Melva, thank you for your` email. Until your` email I had not identified a marriage for this Peter. Your` email threw me briefly as one of my my gg grandfathers was Peter Rapley of Itchingfield but he was not born until 1821. Itchingfield unfortunately is not on the IGI so is not easily searchable. so I have nothing on their children. Peter However is a different story as he was born in Shipley. The youngest of 4 I have him as born Shipley in 1803 but Christened in Itchingfield 15/12/1805. His parents were Thomas Rapley, born c1764 in Shipley, and Sarah Wood who was born c1762 in Rudgwick. they were married 5/10/1790 in Rudgwick. I have no ancestry for Sarah and her birth date is only my approximation. Thomas` parents were Thomas Rapley b c1723 in Shipley died 1786 in Shipley and Sarah Penfold who was born in Shipley in 1736 they married in Shipley 17/2/1764 and had one other child a daughter Mary b1767 in Shipley she married Thomas Bristow b1771 Shipley 15/9/1796 in Shipley. Sarah was Thomas` second wife, his first was Elizabeth Johnson b c1725 in Shipley they married 10/1/1748, and had at least one child, Ann who was born c1749 in Itchingfield, she married John Francis 10/4/1771 in Billingshurst. Thomas` parents were William Raply b 3/6/1694 in West Chiltington he died April 1756 in Shipley and Mary Knight, they married 29/9/1719 in Shipley She was bornc1698 in Shipley Thomas was the 2nd of 4. Williams parents were Thomas Rapley born Rudgwick 1646 b30/8/1646 in Woodmancote and died in West Chiltington in 1715 and Ann Wales, who was born 1651 in Billingshurst b10/8/1651 in Billingshurst she died in Shipley in 1719 they married in Billingshurst 26/5/1681. William was the youngest of 6. Annes Father was Richard Wales I have been unable to identify a marriage for him, there are 3 possibles on the SMI 2 in Hastings and one in Falmer. I have details that go back further, on the Rapleys but I have just discovered an inconsistency which I need to sort out before pasing it on. The early Rapleys were it appears extremely wealthy landowners, unfortunately there was none left for my g grandmother, who died in poverty as a domestic servant. At Holmwood nr Dorking in 1917 HTH regards Joe Austen 9934 in OZ - Original Message ----- From: melva robinson To: austengenealogy@iprimus.com.au Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 2:50 AM Subject: SFHG Members Interests Hi I have a William Pannett (b) 1840 Horsham, (m) Sarah Rapley 1864 at Horsham D/O of Peter Rapley and Mary Heasman, (b) 1842 at Itchingfield, the youngest of 7. Regards Melva 11841 Isle of Wight ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.6/1282 - Release Date: 15/02/2008 7:08 PM