Opinion: is this the correct William MEE?

[Westy11]

I am looking for the baptism of William MEE was was buried 21 Mar 1831 at Walton on the Wolds aged 86 making a birth around 1745.

There are 3 William MEE's baptised around 1745 being
son of Robert & Pleasant MEE at Prestwold 02 Jun 1745,
son of Robert & Ann at Disworth  21 Aug 1743
son of William & Sarah at Diseworth 25 Dec 1747

William secondly married Rebecca CROSS nee PHIPPS and their children are named:
Rebecca bap 1784
Mary bap 1786
Benjamin bap 1788
Ann bap 1791
William bap 1794

There certainly could be more children whose baptisms are not online.

Ancestry trees have William as the son of Robert & Pleasant MEE at Prestwold b 02 Jun 1745.

Given William & Rebecca's children [at least the ones located] were not named Robert or  Pleasant  raised doubts for me if this is the correct  William MEE.

Any ideas?

Westy

[kathleenmitchell]

Hi assuming they stayed around the same area, the Prestwold would be your birth, Diseworth is quite a way away.

It is possible that the names had been used, maybe by first marriages.

Always check and double check others trees as they can often be wrong, which is why I keep mine private unless someone asks me, it is always a work in progress.

Kathy

[Westy11]

Thanks Kathleen,

Westy

[BumbleB]

When I get home, during the week, I'll have a look at all the notes I have on the Mee families of Diseworth.  I collected it all when I was helping a lady in South Africa, and she was also in touch with an Australian Mee descendant.

[sunflower]

Hi Westy

William Mee and Rebecca Phipps were my 4 x gt grandparents.  My line runs from their daughter Mary b 1786.

Williams baptism was at Prestwold, but abode given as Burton Bandalls.

Send me a PM if you want to swap information.

Carol

[Westy11]

Hello Carol,

Thats wonderful and a PM on its way to you.

Westy

[Westy11]

When I get home, during the week, I'll have a look at all the notes I have on the Mee families of Diseworth.  I collected it all when I was helping a lady in South Africa, and she was also in touch with an Australian Mee descendant.

Thanks so much BumbleB and will look forward to info concerning the Australian MEE descendant.

Westy

[BumbleB]

Looking again at my notes, etc., I'm not sure that the Diseworth Mee families are connected to your families.

It doesn't help that some of the Diseworth Mee families were Baptist 

Maybe being a bit picky - but, you say that Rebecca Cross was a widow when she married William in 1783 - neither Banns nor Marriage entry say that she was a widow!  Just that she and William were "both of this parish"

[Westy11]

Hello BumbleB,

Its no problem for you to be picky and I value others input; in fact it is important to be rigorous in the research as we both know.

I too noticed that Rebecca was not noted as a widow when she and William MEE married.  It wasn't until I was researching Rebecca's sister Elizabeth that it fell into place for me as I had come to a brick wall with Rebecca after the death of her husband Henry.   I 'stumbled' on Rebecca's second marriage when she was a witness to her sister, Elizabeth's marriage in 1783 with William JAMES.  Both William MEE and Rebecca [who signed as a PHIPPS] were witnesses to Elizabeth's marriage.  William & Rebecca's marriage is the last on the page.

William was also widowed and both his first wife [Ann MEE nee BRYANS] and Rebecca's first husband [Henry CROSS] and Rebecca & Henry CROSS's infant daughter's [Mary] burials were in 1781.  Their burials were on the same page and directly underneath each other.   

Mary CROSS was buried 6 Jul 1781
Henry CROSS 12 Jul 1781
Ann MEE 15 Jul 1781

William & Ann had issue and the only child I have located for Henry & Rebecca died as an infant [Mary].

So it all 'fit' although I did note in my research the matter of the omission of widow/er hood.  But it seems right to me.

Your thoughts?

Westy