hi sally'
it's not tom, it's linda, it certainly seems a strong possibility that we have the same family given that there is no trace of thomas living in northampton as an adult but iv'e no idea how to prove it 100% but i expect that goes for a lot of lines of descent. as i said i havn't done much on the blackaby line [other varient spellings are blackabbey and blackabee and blackby] one other thing of interest is lorenzo. let me explain- 4x grt granma, sarah blackaby married william longworth 21 oct 1822 at northampton all saints, i descend through their eldest son, john, they had 6 other children and the youngest was named lorenzo, a bit unusual in early 19th century northampton i thought, then i came across the name again in chapel hill baptisms when looking for sarah's baptism. a lorenzo was baptised 3 june 1823,son of george and elizabeth. too much of a coincedence not to be related to my tree so i figured that either georges wife mary had died and he later married elizabeth or george and mary had a son george whose baptism is elsewhere and he was the one who married elizabeth. i did find a marriage of george to elizabeth spencer 25 june 1815 at hardingstone northants,presumably elizabeth's home parish. the entry dosn't say if george was a bachelor or a widower so no help there. but i'm convinced that lorenzo was either sarah's half brother or her nephew,why else give her son the name,it's not something you just pull out of thin air is it? yet another little mystery to try and solve. your lot sound quite interesting too, bigamy and stuff- great but not so easy for us to try and sort out. well i think i've told you all i know so far, i'm hoping to get to the r.o. sometime in the summer break and maybe do a bit more delving into the blackabys, maybe have some news for you then,in the meantime if you have any ideas or find something out please let me know.
it's great to have made contact with you.
best wishes, linda
