Hi Bart, but for your interest. I have the National Burial Index and the only Elizabeth matching the age of the wife of Thomas is the only wife matching the age of Thomas wife buried in Messingham is a marriage in Burton Upon Stafford. I have seen the images of the originals and the ages matching both of the couple in Messingham and they have bap a child in 1801 marriage 1800. May not be them but they are the best match. I did a world search on Thomas and Elizabeth combinations and the same with a child Thomas with parents and Elizabeth and it kept coming back to this couple. this couple were miinors aged 19 matching both Elizabeth who died in child birth wife of Thomas. The father Thomas of Francis Ann etc etc was born 1780/1 of Thomas and Winefred Mason nee Jopson the couple at Stafford are both the same age . born 1781. Not born in the Parish. there is a p;ossibility for the Ann Mason birth that they could have been at her grandparents in Naewbald if they were there ealier but it would seem they would have been closer to Messingham by then because chr weretaking place by thomas and Elizabeth by the date of 1842. Cheers to you too! Edie Anyway I have gone as far as I intend now. ------------------------------------------ From: Bart Simon via <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com; Subject: Re: [LIN] WHERE IS NEWFOULD? https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:75MB-ZZM : Jepson Mason b:1842 Parish: North Newbald. Cheers ? Bart [!!!] .... ============================= ------------------------------- 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