Hi Caroline Luke DODDS, Esq, living in Fawley, Hampshire - often on juries etc ( mentioned in the papers) - died aged 80 in 28th Feb 1849. This means he could be the fellow born in Durham as per IGI : Male Christening: 11 SEP 1768 Heworth, Durham, England HIs daughter Lucia, married in 1843: to: Spouse: GRAHAM EDEN WILLIAM HAMOND Marriage: 07 DEC 1843 Fawley, Hampshire, England I found a marriage for a Luke DODDS to Lucia GREEN in 1810 over in Surrey, and the christening of daughter Lucia DODDS: Christening: 05 JUL 1815 All Saints, Hastings, Sussex, England Household:1881 Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability John Henry GOOD Head M Male 40 Madely, Shropshire, England Vicar Of Hythe Hants Elizabeth Ann GOOD Wife M Female 36 Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England Lucia HAMMOND Mother In Law W Female 66 Hastings, Sussex, England Charles Herbert BINSTEAD Pupil U Male 18 Sandal Magus, York, England Pupil Cecil Hy Brent GOOD Son Male 9 m Hythe Fawley, Hampshire, England Emily Sarah ADDISON Serv U Female 24 Honington, Suffolk, England Dom Servt Louisa WHITE Serv U Female 25 Whitley, Warwick, England Dom Servt Annie WEARN Serv U Female 45 Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England Dom Servant -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Dwelling The Vicarage Census Place Fawley, Hampshire, England Deaths Jun 1883 HAMOND Lucia 68 Brighton 2b135 I found there were a few Graham Eden HAMOND boys - one was in 1851 census - with wife, other children, servants etc: HAMOND, Graham Eden Head Married M 71 1780 Baronet Admiral In The Royal Navy (Half Pay) London Middlesex and in the newspapers ( quite a bit to look at there): Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle etc (Portsmouth, England), Monday, December 17, 1804; G E Hamond was Commander of his Majesty's ship' Lively' and he had detained a Spanish ship ' La Fama' containing nearly 15,000 seal skins and 2 boxes of tongues! contents were up for auction ......................... The Morning Chronicle (London, England), Monday, January 5, 1807 marriage announcement: On 30th Dec 1806, at Fowey Cornwall, Graham Eden HAMOND, of the Royal Navy, only son of Sir Andrew Snape HAMOND, bart, by special Licence, to Miss KIMBER ( Elizabeth) daughter of John KIMBER Esq of Fowey, Cornwall .................. The Morning Post (London, England), Monday, October 11, 1824 Captain Graham Eden HAMOND, C.B ( of the Wellesley) ................ Deaths Mar 1847 Hamond Graham Eden William Lewisham 5262 I found them in the censuses - and the DODDS as well- let me know if you'd like that info as well There is quite a bit on the net if you search Graham Eden HAMOND - you might be able to fill in some more gaps I will send you the parish record for the marriage off list...I know you are busting for that, but it is very faded... Cheers Jocelyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline Gaden" <cagaden@iprimus.com.au> To: <MARINERS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 4:22 PM Subject: [MAR] Capt Luke Dodds > Hello All > I have a couple of queries about ships of the HEIC sailing to India and > China > > 1. > I'm trying to track down information about Captain Luke Dodds who was > Captain of the East India Company ship 'Walmer Castle' in the early 1800s. > > Sailings of the Walmer Castle were:- > Capt Luke Dodds. Portsmouth 4 Mar 1806 - 20 Jun Bombay - 4 Sep Penang - > 1 Nov Whampoa - Second Bar 6 Jan 1807 - 17 Apr St Helena - 2 Jul Downs. > (6) 1807/8 St Helena, Cape, Benkulen and China. > Capt Luke Dodds. Torbay 9 Feb 1808 - 17 Apr St Helena - 31 May Cape - 13 > Jul Benkulen - 18 Sep Penang - 8 Nov Whampoa - Second Bar 5 Mar 1809 - > 30 Mar Penang - 10 Jul St Helena - 8 Sep Downs. (7) 1810/1 St Helena, > Benkulen and China. > Capt Luke Dodds. Torbay 16 Feb 1811 - 6 May St Helena - 24 Jul Benkulen > - 23 Sep Penang - 28 Oct Malacca - 1 Jan 1812 Whampoa - Second Bar 26 > Feb - 17 May St Helena - 21 Jul Downs. (8) 1812/3 Cape and China. > Capt Luke Dodds. Torbay 23 Mar 1813 - 11 Apr Tenerife - 15 Jun Cape - 6 > Sep Whampoa - Second Bar 22 Feb 1814 - 26 May St Helena - 6 Aug Downs. > (9) 1814/5 China. > Any information about Luke Dodds would be gratefully received. > > 2. Where might I find information about a marriage on board ship at this > time... the bridegroom was the ship's captain.. I've searched in the > India records, National archives and IGI without success > > Many thanks > Caroline > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >