To continue to muddy the waters: April Wood Ashton wrote that William Bourne had given an affadavit at the burial of Richard Beeching in 1820. I note that Richard Beeching, bachelor of Shadoxhurst, married Martha Wood, spinster of Shadoxhurst in Shadoxhurst on 8 Oct 1804. Lois ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com