william carpenter 1689-1789

[raycarpenter]

can anyone help me im looking for william carpenter born 1689 died 1789 he was 100 years old when he died for what i understand he was born in witney oxford and died in south leigh oxford what i would like to know is who his parents are and where they are from

william is my 8th great grandfather

thanks for your time

ray carpenter (southampton uk)

[raycarpenter]

thankyou for your reply. i am stuck reguarding william carpenter, i cannot tell you any more about him including in his younger life. i would appreciate any help you can give me. do you know if he had any brothers or sisters or who his parants were. again thankyou for everything......ray carpenter

[BevBre]

Hi,
Just clarifying here, the reply Ray is referring to was a private message regarding William's wives and children in Southleigh.

An extract from the private message relating to William's baptism -
"The Oxfordshire Family History Society has 4 cd's that cover the WITNEY Reg. Dist, and unfortunately I only have one of them - OXF-WIT03 which includes the parishes of Minster Lovell; Ramsden; Shifford; Southleigh; Standlake; Stanton Harcourt; Swinbrook; Taynton; Widford; Wilcote; Yelford. I did not find the baptism of William CARPENTER abt 1689 in any of them."

If anyone can check other parishes in Witney that would be a great help to Ray :-)

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Bev

[raycarpenter]

yes it was bev sorry for this im new to this site and dont know my way round yet thanks for you help

[Kimbrey]

I have the Witney transcripts on fiche and there are no baptisms for CARPENTER between 1644 and 1708

[raycarpenter]

thank you kimbrey

[Pennie]

Hi Ray ...

You say that you think he was born/baptised in Witney - but he's obviously not there!

So may I make a suggestion that you try the OFHS's Oxfordshire Baptism Index (see "Search Services" at www.ofhs.org.uk).  Although not quite 100% complete, it does include all the parishes around Witney so may be the best way to locate William.  The Society make a very small charge (just a couple of pounds) for this, but it may be the quickest way to find him.

Pennie

[raycarpenter]

thank you pennie i will have a look he could of come from south leigh to thanks for searching

ray

[BevBre]

he could of come from south leigh to

ray

Hi again Ray
As I mentioned in the private message "The first entry of a CARPENTER in the Southleigh PR is the marriage of William to Elizabeth HAWKINS in 1736"

There are no earlier CARPENTER baptisms, marriages or burials in the OFHS Southleigh PR transcripts.

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Bev