Just had a massive spanner thrown into my tree
I know my 2nd gt grandad was Dicken Hinton as my grandad spoke of him, his father was John 1815-1888, John's father was also John 1779-1863, census show he was born in Whitchurch, Shropshire abt 1780,
only likely bap is 1779 in Whitchurch to Thomas and Mary,
there are other children bap Whitchurch to Thomas and Mary between 1775 and 1775,
there is only one mar of a Thomas and Mary in Whitchurch in 1772, Mary's maiden name is Dicken, they later moved to Ightfield
now for the spanner,
according to transcriptions one of Thomas and Mary's children was Wm Dicken Hinton bap 1788
last night when looking at a burial in Ightfield I noticed the bur above was a John Dicken Hinton bur 1813 aged 25, further searching found an actual Parish record of John Dicken Hinton 1788 to Thomas and Mary whitchurch, and I can see why it was wrongly transcribed as Wm.
so now my Thomas and Mary have 2 sons named John! the elder one my ancestor the younger dieing aged 25, I just can't see why there would be 2 living sons with the same name, Mary's father was John Dicken but Thomas father was Robert
If the 2 Johns aren't brothers then who are the other Thomas and Mary? also it's more likely the John Dicken Hinton is son of Thomas and Mary nee Dicken, so my tree will need some pruning