Witney quaker circuit - Deene family of Burford

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Hi 

Does anyone have access to the Witney quaker records?
Is there any mention of the Dean/Deene family of Burford?

Thanks
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[..claire..]

Hi

There is a mention of rthe Deene family of Burford in Anc* Quaker records. Is there something in particular that you want ?

claire 

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My ancestor Mary Deene was born in Burford around 1800. There's a baptism of a Mary Dean in 1801, daughter of James.

I think her parents were James Deene and Sarah Nolgrove who married in Oxford in 1798. According to the marriage bond, he was a weaver from Burford, above 21 and "one of the people called Quakers".

This is the first time I've come across Quakers. I wonder if there's any mention of them in the Quaker records?

Thanks
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[..claire..]

Hi

There are quite a few Deene's listed in the Quaker records from Burford, but none that you have mentioned, dates from c1685-c1836

However there is a burial of a James Deene in the Quaker records who was a Linen Weaver, buried 2 November 1836 aged 81 years. Died on the 30th October.

The record was addressed to an Augustus Evans the Grave Maker, to make a grave on or before the next fourth day at the Friend's Burial Ground at Burford for James Deene, although their burial register does state he wasn't a member.

claire

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Thanks Claire

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So I got hold of James's will and he is definitely Mary's father 

He seems to descend from a family who were in Burford for a few generations. Now to untangle them all. Thanks Claire