At 05:30 AM 12/04/2006, Geejayludlow@aol.com wrote: >I have a record of 2 baptisms, checked at Shropshire Archives. >They seem to refer to the same person:- >Stottesden & Farlow: June 21st. 1795: John, son of Richard & Mary Martin > Neen Savage: July 26th. 1795: Jno., son of Richard & Mary Martin Stottesden and Neen Savage were bordering parishes, so it would seem that the parents had the child baptised in one of the parents parishes, then returned to the other parish and had the ceremony done again, mainly to satisfy the elder family members. There was nothing illegal in this, in fact it was a common practice. Same child, two baptisms, no problem. BUT you will have to search the parish registers of both of these parishes to ensure absolutely that there were not two families of the same name involved. Sometimes cousins of the same name did marry girls with same Christian name. Good luck Graham Melbourne Oz