Can anyone help me clear up information on my 3rd great grandfather, Ebenezer Hitchens, born 1782 in Cornwall, I can't find a birth record in Gwennap. At the moment I have his mother as Catherine Canarton, who married Ebenezer Hitchens in Sithney in 1770 and they had a daughter, Catherine in 1771. Ebenezer died in 1774 so he can not be the father of my 3rd GG grandfather. To confuse matters I do have a birth record for Richard Barret, a base child born to Richard Barret and Catherine Hitchens in 1775 in Gwennap (could this be the widow Catherine Hitchens?) I have found a marriage record for Richard Barret and Catherine Hitchens in 1784 (is this the same Richard and Catherine who had a child in 1775?) I have not been able to find a birth record from 1782 for Ebenezer Hitchens to sort out who his mother and father are.