Thanks for the reply Kevin. I looked again at the OFHS transcription and found the following - 1750 Apr 22 MORRIS (BASSON) deleted, Anne d John and Elizabeth. I also looked at the transcription published in 1880 by the Rev W.D. Macray, rector of Ducklington. There was no Anne Basson although the entry for Anne Morris was, with the additional children you mentioned. My best guess is that the Rev W.D. Macray was responsible for the deletion. This puts me back to square one, finding a baptism for Anne Basson about 1753. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "pymme family" <pymme.family@gmail.com> To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 9:53 PM Subject: Re: [OXF] Anne Basson > Richard, > > My transcript of the Ducklington PRs has this baptism entry: > > 1750 Apr 22 MORRIS Anne > [daughter of] John & Elizabeth > [details] BASSON crossed out > > There are then a couple more baptisms of children of "John & Elizabeth > MORRIS" in following years. > > I'm not sure what to make of all that, to be honest! > > Kevin. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Richard, I can find a couple of possibilities in the Witney-area transcripts: Standlake: Feb 26 1743 Anne BASSON d. Joseph & Elizabeth Bampton: Mar 2 1749 Anne BASON d. Francis & mother not given If the OFHS baptism index is complete now it might be more useful - I just checked the marriage index for possible parents and then looked for baptisms in the parishes where the marriages occurred. Kev.

> I looked again at the OFHS transcription and found the following - > > 1750 Apr 22 MORRIS (BASSON) deleted, Anne d John and Elizabeth. > > I also looked at the transcription published in 1880 by the Rev > W.D. Macray, rector of Ducklington. > > There was no Anne Basson although the entry for Anne Morris was, > with the additional children you mentioned. > > My best guess is that the Rev W.D. Macray was responsible for the > deletion. This puts me back to square one, finding a baptism for > Anne Basson about 1753. Sorry, I don't remember how the thread started, or why you're looking for Anne BASSON, but this seems to me to be too much of a coincidence. The marriage of John MORRIS to Elizabeth BASSON was 22 Oct 1749 at Ducklington. (So Anne was a month premature :-) They baptised more children in Sept 1751 (she died) and Oct 1752. It is possible, of course, that they then moved away and had more children elsewhere, but Elizabeth wife of John was buried at Ducklington in 1756. Then a widower named John MORRIS married Mary WAIT at Ducklington 1762. Might be a different John, but I wouldn't bet on it :-) All of which suggests that the family had remained in Ducklington. How about a little speculation. Surely it's possible that whoever did the register -- the Parish Clerk, or possibly the vicar himself -- simply had a Senior Moment and wrote the wife's maiden name. Maybe he was a friend of the family, and was thinking "Ar, 'er be young Liz Basson's choild". Then, perhaps when the next child was baptised, someone noticed the mistake and got it corrected. BUT, suppose they didn't. When Anne wanted to marry (or for some other reason) she might well need a Baptismal Certificate from Ducklington. If she was still at the time recorded as BASSON, she had a problem. The entry couldn't just be altered -- it would probably have to go to some Diocesan Court, which would take forever to process it. Her only viable alternative might be to accept the error, and marry as BASSON. And eventually, because of the fuss she kicked up, the error got corrected, but too late for what she had wanted to do. Unless you're absolutely certain that your Anne was born about 1753, rather than 1750, I reckon that's her. DaveB