Penny, All of the people you mention are relatives of mine and I have spent considerable time in tracking them down. I believe William WILLOUGHBY and Elizabeth were married on the 29th December 1823 at St Mary-le-bone in Middlesex. The banns were read on the 14th, 21st and 28th December 1823. I also believe Emma was the first child and the other five siblings were baptised at Preston Capes, Northamptonshire. I am willing to share the information I have with you and anyone else who is interested. I hope this helps. Regards, Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: <PennyEves@aol.com> To: <ENG-BANBURY-AREA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 12:08 PM Subject: [BAN] New Member Seeking Help with WILLOUGHBY Baptisms/Marriage inBanbury Area > I'm hoping that someone may be able to help me with the following. > > William and Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY had a child (possibly their first?) > baptised at Banbury on 21 MAR 1824 - "Emma, daughter of William WILLOUGHBY > and > Elizabeth of Calthrope Lane, carpenter". Their subsequent and remaining > children were all baptised at Preston Capes in Northamptonshire (approx. > 15 > miles NE of Banbury). William and Elizabeth lived out the rest of their > lives at Preston Capes and are buried there. > >>From the Preston Capes parish registers, I know that William was baptised > there in 1792. The 1851 and 1861 censuses record that Elizabeth was born > c1793/4 in Neithrop, Banbury, and also that William was a carpenter. > > I'm thinking that perhaps William went to Banbury to serve his > apprenticeship, met Elizabeth, had a child and then returned with his > family to his > home parish! > > Unfortunately, I have been unable to find a marriage for William and > Elizabeth (both the Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire marriage indexes have > been > checked). I would also be interested to know if any other children were > baptised in the Banbury area. > > If anyone can throw any light on the above, then I would be most > grateful. > > Many thanks. > > Penny > > Some useful websites: > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message