Hello again, Thelma:
Hmmm, if John was of that parish and not of Steyning (but moving into the parish), then we may not be able to claim a link. Yet
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Yes, I do know Kelvin: his gr-grandfather, William, was my gr-grandfather Samuel's brother. We've been corresponding for a couple of years now. Kelvin has a web site at
http://lamport.ca/Genealogy/Index-Genealogy.html, where you can view the parish extracts and other BMD data that I forwarded to him. With Henry's and Ruth's daughter, Ruth, christened in 1701, I estimated (conservatively, I hope) that an approximate birth year for both might be 1680. I sent Kelvin a fairly large update a few weeks ago and am working on another one, in particular, the PAINE family connection discovered for us just days ago by Jane Masri.
So, you and I can keep looking and maybe turn up a connection one day, who knows? Nice to hear from you.
Regards,
Alison
