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Have at last found some concrete evidence of his existence. He was my 3 x great grandfather and I don’t know for certain when he was born but it was round about 1770. Also don’t know where he was born – possibly Scotland.
His death was 1829 and his headstone is in the churchyard of St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham.
He was married to Ann (no maiden name) and the children I have for them are
Mary Ann baptised 18 May 1800 in Alverstoke
Henry baptised 14 Nov 1802 in Alverstoke
Elizabeth Ann baptised 11 Sep 1804 in Alverstoke
Jane Black baptised 19 Oct 1806 in St Mary’s Portsea
Harriot Black baptised 21 Aug 1808 St Mary’s Portsea
Eliza Black born approx. 1815 in Guernsey
On the 1841 Census Ann appears as a nurse at the District Ordnance Hospital, Gillingham
Ann – according to 1851 census – was born in Portsmouth about 1771
On the 1851 Census at 1 Manor Street, Gillingham she is head of the household and widowed and her occupation is East Ind Comp Pensioner
Please can anyone help me to find out about his service record. I would love to know where and when he was born and who and where he married.
Wells, Oxford, Watson, Denn: Kent & Sheffield
Crowther, Bower, Slater, Bramley, Baxter, Quarmby, Craven, Shaw, Thornley: W Yorks
Wilkinson, Hyson/Ison: Derbyshire
Tomlinson, Wilson, Coward, Lockwood: Nottinghamshire
Black, Mason: Hampshire