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I have been told that a great uncle of mine is buried in the Sutton Road Cemetery,he was Henry Joseph Masters and he died in 1851 aged 5 months.The priest that officiated at the burial was a James Cook.Henry had lived in Bank Street,Maidstone. It would be great to have a photo of the grave if anyone lives nearby.
  I was told that the cemetery was closed sometime between 1851 and 1886 but how can that be when I've seen people talking about burials in the 20th century?
 I am also looking for my great x2 grandad,the father of Henry,with the same name.Henry Sr was born in Chatham 1820,he died in 1886 in Hackney where he was working.It makes sense that he would be buried with his firstborn son.If Henry Jr was in a grave by himself,even if part of the cemetery was closed to new graves,surely Henry Sr could be buried with his son?
  There was another son who I can't trace as an adult,Thomas Robert,so maybe he died as a child.He was born in 1861.
  Any help much appreciated.

Hi,I haven't had time to look into my Thomas Bunches but a thought struck me when I reread your post.You say that William's brother,Thomas,didn't have any children so that means he couldn't be in my direct family tree,however,is it possible that William and his wife had a son they called Thomas?.I seem to remember that there was a William in my tree. I must admit that my tree went a bit haywire when I found that Benjamin Sr was born in Hampshire as I had him being born in London.The other thing I realized was that the 2 Thomas I have were born later in the 1700s.!would have been about 1780 and the other abt 1750,these are just guesses.I'll look further and get back to you

I've just had another look at your Belshaws,last time I didn't really take in the dates.You have a Thomas who died in 1849 and his father was Robert.It's difficult to know when Thomas was born as we don't know his age when he died.I would think that Robert would have been born late 1700s.As I said before my great gran was Jane Belshaw born 1844,hwer father was John but I don't know anything about his siblings,his father was James and again I don't know his siblings.I will try and find more info to see if those names come up.I know there was another Jane Belshaw in Co Antrim,her father was Richard,so maybe look there too.I'll get back with what I find.

Hi, How are you? Well I hope.I'm afraid I haven't got any further with James and Dorrie.As I said before,there are so many James' in my family that it's hard to know where or if he fits in.
  Lately I have been researching some of my mum's family but I will make a point of trying to see if there is a connection. I'll let you know what I find.