AIREY family, Lincolnshire - help much appreciated

[WideEyedGirl]

Hello all,

I would really appreciate some help with the AIREY line of my family - they're proving to be an interesting bunch!

Particularly, I would love help finding more about WILLIAM AIREY. He was my direct ancestor, and the father of GEORGE AIREY, another one of my ancestors.
I am struggling to find out about WILLIAM AIREY - I know that he married Elizabeth MAJOR at Wrawby in Lincolnshire 27th Feb 1753, William is said to be of Luddington Parish, and Elizabeth is of Redbourne. Together, William and Elizabeth had the following children; Catherine, Anne, John, William, George, Sarah, Mary and James, born between the years 1754 - 1769.

I would love to be able to find the baptism record for WILLIAM AIREY, as I'd like to trace further back along his line. Although, I am struggling to find anything on him. Apart from him being from the Luddington Parish, I can only guess at his approximate birth date, and I am yet to find his occupation either (although his son George was a fiddler).

Help and advice would be greatly appreciated,
Many thanks,
Holly

[dcbnwh]

I can't find a baptism for William Airey. The nearest similar name is William Aire on 9th June 1734, son of James and Ann, at nearby Thornton Curtis.

Something you may have seen before - biographies of George Biddell Airy who was descended from another William Airy of Luddington. A general search will bring up the details or "William Airy of Luddington" will take you directly to the reference.

David

[lizdb]

When the marriage entry says he was "of Luddington parish" that just means he had lived there for a minimum of about 3 weeks whilst the banns were called, not that he was born there. So he could have been born anywhere!

[dcbnwh]

I noticed a previous post which proposed the link of George Airey of Gainsborough to William and Elizabeth of Redbourne.

Unfortunately, there is a burial of George, son of William and Elizabeth Airy, in Redbourne on 28th April 1765 and I can't find a second child of that name.

However, there was a George Airey, son of William, baptised in Luddington on 28th May 1756.

I can't be certain but he was probably the brother of William Ary, son of William and Hannah, who was baptised there in 1749. He was the father of George Biddell Airy.

There are several other children, all Ary except George - Mary 1741, Sarah 1743, Hannah 1746, William 1749, Esther 1752 and George 1756.

https://www.myheritage.com/names/george_airy

There is no definite evidence to link him to George Airey of Gainsborough

David

P.S. - I have just found a burial of a George Ary in Luddington in 1774 but no age given. He might have been the son of William or an earlier George. There was a George, son of George baptised in 1733 and a burial in 1748, which could have been father or son but no way of telling.