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Hi there,
Phillip is my 3x gt grandfather.  I have found a record of his birth and several helpful family trees that confirm /suggest  his father is Phillip Keddie b. 1793 son of Robt Keddie and Janet nee Adamson in Wemyss but things are not as simple as they seem! 

Phillip is baptised in Monimail in 1813 the son of Phillip K and Mary Mc Kie.   This or another Phillip snr goes on to have children  with wife Mary Gibb in Cupar in the following years.   They do not have a son Phillip.   Ok I thought, either McKie is a misprint, an earlier marriage or an illegitimate child. 
BUT  Phillip and Mary Gibb's daughter Henrietta wrote a book about several generations of  the family (I have it on order)  and I've been told that there is no mention whatsoever of half brother Phillip.   

What seems to make it more likely that my Phillip 1813 is the son of Phillip of Cupar is his Christian name.  Phillip 1793's mother's mother was Margaret Philp   and he is the first Phillip in the Keddie family.   His brother Robert also has a son Phillip born in 1820 who is definitely not my Phillip.   
There are no others of that generation that I can find anywhere.

So , please,   any ideas how I might confirm once and for all my Phillip's paternity?

with many thanks, Alison in NZ

My 3x gt grandfather Samuel Edwards stated on the 1851 Liverpool census that he was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire in approx 1787.  I'm not totally convinced as the same birthplace was given for his wife Sarah who was definitely born in Wales!   but I'd really appreciate it if someone could check  the baptismal records for him in Paisley.
with many thanks   Alison Molineux, New Zealand

Hi there,
can anyone please tell me whether there are parish records for Ellesmere that go back before 1630 for baptisms and c1655 for marriages. It would also be great to find some burial records.
 
I've just got some of my Mullineux family wills and they take me back before the records on the IGI

I'm quite happy to purchase therecords if they exist.  Otherwise if some kind soul could look up some C17 Ellesmere Mullineux    burials   for me  that would be a wonderful help also

many thanks indeed
Alison in Nelson NZ

Hi there,

Could someone please help me with a lookup in the 1640- 50ish  Kings Sutton baptismal registers.  I'm looking for the births of a (by 1665)  Quaker Haynes/ Haines etc family  who went on to marry in Banbury, Oxon.

I only have their marriage and in some cases death dates so their birth dates are a guess.  I know for certain the women were born in K.S.  the men are a bit more of a guess but very likely their brothers.

They are:  John Haynes (m. Mary Smyth 1665, d. 1691) 
Elizabeth and Mary Haynes both m'd 1667 in Banbury Quaker meeting house to non local men, both born KS
Richard Haynes  (m Margaret 1664 poss in Aynho) d, New Jersey USA


John Haynes and Mary nee Smyth are my 8x gt grandparents

with many thanks
Alison Molineux
Nelson NZ
                 

Hi there,
Does anyone have access to the parish records for the Portico RC church in Prescot please?   (I hope I've got the church name right!)

A distant relative has records of some of my O'Neil's there in the 2nd half of the 18th century but there are still a few tantalising gaps.

I'm especially looking for the birth of a William O'Neil in 1793, the marriage of a Michael O'Neil and Ann unknown c. 1770  and the marriage of a Patrick O'neil & Elizabeth unknown c. 1785.  Patrick's birth in 1757  and Michael's 10 years earlier would be a real bonus (probable siblings Hugh, Alice and Thomas)

I have all the Cof E records for these folk (I know their birth dates from their St Mary's burials)  but they seem to move between the 2 denominations.

many thanks for any help
Alison in NZ