Could you be so kind as to offer some advice, a second opinion upon, or point me in the direction of a researcher in Cheshire who might be able to assist me with a genealogical difficulty.

I have recently discovered that the father of my 5 great grandfather, JOHN MORGAN, was Peter Morgan. I cite as the source for this the Yorkshire Dade registry christening records of a child of JOHN’s born in 1780, in which information about the father of JOHN is given. It states that JOHN’S father was Peter Morgan, farmer, of Hoo Milne, Plemonstall, Cheshire. Hoo Milne is an approximation, as the original record is difficult to read at that place. With this information, and with the intent to fill out the parents and siblings of JOHN MORGAN, I went to Familysearch.org to look at the parish extracted records for this area. I typed in the name of the father, Peter Morgan, in hopes that the christening record of the son, JOHN, would appear between 1725 and 1740. There were indeed 4 children christenings found with the father listed as Peter Morgan in Plemonstall between 1730 and 1740, but no John. When I widened the search three more names came up between 1728 and 1735, all born in Plemonstall, but spelled MORGIN. One of them was a JOHN born in 1728! However, on all of these MORGINS, the name of the father was absent, but the name MORGIN was given on the mothers space.

Question; in your opinion does the citing of the mothers surname name as Morgin (and the absence of the fathers Christian name) imply an illegitimate birth for these three children, and/or does the absence of the name Peter in these speeled MORGIN imply, in your opinion, that these children were NOT the children of this Peter Morgan of Plemonstall? It was such a small place....

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At a loss,

NR