John JAMES was born about 1825 / 26 in Allowenshay, Kingstone, Somerset, and baptized in Kingstone, on June 4th., 1826. On November 7th., 1863, in Knowle St. Giles church, John JAMES, bachelor, farmer of Knowle St. Giles, married Harriet PIT(T)MAN, spinster of Kingstone, in the presence of Lucy E. Roper, Anna James and Henry James. At the 1871 census, John 44 was a farmer of 160 acres, in Knowle St. Giles, living with his family of four; by the 1881 census, John 54 was a commercial traveller, living in Chard, Somerset; by 1891, John was a brewer’s agent, living in Chard, with Harriet. John and Harriet had issue: 1] Anna Harriett JAMES, born in Q1 of 1865 in Knowle St. Giles. In Q3 of 1882, in Taunton district, she married John Cannicott BAKER and they had 12 children; John had been born in Ilminster and was a farmer in Somerset; the 1891 census shows John as a farmer in Donyatt; at the 1901 census, he was farming Crock Street Farm in Ilminster, Somerset. John and Anna had issue. 2] Richard John JAMES, born in Q4 of 1866 in Knowle St. Giles; Richard, aged 4 , died in Knowle St. Giles and was buried there on July 6, 1871. I am seeking to make contact with, and to share JAMES family history notes, with any relation or researcher of this family, all cousins of mine. Best wishes. Peter Ferreira Toronto, Canada.