In answer to the question posed about "Why marry in Bristol?" It was quite common for people from this area of Somerset to get married in Bristol - it was not unusual at all - and they were from all walks of life. Looking again at the parish registers for Kewstoke Parish Church I can see that three children were christened on the same day 3rd March 1805 all children of William & Susannah BADMAN Elizabeth BADMAN born 28th Dec 1797 Mary BADMAN born 9th Aug 1800 Ann Light BADMAN born 20 Sept 1801 There are several earlier christenings for this couple Interestingly a William BADMAN (of Kewstoke) married a Mary LIGHT in St John's Weston-super-Mare 27th Aug 1759 AND a William BADMAN (of Kewstoke) married a Susan LIGHT also in Weston 19th March 1783 William s/o William & Mary BADMAN was christened in Kewtoke 27th July 1761 Pat Weston-super-Mare & District FHS ----- Original Message ----- From: "T and J Barry" <tombarryamethyst@virginmedia.com> Subject: [ENG-SOM] The origins of Elizabeth Badman born ?Kewstoke I hope some kind soul can throw light on the origins of the following Elizabeth Badman. Elizabeth Badman married John Quick in May 1822 at St John the Baptist, Bristol.