My ggg grandmother Mary Wildman spent her whole life in Measham, married in 1790 and her burial record infers a YOB of ca 1769. According to the Measham registers, two girls of that name were baptised in that year, on 2 April and 25 December, and there are no records to suggest that either girl died or married before 1790. The Banns entry for her marriage names one of the witnesses as John Wildman. This is the father's name of the Mary baptised in April, and records show she had a brother John who would have been 15 at the time of her marriage. The other girl's father is named William and she does not appear to have a brother named John. Is it safe for me to assume that my grandmother is the Mary baptised in April?
It would seem, on the balance of probability, that she would be the April Mary. Apart from the witness named John, are there any naming patterns in either family that could indicate otherwise?
There are few children baptised to John and Elizabeth and John and Sarah, however Mary in April has parents John and Elizabeth 1769 and then there is John baptised to John and Elizabeth in Feb 1775. So I would say...a safe bet
Thank you all for your input. I was reasonably confident but felt it best to put the matter to Peer Review. I suspect he was a close friend of the Jewsbury family. One of Richard's cousins used Ensor/Endsor as the second name for 2 of his children.
