The information I have comes from an uncle, long dead, who was a stickler for precision and accuracy. He states that William junior was 20 years old and at sea when his father, William Snr, went missing at sea. That was during a violent storm off the south coast UK, the night of 24th Nov 1824. To my mind this puts Junior's birth late 1804 to early 1805. I cannot place the mother Martha in England until the birth/ bap of Martha junior in 1815. I am beginning to suspect that William/ Martha stayed in America/ Canada for a while and then left William junior behind when they came to Poole. This would answer why no BMD for William junior in English records. That they were married under licence, in the premier protestant church in Quebec whilst in a sea of catholic French, indicates that Martha was not a congregation member/ Quebec resident. The treaty of Hubertusburg was signed not too long previously so English people, in Quebec, might have been keeping a low profile. I think some research into Martha's parents and a William as a late family addition, might be in order.
Just kicking ideas around.
