That is good Bart as I am pretty certain The Thomas and Elizabeth marriage in Burton Upon Trent is the right one. Remember the marriage of a Thomas Mason aged 19 upwards and his bride Elizabeth Harrison 19 upwards, well I have come up trumps. I have been studying various sites I will check them against the oiriginals. This is what I have found Starting with Thomas Mason 1780/1 to Thomas Mason and Winefred Jopson then Thomas Mason the one I found in Burton Upon Trent. Thomas Mason Married Elizabeth Harrison 26 March 1800 match has come up in Messingham from the son of Thomas Mason and Elizabeth. Pretty sure this is the couple now and their first born Thomas mason was the one chr in Burton Upon Trent in 1801. There were no more chr in that parish Church and then we have back in Messingham To the known Thomas and Elizabeth (Butcher) Francis Mason (Publican/Innkeeper) chr 22 December 1802 Messingham married Sarah Thackery 22 May !828 Elizabeth Mason 28 July 1829 Messingham (Publican) Sophia Rachel Mason chr 15 Jan 1831 Thomas Mason chr 5 Oct 1832 Frances Mason 15 June 1834 Sarah Mason 10 April 1837 Inn Keeper Mary Ann Mason 25 December 1839 Henry HARRISON Mason 20 August 1842 Henry HARRISON 7 July 1844 to be a coincidence to ignore I think Edie ------------------------------------------ From: Bart Simon via <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com; Subject: Re: [LIN] Newbold in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Distance between Messingham and Derbyshire then and nowand distance between Kingston Upon Hull There is Newbold Manor just south of Burton Upon Trent. Bart. -----Original Message----- ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message