Surely the norm back then was to be Baptised when just days old and locally.The question is then, did John Foden born about 1767 migrate to Perry Barr from Lower Peover or Walsall?My own taken on John Foden is that with all his descendants being in Perry Barr area why on earth would you want to choose a christening in Lower Peover Cheshire over a christening in Walsall. The only way to decide definitely which is correct would be to discount the Cheshire John Foden by proving that he and his family stayed 'up north'.
One argument however for choosing Cheshire John is that the Walsall John's parents are John and Elizabeth and the Cheshire John's parents are John and Sarah. When you look at the names of Perry Barr John's children there is no Elizabeth (there is an Eliza) but there is a Sarah. Not strong evidence but the best I can offer.
I can see the tree on Familysearch you refer to.It gives John Foden Baptised 17 Aug 1768 Yardley, Parents George and Sarah.However no such Baptism to be found in a search of records on there to corroborate.Might have already said this but there's a tree on family search that lists William's grandfather as John Foden b1768 Yardley. Cheshire prior to this?
DNA is an interesting subject and might be of help. It might be my only option for a couple of brickwalls.
Having had another look I think the entry reads:
John & Mary son and dr of John and Sarah Foden. The first John is under all the discolouration in the left hand
I agree with you all from Mary onwards but how can we be sure it says John and initially?Having had another look I think the entry reads:
John & Mary son and dr of John and Sarah Foden. The first John is under all the discolouration in the left hand corner.
I have just looked at the tree and am confused. The information for John's birth seem to come from other trees or calculated from his death. I am not sure why they have attached the Cheshire Transcript other than a name. It also seems to relate to John's (1767) son also John born in 1809.Just to check out how much we agree on I have:-
William Foden, 20 Feb 1830, Aston - 15 Jul 1885, Perry Common,(Subject of the thread),married Eliza Horton.
Father:-Caleb Foden, 9 Sep 1805, Erdington - 27 Jan 1885, Perry Barr, married Elizabeth Wells.
Grandfather:-John Foden, ? ? - May 1829 Aston, married Sarah Bennett.
Please do criticise if you think any of this is incorrect.
Also, anybody with an Ancestry Subscription please contact the owner of "The Giles Wright Family Tree" on there and quiz the tree owner as to whether his/her John Foden did remain in Cheshire or could have moved to Perry Barr?Apologies in advance for my cheek, funds low to pay the subs.