James RIBBANS - Baptismal lookup - Suffolk

[ribbo39]

Hello  to all,

I am desperately trying to find the birth/baptismal entry for James Ribbans.

I know he married a Bathsheba Catt at St.Matthews church Ipswich on 22-9-1751

and that he may have been  the son of Samuel Ribbans & Hannah.

Various sources have suggested he was born around 1723 but where??

The surname has been written variously as;

Ribbans/Revans/Ravens/Ribbands/Revannce/Rubins and no doubt many more
 
variations.

I can only assume that he came from parishes around the Ipswich area but

I have no proof.

If anyone comes across this entry I would be very grateful if they let me know.

Alan
16-2-09

[Alan b]

I don't have James in my tree but I do have a John Ribbans who I know was born in 1730 but don't know where but I think it might be Debenham as his daughter was born there in 1764. John was also burried there in 1805. Just a suggestion.

[ribbo39]

alan b
I don't have any info on John Ribbans b1730 in my tree.
He may have been a brother to my James Ribbans - do you know his parents'
names? 

Any info I can get would be of interest.
Alan

[Alan b]

Unfortunately I don't know who his parents were, I only know his year of birth because he was 75 when he was buried.

[annes]

Alan b - I looked at Debenham parish register transcript and found the following:

John Ribbons s/o John and Anne Ribbons
baptised 30th January 1728

Unfortunately there were no siblings baptised at Debenham (nor a baptism for James) and no marriage for John and Anne at Debenham either.

Regards
Anne

[Alan b]

Hi Anne

I don't know how I missed that as I have been to that records office loads of time, I didn't except a look up so many many thanks

[ribbo39]

Hello Anne,

I really appreciate you looking thru the Debenham PRs for us.

Trying to find some of  my "Ribbans" + its  variations,  is like the proverbial
saying of "trying to find a needle in a haystack"

I'll just have to hope that some day, someone,  will fall upon this illusive James Ribbans
and parents.

Many thanks for your time and effort.

Alan
20-2-09

[annes]

Alan b - I didn't realise you were from Suffolk too!

If you check in the Debenham transcript you will see that it gives the baptism date as 30th Jan 1727/28.  I then looked at the originals on fiche, and interpreted the date to be January 1728.

Regards
Anne

[LOSTREVANS]

Alan,

I was just going through yours and Geoffrey's Revans entries.  If you haven't resolved James birth it was 1723 in Winston and his parents were Samuel and Hannah.

                                   Walter