Benjamin Beach Baptised 1752 (General)

by BSEDDON , Sunday, February 26, 2012, 16:31 (4657 days ago) @ jimashton

Hi Jim

Well spotted, I've pondered hard and long over this one.......

Initially, I think that I chose Parent Thomas more or less because it gave me "more family history" to investigate. There are no baptisms for Parent James. My tree still refects this choice.

However, I've recently re-visited and actually believe that that James is more likely to be the father based on the family christian names

James' Kids
1773 Thomas
1779 John
1782 James
1785 William
1787 Eliner
1788 Christiana
1790 Martha
1791 Job

1748 Thomas' Kids
1771 William
1773 Thomas
1775 John
1777 Mary
1780 Isaac
1789 Easter
1786 Silvea
1788 Joshua

1773 Thomas Jnr Kids
1798 James
1800 Emey
1802 Thomas
1805 William
1809 Elin
1811 Mary
1813 George

It's all guesswork really. But, for what it's worth.....

1723 John Beach and Eleanor Morgan seem to be the only (and earliest) Beaches in Bream c1750. Their children and grandchildren were

1746 Mary
1748 Thomas m Mary Priest William Thomas John etc
1750 William m Christian Morgan Mary Jane Benjamin etc
1753 Sarah
1756 John
1759 Richard m Mary Morgan Fanny Henry Thomas etc

which account for all the Beach baptisms in Bream over that time period, So, I think that just maybe James and Thomas were brothers (or cousins) but James' baptism's got lost. If so, then my existing links go back through their common grandparents. But James could just as easily be an outsider! Any thoughts?

Brian