Judith Harty wrote: > Merry Christmas to you all > > To make this Festive season more memorable I would love to find any > relations of my *Picken* & *Gathin* family. My 4x GtGrandparents *William & > Elizabeth Picken *were married, for some reason, in Beneden Kent 27/5/1799. > The only reason I can think of is because he was a gardener - he came from > Shifnal in Shropshire and his wife from the north-east! > > I think he was born 29/12/1771, parents *Humphrey* *Picken & Mary* > *Gathin*- this info from IGI. Again from the IGI I believe they were > married > 11/4/1757 in Shifnal. Parents of Mary are not known. > > Is anyone resarching this family or can tell me where I can find the records > to confirm what I have found on IGI > > Thanks > Judith Hello Judith, Merry Christmas!! The IGI batch numbers for Shifnal are: M048861 - M048863 C048861 - C048862 C092481 ALSO SEE: Madeley C033791 - C033796 M033791 - M033796 from Hal Wallis site William PICKEN - Christening: 5 Jan 1772 SHIFNAL son of Humphrey PICKING - Christening: 10 Oct 1729 SHIFNAL + Mary GATHIN - Marriage: 11 Apr 1757 Shifnal MARY GATHIN Birth: 23 JUL 1727 Christening: 23 JUL 1727 Shifnal - C048862 Father: BENJAMIN GATHIN Mother: MARY BEDFORD BENJAMIN GATHIN Spouse: MARY BEDFORD Marriage: 29 MAY 1716 Shifnal - M048862 MARY GATHIN Spouse: HUMPHRY PICKEN Marriage: 11 APR 1757 Shifnal - M048862 HUMPHREY PICKEN + ANNE FOXALL - Marriage: 26 Sep 1726 SHIFNAL Mary PICKEN - Christening: 28 Mar 1728 SHIFNAL Humphrey PICKING - Christening: 10 Oct 1729 SHIFNAL + Mary GATHIN - Marriage: 11 Apr 1757 Shifnal ..John PICKEN - Christening: 6 Jan 1758 SHIFNAL ..Humphrey PICKEN - Christening: 25 Apr 1762 SHIFNAL ..Humfry PICKING - Christening: 23 Jun 1765 SHIFNAL ..+ Hannah LEAKE - Marriage: 14 Mar 1785 SHIFNAL ..William PICKEN - Christening: 5 Jan 1772 SHIFNAL William PICKING - Christening: 16 Jan 1731 SHIFNAL John PICKEN - Christening: 19 Jan 1734 SHIFNAL Thomas PICKING - Christening: 12 Sep 1736 SHIFNAL John PICKEN - Christening: 28 Sep 1740 SHIFNAL Anne PICKEN - Christening: 28 Sep 1743 SHIFNAL see PICKEN web page http://www.pacefamilyhistory.info/records/picken.htm ALBRIGHTON - TONG - HIGH ERCALL WROCKWARDINE RANTON SEIGHFORD May not be related to this PICKEN group but collecting all Picken info, trying to locate my 6X great grandmother's family, probably from Chebsey, Ranton, Seighford area of Staffordshire or Shifnal/Wellington/Wrockwardine area of Shropshire. My 6X great grandparents were GEORGE PACE Chr Prees 1670 + Elizabeth Picken m 30 Dec 1708 RANTON, Staffs. Could never find Elizabeth's family. Gord Pace, Colborne,Ontario