Ayres, Brignell, Cornwell extended family at Lode and Cambridge

[Redroger]

Any information about these extended families prior to 1900 would be extremely welcome,especially how Jabez Ayres (1836-1891) came to buried in a Star of David grave in Lode churchyard.Despite the number of Jewish names in the tree, most of the family seem to have been Baptists.Also was Philip Cornwell c1798-1888 the son of William Cornwell and Ann Arber

[tempsford]

Hi,
William Cornwell and Ann Arber married 3 Nov 1789 at Bottisham but don't appear to have had any children baptised there.
The only Philip I can find was baptised 28 Oct 1792 in Bottisham, son of Edward and Elizabeth (nee Hart).
The Cambridgeshire Family History Society are transcribing Lode parish registers but I don't know when they are available.
Have you come across a Prudence Ayres born about 1695, she was my 7x gt grandmother but her baptism has proved elusive!
Tempsford.

[Redroger]

Sounds as though Prudence might have been an older sister of Henry Ayres bapt 1707 at Lode, but I have never encountered her before.

[tempsford]

Hi,
Thanks for that. I'll keep on looking!

[robbo43]

Hi,

The hexagram has a variety of meanings, and on a gravestone is not necessarily a an indication of Jewish faith.  I think it can indicate the sabbath and also the union of opposites, but you might like to check out gravestone symbolism somewhere. In the 18th & 19th centuries every last thing on a gravestone seems to have had a significant meaning.

Robert

[Redroger]

Many thanks for that Robert, as an amateur archaeologist  I have a variety of sources available to check that out.

[anneb]

If the family were Baptists , it might explain why you can't find Prudence's baptism in the parish records.

Many of my family were Baptists and I have the same problem. I can find marriages before 1837 as they had to get married in the Anglican church ,and  they were usually buried in the village churchyard but there's not many baptisms.

[benj221171]

The Cornwells were Baptists and many were buried in the grounds of the Chapel in Lode.  Iam descended from John Day Cornwell.

[Redroger]

My Ayres grandparents were certainly Baptists, my great grandfather James Ayres married a Cornwell, they were Aunt and Uncle to Jack Cornwell VC. The Star of David mentioned on Jabez' grave (see above) may be something of a false trail (See also posting Jewish Community in Bottisham?). The entire village was very inter-related, and with repetition of forenames makes the tree very difficult to work out.