Hello,
Having traced back part of my family tree to the Berry's that were in Little Hinton until around the 1800's, I became a bit stuck getting reliably beyond Virgil Berry - since the parish was rather small, I decided to just do a search for parish records in Little Hinton that mention "Berry" (there's only a couple of hundred), then see if I can fit them all together in a way that makes sense.
I've managed to do this reasonably successfully to a point, but have now hit a point where it looks like someone's name may be changing between John & Robert, and I'm wondering if this is at all possible?
The relevant records I've found are:
- Marriage between Robert Berry & Elizabeth, 16 Nov 1718
- Robby Berry baptised 9 Jun 1724, parents noted as Robert & Elizabeth
- Bridget Berry baptised 16 Feb 1728, parents noted as Robert & Elizabeth
- George Berry baptised 31 Jan 1730, parents noted as Robert & Elizabeth
- Francis Berry baptised 18 Feb 1730, parents noted as *John* & Elizabeth
- George Berry *buried* 20 Apr 1730, parents noted as John & Elizabeth
The discrepancy in George's parents is what I find most odd, as the fact George's parents are listed in his burial record at all makes me think it's the same George (at least the pattern I've seen would suggest parents are only generally listed if it's a child who dies.) I can't find any other relevant George's in Little Hinton either, nor a marriage between a separate John / Elizabeth.
However, the other thing that would point to them being separate Elizabeths is that Francis was baptised only a couple of months after George!
I feel like I'm probably missing something relatively big here - is anyone able to decipher any more or offer any clues?
