Angela and Lorraine, many thanks for your replies about AUSTEN & BARNES. I think that William AUSTEN son of John of the Unicorn inn must be the right man,and I'm not just being influenced by the pub association ! However, I seem to have a choice of Susannah BARNES, daughter of William of Banbury or daughter of Samuel of Bloxham, which I see is only about 3 miles from Banbury. I wonder if you could check the burials and marriages from about 1708 through to William & Susannah's marriage in 1734 in case one of them could be eliminated . Thnks very much, Brian PS I had a look at the archived messages about breweries and bakers in Banbury which have given me plenty of food for thought. -----Original Message----- From: Angela Allen <angela.allen72@btinternet.com> To: ENG-BANBURY-AREA-L@rootsweb.com <ENG-BANBURY-AREA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, 15 January 2005 15:48 Subject: Re: [BAN] Roll call - AUSTIN/BARNES >Hi Brian, >These are baptism entries @ St Mary's for AUSTEN/BARNES, >info from *Banbury Historical Society* published books, covering >BBM data from that parish 1558 - 1837/8 > > >28/5/1698 >AUSTEN, William s of John at Unicorn > >18/6/1710 >BARNES, Susanna d of William , thatcher, borne 13/11/1708 > >Yep, found it - they married 31/1/1734 > >There are also other Austin/Barnes connections recorded. > >If you haven't already - check Banbury archives, Jan 2002 ... >Brewers & Bakers posts > >T'was the AUSTI/EN/BARNES family at 'the Unicorn' 1st brewing. >Thomas HUNT then came along, as did Hunt Edmunds brewery. > >The 'Unicorn Inn' is one of the oldest & most recorded buildings still >standing in Banbury > >If you can connect to a time when Hunt Edmunds took over -- >contact another Banbury member - Catherine Pritchard > >Catherine has a home web site (find this on the Surnames page of >Banbury web site) > >Catherines family research covers Hunt Edmunds Brewery & >Rolls Royce, plus methodist church info & more. > >HTH Brian > >Angela :>) >co admin Banbury > > >> I would like to find out more about the ancestors of William AUSTIN of >> Banbury, butcher, born 1698 and of Susannah BARNES of Banbury, born 1710 . >> They married in 1734, their first child being Virgin AUSTIN my umpteenth >> great grandmother. > > >============================== >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429 >