 However, Wenham's records of births for the periods 1681–1685 and 1688–1694 (and deaths for 1679–1694) have been lost.Consequently, we should keep open the possibility that Thomas and Martha had other children who were born and died during the 1680s and early '90s.After all, seven years passed between the birth of their son Thomas Jr. and the baptism of their son Samuel.