My ears pricked at HRO on hearing "Kingsclere" mentioned by another researcher and, having introduced myself, I said I would check for any material on the name of HARRISON for the lady, who is not planning to go online until retirement. She had the details of the marriage of Thomas HARRISON to Eleanor DIXON 02 Dec 1797 and baptism of son Thomas on 09 Jan 1799, and mentioned that Thomas senr died prematurely, possibly whilst Eleanor was pregnant with a second son, James[?]. If anyone has any knowledge of other records in respect of this family, I'll be happy to post details to her via 'snail' mail. Dorothy J.

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 12:30:50 +0100 "Dorothy Jones" <[email protected]> wrote: > My ears pricked at HRO on hearing "Kingsclere" mentioned by > another researcher and, having introduced myself, I said I > would check for any material on the name of HARRISON for the > lady, who is not planning to go online until retirement. > > She had the details of the marriage of Thomas HARRISON to > Eleanor DIXON 02 Dec 1797 and baptism of son Thomas on 09 > Jan 1799, and mentioned that Thomas senr died prematurely, > possibly whilst Eleanor was pregnant with a second son, > James[?]. I can confirm some of the above details from the Register fiche but there is no second child baptised at St. Mary. There is only one burial of a Thomas Harrison in the HBI for St. Mary, Kingsclere which happened on 22 July 1800. The Burial Register doesn't add anything to this but the baptism entry for Thos jnr give his father's occupation as Innkeeper. The marriage entry has Thomas Harrison of the Parish of Benacre in the County of Suffolk and Eleanor Dixon of this Parish, Both signed the register and witnesses were Philip Phillips & Sarah Hobbs (both signed) Philip Phillips senior and junior were tailors and Sara Hobbs could be the wife of John Hobbs (born Sarah Goddard) and married at St. Mary on 21 Apr 1795 so no obvious relationships. Benacre is on the east coast between Lowestoft and Southwold. Benacre baptisms are on the IGI but there are no Harrisons. However there is a Thomas Harrison baptised All Saints, Sudbury on 4 Jul 1769 with parents James & Mary (IGI Batch C062241). There are several siblings if this turns out to be the right Thomas. Eleanor Dixon may have been 'of the Parish' but I can see no baptism at St. Mary for her. Nor can I find her in any Census. Thomas is easier and can be found in 1851-1881 Census with wife Sarah born Basingstoke ca1800 and several children. Hants Marr. Index has a marriage of Thomas Harrison to Sarah Wheatley at Old Basing on 25 Dec 1819. The oldest child I can find in Census records and listed with family is a 15 year old James in the 1851 Census. He was born Winslade but cannot find him or his parents in 1841. So if the marriage in 1819 is the correct one there is quite a gap before the birth of James in 1836, however Hants Bapt Index has several more children with the earliest, Charles, born 1820 at Old Basing and I'll extract them later and add them to my database There is no baptism for Sarah at Old Basing or Basingstoke HTH -- John Lewis Debian (Sid) with the GeneWeb genealogy package