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Old 12-09-11, 11:18
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None of the ones I can see on FreeREG look very likely, Babs. But I think her parents are likely to be Thomas Holmes and Elizabeth Judd who married 7 Feb 1773 at Brandon in Suffolk, because there seems to be a big gap between their marriage and the baptisms of their children at North Creake. Of course if they had children baptised in Suffolk we most likely wouldn't find them as not many Suffolk PR's are online yet.

The North Creake PR's on FamilySearch include an alphabetical index of baptisms which has an entry for Holmes but with no first name or date, which isn't very helpful. Then there is a "Church Book" with baptisms, burials and marriages mixed in together with other stuff, but it looks as though a lot of entries are missing, for instance 1775 says "Christenings - several" with no names!

There is a Thomas Holmes baptised 9 Feb 1783 with no parents' names given, and a Mary Holmes baptised 21 Sep 1785. (Mary Holmes d of Thomas Holmes and Elizabeth his wife late Judd born Sept 15 bapt Sept 21 Recd Oct 23.)

Then looking through the Archdeacon's Transcripts, there is a gap between 1754 and 1785, so not much use. There is a Martin Holmes born 22 Nov 1787 and baptised 27 Jan 1788, son of Thomas Holmes and his wife Elizabeth late Judd. And there is a James Holmes, same parents, privately baptised 15 Nov 1789, received into the church 25 Dec 1789.

So I suspect that Ann belongs to this family, but we need to find something to prove it.
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