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I wonder whether you have looked at any of the Oxfordshire Black Sheep booklets?

Some years ago I was involved in producing a name index to the whole series for the  Oxfordshire Family History Society. This includes the following for William Eden (etc). The first number is the reference for the booklet concerned, the second on is page numbers(s).

Edden   William   9   6   Calendars of Prisoners tried at Oxford Quarter Sessions and Assize Courts 1831-1835
Edden   William   19   29   Banished ! Sentences of Transportation from Oxfordshire Courts 1787-1867 ; Surnames C to E
Eddens   William   53   59   Childhood Secrets Volume 10 - children sent to Reformatories and Industrial Schools in Bristol, Cheshire, Essex, London, Surrey and Sussex
Eden   William   3   20   Oxfordshire Constabulary Recruitment Register 1878-1904
Eden   William   11   36   Calendars of Prisoners tried at Oxford Quarter Sessions and Assize Courts 1840-1842
Eden   William   22   7   Banished ! Sentences of Transportation from Oxfordshire Courts 1787-1867 ; Surnames O to S
Eden   William   39   39,67   Banbury Workhouse Records 1835-1843
Eden   William   48   62   Wanted ! Military Deserters, Absconded Apprentices and Runaways 1802-1903
Edens   William   53   59,60   Childhood Secrets Volume 10 - children sent to Reformatories and Industrial Schools in Bristol, Cheshire, Essex, London, Surrey and Sussex

Some of these look promising for explaining a disappearance - though not, I think the "childhood" ones.

Sadly, the booklets are no longer being printed. OFHS still have a few of them for sale. Otherwise you will probably need to find a library that holds them. The Oxfordshire History Centre should have them all.

Good luck!

Bill

Dear Neural,

I realise that it has been some time now - and that you may have answered all sorts of questions in the interim. However, I have been researching my wife's Lillywhite family and recently found that FamilySearch have many SA records - including some for the Jane Lillywhite that appears in your posts.

Let me know if you would like to know more about her family history - it is a bit confusing!

Bill Seary

Good luck with all that.

I am afraid that I gave the wrong name for her brother. He was a John Lillywhite. He is a direct ancestor of my wife. Thomas was the father of John and Elizabeth.

John is an interesting case. We don't know why he was in Norfolk, claiming to be a gamekeeper, when he got married just outside Norwich in 1802. Then he disappeared from the available records until he christened a daughter in Windsor in 1808. In the interval, he had had an earlier daughter and acquired considerable wealth.

I am sure that there must be more information about him out there somewhere.

All the best,

Bill

Jo

The name William ROBERTS appears in the Bampton Vestry records, now in the Oxfordshire History Centre. He attended Vestry meetings frequently between 1763 and 1787.

In 1769 he was appointed to serve for Bampton with the Trustees of Mrs
DEWE's charity to direct the building of the workhouse to a plan provided by Mr
FREDERICK (35v). He was Overseer for the poor of Bampton in1772 (79v), 1775
(74v), 1783 (73v), 1784 (55v) and 1785 (58r): in 1771 he was appointed a charity
trustee of: - Moor Closes and Lake Kiddy Close (40r - also 30r, but deleted
there), Brookfast Furlong Close and Moor Close, the Appleton estate, the School
Closes, the Closeland and Commons at Lew and the Weald Closes and Commons
(all 40r). In 1787 he was a member of a committee to inspect the workhouse
(62r).

The numbers in brackets refer to the folio number in the original minute book.

If you are a member of OFHS you will find a name index to the relevant volume of the Vestry Minutes for Bampton in the Members Only Area.

Hope this helps,

Bill

Nigel,

Many thanks for all that. It looks as though you have found three of my missing ones plus Hester.

You have also explained why the OMI has two entries for William and Jane's marriage.

As you guessed, Ann Rand married William the son.

- and yes, thanks, I have the disc that has the transcriptions of Bampton PRs.

Renewed thanks,

Bill