Our Charles Allen, who married Mary Jane Thompson, has the wrong parents in our database. Cheryl had his parents as John Adam Allen and Ann Jessop. The name John Adam Allen is a bit odd in that very few people in that area and at that time had a first and middle name in the parish records. The names are all just first name and surname.

I did find the baptism record for Charles Allen, and his parents are Adam and Ann Allen. Not John Adam. So far, I have found half the baptism records for Charles Allen’s siblings, and they all say Adam and Ann Allen also. I have no idea where Cheryl got the “John Adam” from. But his name is just Adam.

Also, I found the marriage record for John Allen and Ann Jessop. The record says John Allen, not John Adam Allen, and that he is a resident of Boston. They were married in Gosberton, which is somewhat near Boston, but not near the Lincoln area. Heighington, where Charles was born, and Washingborough, where Charles was baptised, are near Lincoln, not Boston.

So when Cheryl picked up the wrong name for Charles Allen’s father, she got the wrong marriage too, naturally. Right now, it looks like Adam Allen married twice, both times to women named Ann. Adam is a somewhat unusual name for our family, so I’m hopeful that I can track him and find out the rest of the family members.

But yeah, go ahead and delete Charles Allen’s parents and subsequent ancestors. And I’m not sure about all Charles Allen’s siblings yet either.

Sigh. Our tree doesn’t go back nearly as far as we thought. At least not yet. This is about as far as I can get though, with the time I have now. Oh well.