I just received in the post this morning the birth certificate of Joseph Tidbury, son of David and Phoebe, which has finally given me the maiden name of Phoebe, my gggg grandmother. It turns out that she was a KEWELL. With the help of the Hugh Wallis batch search site on the IGI and some of the Thatcham data I already have on file I have started to unravel a rather complicated and incestuous family tree. Here is what I have so far: David TIDBURY of Greenham married Sarah WITHERS of Newtown, Hampshire, on 24th October 1772 in Thatcham, Berkshire. Sarah Withers was born about 1748. She was buried on 10th June 1831 in Greenham aged 83 (NBI). David and Sarah had at least six children: 1. Thomas Tidbury, baptised 23rd May 1773 in Thatcham 2. Ann Tidbury, baptised 23rd May 1773 in Thatcham 3. Ann Tidbury, baptised on 23rd February 1777 in Thatcham. 4. Phoebe Tidbury, baptised 6th June 1779 in Thatcham. 5. William Tidbury baptised on 8th April 1781 in Greenham. William Tidbury of Greenham married Mary Stephens in Thatcham on 23rd April 1806. (I have a lot of detail about this line if anyone has any connections.) 6. Jane Tidbury, baptised 12th October 1783 in Thatcham. Jane Tidbury married William Kewell on 14th May 1803 in Thatcham. Jane and William had at least five children: (i) Phoebe Kewell, born on 18th September 1803 in Ecchinswell, Hampshire. She married David Tidbury. David Tidbury was almost certainly related to Phoebe's mother but I haven't yet worked out the exact relationship. David and Phoebe are my gggg grandparents. (ii) William Kewell, baptised on 25th December 1804 in Kingsclere. He married Sarah Tidbury by licence on 24th May 1826 at St Mary's, Kingsclere. The witnesses were David and Phoebe Tidbury. William was a widower and living in Ecchinswell at the time of the marriage. His first marriage has not yet been located. Sarah Tidbury was the sister of the David Tidbury (above) who married Phoebe Kewell. William and Sarah had at least five children: 1. Jane Kewell baptised on 28th September 1828 in Kingsclere 2. Mary Ann Kewell, born on 23rd July 1832 and baptised on 26th August 1832 in Kingsclere. 3. Robert Kewell, born on 7th July 1834 and baptised on 17th August 1834 in Kingsclere 4. Elizabeth Kewell, baptised on 15th April 1838 in Kingsclere 5. Sarah Jemima Kewell, baptised 8th August 1841 in Kingsclere. (iii) Lydia Kewell, baptised on 15th February 1807 in Kingsclere. She married James Wilmot on 17th March 1834 in Kingsclere. (iv) Joseph Kewell, baptised on 22nd September 1811 in Kingsclere. He was living in Ecchinswell for the 1851 census. (v) Robert Kuwell, baptised on 19th September 1813 in Kingsclere So far I haven't been able to find the marriage of David Tidbury and Phoebe Kewell. The marriage does not appear in the Berkshire FHS marriage indexes and they didn't marry in Kingsclere. I presume they must have married in one of the other Hampshire parishes near Kingsclere. If anyone finds the marriage while searching through any of these other parishes I would be very pleased to have the details. John very kindly gave me the details of the William Kuell and Sarah Tidbury marriage but all the Kingsclere baptisms are taken from the IGI so if John or Barbara would like a challenge I would appreciate it if you could let me have the full details of the above baptisms. There were literally hundreds of Tidburys in Thatcham and I'm currently trying to sort them all out. I've also come across a few BRIDGEMANS, COOPERS and FOSTERS in the Thatcham burials and will post details of these when I've had a chance to double-check everything against the original registers. There are also a few other Kewell baptisms in Kingsclere which I haven't yet been able to place: George Kewell, baptised 24th June 1838 in Kingsclere, son of John Kewell and Letitia. Jane Kewell, baptised on 12th February 1841, daughter of John Kewell and Latitia. Anna Maria Kewell, baptised on 3rd August 1842, daughter of Anna Kewell. There were also some extra Kewells in the 1851 census but I need to get the full census entry to sort out who was who. Sorry about the long posting but I hope that it is of interest to at least some of you. Best wishes Debbie Kennett