I had better go have another look at that entry! For some reason I have assumed George KIFT was apprenticed by father Thomas KIFT in 1788. Okay, have checked.....I think maybe I assumed the age difference of father/son as ‘normally’ the master is older than the apprentice, also the entry in the Masters Index under KIFt shows George KIFT apprenticing William Boylan in 1801 so one generation later, again, assuming this is likely to be same George KIFT above! Easy to do! Amanda From: Josephine Jeremiah Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2012 11:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [B&S] KIFT George, apprentice, master, Thomas, merchant, Bristol, 1788 (was GILLAM family of Bristol) On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:47:18 +0100, Amanda Kerby <[email protected]> wrote: > This one has thrown me Josephine. > I did have this ref but didn’t know quite what to make of it because a) > I don’t have a baptism for a George born to Thomas KIFT, and b) the > other children I have baptisms for Thomas Kift and Phoebe’s were between > 1790 – 1802. So for him to apprentice his son George in 1788 he would > have been a new born baby! Unless his son George was by an earlier > marriage? Hi Amanda, I thought that the apprentice, George KIFT, was a kinsman of his master as his father was recorded as Thomas KIFT, merchant, whose abode was Cork, IRL. > I wonder if you would mind checking on the non-conformist registers for > baptism to see if there are other children such as George bapt to Thomas > and Phoebe KIFT. I've had a look in the CD of The Nonconformist Baptismal Registers in Bristol Record Office 1754 to 1837, produced by Bristol & Avon Family History Society, but there are no baptisms there for KIFT. Josephine ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message