I wonder if anyone can help me in my long time search for Captain William Mason? I wrote about him to Mariners several years ago, when I only knew that he was a Mariner, and at that time I thought he might be on the East India company routes, as his sons later became East India merchants. Since then, I have discovered that he had several other children born between 1828 and 1838, which rather precludes long sea voyages. I only know that he sailed out of Limehouse, and that all trace of him finished between the 1841 and 1851 censuses, by which time he was a master mariner, and serving as captain, revealed on his wifes grave as being the widow. He married in 1825 at Limehouse, but did not appear in the 1841 census, so I have no place of birth or any other information. Was Limehouse used for coastal trade round the UK that might provide the answer? Or could he have been on the West India trade routes ? I shall be very grateful for any suggestions or help. Greetings to all, Doreen Milligan.