For a time, I followed someone else's research and had Thomas Collis born in Wokingham who married a woman from Ruscombe and they settled at Hurst St Nicholas. He had a brother called Farmborough Collis who was left nothing in their father's Will for his continued wicked ways - I think I rather liked Farmborough!
It bothered me though, why Thomas was buried in Sparsholt Hampshire, for no apparent reason. So much so that I trawled through the records of Sparsholt and found a baptism there for another Thomas Collis, and for his eventual daughter-in-law.
Following that trail, I found Wills, and further baptism and marriage records. The trail led eventually to Thomas Collis in Hurst at Whistley Mill.
I still wish Farmborough was part of our family!
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