Could anybody with more knowledge of the area's history be able to help as I am trying to find an ancestor who appeared in Essex in 1814 but we cannot trace where he came from. (Not Kent, I know, but please bear with me). I have an EDMUND DAVEY born 1814 in Kelvendon Hatch, Essex to Joseph (a labourer) and Elizabeth. Joseph is noted has "living in the parish" which I am assuming means that he was not from Kelvedon Hatch as such. There is also no record of any other children being born in Kelvedon Hatch, so I am wondering if the family possibly moved after Edmund's birth. I realise that this would not tell me where he came from, but I wonder if he moved on. There are some DAVY families around Greenwich in 1819 and on. My question is, is it at all possible that there could have been a reason that the family might have moved from Essex to Kent around about that time. What sort of work might have been available at that time for a labourer in that particular area. I have looked at the Greenwich Museum (which was I think built a lot later, but was in old existing buildings) and also the Woolwich Arsenal and these seem possibilities but I was wondering if anybody might know of any other avenues I could explore. I cannot find JOSEPH on the 1851 census with a wife Elizabeth so have had no success in finding him and suspect that he might well have died by that time. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. Kind regards to all Helen