Alton, Hampshire.

[Tim Ayling]

I have been driving myself insane trying to find a birth record for my great-great grandfather Jesse Ayling (Jesse is my middle name, so it continues to be handed down ) for some time now, so I was really interested, Jane, to see your theory that he may have been baptised James. Have you been able to find any material to back this up? I have Jesse's death certificate from 1882, which gives his age as 77, just to confuse matters further. I was really pleased to see you associate him with James Ayling and Mary Issacs, as a distant relative of mine in the US found Jesse on the 1851 census when he had a nephew living with him, which she used to trace Jesse's brother's parentage, which seemed to be James and Mary. It's so frustrating that no records exists, as I want to follow this line more than any other.

[Chainsaw]

It's so good to hear that this family is still thriving. My mother passed away this year, and her only surviving male sibling does have children, so the story continues.
But I would like to push the curtain back on earlier generations if at all possible. Does any members of the Ayling clan have more information ??

[ayling1]

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