I've been searching for information on my husbands ggrandfather, Robert C. Knott, supposedly born 1852 in Weare, NH; died in Springfield, MA in 1908. Robert C. married Mary Chamberlain in Manchester, NH in 1881. When I tried to get a copy of his birth certificate, I was told they had none. I have the marriage certificate and it states Robert's parents were Charles and Eliza J. Knott. Now is where things get curious. According to family information, Charles Knott married Eliza Jane Noyes Flanders in 1850 in Henniker, NH. This part is documented in "The Flanders Family From Europe to America". But in the book they list the first born as Robert Moore Knott, b. 1851. This Robert married Julia M. Kezer in 1878 in Francestown. When I tried to get a copy of this Robert's birth certificate, I was told they had none. (He was also supposed to have been born in Weare.) I do have a copy of his marriage certificate to Julia. This one does not list parents names. I have not been able to track down Robert Moore Knott and Julia after their marriage date. However, both marriage certificates state these are first marriages. I had thought maybe it was one Robert who married twice (within 3 years) but if I'm to believe the certificates, a second marriage is then ruled out. My thoughts are that there is either two sets of parents named Charles and Eliza J. Knott in the Henniker/Weare/Manchester area OR both Roberts were born to one set of parents who named them with the same first name (has happened), but then why wasn't Robert C. listed in the Flanders book? OR like I originally thought, one Robert who married twice. Sure do wish I could have acquired those birth certificates!! Other children to Charles and Eliza Jane Noyes Flanders Knott are: Elizabeth J. b. 1854; m. Thomas Howlett Georgie A. b. 1855 Thomas b. 1857 Susie J. b. 1860 Mary J. b. 1862 (these children were born in Henniker) Any suggestions and/or ideas on how to prove the parentage of these two Roberts? What would you do? I apologize for having a long query, but it needs to be explained. :-) Linda Whittaker Knott LilBitGal2@hotmail.com http://www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/5868 England (Lincs, Notts, Dorset)WHITAKER,PINDER,PICKWORTH,KNOTT U.S.:WHITTAKER,LOVE,WEST,CHAPIN,MALOTT,COMSTOCK,ELLIS,FERGUSON KNOTT,GOODWIN,AVERY,CLARK,EVANS,MOCK,ROCHFORD,ALVEY ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com