Hello John Yes this does seem to be the same James, he gives his father as Stephen when he marries Caroline and the age matches with that he gives in the 1881 census when he says he was born in Crookham i.e. not a milllion miles from Thatcham. Stephen WILMOT seems to be the one on the IGI born Thatcham 25th July 1811 baptised 1st Sept 1811 the son of John WILMOT and Priscilla MARSHMAN who married at Thatcham on 17th July 1808. Regards Colin On Friday, September 12, 2003 5:01 PM, John Lewis wrote: > 1851 Census Thatcham > > Stephen WILMOT head 40 ag lab > Jemima wi 36 > Jacob so 17 ag lab > Mary da 13 scholar at haome > Francis so 9 ag lab > James so 7 scholar at home > Daniele so 4 scholar at hom > David so 2 > > all born Thatcham > > This is the only James in Thatcham in 1851 so could be the one who > married Caroline. Names are Willmot or Wilmot with several families, > Wilmot being most common. > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.516 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 01/09/2003

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 10:52:54 +0100 Colin Harris wrote: > Stephen WILMOT seems to be the one on the IGI born Thatcham 25th > July 1811 baptised 1st Sept 1811 the son of John WILMOT and > Priscilla MARSHMAN who married at Thatcham on 17th July 1808. John & Priscilla Willmot are 'live and well' in Crookham, parish of Thatcham in 1851, john age 69 and Pricilla 71. A couple of sons Francis 29 & Isaac 27 are in their h/h, plus a grandson William age 5. All born Thatcham Stephen & Jemima and the other Wilmot(t)s are also in Crookham but I missed this earlier by not reading the description of the enumeration district. The other families include William Wilmot age 47 wife Mary Ann and 9 children, Henry Willmot 44, & wife Elizabeth, they have a nephew George Clinch age 10 in h/h, a John Wilmot age 17 is a lodger in h/h of Joseph (54) & Esther (54) Webb who were both born in Kingsclere. A couple of households away are Allens from Ecchinswell with a Webb as lodger also K'clere born. Next to the Alens are a Tidbury family There are several other Kingsclere born heads of household in Crookham. -- John Lewis <jayellatntlworlddotcom> from Bournemouth, Dorset, UK. using Debian GNU/Linux and GeneWeb genealogy software