On Mon, 7 May 2007 08:30:32 +0100 "Beverley Smith" <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to thank John Lewis for his kind answer re the > Bates/Smiths. I'm really grasping at straws here, but I think I'm <snipped> > for the James Bates. We have also a John Bates marrying a Betty > Matthews at Hamstead Marshall in 1793 , on the IGI if one puts in > the parents James Bates and Mary Green one gets quite a list of > offspring and there is a John b 1767 which would fit . Sophia was part of this family Thomas ca 1771 Charles ca 1774 Hannah ca 1777 &ca 1800 James Ruddle Moses ca 1778-1779 Sophia ca 1780 &1802 Joseph Smith Samuel ca 1782 who were all born at Frobury Farm, Kingsclere to John & Mary but I haven't yet been able to establish which John & Mary nor have I found all the baptisms of possibly 13 children due to lack of time. I'll continue looking tomorrow but thought I'd pass on what I have been able to confirm. -- John Lewis Debian Linux with Geneweb genealogy application