Thanks Ian. You have confirmed what I suspected. So back to the Drawing Board!! Yes the family trees are good hints but they often lead us down erroneous paths. I count my own in that!!!Best wishes M. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Ian Buckley" <yelkcub@hotmail.com> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 5:43 AM To: <page@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [PAGE] PAGE-MIDDLETON > > Hello Muriel - I don't think that Thomas Page and Susannah (Middleton) > were the parents of your ancestor. Thomas Page is my 4 x great > grandfather. I wish I could discover more about his origins.He was born > around 1744 (not as in your posting). He died in Dartford in 1821, the age > at death being given as 77. His wife, Susannah, died later the same > year.Susannah was born in 1747 (daughter of Thomas and Susannah > Middleton)Thomas Page and Susanna were married in Darenth, Kent 1767 (both > signing the register with their mark, so illiterate)They had the > following children:Thomas 1769 (Darenth)Richard 1771 (Darenth)William 1773 > (Charlwood, Surrey) - died in early childhoodJohn 1775 (Charlwood, > Surrey) - died in early childhoodJames 1777 (Wilmington) NOTE that James > died (Wilmington) aged fourCharles Robert 1784 (Wilmingon)Henry - born > circa 1785, date and place N/K I have seen all the above records on the > Cityark site (excellent source of images of Parish Registers for the > Medway r! > egion). The Charlwood records I have only seen in transcript form.The > family relationships were confirmed in details of Court of Chancery > proceedings.So, unless for some reason Thomas and Susanna were living in > Clerkenwell in 1786, when your James was boren, it seems unlikely (though > not impossible) that your ancestor's parents were Thomas and Susannah.Have > you seen the parish register for St John's Clerkenwell? If so, did it give > the names of both parents?Those Public Members Trees for the Page family > contain many errors and unchecked suppositions!With best wishes from > CornwallIan > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >