Hi sarah, Here are 2 baptism records for Thomas Leech's around London at that time, Thomas Leech bapt 1 Jan 1824 St Martin Ludgate Parents: John & Esther Amey. thomas Leech bapt 7 Feb 1826 St Pancras Camden Parents: Jon & Elizabeth. Maybe sks could check those entries for you, as I'm totally blind and can't read any details other than what has been transcribed by Ancestry. Hopefully one of the John's will have the correct occupation? HTH, Jon - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - You can now hear full tracks of my music on my Youtube channel Visit my website at www.jpnixey.btinternet.co.uk From: Sarah Torline Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 1:45 PM To: london@rootsweb.com Subject: [LON] John LEECH & Thomas LEECH - London in mid-1820's Hello All! I am researching my g-g-g-grandfather, Thomas LEECH, who was supposedly born in London about 1826. Thomas has been a somewhat elusive character for me, because he moved to America, then back to England, and then back to America where he died in 1908. Thomas & his first wife, Rebecca (an American), were married in 1853 and divorced around 1868/1869 in Memphis, Tennessee. Through a random series of events, I have unearthed a second marriage between Thomas and a young widow named Sarah Therese BROOKS née JONES in Aston, Warwickshire. Their marriage certificate from 25 Nov 1873 listed his father as John LEECH (deceased) and his profession was a "Licensed Victualler". I located the couple living together in Lancashire in the 1881 census, and Thomas listed his birthplace as "Middlesex, London". I am wondering if anyone else is researching a John LEECH who was a publican/tavern-keeper/licensed victualler/etc. living in London around 1826 when Thomas would have been born. If there is any other information I can provide that might be useful, please let me know. Thank you all so much for your help! ~ Sarah Dallas, Texas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This mailing list works in parallel with the London surname interest list on the web at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/london.html . Check for matching interests and add your own ! Any problems, please contact the List Admin: LONDON-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LONDON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message