14 February 2015 at 9:24, eve via wrote: Re: Thomas Howlett Married 13 Sep 1803 Metfield (at least in part) >> Thomas Howlett, Married, Honor Blythe, 13 Sep 1803 in Metfield Norfolk >> he was a Blacksmith and Died 1840 >> I have a date for his birth (1795) but feel sure it (or the wedding date) is >> incorrect, given he would have married at age 8 More research and help from here has corrected the Marriage date to 13 Sep 1813 >You have a date for a Baptism of A Thomas Howlett. BUT I only had the year, actually I have only just taken over the research of this (Paternal) side of family so most details were passed on to me, I would not have noticed anything if not for the apprent age at marriage of Thomas >1. It was a common enough name in Norfolk -you may have the wrong one. As it seems was Blyth(igh) & Hono(u)r (various spellings) and in this case it looks like the mother of Thomas may also be named Honor, but I cant be completely sure, as Honor & Thomas also had a son called Thomas. >If not, I would do that, and also look for more baptisms, not necessarily in >the same parish. Some of the Howletts were framers -try wills to see if they >help. Should that be Farmer or did you mean Framer? This Thomas Howlett and his son (Thomas) were both Blacksmiths