I am researching William PLANT (b 1815) of Great Bowden, LEI. He seems to have been a very itinerant sort, never staying in one place much longer than a year or so. He seems to have traveled widely, leaving his mark in Beds, Leics, Northants, Hunts and Cambs during the course of his life. Here's what's known: No baptismal record exists for William PLANT in Grt Bowden. Either he was not baptised at birth, not baptised there or is mistaken as to his place of birth or was born in a place other than where he was baptised. William PLANT is thought to have married Sarah ELLABY(b 1813, Elton Hunts) after 1832, but no marriage has been found yet. Two known issue : Eliza b 1847 Glapthorn Northants and Letitia b 1853/4 Wisbech Cambs. These 4 people are found in Somerby LEI on the 1871 census. William and Sarah are found in Nassington Northants on the 1881 census, with no children. William was living in Nassington Northants in 1884 when Sarah died. William died in 1900 in Yaxley Hunts, the death being registered by a son-in-law William KIRKBY. Assumptions: In the 1881 census, a William KIRKBY from Elton Hunts and a Sarah b 1842 Great Barford Beds. are living with 6 children in Nassington, Northants. In the 1871 census, William PLANT is living on the same street as William E. PLANT, born 1841 in Great Barford Beds. I suspect the "E" is for ELLABY. I also suspect that William E. and Sarah (wife of Wm. KIRKBY) are the eldest children of William PLANT and Sarah ELLABY. I need help to locate the marriage of William PLANT and Sarah ELLABY as well as to locate the whereabouts of the family in 1841, 1851, 1861 and 1891 censuses. Is there anyone who can lookup the baptisms of William E. and Sarah in Gt. Barford, Beds., to confirm they are in fact connected as I suspect? A lookup for the baptism of Letitia in Wisbech, Cambs. would be appreciated also. William PLANT was recorded as a brickmaker on occasion, are there any records of brickmakers? Talk about hitting a brick wall! Any further suggestions on reducing the enormity of the searching over such a wide area and large time-frame would be appreciated. Grant Baines Uxbridge/Canada