Dear all With a lot of help from the list, I have broken 1 brick wall down, which has been duly replaced with another earlier one: John EDDEN married Hannah PITTOM 19th August 1776 in Brailes.  Hannah was born in Little Compton and must have been 3 months pregnant when she married, if the marriage date is correct, because the 1st sibling was c. February 1777. I am working on the theory that this was John's 1st marriage, because they had 8 children to my knowledge, therefore, John was possibly born round about 1751 ish. I have searched Ancestry and the LDS site and can find no John christened in Brailes, but I actually have a copy of the Wichford PRs for 1749 and I have: John EDDEN bastard son of Mary EDDEN of Stourton, baptised 25 02 1749.  I am wondering whether this is him.If it is, I'm wondering if I could search any poor records for more information about Mary and the father. Brailes PRs were very kindly searched for me by David backin 2005 for baptisms between 1750 and 1760 and there was nothing there, but it's quite possible he could have been born in the decade before. Any advice would be greatly appreciated as your input very often helps me see things more clearly. Kindest regardsLynne Scaife _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969