AGER Family Summary

18C, Birdbrook and Ovington, Essex

6 William AGER 1732?-1805?

m Jane ALLESTON 1758

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5 William AGER 1764-1849

m Elizabeth INCH 1783

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4 Harriet AGER 1799-1890

m Nathaniel MANN 1819

William AGER may have been born at Steeple Bumpstead in 1732, son of Goodman AGER, but he lived, and baptised his children in nearby Birdbrook.

His son William, an agricultural labourer, moved on again to the next parish of Ovington where he baptised seven children. One of them, Harriet AGER married Nathaniel MANN another agricultural labourer in Ovington.

INDEX OF MARRIAGES ON THE AGER FAMILY TREE

SURNAME DATE/PLACE MARRIAGE TREE MARRIED TO:

AMES Ann c1760 AgerT0 AGER John Collins

ALLESTON Jane Aug1758 Gt.Wratting SFK AgerT0 AGER William

BAREHAM Martha wid 26Apr1807 Ovington ESS AgerT0 WORRAL John

INCH Elizabeth 17Nov1783 Clare SFK AgerT0 AGER William

INCH William 5Nov1766 Clare SFK AgerT0 SAINS Elizabeth

MANN Nathaniel 30Nov1819 Ovington ESS AgerT0 AGER Harriet

PARKER James 17May1827 Ovington ESS AgerT0 WORRAL Martha wid

PARKER Martha wid 11Oct1830 Ovington ESS AgerT0 AGER William wdr

SAINS Elizabeth 5Nov1766 Clare SFK AgerT0 INCH William

WORRAL John 26Apr1807 Ovington ESS AgerT0 BAREHAM Martha wid

WORRAL Martha wid 17May1827 Ovington ESS AgerT0 PARKER James

OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS

6. Origin of William AGER-6 born c1730. Was he the son of Goodman AGER at Steeple Bumpstead and is Goodman a normal forename?

5. Why did William and Elizabeth (INCH) baptise one of their sons as John Collins AGER?