Hi Paul My John is in the 1841 census for Chilton age 90 so would have been born somewhere between 1747 & 1751..he says he was born "out of county" but at that age might not have known whether the answer to the question was yes or no! So really he could have come from anywhere. Yes I did take the Ashenden John from the IGI but from the extracted entries on the Hugh Wallis site. He was the son of William & Elizabeth Playstead. I assumed he was the John who married Mary Spenser. A very dangerous thing to do I know!!!! But I have been looking for several years. Think I will put the problem away again and maybe something will turn up later. Regards Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Irving" <pauljirving@ntlworld.com> To: <bucks@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 10:55 AM Subject: Re: [BKM] Mary SPENSER >I see the logic of that, & it fits in with the last child born to John & > Mary at Ashendon. If you were working from the IGI, (& nothing wrong > with that, as a first step - I've found it immensely helpful), it would > look a definite possibility - but the burials don't fit. I've had pet > ideas knocked on the head by burials before now (but usually burials > before the putative marriage), so I know how you feel. > > I presume you have Johns age from another source (his burial?). > > There is a John PLAYSTEAD christened at Ashendon in 1747 - son of > William & Elizabeth - but I think he may be the one who married Mary. > The only other John PLESTEAD or similar after 1726 is John, son of John > & Mary, christened 1769. Unless the one who married Mary in 1768 is the > one born 1726, son of Edward & Mary . . . . but there's a burial of a > John in 1734, child of John & Martha, although I can't find a > christening for him. Maybe in another village. There's at least one > reference to a Plestead "of Chersley". > > Paul > > Liz wrote: >> Hello Paul >> Very many thanks for the details of burials of John & Mary Plestead in >> Ashenden. >> I have been trying to find the bap. of a John Plestead b.1747ish who >> married >> Rebecca ?b. 1761 who started their family in Chilton in 1785 when he >> would >> have been about 38 & she 23. I had hoped that it was John's second >> marriage. But obviously this idea is blown out of the water! >> >> Regards >> Liz >> >> >> > > *************************************** > > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.57/2060 - Release Date: 04/15/09 06:34:00 -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 715 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

Liz wrote: > Hi Paul > > My John is in the 1841 census for Chilton age 90 so would have been born > somewhere between 1747 & 1751..he says he was born "out of county" but at > that age might not have known whether the answer to the question was yes or > no! So really he could have come from anywhere. We don't know that John was ever asked for the information about his age and place of birth - unless he was the only person in the household when the enumerator called then the information about his assumed age and place of birth may have been given by someone else in the household using their best guess/knowledge.

I'd treat the "out of county" with suspicion. The Oxfordshire Marriage Index shows very few Plesteads, & they're mostly clustered along the Bucks border, in Thame, Towersey, etc. No sign of your John being born there, though. Paul Liz wrote: > Hi Paul > > My John is in the 1841 census for Chilton age 90 so would have been born > somewhere between 1747 & 1751..he says he was born "out of county" but at > that age might not have known whether the answer to the question was yes or > no! So really he could have come from anywhere. > > Yes I did take the Ashenden John from the IGI but from the extracted entries > on the Hugh Wallis site. He was the son of William & Elizabeth Playstead. I > assumed he was the John who married Mary Spenser. A very dangerous thing to > do I know!!!! But I have been looking for several years. > > Think I will put the problem away again and maybe something will turn up > later. > > Regards > Liz > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Irving" <pauljirving@ntlworld.com> > To: <bucks@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 10:55 AM > Subject: Re: [BKM] Mary SPENSER > > > >> I see the logic of that, & it fits in with the last child born to John & >> Mary at Ashendon. If you were working from the IGI, (& nothing wrong >> with that, as a first step - I've found it immensely helpful), it would >> look a definite possibility - but the burials don't fit. I've had pet >> ideas knocked on the head by burials before now (but usually burials >> before the putative marriage), so I know how you feel. >> >> I presume you have Johns age from another source (his burial?). >> >> There is a John PLAYSTEAD christened at Ashendon in 1747 - son of >> William & Elizabeth - but I think he may be the one who married Mary. >> The only other John PLESTEAD or similar after 1726 is John, son of John >> & Mary, christened 1769. Unless the one who married Mary in 1768 is the >> one born 1726, son of Edward & Mary . . . . but there's a burial of a >> John in 1734, child of John & Martha, although I can't find a >> christening for him. Maybe in another village. There's at least one >> reference to a Plestead "of Chersley". >> >> Paul >> >> Liz wrote: >> >>> Hello Paul >>> Very many thanks for the details of burials of John & Mary Plestead in >>> Ashenden. >>> I have been trying to find the bap. of a John Plestead b.1747ish who >>> married >>> Rebecca ?b. 1761 who started their family in Chilton in 1785 when he >>> would >>> have been about 38 & she 23. I had hoped that it was John's second >>> marriage. But obviously this idea is blown out of the water! >>> >>> Regards >>> Liz >>> >>> >>> >>> >> *************************************** >> >> 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 >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.57/2060 - Release Date: 04/15/09 > 06:34:00 > > >