Many thanks, Omega, that's very helpful information.
My source (PRTS) gives Henry's baptism at Heathfield to Elizabeth, not Sarah. May I ask your source?
What I'm really trying to do here is identify Thomas's wife Sarah (née ROBERTS - thanks again, Omega!), mentioned in the will, with Elizabeth PARSONS, wife of Thomas, recorded in various baptism entries in Heathfield and possibly elsewhere. Those of Thomas's children who are listed in the will (Sarah, Hannah and Henry) all have doubtful baptism records because their mother in the Heathfield register is Elizabeth, not Sarah. Grace is another one, but she's not mentioned in the will. I'm hoping that finding the names of further children will support the identification of Sarah with Elizabeth.
I think it likely that Thomas had only one son, Henry PARSONS, because the only grandson in his will with his surname is his namesake, Thomas PARSONS, and this child's father is not named. Had Thomas other sons then I guess he would have had to have (in his will) guarded against this mention becoming ambiguous through the birth of further namesakes to other sons.
So, can anyone else help with the names of Thomas's daughters not mentioned in his will? Did a Grace PARSONS, for instance, marry anyone with a surname the same as one of Thomas's grandchildren?
