William AYRIS/AIRRISS/ARIS bapt. circa 1760

[Eintracht]

I had so much help with my first enquiry on this forum that I thought I'd try my biggest brick wall. My great(x3) grandfather William AIRRISS married Anne COLLIER on 4 Jan 1787 in Witney. Their banns were read in Ducklington. In the banns it specifies that William is a sojourner (temporary resident) of Ducklington and Anne is from Witney. William was, I believe, buried in Ducklington aged 67 in 1827. Future descendants of William often spell their name ARIS / AYRIS / ARRISS etc. I have had no luck whatsoever finding the baptisms of William or Anne - I've searched the Ducklington and Witney PR's. Any help or suggestions would be gratefully received.

Many thanks

Chris

[Pennie]

Hi Chris ...

I checked the OFHS's Oxfordshire Marriage Index (1538-1837) from 1740 to 1760, checking all variants of the surname, and found marriages in the following parishes:

Banbury
Oxford
Witney
Cropredy
Henley
Bloxham
Caversfield
Upper Heyford

It may be worth getting the OFHS to do a search of their Baptism Index (1538-1851) to see if any Williams turn up in any of the above parishes.

Pennie

[Hyjean]

  I have forbears  named Aris which became Ayris.They are from Marcham/Garford in Berks.

John Aris 1738 married Jane 1752 Garford Berks.
Children were:
John Ayris 27/5/1753
Mary Ayris 13/7/1755
Thomas Ayris 27/6/1762 (My forebear gt gt gt g/father) married Martha Collins Marcham 14/12/1783.(Yeoman farmer and business owner)
Jane Ayris 11/9/1757
William Ayris 28/12/1759
Ann Ayris 21/10/1764
Richard Ayris 1/4/1768

Wonder if this William is your William as this may be birth and your date may be christening.

Cheers, Hyjean

[Redroger]

The name could also be Ayres, remember there was no standard spelling forms at this time.

[Eintracht]

Hi Hyjean,
       That is extremely useful, thank you. I do have the PR for Marcham so can obtain the details. All I need to do is link William and his family with Witney / Ducklington. He has no further references in Marcham so this looks hopeful.

Thanks again.

Chris

[hgmarsh]

Hi again Hyjean - I just replied somewhere else to tell you that Thomas's parents were John and Jane but I see that you already have that! Are you sure about John's birth year (1738) though - it makes him rather young when his son John was born in 1753.