Thanks Elizabeth! I hadn't considered that. They might have been teenagers or young adults when christened. It would change the birth order if any of those dates were baptisms. The two most problematic are Thomas and Robert Marvel "born" in 1735 and 1737. It does say "born" in Dryden's transcription. The birth dates of the Marvel children run 1723, 1726, 1729, 1732, 1735, 1737 after Thomas Marvel and Elizabeth Huggins married in 1721. This is going to be a tough one to reconcile. Nanette In a message dated 12/20/2008 4:49:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, lower-delmarva-roots-request@rootsweb.com writes: Message: 4 Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:35:46 EST From: EMSCRS@aol.com Subject: Re: [LDR] More on Joseph Marvel, died 1786 and Stepney Parish records To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <d35.41e5dfd7.367e86f2@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" The Stepney records may possibly be, in some cases, christenings rather than births. Elizabeth **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)