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