Too many Georges

[Lindsay]

George Senior's marriage licence of 22 Oct 1753 (on FMP) said that he was of Silkstone, Yorkshire and age 22 - so born 1731.

That fits perfectly with this baptism at Silkstone on 14 April 1731, George son of George Senior of Hoylandswaine:
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/2256/32355_249172-00321/9732942?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk %2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dWYorkPre1813%26rank%3d1%26new %3d1%26so%3d3%26MSAV%3d1%26gss%3dms_r_db%26gsfn%3d geo*%26gsfn_x%3d1%26gsln%3dsen*r%26gsln_x%3d1%26ms ydy%3d1730%26msydy_x%3d1%26dbOnly%3d_C000000F%257c _C000000F_x%26uidh%3d584%26msydp%3d10&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults.

Other children apparently with the same father are:
Stillborn child Buried 12 Aug 1723
Martha bap 15 Aug 1724 Buried 20 Nov 1730
Ann bap 15 Aug 1724. Buried 10 Nov 1724
Elizabeth bap 15 Sept 1727 Buried 12 Nov 1730
Rebekah bap 14 Mar 1730/31
George bap 14 April 1731
Martha 29 Apr 1733
George bap 14 Sept 1735

The problem I have is with Rebekah, bap. a month before George, and the 2nd George bap. in 1735.

Vicar's mistakes? Any opinions welcome.

[Phoenix]

Er, isn't there also George s of Richard Senior bp 2 Mar 1731?

[Phoenix]

:o Scrub that. It's a burial

[Lindsay]

Lol! This lot kept recycling the same names, and not giving the mothers' names on baptisms makes it very hard to disentangle them.

[Phoenix]

And it means that the vicar could get confused as well.

There is the possibility that when it came to the licence young man lied. And that a burial is missing.

Or that the vicar got father or son's name wrong in a few instances. Or that there were two George Senior snrs. Both of the same place.

As the family seems well entrenched, I cannot imagine any poor law records.

What about wills? If you have the time, wills for the place might be worth pursuing.

[kiterunner]

I suspect there were two George Seniors fathering children at the same time.

[Lindsay]

I suspect there were two George Seniors fathering children at the same time.

That's what I thought, but I'm having trouble proving it - no suitable marriages or burials, for example.

I think you're right, and the only way to prove it one way or the other is with Wills. I'm not too optimistic, though - I know I've looked for Wills for this family in the past and not found anything.

I don't like loose ends :D
Thanks for looking.