Hello Tony & List - I'm perpetually researching the John THOMAS family - probably from Camborne - definitely from that region. John THOMAS (born Redruth?) married Eleanor EVA (born Mylor) 20 September 1815, in the Camborne parish church; their marriage appears in the register. From the census returns and family history, they had the following children: William, born 1816; John born before 1818; Henry Barnes, born 1820; Frances born 1822; Alfred, born 1825; Ellen Eva born 1826; James Eva born 1828; and Emmeline Jane born 1830. Census entries show the children were born in various places, such as Copperhouse Hayle, and St. Austell - but every one of them was baptised in Camborne. Thankfully, most of these children maintained family naming patterns, and gave several if not all of their children middles names of "Eva". But William born 1816 has proven elusive; as you noted there were quite a few men with that name at the time. Finding him in a census, etc., has proven to be an exercise in frustration. There's another link to a man named William Thomas. John may have been the son of the William Thomas, born before June 1755 in Redruth, and Margaret Knight Thomas, born before Feb 1753 in Illogen. Margaret and William also had a daughter named Peggy Knight Thomas, who married John Rogers of Camborne in 1816, and had 11 children. If any of this sounds familiar to any researcher, or if someone is working on an allied line, I would love to know about it. Perhaps we can work out who belonged to which line together. Cheers, Julia (even if you just run across a mention of this family, please let me know. Thanks!!!)> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 02:52:39 -0400 (EDT) > From: Tony Bennett <[email protected]> > Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Will of William THOMAS of Treslothan, 1832 > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi List > > > Another THOMAS will - > > The Will of William THOMAS of Treslothan in the parish of Camborne, written 22 Feb 1832, proved 27 June 1832, mentions the following: > daughter Eliza (under age 21); > other unmarried daughters (not named); > wife (not named); > Henry SKEWES of Constantine, and Charles THOMAS junior of Camborne, executors. > > > William THOMAS was buried at Camborne on 1 Mar 1832, aged 71. He appears to be the one baptised on 10 Jan 1762 at Camborne, son of William THOMAS and Jane BENNETTS, and who married Mary SKEWES at Camborne on 18 Oct 1791. > > > Rather disappointingly he only names his youngest daughter (Eliza, baptised 19 Mar 1814). The two executors appear to be his brother-in-law and son-in-law respectively. Charles THOMAS junior married Alice THOMAS at Camborne on 3 Aug 1818. > > > Tony Bennett > Cheshire, UK