-------------------------------------------- On Fri, 18/1/19, Our Mail <ourmail@chez-williams.com> wrote: Subject: [DEV] Re: Charles Williams 1749 To: devon@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, 18 January, 2019, 22:59 As, apart from the son who was my ancestor, I lost track of the family in 1795, I suppose any of the naval Wills and records shown in Discovery could be mine Elizabeth.  As you will have seen the name is not uncommon!  It doesn't help, FH wise, that the names of the children were also 'common'.   Positive burials with ages would be welcome! Although it would make sense for the Press Gang to have operated near ports such as Exmouth & Littleham, I need more evidence to determine Charles' place of birth .  FMP has only 2 bpts (1 of which is on Ancestry too) within 10 years of Charles' birth, and both are too early. I suspect this family may be a permanent brick wall unless DNA comes to the rescue. Family lore has it that the family came from Merthyr Tydfil in Wales.  If I ever get that far I can see even more problems with the name!!! I haven't been able to pin down Jane Wooton/Wotten's birth either  There are several possibles in Plymouth post 1749 (as well as many elsewhere in Devon), the earliest I surmise she could have been born given her last child was bpt 1795.  Charles & Jane do not appear to have used one of the naming patterns for their children, which would have helped. I live in hope! John On 19/01/2019 3:49 am, Elizabeth Howard wrote: > I had a quick trawl through the Charles Williams in Discovery National > Archives and of the 218 entries for this period , I can only see two > remote possibilities …. depending how reliable the Littleham entry is, > there is a Charles Williams in Woodbury so if the Littleham is the > Exmouth one and the Woodbury is the Exmouth one , then that is > possible …...and there is a poor sailor Charles Williams discharged in > 1800 with all sorts of unmentionable things wrong to Gibraltar      I > think Mary might well be Marychurch and Torquay would be your best bet > . > > > > On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 9:14 AM Our Mail <ourmail@chez-williams.com> wrote: >> I haven't posted a query about the above, my 4g grandfather, for some >> time.  I live in hope that someone can help me find his parents. >> >> The earliest mention I have found of this ancestor was at the National >> Archives.  He was in the muster books of HMS Ocean from September 1776 >> when he was described as aged 27 from 'Mary Devon'!  On a couple of >> visits to Exeter I searched in the record office for all the parishes in >> Devon I could find containing Mary, and also enlisted the help of DFHS >> volunteers in the Tree House.    No sign of Charles.  He married Jane >> Wootton in Charles Church, Plymouth on 20 March 1778.  In that record he >> was to shown to be of HMS Ocean. >> >> One interesting fact from the muster book in 1776.  In the column headed >> 'Prest or not' was entered 'in lieu'. So it would seem that he >> volunteered to take the place of someone who had been seized by the >> Press Gang.  That may suggest he wanted to get away from someone/something! >> >> John >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ------------------------------------------ >> The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon >> http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/   and  Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) >> _______________________________________________ >> Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref >> Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/devon@rootsweb.com >> Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 >> Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog >> RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community > _______________________________________________ > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/   and  Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/devon@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community _______________________________________________ ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/   and  Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/devon@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community