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Hello, Jim!

Yes.  I spent about four hours at an LDS Family History Center yesterday.   It was very organized, and everyone was very helpful.   

I found christening records, which gave the full name of the father and the first name of the mother.  They matched the information I have.  Very excited, I pored over the marriage records from that same parish, looking for the wives' last names, but found nothing!  So funny that for generations the family had children christened in the same church, but there were NO records of a Pingree being married there. 

All I can think is that for sentimental reasons--or a more beautiful setting for a wedding, perhaps--they got married in a different church.   I have no idea where!     Perhaps at some point, when all the parish records are digitized and available online, I'll be able to pull those records up.  I'm not really sure where to look.  I looked in Acton Beauchamp, and at a parish in Suckley. 

Jim and Carole, you are both amazing!  Thank you!!!

Jim, how did you come up with that much information so quickly?  You're a lot better at this than I am!  Perhaps if I give you the dates I have you will succeed in locating a match.  For some reason I can't.  I'll list them below.

Carole, the Job Pingree you found on the 1841 census (married to Charlotte Tarrant) is my great-great-great grandfather.   Why am I having such a hard time locating information on his lineage?

Some of my great-great aunts worked on this line years ago.  I have their information, but can't figure out where they got it.  They even listed some christening dates, but not the parish:

Job Pingree 5th (b. 2 July 1786, d. 29 Oct 1843)
Husband of Charlotte Tarrant (b. 7 Feb 1814) dau of William Tarrant and Unknown

Job Pingree 4th (b. 13 Jan 1757, d. 12 Jan 1828)
Husband of Mary Estop (christened 12 Jun 1757, buried 7 April 1832) dau John Eastop and "Hannah"

Job Pingree 3rd (b. 28 Aug 1718, d. 31 Oct 1761)
Husband of Mary Wright (b. 1723) dau of Unknown and Unknown

Job Pengriffe 2nd (b. abt 1690, d. 7 April 1748)
Husband of Margery Essex (christened 24 Nov 1693, d. mar 1753) dau of Unknown and Unknown

Job Pingriffe 1st (b. abt 1641, d. 30 Mar 1719)
Husband of "Elinor" (b. abt 1655)  dau of Unknown and Unknown

George Pengriffe (christened 22 Aug 1617)
Husband of "Jane" dau of Unknown and Unknown

John Pengriffe (christened 23 Mar 1587, d. after 1618)
Husband of "Elizabeth" (b. abt 1584) dau of Unknown and Unknown

Thomas Pengriffe (b. abt 1548, d. 10 Oct 1604)
Husband of "Alice" (b. abt 1550, d. 16 Feb 1588) dau of Unknown and Unknown

And all these men are listed as having been born and died in Acton Beauchamp, Worcestershire.  That must be incorrect.  Although I did find a record of Charlotte Tarrant Pingree (listed on the census Carole found) selling a farm in Acton Beauchamp, located near the border of Worcestershire and Herefordshire.  I believe it's still being operated as "Acton Mill Farm."  Job Pingree was a Miller, as the census indicated.   Perhaps his forebears weren't from the area at all!