Brett Payne wrote: > Hi Charani, > > According to my research, Francis and Ann ASBURY's first child was not > Hannah, but John bapt. 23 Feb 1812 at Walton-on-Trent. They went on to > have a total of nine children. I have eight children for them. I'm missing John, who was born four months after the marriage - oops! :)) > Ann died at Boro Hill, Walton-on-Trent and was buried at Walton on 24 > October 1874, aged 90. This suggests that she was the Ann HOLDEN baptised > 22 Aug 1784 at Rosliston, daughter of Christopher and Hannah HOLDEN. I was given some information that indicated Francis married twice and had a son Francis by both wives and both sons survived. One of them had a son Francis and a dau Frances. All the Francis/Frances have been tying me in knots. > Francis ASBURY was, I believe, the son of Richard ASBURY (c1757-1821) and > Rebecca/Rebekah PEACE (1756-1851), who were married at Croxall on 2 > September 1782. > > Rebecca was possibly baptised on 15 Nov 1756 at Burton-upon-Trent, daughter > of Francis and Elizabeth PEACE. Thank you for that. > If you want more about these families, please contact me privately, as I > have details of several generations, and would be keen to add your line to > the mix. I'll do that, thanks. I've had a computer crash since I last looked at this family and I know I've lost some data. I'll sort out what I have and see what I can add. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Ashcott, Shapwick, Greinton and Clutton, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk