Question

Cannot find the parents of Jane Morley born 1799 Bottesford Lincolnshire

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Jane married Christopher Sawdon in 1816 witnessed by Ann Morley

Answer 1

There's an Ann Morley born in Bottesford in 1797 to Martin and Frances; good chance those would be her parents too. With those two names you might be able to hone in using other sources - one or other parent may end up living with Jane by the time of the 1841 census, or there may be a will or wills that mention her.

"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N6ZW-HHJ : accessed 22 February 2016), Ann Morley, 24 Feb 1797; citing Bottesford, Lincoln, England, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,450,414.

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Being a direct descendant of Martin Morley I can assure you Ann Morley was born in Flixborough not Bottesford.If the poster could add a little more to the query it would help greatly.

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That's quite a distance away. Out of curiosity, do you have any idea why the IGI record gives Bottesford? Is there there a 'correct' record in the Flixborough parish registers? The IGI also has the marriage of Martin and Frances in Bottesford, and then the christenings of two of the later children in Flixborough.

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Many years ago I had a researcher do work for me in the county so I got the file out and you are quite CORRECT.I do apologise for my error.I had Ann as being baptised in Flixborough in my FTM program with the rest of her siblings.Thank you for setting me straight.

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And thank you for acknowledging it ;)

This is actually a confusing situation. Google Maps shows Bottesford as being down near to Grantham; it seemed odd to me that a boy from Scotton would meet and marry someone from there. It turns out that this is not the Bottsford in question. There is another one on the south edge of Scunthorpe, and the parish of Bottesford includes Holme where Jane was born (see comment on 1861 census below). It is also just to the north of Scotton, where Martin was born. That now makes sense.

Answer 2

I did not find parents,but found marriage record too Christopher Lawdon

July 6 1816 . Bottesford,Lincolnshire.Fires were prevalent back then,or

the record was destroyed,due too acidic ink and poor paper.

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The 1861 census shows Jane, wife of Christopher Lawdon, as having been born in Holme, which is up near Scunthorpe.

Answer 3

Flixborough registers, online images

http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplaySearchResults.aspx?oid=520341&mode=c  (NB the first register baptisms 1813-1947 doesn't seem to work; possibly because they  shouldn't be putting 1947 baptisms online!)

Bottesford registers online images

http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplaySearchResults.aspx?oid=562608&mode=c

(this site has a wealth of records online ie lots of the other types of parish records, it does take a bit of patience working through the various levels of indexing to find them)

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I do love Lincolnshire, I sometimes wish I had more ancestors from there! It would be so nice if other counties had gone to the same trouble.

We definitely see Ann being baptised in Bottesford; but no sign of Jane. So the question has to be asked, why does the original poster believe she was born there? The answer is probably down to the misinformation evident in many of the family trees on Ancestry and other commercial sites.