Dear Jean, This is a remote chance, but I have the note of a marriage between one of my earliest traceable relations, Joseph PARSONS and Mary MORRIS, of Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire. This wedding occurred at Sixpenny Handley, Dorset on February 1st, 1795. Joseph was the younger brother of my 3xgt. grandfather, John Parsons and he was baptised on May 16th, 1769. In the Handley registers, there are two children's baptisms of Joseph and Mary's marriage, Jane Parsons, baptised April 19th, 1795 (that was cutting things rather fine!) and Sarah Parsons, baptised November, 25th, 1796. Under burials, there is a Joseph Parsons (is he Mary's husband?) and, on May 19th, 1799, there is a marriage of Mary PARSONS to William ELLETT. (This could be the same lady.) The registers at Handley for this period give only the scantiest details of the participants. If this lady should connect with your researches, I would be grateful for any information which you might have about her and her family. Although she is clearly not on my direct line, I find that the branches can be just as interesting! Best wishes for happy hunting! Iain Parsons, in Brampton, Cumbria, UK.