Quote Originally Posted by Pamelawagster View Post
Possible for Maria!

Name: Maria Leopard
Baptism Date:18 Jun 1826
Baptism Place:Horsted-Keynes, Sussex, England
Father:
William Leopard
Mother:
Lydia Leopard
Excellent spot, Pamela.

For info, this was almost certainly found on FamilySearch, where you can click on a link and then browse backwards and forwards through the online PR. You have to be careful which link you click on though because there are two registers. One is of the 'standard type' in use from 1813 with columns for abode and father's occupation. The other is of the 'old type' in use prior to 1813, and therefore may be either the BTs or else just a copy.
If you have an account with FamilySearch (it's free, and you don't have to give any credit card details) and sign in, you can see the entries for Maria's baptism.
'Standard register'
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61...183&cc=1465706
Copy register (which is much clearer, though Maria is spelt as Meria.)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61...538&cc=1465706

When browsing through the pages to find the baptisms for Maria's siblings be aware that for some reason the images of the pages in the copy register have usually been duplicated.
Siblings are Ann 1822, William 1823, Richard 1827, Henry 1829, Sydney 1831, Emily 1832, Eliza 1834, Edwin 1836, and Owen 1839.

Most of the children are still living with William and Lydia in Horsted Keynes in 1841.
Surname transcribed as Leppard on FMP, with William born in 1796. Census reference HO107/1114 book 7 folio 17 page 1. Remember that ages for those over 15 should be rounded-down to the nearest 5, so William could have been born circa 1792. His occupation (as sometimes given in the PRs) is sawyer.
Maria's age is transcribed as 10, but the image originally said 14 until someone wrote over it..

William and Lydia Leopard (sic) in 1851 are still living in Horsted Keynes. Census reference HO107/1642 folio 27 page 15. Youngest son Owen is listed on the next page. William is 55 and a sawyer.

Maria married William Leppard 19 January 1845.
Banns of marriage (bottom right)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61...499&cc=1465706
Marriage - which is very faint.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61...344&cc=1465706
William 'of full age', Maria 'under age'. Both fathers called William, so they may have been cousins, but almost certainly related somehow, somewhere, back in time.
(Whilst going through the PRs I did notice a baptism for a Jesse Leopard, son of William and Elizabeth, in 1830. He might have been a younger brother of William-who-married-Maria. Haven't checked the PR or 1841 census for that. Bear in mind that William in 1851 gives his birthplace as West Hoathly, and there are Leppards in the West Hoathly PRs.)

In 1851 William and Maria are living in West Hoathly. Census reference HO107/1641 folio 480 page 2. William 24, Maria 21, children James 5, William 3, Harriet 1. All said to have been born West Hoathly. Indexed on FMP as Leopard, though surname seems to have originally spelt as Leoppard with one of the the 'P's then being crossed through.

Baptism of James Leopard (sic) in West Hoathly. Extremely faint, but entry number 221.Date is allegedly 15 March 1846. You can hopefully go forward through the pages for baptisms for the other children, including those born after 1851 census. (Alfred Owen 1851, Emily Ann 1853, Sarah Ann 1855, John 1858.)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61...433&cc=1465706

Burial of William Leppard in 1859, aged 37.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61...390&cc=1465706

Marriage of Francis Gibb (no 'S') and Maria Leopard in East Grinstead.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61...606&cc=1465706

The same film with that marriage also has
Baptism, 1818-1876; marriages, 1813-1875; burials, 1813-1867 for East Grinstead.
If you select a random image number (top left) and then press 'enter' you'll get a 'lucky dip' page. (e.g. 200 will give you baptisms in 1846.) Using a bit of logic you can then select say, 250. which gives you baptisms in 1857.
You will hopefully be able to find the baptisms for baby Francis, Alice, and Mary in the East Grinstead registers. Esther is more likely to be in a baptism register for one of the places in Tunbridge registration district.
https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/tonbridge.html

Pam