Was Christopher Crafts of Worksop, Nottinghamshire originally from Lincolnshire?

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Christopher Crafts of Worksop is known from page 1 of Salem Monthly Meeting Births & Deaths, 1686-1798 to be the father of Martha (Crafts) Smith, wife of John Smith of Smithfield, and also her sister Ann (Croft) Bagley who married Richard Craven. The parish register of Worksop (readable on Internet Archive) shows a burial record for Christopher Crofts on 29 August 1652 (p. 155), the marriage of Martha with John Smith on 19 January 1653/4 (p. 158), and what may be a baptism for Ann on 18 January 1637/8, to Christopher and Anne Crofts (p. 60). But no baptism for Martha, or any other mention of Christopher Crofts was found there.

That raises the question of whether Christopher was an immigrant to Worksop, and Martha was born at another location in England. A quick search based on this theory turned up a few interesting hits in Lincolnshire:

Gunby

James, bapt. 19 Aug 1632, to Christopher Craftes. Ancestry FamilySearch

Martha, bapt. 15 Mar 1634/5, to Christopher Craftes and Ann. Ancestry FamilySearch

Stainby

Christopher Craft, m. 20 Nov 1631, to Anne Hanson. Ancestry FamilySearch

There seems to be no further record of Christopher Crafts in those places after these dates, and the timing and relationships make it possible that it could be the same person. Gunby and Stainby are adjacent villages, both about 50 miles (80 km) from Worksop. That's a significant distance, although Martha's husband John Smith came to Worksop from much further away (Diss, Norfolk). By some estimates Worksop was the fourth largest settlement in Nottinghamshire during this period, so perhaps it was attracting many migrants from other parts of the country. A local historian's perspective would be very valuable here.

There's also one more potential hit from Little Ponton, about 8 mi (13 km) north of Gunby:

Christofor Corofte, bapt. 20 Dec 1601, to Gilberte Corofte. Ancestry FamilySearch

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in Genealogy Help by Austin Tarman G2G Crew (860 points)
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