Please have a look at http://bobvine.gen.nz/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ChristopherBerry3LivesPt1.p df which shows where the Underwoods come in. What started me on tracing the full story were the Baptisms of John Berry on 27 Dec 1802 and Christopher Christmas Berry just 18 days later, both with the same parents, same Church. The conclusion I came to was that John and Christopher were one and the same. This was eventually proven with the discovery of the Marriage of "Christopher Christmas Underwood" to Elizabeth Newdick, 6 June 1822, St Nicholas, Kings Lynn and the Banns notices which gave "Salmon" his obviously adopted mother's maiden name as an alias. QED! Freereg has another Underwood connected Baptism: Maria Underwood Berry, daughter of Christopher and Margaret, St Nicholas, King's Lynn, 29 January 1799. It occurs to me that something catastrophic occurred within the Underwood family that must have had some connection to the Berry family. I am still working on this one and have in mind a search of Workhouse records. Cheers Bob -----Original Message----- From: elizgh@btinternet.com [mailto:elizgh@btinternet.com] Sent: Monday, April 4, 2016 1:42 AM To: Bob Vine; norfolk@rootsweb.com Subject: [NFK] GOODY Hi , Freereg has the baptism of a Christopher Christmas Berry at St Nicholas King`s Lynn on 14th Jan 1803 , his birth date is given as 25th Dec 1802 . He is the son of Christopher and Elizabeth Berry . Christopher Berry married Elizabeth Salmon in St Nicholas King`s Lynn on 23 Jan 1800 , she may have been the dau or sister of Samuel Salmon who witnesses the marriage . However there is a bapt in St Margaret`s King`s Lynn of a John son of Christopher and Elisabeth Berry , 27th Dec 1802 . No date of birth is given for this John in the register . I am not sure where the Underwoods come in . -----Original Message----- From: Bob Vine via Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2016 6:00 AM To: 'Christine Benson' ; norfolk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NFK] GOODY This below might provide an answer to a conundrum that has been bugging me for some years now. My target relates to a Christopher Christmas Berry whose first Baptism (there were actually 4 which has exacerbated my search) as John Christmas Underwood, parents William Underwood and Mary Gooddy, All Saints, Norwich 8 January 1797 having been born according to the transcription of the Parish Register, 15 December 1796. A later Baptism record carries a note "Born Christmas Day". Looking closely at the image from the Register there is a strong possibility that the "15" is actually "25". Any way that is off the subject. It now occurs to me, from that below, that "Gooddy" could be an abbreviation for "My Goodwife" and not the surname of his Birth Mother. I have tried to verify this from records but have not been able to do find anything that provides a true "link". The closest I can get to discovery is a Marriage Transcription, Mary Ditchfield and William Underwood, Norwich 10 May 1787 through findmypast. Is there someone out there please who could provide a link to verify that this Mary (Anne) Ditchfield is the mother of John Christmas Underwood? My research for C C Berry may be found at http://bobvine.gen.nz/ Thank you Bob Judy & Bob's Place 11 Ngaio Crescent, Lower Hutt 5010, NEW ZEALAND Tel: 64 4 9711192 Mobile NZ: +64 21510682 Mobile: when in Australia: +61 4523308354 Skype: bobvine Website: www.bobvine.nz -----Original Message----- From: Christine Benson [mailto:christinebenson313@btinternet.com] Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 3:34 AM To: Norfolk Mailing List Subject: Re: [NFK] GOODY Hi All, I have always believed it to be an abbreviation of Goodwife and a title like Mrs. However, looking for Goody as a forename in Ancestry I found several. Some looked as if Goody was given as a surname used as a forename but there were several where Goody was the only forename at birth. So it seems to me that both possibilities exist. Christine ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus