I know that my 5x great grandmother was Ann Ayre and that she married Thomas Stinson in Coleorton in 1808.
I have seen her grave and have her on the census and I also have her death certificate.
It all points to her being born c1780 / 1781.
I found her christening 28 Dec 1780 in Coleorton, daughter of John and Elizabeth.
However, the John is buried with a lady called ANN.
I searched the baptism registers and there were different children to a couple called John and Ann, and to John and Elizabeth.
Several of the children who had the mother's name of Elizabeth have on their gravestone that they were the children of John and Ann Ayre. (two children who died young and one who lived into her 60s).
One entry said the following:
31 December 1776, Samuel Ayre son of Joh and Elizabeth Ayre. Supposed Ann.
What does this mean? I am in no doubt that Elizabeth and Ann is the same lady. The siblings wills tie them all together and it is not as if there is a physical line where on one half the children have the mother Ann and on the other the Mother Elizabeth.
I have found ANN's christening in 1750 which matches with her death in 1839, and she is buried with her husband John.
I have seen her grave and have her on the census and I also have her death certificate.
It all points to her being born c1780 / 1781.
I found her christening 28 Dec 1780 in Coleorton, daughter of John and Elizabeth.
However, the John is buried with a lady called ANN.
I searched the baptism registers and there were different children to a couple called John and Ann, and to John and Elizabeth.
Several of the children who had the mother's name of Elizabeth have on their gravestone that they were the children of John and Ann Ayre. (two children who died young and one who lived into her 60s).
One entry said the following:
31 December 1776, Samuel Ayre son of Joh and Elizabeth Ayre. Supposed Ann.
What does this mean? I am in no doubt that Elizabeth and Ann is the same lady. The siblings wills tie them all together and it is not as if there is a physical line where on one half the children have the mother Ann and on the other the Mother Elizabeth.
I have found ANN's christening in 1750 which matches with her death in 1839, and she is buried with her husband John.
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