Good afternoon to the List, My ancestor said that he was born c 1789 in Portsmouth but there doesn't seem to be a record of a baptism there and, as he turns up briefly in 1804 in Port Jackson NSW, joining the RN, I think that his father could have been a ship's captain and the family was passing through Portsmouth. Are there any suggestions for searching for which captains might have been in port - I don't think that the father was RN. My ancestor was John Willoughby Watt and I've no idea what his father's christian name would have been as John had only one daughter. I think that the name Willoughby features strongly as it's still in the family. I'd be very grateful for any suggestions, Thanks, Di