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Wow, Sinann, many thanks for all that! I had only begun to research the background of James Deazeley, and his mysterious first marriage. I searched in vain for the death of his first wife Elizabeth Hamilton in the Scottish records, and all along, there she was in the Irish records - but mistranscribed, of course! You've given me a great boost. Thank you again!

Many thanks for that.

A marriage appears in Kingstown parish on 8 March 1774, for Ned Murphy and Winifred Mullen, on RootsIreland.

However, I cannot find the marriage in the National Library church registers images for Kingstown parish on https://registers.nli.ie/.

I would love to see the actual parish register image. Any suggestions why it is not there? Many thanks.

Two brothers born in Shankill, Co.Dublin, Nicholas Kearney (1818-1897) and Peter Kearney (1821-1899).

Nicholas married Sarah Hilliard in Westland Row in 1845. He next appears in the US census for 1850, 1860 and 1870, living in Northampton, Massachusetts. He had a family there, and died in 1897.

Peter married late, to Jane Toole in Little Bray in 1879. He would have been 58. They had no family, and he died in Shankill in 1899, passing his farm to his nephew.

Surprisingly, a Peter Kearney appears living with Nicholas in Massachusetts in the 1850 US census, the same age. Was it unknown for Irish emigrants to the US in the 1850s-60s to return to Ireland? Could be why he married late? Just wondering if anyone else encountered returning emigrants.

Hi, I am trying to piece together a fragmented jigsaw for a Martha Nutley, mother of Jesse Nutley (1747-1822).  Here are the pieces I have.

8 Jan 1821 - probable christening in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire.  A christening appears on Ancestry in Trowbridge, Wiltshire for Martha Nutley on the same date.  Most surely the same christening, but why would it appear in Great Bedwyn and in Trowbridge?  A transcription error?
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2C2-TVT : 25 February 2022), Martha Nutly, 1721.

25 Jan 1747 - christening of Jesse Nutley (illegitimate), son of Martha Nutley, in Burbage, Wiltshire.
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7DF-54G : 24 February 2022), Jesse Nutley, 1747.

24 Oct 1756 - marriage of Martha Nutley and Richard Stratton in Hampshire.
"England Marriages, 1538–1973  ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N61Z-DY7 : 13 March 2020), Martha Nutley in entry for Rich. Stratton, 1756.

19 Dec 1756 - christening of Sarah Nutley, mother Martha Nutley, in Inkpen, Berkshire.
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JM25-9MX : 24 October 2021), Sarah Nuttley, 1756.

16 Jun 1759 - marriage of Martha Nutley and Richard Stratton in Inkpen, Berkshire.
"England Marriages, 1538–1973  ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NK1B-MY4 : 24 October 2021), Martha Nuttey or Nutley in entry for Richard Stratton, 1759.

4 Nov 1759 - christening of James Stratton, parents Richard Stratton and Martha, in Inkpen, Berkshire.
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NP2P-1MF : 24 October 2021), Martha in entry for James Stratton, 1759.

7 Feb 1785 - burial of Martha Stratton in Inkpen, Berkshire (Ancestry).

If these all relate to the same Martha, then she moved around, from Great Bedwyn, to Burbage, to Inkpen.  Two marriages appear, one in 1756 in Hampshire, and one in 1759 in Inkpen, both to Richard Stratton.  I guess one to be a notification, but why a three year difference, and why Hampshire?

Can anyone please throw their eye at this, and tell me if they see any discrepancies, any suggestion that there is more than one Martha Nutley, or any reason why two marriage sources would appear, on very different dates?  Can anyone find any other sources of interest?

Many thanks.