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m. 7 Jun 1802 Willen, Buckinghamshire, England
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There are seven baptisms at Husborne Crawley between 1806 and 1814 where the parents' names are given as George and Mary. However, the gaps between the children are very small - in two cases less than nine months. Also, there is no sign of any of the children having died young, yet the seven baptisms include two children called Thomas and two called Susan / Susannah: ch. 17 Feb 1806: Thomas 20 month gap ch. 11 Oct 1808: Susannah 9 month gap ch. 30 Jul 1809: George 7 month gap ch. 25 Feb 1810: Susan 12 month gap ch. 3 Feb 1811: Mary 18 month gap ch. 1 Aug 1813: Thomas 8 month gap ch. 10 Apr 1814: Henry There was another couple called Lewis having children in Husborne Crawley at this time: Thomas and Martha. Only one baptism is recorded to them: ch. 12 Mar 1818: James However, they clearly had other children. Martha's probate records from 1829 makes clear that she had six children: Elizabeth, John, Mary, George, Thomas and James. The first three appear to have been born elsewhere before the family moved to Husborne Crawley: Elizabeth was baptised at Woburn, John at Eversholt, and Mary claimed in the census to have been born at Eversholt. In the censuses George and Thomas both gave their places of birth as Husborne Crawley, but no baptisms have been found there for them. If we assume that the baptisms in 1809 of George and in 1813 of Thomas are incorrectly recorded and actually should have given the parents as Thomas and Martha rather than George and Mary this makes more sense of both families: George & Mary children: ch. 17 Feb 1806: Thomas 20 month gap ch. 11 Oct 1808: Susannah 16 month gap ch. 25 Feb 1810: Susan 12 month gap ch. 3 Feb 1811: Mary 26 month gap ch. 10 Apr 1814: Henry Thomas & Martha children: b. 3 Mar 1800 (at Woburn): Elizabeth ch. 30 Jun 1805 (at Eversholt): John b. abt 1806 (at Eversholt according to census): Mary ch. 30 Jul 1809: George ch. 1 Aug 1813: Thomas ch. 12 Mar 1818: James The idea that the George in 1809 and Thomas in 1813 belonged to Thomas and Martha is supported by the fact that no later trace can be found of a George from around 1809 other than the one who gave his father's name as Thomas when he married, whilst both Thomases (1806 and 1813) can be found in the 1851 census - Thomas 1806 at Little Brickhill and Thomas 1813 in London. This solution is still not perfect; there are still two Susans, with no sign of a burial for the first before the second was born, neither is claimed for Thomas and Martha by Martha's probate records and no plausible Susan can be found in the later censuses. However, it is considered based on the analysis above that we can be confident that the George baptised in 1809 and Thomas in 1813 belonged to Thomas Lewis and Martha Drinkwater, not George Lewis and Mary Goodman. References
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