Just to confirm what you already appear to know from Gloucestershire FHS Baptismal Index 1813-37: 19 September 1819 at Slimbridge John TAYSUM son of Samuel & Selina, Labourer, Slimbridge 22 September 1822 at Slimbridge Eliezer TAYSOM son of Samuel & Selina, Labourer, Slimbridge 25 December 1826 at Slimbridge Samuel TAYSUM son of Samuel & Selina, Labourer, Slimbridge 25 October 1829 at Slimbridge David TAYSOME son of Samuel & Selina, Labourer, Slimbridge 7 February 1813 at Arlingham Anne TAYSUM daughter of Aaron & Charity, Lay Clerk, Arlingham 28 May 1815 at Arlingham Aaron TAYSUM son of Aaron & Charity, Lay Clerk, Arlingham 16 August 1818 at Arlingham Mary TAYSUM daughter of Aaron & Charity, Lay Clerk, Arlingham >From Gloucestershire FHS Marriage Index 1800-1837: 31 July 1806 at Arlingham Aaron TAYSUM & Charity ORGAN by banns 9 April 1818 at Cam Samuel TAYSUM & Sillina WARNER I don't know whether this will help at all or whether you already have this information, but from Gloucestershire FHS Marriage Index pre 1800: 10 January 1689 at Arlingham John TAYSUM & Elizabeth DOBS 11 July 1706 at Arlingham John TAYSOM & Anne SHELTER 8 April 1735 at Arlingham John TAYSOM & Mary LONGNEY There are no TAYSUM (or variants) marriages shown on Phillimores Marriage Index of Slimbridge which run from 1635 to 1812 so Samuel may not have originated there. >From Biglands Monumental Inscriptions of Arlingham: Joseph MERRY died 8 October 1759, aged 58 Mary, his wife died 27 January 1765, aged 70 There are several TAYSUM burials at Arlingham on Gloucestershire Burial Index - let me know if you would like them. HTH, Janet > If anyone has access to the parish record of Slimbridge, > I wish to confirm the parents of John TAYSUM b.1819. > > I'm hoping to merge my wife's family tree(Based on Cheltenham and > Hucclecote) which includes MERRY's and BEARD's from Arlingham > with a TAYSUM/MERRY tree(nearly all in Arlingham)