snipped> At Bebington, Chester, on the 13th instant, Mr. JOHN THOMAS, of Liverpool, to EDITH, youngest daughter of the late Mr. WILLIAM PHILLIPS, of Nance, in the parish of Illogan. I believe this to be EDITH WITHIEL PHILLIPS, daughter of WILLIAM PHILLIPS and his wife ELIZABETH WITHIEL who married 16 Feb 1809 in Perranzabuloe. My great great grandfather was Edith's older brother HUGH PHILLIPS who had immigrated to Wisconsin in 1846 with his wife ELIZABETH DONNITHORNE. Also am interested in learning more about ELIZABETH WITHIEL PHILLIPS. I have her parents as ROBERT WITHIEL, born abt 1747 in Cornwall and died 25 Sep 1820 in Perranzabuloe, and wife ANN JOHNS born about Abt. 1744 in Cornwall and died 25 Jun 1822 in Perranzabuloe. Their children might have been , in addition to my Elizabeth, GRACE, PHILLIPA, and ANN.