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:-[I apologise if this is long winded- can you help me sort out this muddle of Napps !
I begin with James Nailard/Napp born Burwash 1811 - he was an illegit. son of William Knapp and Hannah Naylor/Nailard
James b 1811, (married as a Nailard but seems to have called himself Napp) marries Mary Potten in 1837.. Where were they in later census. They had two sons that I know of, another James born Burwash 1838 and William born Heathfield 1844, they seem to have moved back and forth between the villages.
William Knapp has died by 1840 but where has Hanah, who seems to have kept her maiden name of Nailard gone ?
I also have a daughter of the above - Ruth Knapp born 1818, who I have from 1851 onwards with by now 4 children but describes herself as a widow - someone has given her a husband James Napp but there is no evidence of him actually being her husband.
Where is Ruth Knapp/Napp in 1841, she had a daughter Georgeann/Georgina born H'fld around this time, 1840 by calculation, so i'm hoping she may have a 'husband' with her.
Any help on these would be much appreciated