Lesley, Looking into familysearch.org, searching from 1750 until 1772, in 1754 there is a William baptised in Long Bennington, Lincoln in 1754 father William mother Sarah and others in that time frame in Lincoln and other places mentioned before. https://familysearch.org/search/collection/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AWilliam~%20%2Bsurname%3ARowbotham~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1750-1772~%20%2Bgender%3AM&collection_id=1473014 Edie ------------------------------------------ From: Lesley O'Connell via <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> To: ENG-LINCSGEN@rootsweb.com; Subject: [LIN] WILLIAM ROWBOTHAM Lou's comments about the lack of messages recently has prompted me to post a query. My ggg grandfather William Rowbotham shows up in Holbeach in 1792 when he marries my ggg grandmother SUSANNAH THIMBLEBY. They had four children, of whom three died in infancy, leaving only my gg grandmother Harriet Thimbleby Rowbotham to survive to adulthood, although she died young as well, at the age of 26 However I can find no information as to where he originally came from. There don't seem to have been any Rowbothams in Holbeach before William's appearance and no other Rowbotham families there afterwards. William was said to be 'of this parish' when he married, so no clues there as to his origins. From the age he was said to be at burial he would have been born around 1756. It looks as if the vast majority of Rowbothams lived in and around Brigg, with a limited number living in Northwest Lincolnshire. Is there anyone on the list researching the Rowbotham family? I have looked at variants such as Rowbottom and Rowbotham on Ancestry, Family Search and FreeReg and have also had a quick look at Linc's to the Past and the TNA website. Any information or suggestions would be most welcome. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Edie Thanks for your input. I have found details of various Williams born around the right period but none stands out as an obvious candidate. I was hoping that someone out there might have some info handed down the family that might confirm or eliminate some of the possibles. Although it is conceivable that William was born outside Lincolnshire I prefer to exhaust the possibilities within the county first before looking elsewhere. Sometimes if you take a break from researching an individual you can find that when coming back to them there have been new resources released or new clues have emerged when researching other members of the family. Lesley Aveyron, France -------- Original Message -------- From: eamca@bigpond.com Sent: 21 March 2016 09:55:00 CET To: ENG-LINCSGEN@rootsweb.com Subject: RE:[LIN] WILLIAM ROWBOTHAM Lesley, Looking into familysearch.org, searching from 1750 until 1772, in 1754 there is a William baptised in Long Bennington, Lincoln in 1754 father William mother Sarah and others in that time frame in Lincoln and other places mentioned before. https://familysearch.org/search/collection/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AWilliam~%20%2Bsurname%3ARowbotham~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1750-1772~%20%2Bgender%3AM&collection_id=1473014 Edie ------------------------------------------ From: Lesley O'Connell via <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> To: ENG-LINCSGEN@rootsweb.com; Subject: [LIN] WILLIAM ROWBOTHAM Lou's comments about the lack of messages recently has prompted me to post a query. My ggg grandfather William Rowbotham shows up in Holbeach in 1792 when he marries my ggg grandmother SUSANNAH THIMBLEBY. They had four children, of whom three died in infancy, leaving only my gg grandmother Harriet Thimbleby Rowbotham to survive to adulthood, although she died young as well, at the age of 26 However I can find no information as to where he originally came from. There don't seem to have been any Rowbothams in Holbeach before William's appearance and no other Rowbotham families there afterwards. William was said to be 'of this parish' when he married, so no clues there as to his origins. From the age he was said to be at burial he would have been born around 1756. It looks as if the vast majority of Rowbothams lived in and around Brigg, with a limited number living in Northwest Lincolnshire. Is there anyone on the list researching the Rowbotham family? I have looked at variants such as Rowbottom and Rowbotham on Ancestry, Family Search and FreeReg and have also had a quick look at Linc's to the Past and the TNA website. Any information or suggestions would be most welcome. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message