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ElizabethHerts
18-07-16, 07:31
From my 5x-great-grandparents thread I have Rebecca Newton of Heydour.

Her estate was probated on 7th July 1773.

Her burial is here on the right-hand page, 3rd entry in the burials:
http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record/browse?id=gbprs%2flincs%2fheydour_par_1_3%2f0143&parentid=gbprs%2flincs%2fheydour_par_1_3%2f0143

http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=705216&iid=383752

Please note on the left-hand page there is the burial of Rebecca Newton, a maiden, on 14th March 1774. This is her daughter.

So, I originally had Rebecca Newton the mother being buried on 17th May 1775. However, probate was in 1773.

If you look at the bottom of the left-hand page, after the 1774 entries it clearly states as a heading that the 1773 entries follow. The 1775 entries seem to be on the previous page!

So, can I say with some certainty that Rebecca Newton the mother was buried in 1773 and her daughter in 1774?

kiterunner
18-07-16, 09:15
Yes, that's right.

ElizabethHerts
18-07-16, 09:24
Thanks, Kate. It really confused me for a while, and I had to look again. On the right-hand page there isn't any indication of the year so it is easy to assume they had moved onto 1775!