Maximilian BALLARD 1700s - Cwmyoy

[judb]

I have already placed a thread on the Warwickshire board and I'm searching for a marrige betwwen Maximilian BALLARD and his wife Sophia.

This is the Warwickshire thread, and, as you can see, I already have a good deal of information re Maximillian, his children and the death of his wife.
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=727620.new;topicseen#new

Maximillian BALLARD,  baptised Mancetter Warwickshire, on 10 November 1723 (parents Talbot Ballard & Mary)

His daughter, Margaret was baptised 1748 at Cwmyoy, as were subsequent children living in Cwmyoy, Monmouthshire from 1748, until his (probable) death in 1781. Before the baptism of his daughter in 1748 in Cwmyoy i can see no sign of him in Monmouthshire. Maximillian is a Ballard family name in Mancetter, Warwickshire in the 18th century.

The mother of his children is listed in Cwmyoy as "Sophia", and there is a burial for Sophia Ballard in Cwmyoy in 1783, with her will mentioning her son William Ballard so I'm happy that she is the mother of his children.

Thus, I'm looking for a marriage of Maximillian and Sophia around 1740-1747? I don't know where such a marriage might have taken place, nor a date although their daughter was baptised 1748.

I do have him on the Complete Book of Emigrants in bondage,  for stealing sheep at Cwmyoy- Sentenced Summer of 1761 and a pardon for this, 26 Jan 1762.  I don't know if he was actually transported and then returned, and I don't see him on any UK convict lists.  He was certainly back in Cwmyoy by 1772 when he was a witness at his daughter's marriage.

I'd love to find the marriage with Sophia.

Judith

[osprey]

on the burial record, Sophia is noted as widow. Burial August 1781 in Cwmyoy for Maximillian Ballard - entry is quite faded.

[judb]

Thanks, Osprey. 

As Sophia's will mentions her son William, and William's baptism record shows his father as Maximillian I'm happy that Sophia is Max's wife but I just can't find a marriage for them.  I have no information for Sophia at all before the baptism of their first child, Margaret, in 1748 at Cwmyoy.

Judith