Hi Sue At this stage I have not much information on James's family. The only family member I have most details on is our direct line James William Taylor who was christened March 10 1810 at Walthamstow. His parents were Matthew Taylor and Sarah Bouchard. Possible siblings to James are William c Oct 2 1800 Spitalfields, Thomas Jan 1811 and John William ch April 9 1815 Christ Church, Middlesex. James seems to have moved to Brighton where he married Caroline Lillywhite. In 1841 they were in Wadhurst, 1851/61 Arundel and 1871 Lewisham. It is possible there may be a connection with your John if he moved around like James did from the London area to Sussex and back again. This is all I have so far on my James. I do have some details taken from a film of the Parish Records of St Nicholas Church Brighton. There is a John listed on the list I was given from this film. He was the son of John and Ann and born 28 October 1811. There is also a John son of James and Mary born January 1809. In brackets Father was in North Yorkshire Regiment. There is also a John son of Thomas and ? born 8 November 1807. Maybe one of these is yours. Merry Christmas Irene

Hello Irene, Thanks for replying to my message. I have a strong feel, but no facts to back it up yet!, that "John son of James and Mary born January 1809. In brackets Father was in North Yorkshire Regiment." could be my 3 x gt grandfather. The North Yorkshire Regiment is a very good sign. Although I will look into the other 2 John's as well. As I mentioned before, on the BRVI2 it says John was born in January 1809, then baptised in December 1811 at St Nicholas, Brighton. I thought John's father James could have been involved with the military in someway, it would explain why he left North Yorkshire only to return later. Mary, his wife, was born in Lovesome Hill area of North Yorkshire and they were all back there for the 1841 census. The other reason I thought there may have been military connections was because of the Elizabeth TAYLOR of Lovesome Hill, North Yorkshire, being born in Chatham bc 1809 (the same year John was born - maybe they were twins!). This was the time of the Napoleonic Wars, James was a tailor by trade and would have been in much demand by military. Could this explain any of your family members movements around the South of England at the time? Irene thank you once again, this could be the break I've been looking for , for some time! Fingers crossed. Cheers Sue -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.4 - Release Date: 22/12/2004