Dough Very interested in your Daniel Carter/Elizabeth Thompson..Have on my list James Carter b1777 wife Elizabeth Thompson b 1781 children Louisa,Elizabeth,Rachel,Thomas,John,William,Giles,Hannah,Sarah.Main problem is James parents,Ann Carter & Thomas Hunt.can find no record of any marriage or birth of either Ann Carter & Thomas Hunt..All Ann,s children baptised as Carter,s Thomas Hunt down as suspected/infered father.Would also like to know their parents. any idea,s. Tony Caple ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Thompson <doug@thom.screaming.net> To: <ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 9:38 PM Subject: [[Hawks]] THOMPSON gained (and lost!) > While going through the baptism records of Hawkesbury today I came across > the baptism of Daniel, baseborn son of Elizabeth THOMPSON in July 1802. > > This event does not seem to be on our records. > > I quickly connected this with the marriage in Feb 1803 of Elizabeth THOMPSON > and James CARTER. It seemed likely this was the same Elizabeth (and > probably the birth prompted the marriage!). We have never been sure who > this Elizabeth was. Geoffro suggested she was Betty, daughter of Giles > THOMPSON and Betty MOUSSEL (baptised Horton 1775). I remained unconvinced. > > I moved on to check the 1851 census and there was a Daniel CARTER aged 48 - > just right! A new THOMPSON relative I thought! > > Then I found James CARTER and Betty on the census. James OK - AGE 75 Born > Hawkesbury. But - Age of Betty - 70. Place of birth - Stroud! > > A quick IGI search finds Elizabeth THOMPSON baptised Stroud in Feb 1779. - > Right age, right place! That means she and Daniel are not ours at all! (Not > until the family gets quite a bit wider yet.) > > But at least I'm sure of both those register entries now. > > Doug Thompson > > > ==== ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to bookmark http://www.HawkesburyFamilyHistory.co.uk and visit regulary. > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >