Hi Clive Sorry I can't see the baptism for John circa 1807 But do you have Johns marriage in 1826 and baptisms for most of his children , also the 1841 all in Middlesex Martha b1826 Georgiana b1829 John c1830 Francis b1831 Susannah b1835 Diana b 1837 Emma b1839 The only baptism I can't see is Emma's , the others mentioned above are on Ancestry I suspect there is nothing new there but thought it worth a mention You don't say when Johns father died so I am unsure if its relevant but as they are in St Marylebone in 1831 at least it may be worth looking at the 1831 census which is one of the few that survives , as does the 1821 but John may not be there then Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) >I am looking for any information on John HARKNESS, particularly details of >his birth/baptism. He is in 1851 census living in Marylebone with his wife >and children, a tailor, born about 1807 in Wokingham, Berks. According to >some old family notes he was an only child. His father was Robert HARKNESS >of Edinburgh and after Robert's death, John's mother - brought up at >Boothby Hall, Lincolnshire (there are three!) - married a Mr ROBINSON. > Any help would be very much appreciated. > Clive Boyce