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THE DAVIS,  SANDEFORD & MOURBY FAMILIES

These families are all from Oxfordshire.
 
John and Susannah Davis of Downton Wiltshire had 2 sons,

                1/ Ambrose, b. 30/10/1715   died before 1719
                2/ Ambrose, born 12/04/1719.  He was married on 06/06/ 1754 to Jemima Sandeford in Banbury.
 
Ambrose and Jemima Davis had 2 sons:

                1/ Thomas,  b. 18/04/1755
                2/ Richard,  born 25/02/ 1757.   He was buried in Banbury churchyard on 03/10/1818.

Richard Davis was married in Banbury on 11/07/1798 to Hannah Mourby      
They had 9 children:

                1/ Thomas, born 12/09/1798. He married Pheobe Coy on 16/10/1827 in Banbury. He died age 49 on 01/02/1848. They are both buried in Bodicote Churchyard near Banbury.
                2/ Jemima,  13/11/1799 -17/11/1873,  she is buried in Highgate Cemetery.
               3/ Mary, born 05/02/1802.  She died age 20 in 1822
                4/ Richard, born 04/04/1804.  He died age 52 05/01/1856 and is buried in the family vault in Banbury Churchard.
                5/ Catherine, born on 23/03/1806.  She married Samuel William Woodcock in 1839, she died on 16/03/1872 and is buried beside her sister Jemima in Highgate Cemetery. 
                6/ John,  12/07/1808 - 06/10/1810
                7/ John,  born 18/10/1810  died age 44 on 07/10/1854, he was buried in Liverpool.
                8/ Ann,  born 25/11/1812, she died age 25 17/03/1838 and she is buried with her mother in Banbury churchyard.
                9/ Eliza,  born 25/01/1814,  She married Joseph Osbourne in Banbury 23/12/1833.


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THE  SANDEFORDS


Thomas Sandeford and his wife Elizabeth were from Mollington near Banbury, they married in 1634     
They had 5 children, all born in Mollington, these are baptismal dates

                1/ Mary,  1635
                2/ Susanna,  1635
                3/ Richard,  1637
                4/ Elizabeth,  1637
                5/ Mary,  1640 

Richard Sandeford married Mary about 1660 in Mollington, they had 4 children:

                1/ Thomas, born 1663
                2/ William, born 1665
                3/ Mary, born 1667
                4/ John born 1671  

 John Sandeford married Elizabeth  about 1699 and they had 6 children:

                1/ Elizabeth, born in 1700. She married Thomas Butler in Banbury in 1727.  They had 2 daughters, Catherine and Ann.
                2/ Mary, born on 15/03/1703
                3/ Catherine, born on 05/11/1710
                4/ Thomas, born in 1712
                5/ Catherine, born on 13/05/1716
                6/ Jemima,  born on 13/11/1718. She married Ambrose Davis in Banbury on 06/06/ 1754.  She died in Banbury on 25/08/1799.
                    She is buried in Banbury Churchyard with 2 of her nieces, Catherine & Ann Butler, the daughters of her eldest sister Elizabeth Butler.


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THE MOURBYS


Thomas Mourby [1] of Broughton Oxon was married about 1665 to Elizabeth French who was born in Wickham near Banbury, she died in Broughton in 1722.
Their son        Thomas [2] was born in Broughton in 1667.
 
Thomas Mourby [2] had a son
                     John  [1] 1690 – 1783, he lived all his life in Broughton .
 
John Mourby [1] married about 1718 Ann West born in 1693 in Broughton. They had a son
                    James born on  27/10/1720.  He married Hannah Page in 1743. He died on 16/11/1797 and is buried in the churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin in Broughton.

James Mourby was married in Broughton  24/10/ 1743 to  Hannah Page  who was born in Banbury on 26/12/1730.   They had  8 children all born in Broughton                 
  
                 1/ John [2]   29/10/1744 - 13/04/1827.  He married on 19/08/1766  Mary Bliss. b. on 06/03/1741 in Bisley Glos. to Thomas and Ann Bliss  Mary died age 43 in Banbury 10/12/1788.
                 2/ Anne, born 27/01/1747
                 3/ James, born 06/04/1750
                 4/ John William, born 23/03/1753,  he died before 1758
                 5/ Hannah, born 03/04/1756
                 6/ John William, born 05/07/1758
                 7/ Mary, born 13/09/1761
                 8/ Sarah, born 17/03/1765

John Mourby and Mary Bliss had 9 children,   John was a Tailor in Banbury

                 1/ James, born 13/01/1767  he died in 1814
                 2/ John,  1769 - 1769
                 3/ Kitty, born 16/09/1770,  she died in 1850
                 4/ William,  1772 – 1851
                 5/ Hannah, born on 04/06/1777.   She married Richard Davis on 11/07/ 1798 at St. Mary's Church in Banbury.   She died in Banbury on 29/06/1846 age 70
                 6/ John, born 1779
                 7/ Molly, born on 26/12/1780,  she died in 1857 
                 8/ John, born 1780
                 9/ Thomas Bliss, born 1786