Hi Elaine The entry for the marriage in the Hunts Marriage Index doesn’t indicate that either were anything other than of the parish of Brington. But fortunately Brington is one of the few Hunts parishes which has been extracted onto the IGI, and there are no Bagbys or Jeffs at all so I don’t think either of them were natives of Brington. I checked the NBI and both appear to have been buried in Islip: 11 March 1849 William Jeffs age 67 7 Feb 1875 Mary Jeffs age 88 In the 1861 census RG9/959 folio 75 Islip Mary Jeffs widow 74 born Cranford, Northants In household of Amos Mayes 37 and Hannah Mayes 38 both born Islip.(Might Hannah have been a daughter?) In 1871 Mary was living alone in Islip Northamptonshire Mary Jeffs head widow 84 b Cranford So Mary Bagby seems to have been born around 1786/7 in Cranford Northants, which is about 4 miles west of Islip, whereas Brington is 8 miles east of Islip. Unfortunately this doesn’t help with William’s birthplace. You could try asking for a lookup for them in Islip in 1841, but that will only tell you if he was born in Northants or not, not the birthplace. Islip has not been extracted onto the IGI, so that would be my first place to check. The parish register is available on microfilm from any Family History Centre of the LDS – do you have one anywhere near you in NZ? There’s a list on their website www.familysearch.org, which is down at the moment so I can’t see if there are any at all! Hope this helps Regards David > Message du 21/10/05 05:25 > De : "ELAINE NAIRN" <EANAIRN@XTRA.CO.NZ> > A : ENG-HUNTINGDON-L@rootsweb.com > Copie à : > Objet : JEFFS / BAGBY > > Hi all, > I am new to this list today and i was wondering if any one can help me with my JEFFS family. My great great great grandfather William JEFFS married Mary BAGBY in 1805 in BRINGTON in HUNTINGDONSHIRE, What i would like to find out is ; Was William born in HUNTINGDONSHIRE and who his parents were, it is possible that he has a brother called James but am not postive on this. By 1807 William and Mary were living in ISLIP in Northamptonshire as their first child was born there in that year. Hoping someone can help me. > Thanking you. > Elaine (nee JEFFS) > > >