Hello Ray, It would probably help us to help you were you to include any details you already have concerning Phoebe in her later life, for these might well provide some clues as to why you've picked on this particular Phoebe PORTER's baptism as being the 'real' one. Such things as: Did they emigrate? When did Phoebe die? Have you found either of the couple in any of the UK Censuses from 1841 onwards? Unfortunately from what we have she (and even the reported marriage) looks to be no more than an "IGI Best Fit"...The Liverpool marriage was the only hit I got for an Edward JENKINS marrying a Phoebe in England between 1805 and 1815... And there are a small number of Phoebe PORTER Baptisms that might fit a little better than the one in Eastham. Eastham was - and still is - an extremely rural parish, and lies in a narrow 'peninsula' of Worcestershire within about a couple of miles of the borders with both Herefordshire and Shropshire. There had been a definite PORTER 'presence' in Eastham from [at least] 1700 to 1870. Its 'local industrial town' is Kidderminster, some 12 miles to the East - where many PORTER baptisms and marriages took place. Liverpool is some 80 miles by crow-flight. Phoebe was the 5th child [of 7] of John & Martha - and I feel is probably much more likely to have been the Phoebe who married a Thomas BRAGINTON (or BREGINTON, depending on the index used) at Kidderminster on 11 May 1818. And she, in all likelihood, is the Phoebe BRAGGINGTON buried at Kidderminster on 3 Sep 1843, with her age quoted as '48'. [Maybet Phoebe'd shaved a few years off when she married!] It is, of course, not impossible that an 18-year-old country girl might have made the long journey from Estham to Liverpool - but it seems unlikely. Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Jenkins" <ray-jenkins@shaw.ca> To: <ENG-WORCESTER@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 2:19 AM Subject: [WOR] Pheobe Porter > Hi > I am looking for any information about a Pheobe Porter born 1789 Eastham, > Worcestershire. Parents were John Porter/Martha Jones. > I am trying to determine if she married/lived locally or moved to > Liverpool > to marry an Edward Jenkins in 1807. > Any help would be appreciated > > Ray Jenkins > Surrey, BC Canada > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WORCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message