I have just rejoined the list as I need help looking up the marriage of a William Higgs to Elizabeth in about 1797-99 (in Oakley??). They then settled in Oakley and christened a child at Oakley in Dec 1799. According to the 1841 census William was not born in Buckinghamshire but Elizabeth was. For some years I have mistakenly thought that a couple of the same names who married in Drayton Parslow in 1794 were 'mine', but I now find this to be untrue as they had a different family. I have searched as far as possible but have had no luck in finding either the marriage or birth of either of them. Any help much appreciated. Regards Jeff -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 6493 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message
There's no marriage for them in the Bucks FHS transcription of the Oakley PRs. They appear suddenly, with the baptism of son John on 01 Dec 1799. Children for 14 years, bury one, then their oldest son starts having children - again, no marriage, so presumably that was elsewhere, despite her being listed in 1851 as born Oakley. The OFHS marriage index shows a William HIGGS marrying an Elizabeth HAWES 13 Oct 1799 at Oxford St Peter B. Marrying in Oxford was quite common for people of villages quite some distance for the city at that time, so it could be your William & Elizabeth, but their villages are usually (not always) given, & in this case there's no indication of them being from elsewhere. Elizabeths burial record (1849) says she was 73. William 75 in 1850. Some HIGGS in Brill, but only from 1799. And HICKS up to 1753. None in Ashendon or Dorton in the right period. But - the IGI shows a William HIGGS christened 29 Oct 1775 Charlton on Otmoor. Not far away. And an Elizabeth HAWS christened 22 Sep 1776 at Oakley. I reckon that looks worth checking out. By the way, huge numbers of HAWES/HAWS/HAWSE in Oakley, back to 1710, & a few much earlier ones. The OFHS sells a transcription of the Charlton on Otmoor registers - http://www.ofhs.org.uk/CDsales.html#prs Paul Jeff Wilson wrote: > I have just rejoined the list as I need help looking up the marriage of a > William Higgs to Elizabeth in about 1797-99 (in Oakley??). They then settled > in Oakley and christened a child at Oakley in Dec 1799. > According to the 1841 census William was not born in Buckinghamshire but > Elizabeth was. For some years I have mistakenly thought that a couple of > the same names who married in Drayton Parslow in 1794 were 'mine', but I now > find this to be untrue as they had a different family. I have searched as > far as possible but have had no luck in finding either the marriage or birth > of either of them. > Any help much appreciated. > > Regards > Jeff > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 6493 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > The Professional version does not have this message > > *************************************** > > BGS Website: http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/ > BFHS Website: http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/ > Bucks Genuki Website: http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BUCKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >