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Desborough: Twins


Going through the censuses and Parish records for Desborough has revealed what seems to be an unusual number of families with twins. These are the children that I have come across so far that I believe to be twins, but bear in mind that some of these may be errors (eg in recording or reading ages).

Click on the individual links to see whether the source stated that they were twins (rare). If it does not then the "twinship" is my deduction based on the available data so far.

73 sets of twins found so far (arranged alphabetically by family name).


Parents: Perott Ap-price and Marget [not known] had 6 children, including

Twins: William and Thomas baptised 09 Feb 1734


Parents: Richard Barron and Mary [not known] had 4 children, including

Twins: Sarah and Ann baptised 23 Aug 1767


Parents: Thomas Manton Bennett and Clara Kendall had 8 children, including

Twins: Evelyn and Percy born about 1897


Parents: Thomas Bosworth and Elizabeth Harrison had 10 children, including

Twins: Martha and Mary baptised 02 Jul 1758


Parents: William Brette had 5 children, including

Twins: Richard and John baptised 05 Apr 1575


Parents: John Buckby and Emm [not known] had 7 children, including

Twins: Thomas and Anne baptised 09 Apr 1730


Parents: Robert Caldwell and Elizabeth Page had 8 children, including

Twins: Rose and Ada born about 1843


Parents: John Cheney and Frances [not known] had 3 children, including

Twins: Mary Ann and Josiah born about 1837


Parents: Fred James Clements and Emma Panter had 5 children, including

Twins: Doris and Mabel born about Jun 1900


Parents: Edward Coe and Anne [not known] had 6 children, including

Twins: Ann and Elizabeth baptised 04 Mar 1732


Parents: John Coe and Mary Coe had 7 children, including

Twins: Nathaniel and Robert baptised 20 Apr 1783


Parents: David Coe and Mary Barram had 3 children, including

Twins: William and Emanuel baptised 21 Feb 1787


Parents: Edward Coe and Mary [not known] had 4 children, including

Twins: Benjamin and baptised 06 Nov 1796


Parents: William Coles and Elizabeth [not known] had 9 children, including

Twins: Sarah A and Elizabeth born about 1868


Parents: Francis Coles had 3 children, including

Twins: Richard and Amy baptised 05 Jan 1627


Parents: Herbert Crick and Emma Essam had 7 children, including

Twins: Lizzie and William born about 1860


Parents: George William Crick and Jane Blunsom had 3 children, including

Twins: Alice M and Kate Evelyn born about 1879


Parents: Samuel Crick and Elizabeth [not known] had 4 children, including

Twins: Elizabeth and Alice baptised 24 Jul 1711


Parents: William Crick and Ann Morris had 6 children, including

Twins: Joseph and Benjamin baptised 17 Mar 1771


Parents: William Curtis and Jane Busby had 4 children, including

Twins: William and Jane baptised 16 Jul 1768


Parents: Edward Fekin and Elizabeth Winsall had 6 children, including

Twins: Hannah and Elizabeth baptised 18 Sep 1778


Parents: Arthur Henry Fenton and Ada Elizabeth Kilborn had 3 children, including

Twins: Arthur and Cecil born 1898


Parents: Joseph Ginns and Eliza Ann Robinson had 6 children, including

Twins: Ellen and Emily baptised 14 Jun 1857


Parents: Frederick Goodman and Mary A Jarvis had 4 children, including

Twins: Beatrice and Elizabeth born about 1890


Parents: William Goodman and Mary [not known] had 6 children, including

Twins: William and Job baptised 02 Apr 1738


Parents: Joseph Hall and Caroline Manning had 8 children, including

Twins: Gertrude Annie and Beatrice M born about 1888


Parents: William Hodson and Mary [not known] had 7 children, including

Twins: William and Mary baptised 27 Sep 1716


Parents: Thomas Holbeard and Elizabeth [not known] had 7 children, including

Twins: William and Mary baptised 04 Jan 1761


Parents: Samuel Horsley and Lydia Coe had 12 children, including

Twins: Harry and Mabel born about 1894


Parents: Charles Iliffe and Martha [not known] had 5 children, including

Twins: Robert and Martha baptised 08 Aug 1768


Parents: [male] Jarvis had 2 children, including

Twins: Elizabeth and Mary buried 30 May 1771 (source reads: Elizth and Mary Jarvis Infants)


Parents: Robert Jarvis and Ann Rudkin had 2 children, including

Twins: Thomas and John baptised 29 Nov 1786


Parents: George Laywood and Fanny Plowright had 4 children, including

Twins: John W and Mary Ellen born about 1867


Parents: John Lenton and Mary Walter had 6 children, including

Twins: Jane and Ann baptised 29 Aug 1677


Parents: Giles Loake and Anne [not known] had 14 children, including

Twins: William and Martha baptised 07 Apr 1724


Parents: Giles Loake and Elizabeth Pool had 4 children, including

Twins: Giles and Elizabeth baptised 20 Apr 1797


Parents: Thomas Loake and Jane [not known] had 8 children, including

Twins: Martha and Mary baptised 25 Jan 1671


Parents: Richard Lole and Mary [not known] had 3 children, including

Twins: Joseph and Benjamin baptised 23 Jul 1676


Parents: Joseph Marlow and Mary Eagle had 6 children, including

Twins: Daniel and Sarah baptised 04 Jun 1793


Parents: Giles Marlow and Ann Turner had 5 children, including

Twins: Ann and Mary baptised 10 Aug 1740


Parents: Edwin Woodcock Marlow and Margaret Hannah Carter had 3 children, including

Twins: Ernest E and Herbert J born 1887


Parents: James Martin and Ann Coe had 9 children, including

Twins: Emily and Joseph born Nov 1860


Parents: Joseph Miller and Mary Ann Coe had 11 children, including

Twins: Nellie and Katy born about 1877


Parents: John Miller and Frances [not known] had 3 children, including

Twins: Elizabeth and [male] baptised 21 Jan 1669


Parents: John Miller and Eleanor Cozbrook had 4 children, including

Twins: Thomas and John baptised 17 Feb 1677


Parents: George Morris and Elizabeth Nursey had 6 children, including

Twins: George and Elizabeth baptised 04 Jul 1731


Parents: James Oliver and Frances Coley had 4 children, including

Twins: William and Ann baptised 25 Oct 1767


Parents: Benjamin Paine and Mary Morris had 8 children, including

Twins: Martha and Ruth born about Sep 1789


Parents: Thomas Panter and Ann [not known] had 2 children, including

Twins: Philip and Andrew baptised 12 Sep 1669


Parents: William Panter and Ann [not known] had 7 children, including

Twins: Catherine Mary and Alice baptised 27 Nov 1752


Parents: John Pridmore and Elizabeth [not known] had 10 children, including

Twins: Eliza and Emma born about 1841


Parents: John Reynolds and Ann Asher had 8 children, including

Twins: John and Rebecca baptised 13 Oct 1799


Parents: Robert Rowledge and Agnes Harrys had 3 children, including

Twins: Elizabeth and Joan baptised 15 May 1589


Parents: Joseph Rowthorn and Hannah Smeeton had 7 children, including

Twins: David and Edward baptised 30 Jan 1799


Parents: Henry Sargeant and Catherine [not known] had 5 children, including

Twins: William and Elizabeth born 03 Feb 1694


Parents: Joseph Sloughe and Elizabeth [not known] had 7 children, including

Twins: William and Joseph baptised 03 Oct 1731


Parents: Fred Herbert Stanley and Alethea Thorpe had 4 children, including

Twins: Mildred and Harold born 1911


Parents: John Stanyon and Elizabeth [not known] had 12 children, including

Twins: Hugh and Lucy baptised 02 Nov 1837


Parents: Frederick William Stenson and Elizabeth Ward had 6 children, including

Twins: William and Mabel born about 1895


Parents: David Sutton and Mary [not known] had 3 children, including

Twins: David and Sarah baptised 16 Jun 1775


Parents: John Tailby and Joanna Coe had 8 children, including

Twins: Mary and Rose born about 1863


Parents: Benjamin Tebbutt and Sarah Coley had 5 children, including

Twins: John and Benjamin baptised 01 Dec 1782


Parents: John Tolten and Mary Johnson had 9 children, including

Twins: Mary and Elizabeth baptised 23 Feb 1786


Parents: Richard Vickers and Kate Noble had 5 children, including

Twins: Lily and Dorothy born about 1908


Parents: John Wallis and Mary Morris had 8 children, including

Twins: Lucy and Louisa born May 1841


Parents: Thomas Ward and Ann Pebody had 3 children, including

Twins: Marcilla and Mary baptised 25 Mar 1750


Parents: Richard Webster had 4 children, including

Twins: John and Martin baptised 11 Apr 1610


Parents: Richard Webster had 4 children, including

Twins: William and Catherine baptised 03 Apr 1611


Parents: William Weston had 4 children, including

Twins: Richard and William baptised 08 Jun 1608


Parents: Frederick Richard Whitby and Kate Ellen Bosworth had 9 children, including

Twins: Constance M and Vera C born about May 1900


Parents: Henry Woolman and Phillipa [not known] had 7 children, including

Twins: Elizabeth and [female] baptised 26 Oct 1670


Parents: James Yeomans and Kezia Holmes had 11 children, including

Twins: George and Ada born about 1886


Parents: Thomas York and Phillis [not known] had 7 children, including

Twins: Phillis and Ann baptised 09 May 1768


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