Missing record of birth/baptism Brenchley, Kent, England about 1750 [closed]

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As yet I can find no sourced records of birth/baptism of Anne Waghorn, however her daughter Caroline Ouzman was buried in the grave of Anne's parents Wiiliam and Mary.

Grave Inscription:

In memory of Mr. William Waghorn of this Parish, bricklayer who died 26 Sept. 1771, aged 48.
Also Mrs. Mary Waghorn widow of the above, who died 16 Sept. 1800, aged 70.
Mrs. Susannah Waghorn daughter (in-law) of the above died 23 June, 1800, aged 33.
Caroline OUZMAN grandchild of the above died 11 April, 1802 aged 5 years.

WikiTree profile: Anne Ouzman
closed with the note: Record finally located.
in WikiTree Help by Nick Miller G2G6 Mach 2 (27.7k points)
closed by Nick Miller

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I was somewhat confused when I looked at this, Nick. Having a quick look at all the family profiles I think you are incorrectly saying it is Mary Waghorn you are having the problem with, when it should be Anne (Waghorn) Ouzman. Anne's profile even starts out saying "As yet there are no sourced records of birth/baptism of Mary Waghorn".
So, looking at Anne, I can see there is a baptism for an Anne Waghorn at Blenchley in 1751. However, that Anne was the daughter of Samuel Waghorn.
Therefore, I ask you:
How do you know that Anne was born about 1751?
How do you know that Anne was born at Bletchley, Kent?
These are especially pertinent because you have WIlliam Waghorn marrying Mary Ray in 1753 in Croydon, Surrey, and you have Mary and Sarah baptized at Croydon, Surrey, in 1754 and 1756 respectively, with John baptized at Lewisham, Kent, in 1760.
You might also note that there is a William Waghorn baptized 1758 at Dulwich, son of William and Mary. He might fit into that gap in 1758 between Sarah and John.

by Roy Walmsley G2G6 Mach 3 (35.3k points)

OK finally found it as Ann rather than Anne.
Goverrnement website search engines are really good arent theyangry
Age 78 so DoB 1752.

Glad you managed to find it (I often have to change it from "Exact Matches Only" to "Similar Sounding Variations" to find the record I want). I think an age at death of 78 in 1840 actually implies a birth around 1762 rather than 1752.

Given the revised birth year of 1762, I think this baptism of Ann Waghorn, daughter of William and Mary, on 21 July 1762 at St Mary's, Lewisham looks quite promising - https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5d866fe4f493fdd4f29e2acb.

It looks like she also married James at St Mary's, Lewisham in 1779 - https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5ae5835af493fd14df01232b.

There are a total of five baptisms at Lewisham to a William and Mary Waghorn for:

Ann, 21 July 1762,
Henry, 30 November 1763.
Susanna, 3 Nov 1766,
John, 22 Sep 1769.
Richard, 24 April 1772.

All the transcriptions are available on FreeREG.
That is odd.  I use FreeREG a lot.  Searching for William or Mary bought nothing up, but leaving out the FNAB did bring up the records that you found.

I had been searching Croydon and nearby places as that is where Ann's older siblings wwere born.

Thanks for your help in this.

There is another issue with this family.
The William Waghorn who was married to Mary Ray left a Will. That Will was signed by him on 29 June 1774, so he can't have died in 1771.
The Will is available for free from the National Archives at PROB/1002/124.

William's burial was at Lewisham on 30 September 1774. The transcript is available on FreeREG.

This and the Will suggest that the transcription of the memorial on FindAGrave is incorrect, and that William died on 26 September 1774.
I have just looked at the photo of the gravestone.  It is much eroded, so the 4 could iesily have been misread as 1..

Kudos for finding thaat will, a long screed for a bricky.

Many thanks
I've also proposed to the FindAGrave profile manager that the date of death should be 26 September 1774, providing the evidence.
Update:
My proposed change has been accepted, hence FindAGrave now has 26 September 1774 as the death date.
So have I

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