Yes, I can help with all those names which are well known to Jean Ryder as well. I'll reply off list when I've had a proper look at them Chris Graves OPC Lexden ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacqui Bell" <jacqui.bell@ntlworld.com> To: "Rootsweb Essex List" <Essex-UK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 10:24 AM Subject: [Ess] LAY in Thorpe-le-Soken, Beaumont, Walton, Lexden & area > I'm helping a friend out with his research into his LAYs of the above area > & > wondered if anyone else was researching this family or can offer some > advice? I'm a bit hampered by not living locally so can't get to the > relevant record office & there is very little IGI info on this area to > even > give me a few pointers. The early generations feature the name William, > and > there seem to be quite a few of them about in 1841/51! > >>From an old family bible (destroyed in the Blitz), some info someone once > gave his mother & what I have discovered, I have: > > William LAY b. cir 1745 m. Eleanor ELSDEN 9 Feb 1768 Lexden (this one is > also on IGI!) > Children: > - Elizabeth (bap 3 Jul 1768 Lexden, m. John BEAUMONT 7 May 1787 Stanway) > - William (bap 4 Jan 1770 Lexden, census states b. Colchester) m. > Elizabeth > (b. cir 1769 Woodbridge, SFK) > - Thomas Elsden (bap 13 Nov 1771 Lexden, bur 18 Feb 1824 Cressing) > > Children of William & Elizabeth: > - William (bap 15 Jan 1797 Beaumont, m. Lucy LEVERITT b. cir 1799 Thorpe) > - Lucy (bap 8 Feb 1801 Beaumont) > - David (bap 23 Sep 1804 Beaumont, m. Sophia GROOM 3 Feb 1829 Beaumont) > > Children of William & Lucy: > - Lucy (bap 1 Mar 1817 Thorpe-le-Soken) > - William (bap 12 Mar 1818 Thorpe-le-Soken Baptist) > - Charlotte (bap 26 Oct 1821 Thorpe-le-Soken Baptist) > - Jeremiah (b. cir 1822 Walton-on-the-Naze, m. Mary Ann ANDERSON 20 Jun > 1842 > Brightlingsea) > - Lucy (b. 1837/3 Thorpe, m. Charles ASKEW 1860/2 Tendring RD) > > I don't have a baptism for Jeremiah, but his marriage cert names his > father > as William LAY, lab. Likewise, I'm a bit short on marriage info for the > Williams! I have downloaded the will of a William LAY of 1841, which from > the names he mentions, appears to be a different family. > > Jeremiah & Mary Ann's oldest child was a son named Bawtree Joseph - an > unusual name which is likely to be someone's maiden name... > > > Many thanks, > Jacqui > > > Also looking for SCRIVENER, RUMENS & SELMAN / SELLMAN of my own in Essex > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >