1773 William Lankshear marriage Peggy Batt at Witney

see Comparison Chart - all the William LANKSHEAR's

21 June 1773 William Lankshear at Witney to Peggy Batt from Kencot which is a village and a Manor Farm just outside Alvescot

gedcom did say 16 Jun 1772

1773 William Lankshear -� son of William and Peggy

Comments from Jane C Aug 2003

William Lankshear, a surgeon, married Peggy (or Margaret) Batt in 1773 at Witney; Peggy was from a well-known family of Witney surgeons. According to announcements in a newspaper called "Jackson's Oxford Journal", William died in Chelsea in 1817 aged 65; Peggy died the next year and was buried at Witney.

1818 5 Jan LANKSHEAR Peggy (74)

That Peggy Lankshear burial has been niggling at me so I had a look on a BATT family tree which comes from a book about the Batt family. It has the following on Peggy: Peggy was the daughter of Augustine Batt (apothecary) and was baptised at Witney 18 Dec 1743; married William Lankshear at Witney 21 June 1773; mentioned in her father's will made 1778; buried at Witney 5 January 1818 aged 74. I haven't checked the details against the original registers, but if she is mentioned in her father's will 1778 then she can't be the one buried at Witney in 1776. So maybe the NBI entry is incorrect. Perhaps William & Peggy had a daughter Peggy who was died young? I will check next time I'm in Witney library to see what the register says.

Another little discrepancy is that William, son of William & Peggy, who was baptised 16 Sept 1773*, must have died soon afterwards as he was buried on 29 Oct 1773* at Witney. I guess that William and Peggy had more children after this, including another William. They apparently were still in Witney according to the 1790s trade directory entry you've found, but apparently not getting their children christened at the parish church. What is possible is that they became non-conformists and started going to one of several non-conformist chapels in Witney (Independents/Congregationalists, Methodists, Quakers). The Independent chapel was in the lane where John Lankshear lived and was established by 1712, I think, but there are no baptism records from before about 1800 unfortunately.

(*16 Sept 1773) William LANKSHEAR William & Peggy pri Witney St.M Oxford� Baptisms for Lankshear from OFHS index 1773 16 Sep LANKSHEAR William s. William & Peggy, privately

Burials Witney St Mary The Virgin are from NBI - National Burial Index

1773 William Lankshear (*29 Oct 1773)

Lankshear's in WITNEY - and ST MARY'S� PARISH RECORDS

Since William Lankshear the surgeon died at Chelsea according to the newspaper announcement I mentioned before, it seems very likely that he is connected to the Edward Lankshear who had children christened in Chelsea. My hunch is that Edward was the son of William and Peggy, and may well have been named after Peggy's brother Edward Batt, a surgeon. Perhaps Edward Batt and William Lankshear even worked together? (Ron was wondering if Edward was son of John and Elizabeth as Frances also married in same place)

Heritage Search. It's at www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/heritagesearch

Mr William Lankshear 65. Death notice/obituary Chelsea, Middlesex ex-surgeon, Witney, Oxfordshire. Jackson's Oxford Journal, 22.3.1817. Reference OPI-23671 2

Mrs Margaret Lankshear Death notice/obituary Witney, Oxfordshire. widow of Mr. William L, surgeon, Witney. Jackson's Oxford Journal, 17.1.1818. Reference OPI-23670

Title Copy Receipt and Discharge Description Parties :
1. William Lankshear of Witney,
apothecary and Peggy his wife,
daughter of Augustine Batt, late of
Witney, apothecary, acknowledges
receipt of 300 from Edward Batt and
discharges him from payment. Date 06/Jun/1791 Repository Oxfordshire Record Office Level Individual document Reference E13/D/13

Title Copy Receipt and Discharge Description Parties :
William Lankshear and Peggy his wife
acknowledge receipt of 48-10s and
discharge Edward Batt from payment. Date 06/Jun/1791 Repository Oxfordshire Record Office Level Individual document Reference E13/D/14