I would appreciate any random input here: Still trying to sort out the James Dillon , lieut in the RN, dilemma. Here is what I have to date :- James Dillon Married 8th May 1802 ST Giles, Norwich, Norfolk Spouse: Anne (Ann, Anna) Sarah Raven (daughter of Henry Baldwin Raven) Issue ?? 1.Sarah Dillon ,(probably named for Ann Raven’s grandmother, Sarah Raven, who left money in her will to Ann) born 28th Dec 1802 , St Giles, Norwich, Norfolk, England Died 2nd Jan 1803 2.James Dillon, born 24th September 1805, St Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, England. Possibly the James Dillon who died in 1827, age 22years, son of the “late Lieut James Dillon, RN) Died in a “hunting accident” whilst shooting rabbits. 3.Emily Dillon, born 18th of June 1811, Saint Giles, Norwich, England. Probably Emily Dillon, “only surviving child of the late Lt. James Dillon, RN) who married in 1830 to Rev. Wm Easdon Lumb. Emily married at KINGS LYNN. Here is my dilemma: Who is James Dillon, Lieut in the RN who died at Trowse, Norfolk, in 1811, age 32 years? Who is James Dillon, born c 1807, who died at Halford Vicarage in 1887? Emily (Dillon) Lumb was living there (Her husband was vicar there 1843 – 1885ish) And where and when did Lieutenant James Dillon die? It had to be pre 1827, as his son James’s death notice stated he was the son of the”Late” James Dillon, RN , and his daughter Emily’s death notice stated she was the only surviving child of the “late” James Dillon RN. Who is the Lieutenant Dillon who died in 1826? He had taken command of the ARIEL that year, for the London – South America trade, but a news report stated a rumour that he and his son drowned in the upset of a boat. (They pointed out that as he was in the “foreign” trade his widow would probably not be eligible for a pension payment). Was he James Dillon. And perhaps his son didn’t die in that incident ? Who is: Emily Dillon, christened 18th Oc 1819, All Saints, South Lynn, Norfolk (KINGS LYNN). James Dillon, born 12th February 1824, Saint Mary St, Marlylebone Rd, Lon, son of James Dillon/Ann ? and just as an aside: -Ann Dillon nee Raven had a nephew named James Dillon Raven.