Can anyone help me with the children of John BRAY and Mary DARNELL, who married in Covenham St Bartholomew in 1734? The IGI gives them five children baptised in Covenham St Bartholomew between 1735 and 1742: Jane, John, William, Robert and Robert. The Lincolnshirewolds website has three: Jane, Robert and Robert. The dates are fairly close but not identical. No place of baptism is given for the first two, but the younger Robert is said to be christened in Beelsby on 17 Oct 1742. There was certainly an adult Robert BRAY in Beelsby following this. Can anyone verify whether he was christened there? Was this a second BRAY family using similar names? I am in the process of putting my family history narratives on my website. The BRAYS should be up any day now. Fay Sampson Priestley www.faysampson.co.uk

Hi Fay The Covenham St Bartholmew registers for the period are on the Lincs to the Past website, and though a challenge to read, it is possible to do so, so you could confirm that the baptisms are there. I also looked for the Beelsby records, but there don't seem to be any baptisms in the records for 1742- again difficult to read, so you could check, in case I missed them. If you go to http://www.lincstothepast.com/home/, and then put the name of the parish + par (Beelsby par) in the search box. Then click through until you reach Registers, and then the correct option amongst them. Good luck with the website. Margaret On 04/05/2016 17:10, Fay Sampson via wrote: > Can anyone help me with the children of John BRAY and Mary DARNELL, who married in Covenham St Bartholomew in 1734? > > The IGI gives them five children baptised in Covenham St Bartholomew between 1735 and 1742: Jane, John, William, Robert and Robert. > > The Lincolnshirewolds website has three: Jane, Robert and Robert. The dates are fairly close but not identical. No place of baptism is given for the first two, but the younger Robert is said to be christened in Beelsby on 17 Oct 1742. > > There was certainly an adult Robert BRAY in Beelsby following this. Can anyone verify whether he was christened there? Was this a second BRAY family using similar names? > > I am in the process of putting my family history narratives on my website. The BRAYS should be up any day now. > > Fay Sampson Priestley > > > > > www.faysampson.co.uk > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am minded that John & Elizabeth should be John & Mary, ie the clerk wrote a best guess. Jane (10 Mar 1734 35) to John & Mary John (5 Jun 1736) & William (5 Nov 1737) to John & Elizabeth Richard (19 Aug 1739) to John & Elizabeth Robert (06 Sep 1741) T John & Mary' There is a burial for a Robert 03 Oct 1741 which looks like the above child Robert (21 Oct 1742) to John & Mary John (14 May 1744) To John & Elizabeth Suggest you draw a time line to look at gaps between baptisms & confirm by looking at the Cov St Bart Register on LttP. Incidentally John son of Richard bapt 19 Jan 1706/07 Bernie -----Original Message----- From: Fay Sampson via Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 5:10 PM To: ENG-LINCSGEN@rootsweb.com Subject: [LIN] BRAY Can anyone help me with the children of John BRAY and Mary DARNELL, who married in Covenham St Bartholomew in 1734? The IGI gives them five children baptised in Covenham St Bartholomew between 1735 and 1742: Jane, John, William, Robert and Robert. The Lincolnshirewolds website has three: Jane, Robert and Robert. The dates are fairly close but not identical. No place of baptism is given for the first two, but the younger Robert is said to be christened in Beelsby on 17 Oct 1742. There was certainly an adult Robert BRAY in Beelsby following this. Can anyone verify whether he was christened there? Was this a second BRAY family using similar names? I am in the process of putting my family history narratives on my website. The BRAYS should be up any day now. Fay Sampson Priestley www.faysampson.co.uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message