Don’t you just love it when it all comes together so neatly? This does not happen too often when
researching a family tree but every once in a while another piece of
information or a document that proves a connection just falls into your lap.
I have written before about which James Palin married Martha
Boffey in 1788 in Wrenbury/Bunbury. (the
marriage was recorded in both places) There
are many family trees on line that still show this James Palin was the son of Thomas
Palin and Elizabeth Smythe born in Aldford in 1758.
Well another piece of information just came to my attention
today that helps prove that James Palin that married Martha Boffey was not the
son of Thomas Palin and Elizabeth Smythe.
And the unexpected document really has nothing to do with James, but with a Phoebe Palin!
Phoebe Palin married a John Boffey in Bunbury in 1786. John Boffey’s parents were Phillip Boffey and
Mary Taylor. Phillip and Mary Boffey had
eleven children all born in Bunbury. Two
of the children John Boffey and his sister Martha both married Palins that were
also sister and brother.
Phoebe Palin’s parents were Thomas Palin and Martha
Jackson. Note on her baptism it clearly states that they were living in Beeston.
Thomas and Martha also had a
son James Palin born in 1760. Again please note on his baptism it clearly states that they were living in Beeston not Aldford!
It was
this James Palin that married Martha Boffey!!
As seen on the marriage document James’s brother in law John Boffey
witness the marriage.
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