« Reply #2 on: Friday 31 August 18 16:04 BST (UK) »
Hi Sikes
No I'm no further forward after 9 years even with the PRs now on Ancestry. My suspicion is that the baptism in 1789 to William and Elizabeth may possibly have the wrong father's name on the entry as there is a John and Elizabeth having children baptised in the parish at that time but there is a four year gap (I think from memory) between two of the children at the right time. I've not found any other children to a William and Elizabeth in that wider area.
My Sarah ended up in London and had her birthplace down as Salisbury on the 1851 Census but she could quite easily have come from one of the smaller parishes in the area and just said Salisbury for ease. I've tried following forward the family of John and Elizabeth Matthews but not had much luck. I do know that the maternal grandmother of their children was named Sarah so its quite likely they could have had a child of that name but no evidence to suggest whether it could be my Sarah. There is also of course the possibility that my Sarah was non-conformist, although there is no subsequent link to non-conformity with her or her children (her husband was German), and the record is missing. Hoping at some point that something may come to light to identify her origins.
Nicola
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