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There are numerous Lays in Combe which is near Hanborough, but the years for reasonable births of Thomas c 1771 are missing. The one in Hanborough is a possibility.

G'day Margaret & Elizabeth,
Thank you very much for your help. The Handborough Lay could be a possibility because I think from memory that on the marriage record it has Ann from Berks but no place listed for Thomas. Shenington could also be a possibility. This hobby can be so confusing!!!!!
Alex

I think it is Shenington , East of Shipston on Stour and West of Banbury, this is far more sensible than a Yorkshire lass being in Berkshire. Margaret Rose.

Alex

Do you think this is your Thomas Lay ?

Baptism
08 Apr 1764-Thomas LAY s Richard & Mary at Handborough

Handborough is an ajoining parish to Cassington and there are LOTs of LAYs going back to the late 1500s.

I see in the "Search" section there are others with this Thomas in their tree !

If you think he is yours I can maybe help further as I have the Handborough P/R transcripts.

Yes , but the P/R transcript says Sinington Berks

There's a Sinnington in North Yorkshire.

Thanks Elizabeth,
I have Ann's baptism and the marriage data as well as their children. Trying to find info on Thomas has been my trouble. I guess I just have to keep trying.
Cheers
Alex

Alex

Marriage 27 June 1791 at Cassington (Oxon)
Thomas LAY
Ann WHITLEY of Sinington Berks

Cannot find a Sinington but will ask around !
Think it must be Cassington ?

Here is Ann's baptism

05 Oct 1766-Ann d Robert Whitley---no mother given and it is the only Whitley baptism !

Thomas and Ann had quite a few children do you want those too (I have the P/R transcripts) ?

There are no LAY baptisms at Cassington before 1792

Alex

Bucklebury lies between the M4 and A4 ( Theale to Chieveley), Cassington is north west of Oxford.

How about 'Sindlesham' for Sininton - it's near Wokingham.

Berks FHS have good records - join them and ask.

Alex

Bucklebury lies between the M4 and A4 ( Theale to Chieveley), Cassington is north west of Oxford.

I found lots of thomas's in her tree but none of dates given.
sorry

Just a minute,I have remembered some lays on my tree and a contact. Be back soon.

Assuming the s is correct it should be one of these. sounds like a combination

Sanden Fee Tything in the parish of Hungerford
Sandford see Woodley and Sandford, a liberty in the parish of Sonning
Sandford, Dry Township and chapelry in the parish of Abingdon St Helen
Sandhurst Parish in the hundred of Sunning
Sandleford Priory Extraparochial place in the hundred of Faircross
Sands Hamlet in the parish Faringdon
Seacourt Extraparochial place in the hundred of Hormer
Shalbourne Parish partly in the hundred of Kintbury Eagle, county Berks, but chiefly in the hundred of Kinwardstone, county Wilts
Shaw cum Donnington Parish in the hundred of Faircross
Shefford, East or Little see East Shefford, a parish in the hundred of Kintbury Eagle,
Shefford, Great or West see West Shefford, a parish in the hundred of Kintbury Eagle
Shellingford
or Shillingford Parish in the hundred of Ganfield
Shilton Parish partly in the hundred of Faringdon, county Berks, partly in that of Bampton, county Oxford
Shinfield Parish partly in the hundreds of Charlton and Theale, county Berks, and partly in the hundred of Amesbury, county Wilts
Shippon Township and chapelry in the parish of Abingdon St Helen
Shottesbrook Parish in the hundred of Beynhurst
Shrivenham One of the 20 hundreds of Berkshire, containing the parishes of Buscot, Coleshill, Compton Beauchamp, Eaton Hastings, Shrivenham, Uffington, and parts of Ashbury, Great Farringdon, and Sparsholt
Shrivenham Parish and village in the hundred of Shrivenham
Slough Incorporated into Berkshire in the 1974 local government reorganisation. Historically in Buckinghamshire (link to Genuki Bucks parish index page)
Snelsmore Tything in the parish of Chieveley
Sonning One of the 20 hundreds of Berkshire, comprising the parishes of Arborfield, Ruscombe, Sandhurst, and parts of Hurst, Sonning, and Wokingham
Sonning Parish partly in the hundreds of Sonning and Charlton, county Berks, and partly in that of Binfield, county Oxford
Sotwell Parish in the hundred of Moreton
Southbridge ? Place (hamlet?) in the parish of Streatley
South Hinksey Parish in the hundred of Hormer
South Moreton Parish in the hundred of Moreton
Southcot Tything in the parish of Reading St Mary
Southmoor Alternative name for Draycot Moor, a hamlet in the parish of Longworth
Sparsholt Parish and village in the hundreds of Wantage and Shrivenham
Speen Parish and village in the hundreds of Faircross and Kintbury Eagle
Speenhamland Chapelry in the parish of Speen
Speenwood with Bagnor Township in the parish of Speen
St Aldate Parish in the city of Oxford containing places in the county of Berkshire
St Leonards Hill Seat in the parish of Clewer
Stanford Dingley Parish and village in the hundred of Faircross
Stanford in the Vale Parish and village in the hundreds of Ock and Ganfield
Stanmore Tything in the parish of Beedon
Steventon Parish and village in the hundred of Ock
Stock Cross Ecclesiastical district in the parish of Speen
Stratfield Mortimer Parish chiefly in the hundred of Theale, county Berks, but partly in that of Lower Holdshott, county Hants
Stratfieldsaye Parish partly in the hundred of Reading, county Berks, but chiefly in the lower half division of Holdshott hundred, county Hants
Streatley Parish and village in the hundred of Moreton
Stroud Tything in the parish of Cumnor
Sulham Parish and village in the hundred of Theale
Sulhampstead Abbots Parish and village in the hundred of Reading
Sulhampstead Bannister Parish and village in the hundred of Theale
Sunningdale Hamlet in the parish of Old Windsor
Sunninghill Parish and village in the hundred of Cookham
Sunningwell Parish and village in the hundred of Hormer
Sutton Courtney Parish and village in the hundred of Ock
Sutton Wick Township in the parish of Sutton Courtney
Swallowfield Parish in the hundreds of Charlton, county Berks, and Amesbury, Wilts; became entirely Bekshire in 1832 and a separate parish in 1854
Swinford Tything in the parish of Cumnor

Alex i have nudged up a thread on the records board, margaret maybe able to help you.

richard

Thanks anyway Richard. I've been trying to track this bloke for 3 yrs now and any straw is worth clutching
Alex

Sorry then it looks like the wrong thomas lay, it looks like that thomas married in bucklebury.

Name: Thomas Lay
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Edwards
Marriage Date: 1 Aug 1803
Marriage Place: Bucklebury, Berkshire, England

richard

Thanks Richard,
If you can find a marriage record for Thomas linking him to Ann Whitely in 1792 in Cassington Oxfordshire that would be brilliant. How close is Bucklebury to Cassington.
Cheers
Alex

G'day Rose,
Yes it was user submitted, which is making me doubt its veracity.
Cheers
Alex

would this be of any use.

Name: Thomas Lay
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 12 Oct 1776
Christening Place: Bucklebury, Berkshire, England
Father's Name: Richard Lay
Mother's Name: Ann

if so these are his siblings.

ame: Jonathan Lay
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 20 Jan 1771
Christening Place: Bucklebury, Berkshire, England
Father's Name: Richard Lay
Mother's Name: Ann

Name: George Lay
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 11 Sep 1774
Christening Place: Bucklebury, Berkshire, England
Father's Name: Richard Lay
Mother's Name: Ann

Name: Joseph Lay
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 15 Apr 1781
Christening Place: Bucklebury, Berkshire, England
Father's Name: Richard Lay
Mother's Name: Ann

Name: William Lay
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 4 Apr 1784
Christening Place: Bucklebury, Berkshire, England
Father's Name: Richard Lay
Mother's Name: Ann

Name: Solomon Lay
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 6 Sep 1789
Christening Date: 20 Sep 1789
Christening Place: Bucklebury, Berkshire, England
Age at Christening: 0
Father's Name: Richard Lay
Mother's Name: Ann Woodham

richard

Alex,

I can't see that record. Was it user submitted by any chance?

Rose