In message <[email protected]>, Paul Irving <[email protected]> writes >According to the 1851 census, Absolom (spelt like that) was 14, so born >1836-7. Speen, as you say. > >No information about his parents, as he'd already moved out to work on >Dunderedge Farm, St. Leonards, farmer Mathew Hobbs. Beautiful early Tudor farmhouse, still in very good nick, owned by friend. The likely marriage place from here is Chesham RD. > -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society