Ancestors of Cley

Since the Norfolk parish register images are now online, I decided to try to find the Shipdham marriage of William Jairy & Elizabeth Sherey, the couple which some researchers think may have been the same William & Elizabeth Jary who baptised many children in Stiffkey beginning in 1739.

Back when I had an Ancestry.com subscription, I saw a few trees that listed a 1747 marriage in Shipham (sic) for William & Elizabeth. Once I found baptism records in Stiffkey starting in 1739, however, I knew it was very unlikely they were the same couple. But after I made the post about William & Elizabeth's children, Michele Ryan left a comment saying she had seen information that marriage took place in 1737. That, of course, put a different light on things.

So this morning, I started looking through the Shipdham registers to see if I could find out which year the marriage took place.

I found no marriage in 1737, but I did find the 1747 marriage. I can't get the direct link to the image to work, but on the very last image (253 of 253) in the Shipdham Baptisms, Marriages, Burials 1558-1804 (NRO PD 337/1) is this record:

Marriages 1747

William Jairy of Mattishall(?) Single & Elizabeth Sherey of same by Licence 20 Sept.

So I guess we're back to square one as regards the William & Elizabeth Jary who started baptising children in Stiffkey in 1739. Sigh.

The next place to look may be Binham. That was Elizabeth Jary's home when she died, according to the Stiffkey register.

Source: Shipdham Parish Registers, Baptisms & Burials 1558-1804; Marriages 1558-1753. Norfolk Record Office, PD 337/1. Image online at http://pilot.familysearch.org - England, Norfolk Parish Registers, Shipdham Baptisms, Marriages, Burials 1558-1804, Image 253 of 253. Accessed 25 April 2010.

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