Thomas Light bc 1805

[Valerie A Newman]

I am looking for the parents and birth of Thomas Light born between 1796 and 1805 at Fishton DelamereWiltshire. He was convicted of horse stealing and given a life sentence and transported to Australia.
Thank you
 Val Newman

[Daisypetal]

Hi,

There is this one,


Baptism Place:  Fisherton Delamere Wiltshire
Baptism:  2 Jun 1805
Born:  10 May 1805
Thos
son of John and Jean LIGHT
 

Regards,
Daisy

[Valerie A Newman]

Thank you Daisy for your time and great result.
 Val Newman

[Valerie A Newman]

There seem to be 2 records for him in 1805,
one states his mother Jean and the other states his mother as Jane.
 can any one find their marriage please
Val Newman

[Daisypetal]

Hi,

There are a few John LIGHT marriages to a Jane in the area about the right time, the closest to Fisherton Delamere that I can find is about 6 miles away,


Parish of Dinton
21st August 1797
John LIGHT  of this parish
Jane BAILEY  of the same
By Banns
Both marked X for there names.
Witnesses:  John BAKER,  John JESSE

John JESSE seems to have been a witness on a lot of these marriages so might not be a clue.


I don't know how you can be sure these are the right ones.  Does it show his parents names on his death cert., assuming it is in Australia?

[Valerie A Newman]

hi There,
 John Jesse may have been a clergyman or some other official in the church as it was usually the case when they witnessed a lot of marriages.
 There is a family tree on familysearch.org but all of the other siblings are born in Fisherton Ayrshire  and I was very suspicious of the record.
There is no mention of his parents on any of his convict records and I do not have a copy of his death certificate at present. I will check out any more siblings for John light and Jane Bailey.
 Thank you for you time and effort.
 Val Newman