Darlene, I can lookup Nottingham records but would need to know the parish where these Wheldon's lived. Does anyone know the parish? From the thread I take it that Katherine Wheldon who m. Giles Hopkins was the d/o Gabriel Wheldon. Am I following this correctly? Bill Churchill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darlene Walsh" <dnwalsh@hls-inc.net> To: "Stewart Rowe" <srowe@fuse.net> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 8:17 PM Subject: Re: [PLY/MA] Walden and Wheldon, 1630s > > OOPS BINGO I just looked up Katherine and found this: > > "Katharine, wrote a letter to John Shanvat of Nottingham, 29 (4) 1639, > concerning the death of Martha Wheelden of Dedham, drowned about 12 > days before. [L} Katharine m. at Plymouth 9 Oct. 1639, Giles Hopkins." > > It sounds like Martha may have been her mother. I would look in > Dedham and Nottingham England church records. Sounds like she came from Nottingham so maybe the church there would have a baptismal record. > > Well I hope this has helped. > Darlene >