Rosemary , Thanks very much for looking for me , although it looks as though non of them are mine ! Kind regards , Rosalind .. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosemary Probert" <rosemary@rprobert.co.uk> To: <eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [BAN] Wills > Hi Rosalind, > > Only 2 William ROBERTS in the index: > farmer, Hampton Gay 1810 > farmer, Noke, 1842 > - neither look like they are yours. > > No Elizabeth ROBERTS > > Possible Mary ROBERTS: > widow, Banbury, 1740, Bond (not a will) Pec.21.33; Pec.50/4/2 > > 7 John ROBERTS, but only one in Banbury: > Banbury 1790 Bond. Pec.21.131; Pec.50/4/47 > > > Source: the 'Index of Probate Records of Oxfordshire 1733-1857 and > the Oxfordshire Peculiars 1547-1856' published by the Oxfordshire > Record Society. > > > Copies of the wills can be obtained from the Oxfordshire Records > Office - http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oro > > The British Record Society have published an index to the earlier > records, but I do not have access to them. (Probate records of the > courts of the Bishop and Archdeacon of Oxfords, 1516-1732, 1981 & 1985) > > Good luck, > > Rosemary > Northumberland UK > > Email: rosemary@rprobert.co.uk > Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ > Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > rosalind wrote: >> Rosemary , >> Could you look up any possible probate entries under the surname of >> ROBERTS >> ; they lived in Banbury , and were blacksmiths , please ? >> William (1) wife Elizabeth , bap 1708 & last child 1744 . >> William (2) wives both Marys , bap c1737 , dies post 1785 ? >> John , wife Mary , bap 1779 , dies post 1813 ? >> Some of them were non-conformists . >> No certain record as yet of their burials . >> >> Many thanks , >> Rosalind . >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Rosemary Probert" <rosemary@rprobert.co.uk> >> To: <eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 12:29 PM >> Subject: Re: [BAN] Wills >> >> >>> I have a copy (somewhere!) of the 'Index of Probate Records of >>> Oxfordshire 1733-1857 and the Oxfordshire Peculiars 1547-1856' published >>> by the Oxfordshire Record Society. I believe it's out of print now, but >>> I'm happy to do specific look ups in it, > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List archives are at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/eng-banbury-area > ------------------------------- > 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 >