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have I found the right parents?

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Anne

Anne Report 6 Nov 2010 17:45

I've traced one branch of my family back to a Mary Sheringham, born in Little Snoring, Norfolk around the 1770s. However on looking at parish records, there appear to have been two women with the same name at that time as I found 2 marriage records and concurrent baptism records showing the two couples as parents. I have found a baptism record for Mary, but only for one of them. Is there any way of ascertaining whether this is my ancestor or the other Mary Sheringham?
There is a note in the parish record saying that the entry for Mary and her brother were copied from the family bible as the vicar at the time did not keep a register - which doesn't help, there don't seem to be any baptisms listed from 1770 to 1783, apart from a handful copied in at a later date. Would they be recorded anywhere else?

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 7 Nov 2010 11:20

I have found the birth you refer to on FreeReg and also a marriage to a William Tuck, 09 Jan 1801.

Who was the other bridegroom?

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 7 Nov 2010 11:22

Think I have got it now - John Parton, is he the other one? * Apr 1799

Anne

Anne Report 7 Nov 2010 16:19

Yes, I think it's actually John Parsons, though it looks like Parton or Paston on the marriage record