Apologies if this is slightly out of the area of interest for this list, but since returning from Banbury on Saturday this has been bothering me no end! I have a couple, namely John BETTS and Mary ?, whose seemingly eldest daughter Hannah was baptised in Adderbury in Jan 1759. I can see no record of their marriage there, or in the parishes contained on the same transcription CD. Some time ago it was brought to my attention that a contender for this couple could be the marriage of John BETTS and Mary HARDEN in Evenley, who married there 8 May 1758. Seems reasonable. I'm not sure where John himself came from at this point...having looked around Banbury museum this week, we're now curious to see if there is any tenuous link to Betts and their Banbury cakes! Does anyone have any records for this parish? Or do you know where I could get my hands on them? I feel rather silly asking having just spent a week in the area, but I only recalled the mention of this marriage after I arrived back. Although we are going to Banbury at least once a month at the moment, it's usually at the weekend when the record offices are closed :-(. Thinking of you all there, many of my people on Dad's side of the family are from there, as well as Worcester and Hereford. Jenna, marooned back in Bradford Always looking for CHILTON, BETTS and WALTER in Adderbury; GUY and HOLLOWAY in Chipping Norton
Hi Jenna, Alan Clarke & Marilyn Ponting's marriage Index for Northamptonshire doesn't have any other possible marriages for John BETTS/BETT to Mary any where near your possible dates, other than the 1758 marriage at Evenley, Rosemary Northumberland UK Email: [email protected] Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jenna R. Twyford-Jones wrote: > Apologies if this is slightly out of the area of interest for this > list, but since returning from Banbury on Saturday this has been > bothering me no end! > > I have a couple, namely John BETTS and Mary ?, whose seemingly eldest > daughter Hannah was baptised in Adderbury in Jan 1759. I can see no > record of their marriage there, or in the parishes contained on the > same transcription CD. Some time ago it was brought to my attention > that a contender for this couple could be the marriage of John BETTS > and Mary HARDEN in Evenley, who married there 8 May 1758. Seems > reasonable. I'm not sure where John himself came from at this > point...having looked around Banbury museum this week, we're now > curious to see if there is any tenuous link to Betts and their Banbury > cakes! > > Does anyone have any records for this parish? Or do you know where I > could get my hands on them? > > I feel rather silly asking having just spent a week in the area, but I > only recalled the mention of this marriage after I arrived back. > Although we are going to Banbury at least once a month at the moment, > it's usually at the weekend when the record offices are closed :-(. > > Thinking of you all there, many of my people on Dad's side of the > family are from there, as well as Worcester and Hereford. > > Jenna, marooned back in Bradford > > Always looking for CHILTON, BETTS and WALTER in Adderbury; GUY and > HOLLOWAY in Chipping Norton >