William (of Jordans) WORLEY

Bef 1735 - Bef 1768  (~ 33 years)

• Name	William (of Jordans) WORLEY
  Birth	Bef 11 May 1735	Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire
  Christening	11 May 1735	Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	43F8AD01A11246FD83E01683E599157DEB7F
  Death	Bef 27 Sep 1768	Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire
  Burial	27 Sep 1768	Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire   [2]
  Notes	The tree "jtw" at ancestry.com, from which I've taken a lot of information, has 6 children from the marriage of William and Mary BAB, including three sons named John. The first John Worley is said to have been baptised at St Giles, Chalfont St Giles on 9 October 1757, as 'John son of William & Mary WORLEY'. He is said to have died in 1759 but I think this date was selected only because: the second John Worley is said to have been baptised at Chalfont St Giles on 16 December 1759, again as 'John son of William & Mary WORLEY'. This John Worley is the one whose story has been developed in the "jtw" tree. the third John Worley is said to have been baptised at St Giles, Chalfont St Giles on 20 January 1765, yet again as 'John son of William & Mary WORLEY'. No further details about this John Worley are given. I'm inclined to believe that the first John Worley was William and Mary's son and that he died in infancy, to be replaced by the second John Worley. However, I don't know what to think about the third John Worley, except that it seems pretty unlikely that he was William and Mary's son, unless of course the second John Worley also died as a young child. It's also possible that another William and Mary Worley couple was living in Chalfont St Giles and that they were the parents of one or other of the 2nd and 3rd John Worleys; there's no evidence of this though. Whatever the truth of all this, I am omitting the third John Worley altogether, pending someone discovering the true picture. January 2017: the owner of the "jtw" tree, Jen Blyth has commented as follows: "Yes the William Worley and Mary Bab children are odd. I vaguely recall looking for another William and Mary living at the same time. I seem to remember having problems with the Jonathan and John Worleys. It was standard practice that when a child died the next child born of the same sex was given the same name. So the first John son of William and Mary would have died before the 2nd was born in 1759 (I've found it very common not to have a burial record for a previous sibling of the same name). Sometimes with children & wives there aren't burial records. The records don't always give details for deaths so I've had to look at who would be the most suitable candidate for a particular burial record so I could have allocated John 1's burial to some other John who died around the same time. Any details that were on the BMD records I've added to my Ancestry tree. The third John had me stumped. I've come across families in the 1400 & 1500s who had two surviving children in the family with the same name (it was common in prominent families for a time). Sometimes it was when there was a significant age gap between siblings (I wouldn't say 6 years is significant though), sometimes when there was a remarriage and half siblings were given the same name. In this case it could be that William remarried (to another Mary) and had another son named John with the new wife. It could be that the baby wasn't expected to live and was named after their older sibling."
  Person ID	I264	Worley
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	John (of Seer Green) WORLEY,   b. Bef 10 Jul 1695, Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Frances CESS
  Family ID	F102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary BAB,   b. Abt 1730, Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire d. Bef 30 Mar 1791, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire (Age ~ 61 years)
  Marriage	21 Oct 1752	Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire   [3]
  	By banns, William Worley of F.R. and Mary Bab of F.R.
  Children	1. Anne WORLEY,   b. Bef 18 May 1753, Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire d. Yes, date unknown   2. William WORLEY,   b. Bef 23 Feb 1755, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire d. Aft 1794 (Age ~ 39 years)   3. John WORLEY,   b. Bef 9 Oct 1757, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire d. Bef 1759 (Age ~ 1 years)   4. John WORLEY,   b. Bef 16 Dec 1759, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire d. Bef 24 Apr 1825, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire (Age ~ 65 years)   5. Jonathan (of Chalfont St Peter) WORLEY,   b. Bef 22 Dec 1761, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire d. Bef 11 Nov 1830, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire (Age ~ 68 years)
  Family ID	F88	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2016

  
  

• Sources

  [S18] JTW public member tree at ancestry.com, William son of John & Frances Whorly. (Reliability: 4). [S18] JTW public member tree at ancestry.com, William Worley at Jordans. (Reliability: 4). [S18] JTW public member tree at ancestry.com.