To anyone interested.   James Moss married  Maria Peters in Rochford on November 20th, 1838. He was a widower. The witnesses were a Benjamin and Sarah Moss. In 1851 there is a Benjamin born c1806 in Gt. Totham who could be him. The baptism of Benjamin in Gt Totham was 18th November,1804 to a James and Martha. Maybe this Benjamin is James' brother. James Moss,widower married Martha Nunn,widow in Gt. Totham 6th October, 1803.         --- On Sat, 13/4/13, david moss <mossdavid1@gmail.com> wrote: From: david moss <mossdavid1@gmail.com> Subject: [Ess] Moss of Hatfield Peverel To: "Essex mailing list" <essex-uk@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, 13 April, 2013, 2:05 Here I am, back again after a long time and still with much the same problem.  James Moss death certificate says he died 20th October 1859 registration district Rochford, aged 58 years (confirmed on his grave marker in Great Stambridge Parish churchyard) therefore birth date would be 1801.  Census 1851 says he was born in Hatfield (probably Peverel).  After looking everywhere I can think of, I still cannot find his birth certificate so I can get his parents and make some progress.  So frustrating!  Please, can anyone help?  I have received a lot of information from mailing listers in the past, but I believe I must have his birth certificate in order to not continue on guesswork.  Anyone with any advice? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message