Hi Pauline I would say that Thomas & Richard were brothers or perhaps cousins and either thought it charming or perhaps followed the old naming pattern when naming their sons! Might not help much BUT If you put THOMAS PERKINS & Elizabeth as parents on the right side of the IGI form and insert Christenings 1719+/- 20 years you will find that they had Richard baptised 17 July 1717 and Thomas in 1719 at Coughton. Do the same for Richard and Ann and you will find that they had Thomas 1719 , Richard 1721, and John 1723. NOW click on the parish film number on the bottom left of the page and when you get a new screen just put PERKINS in the surname box. Click on search. You will find that several other Perkins families were having children baptised around that 1715- 1730s year period in Coughton. William, Francis & John. are examples. It looks as if a family of brothers moved to Coughton when they married perhaps for employment with the Throckmortons at Coughton Court? Coughton Court was a RC area connected earlier with the Gun Powder Plot. There are a heap of Perkins at Studley not far away - some of the sons may have married in Coughton, Alcester, Oversley or popped over the border to Worcester as mine did. A book I have suggests that the main straight road which now runs between Studley & Coughton follows the old Roman Road so access was probably quite easy for the time period you are looking at.. I'd suggest you would be wise to get the film from the LDS centre near to you and see if you can make sense of all the families. In particular the marriages as you may get a clue to relationships from the witnesses. I always get a hard copy of the Baptisms and Marriage entries which you can consult later at your leisure! You might also want to look at the Local History Society site to see if they have any publications. Happy hunting Marlene Paulinefin@aol.com wrote: > Happy New Year to you all. > I have a dilemma, my 5xG Grandfather THOMAS PERKINS was born 1719 in > Sambourne near Coughton. There are 2 sets of Parents. Baptism Dates > THOMAS PERKINS and ELIZABETH 3rd of > August 1719, > RICHARD PERKINS and ANN 12th > August 1719. > > So I thought I would look at his brother RICHARD PERKINS and guess what he's > got 2 sets of Parents Baptism Dates > THOMAS PERKINS and ELIZABETH 17th June > 1717 > RICHARD PERKINS and ANN 15th January 1721. > I just don't know which way to go, so I can continue to go back. > Any help would be much appreciated. > Many thanks Pauline F. > _____________________________________________ > Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: > http://www.bham.de/ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >