Thank you for your interest. James Appleyard, born c.1794 in Wicklow, is my 3x gt grandfather.
Thomas Appleyard, born c 1800 at Tullamore was almost certainly his kin - probably his brother or maybe his cousin. They both enlisted in the 10th. Hussars at the Brighton HQ in December 1821 and stayed together until they were both discharged in 1831. Both are described in the 10th Hussars Muster Rolls as musicians.
James's son, Thomas, was born and baptised in 1823, in Ireland, while James and his brother (?) Thomas were in Cahir. Full details of the batism are on my old laptop and I haven't the time to retrieve them at the moment. Thomas snr. was present at baby Thomas's baptism. Interestingly, James and baby Thomas's mother, Sarah Bolding, were married just after the baptism!
This was pretty much all I knew about them until a couple of months ago, when browsing on Ancesrty, I found James and Thomas on the roll of the 18th Hussars in 1830. Ages matched and so did their description as musicians. The attestation revealed that James was born in Wicklow and Thomas in Tullamore. This was the first I knew of their birth places. I thought that this information might lead me to their birth and the name(s) of their father(s). They were discharged in 1831 when the 18th was disbanded in Ireland and they transferred to the 10th. in Brighton. Both had enlisted in the 18th Hussars at Cork in 1830.
The last record I have of my 3x gt gf James Appleyard, was the baptism of his 2nd daughter in Redditch, Worcestershire, where his occupation was given as Trumpeter. He hadn't re-enlisted in the 10th Hussars so may have enlisted in another cavalry regiment. James died before 1843, when his wife, Sarah re-married.
I have a hunch that their father may have been a soldier. Appleyard appears to be a Yorkshire name.
