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Title: Marr look-up please
Post by: pickersj on Tuesday 06 April 10 17:26 BST (UK)
On ancestry there's a tree with John Grayson birth c 1725 on it, could someone see if there's a baptism in Marr for him please. I've got some Marr baptisms, but the earliest is 1729.

Thanks Janet
Title: Re: Marr look-up please
Post by: brer on Tuesday 06 April 10 19:34 BST (UK)
Do you have any idea where?
Title: Re: Marr look-up please
Post by: Redroger on Tuesday 06 April 10 19:51 BST (UK)
By the look of the posting in Yorks WR and by some of the surnames given I would be amazed if this did not refer to the hamlet of Marr west of Scawsby (Brodsworth) Doncaster. Grayson is not uncommon in the area.
Title: Re: Marr look-up please
Post by: pickersj on Tuesday 06 April 10 21:00 BST (UK)
It is Marr near Doncaster. I've got the Doncaster family history society Marr baptisms, but the earliest recorded is 1729 & the one I need is c1725.

cheers Janet
Title: Re: Marr look-up please
Post by: maidmarion on Wednesday 07 April 10 11:02 BST (UK)
Hi Janet,
There are Bishop Transcripts for Marr and these for 1718-1840 are included in the IGI.

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/CBW/WRY/Marr.html

maidmarion  :)
Title: Re: Marr look-up please
Post by: maidmarion on Wednesday 07 April 10 11:08 BST (UK)
There are some Grayson/Grason enteries in Marr but I couldn't find a John  :(

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyYorkshire_%28M-P%29.htm#PageTitle
Title: Re: Marr look-up please
Post by: pickersj on Wednesday 07 April 10 15:15 BST (UK)
Hi Maidmarion,

Thanks for looking, I'm going to the archives next week & hopefully they'll have copies of the BT's.

Cheers Janet
Title: Re: Marr look-up please
Post by: Redroger on Thursday 08 April 10 17:15 BST (UK)
Just a suggestion from one who is very familiar with the area, if you fail on Marr then why not try the neighbouring parishes i.e. Brodsworth, Hickleton, High Melton and Sprotbrough? You never know, the baptism might have taken place there.