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Berkshire Completed Look ups / Re: COMPLETE - Bucklebury Parish Baptisms - Thomas ADAMS c 1809-1813
« on: Wednesday 16 December 09 21:05 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks - that explains a lot. I just couldn't fit that Henry piece in the jigsaw, and it turns out that it wasn't a piece of the jigsaw in the first place. I'll now start pursuing JESSEs. And Mary Ann ADAMS.

By the way, does anyone know why anyone would lie about their age to an Army recruiting officer in 1831 to appear YOUNGER than they really were? I know that my grandfather lied about his age to to appear OLDER than he really was in order to join up for the first world war. But it seems my great great grandfather  (if he was the Thomas JESSE/ADAMS above) claimed that he was younger than he really was when he joined the 35th Regiment of Foot in London. His military records show that he said he was 17 years 11 months old when he joined up in London on 11th February 1831.

Was there some sort of age-limit, or a cut-off for certain types of people. Or was it that he was relatively short (5'6")? The 35th had a minimum height requirement and maybe he wanted it to appear that he might have a bit of growing left in him?

Because these military dates were so detailed, and pointed to a March 1813 birthdate I gave them more weight than the fuzzier census and burial indications of an 1811/2 birthdate


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Berkshire Completed Look ups / Re: COMPLETE - Bucklebury Parish Baptisms - Thomas ADAMS c 1809-1813
« on: Wednesday 16 December 09 01:08 GMT (UK)  »
Interesting - the IGI has another "jesse" with exactly the same Bucklebury christening date:

JESSE ADAMS
Gender: Male Christening: 13 OCT 1811 Bucklebury, Berkshire, England
 Father:  HENRY ADAMS  Family
  Mother:  ANNE
(Form submitted by a member of the LDS Church)

I appreciate that these member-submitted LDS records can be unreliable, but I wonder what that's all about? I can't place Henry ADAMS in my extensive collection of Bucklebury Adamses either.

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Berkshire Completed Look ups / Re: Bucklebury Parish Baptisms - Thomas ADAMS c 1809-1813
« on: Tuesday 15 December 09 13:21 GMT (UK)  »
That was quick!

Thanks very much, newburychap. This could well be the clue I was needing.

Regards

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Berkshire Completed Look ups / COMPLETE - Bucklebury Parish Baptisms - Thomas ADAMS c 1809-1813
« on: Tuesday 15 December 09 00:28 GMT (UK)  »
This is the first time I've made a lookup request, so please bear with me if I inadvertently transgress.

I've been searching for several years for the father and/or mother of my 2nd Great Grandfather Thomas ADAMS. All sources (military records, 1851 & 1861 census) agree that he was born in Bucklebury, but the birthdates vary, from 1809 to 1813. Both his marriage certificates (first to Hannah BARTHOLOMEW in 1849 at Hermitage Holy Trinity, and then to Ann YOUNG at Cheiveley Parish Church in 1854) identify his father as "not known". He died in 1870 in a chalkpit accident and is buried at Hermitage Holy Trinity. I have not been able to trace any birth or baptism record though.

One resource I have not been able to check is the Bucklebury Parish Registers. I've been working overseas for the last few years and there does not appear to be a copy of the Bucklebury Parish Registers available on CD than I can buy.

Any help in tracing the birth or parenthood of Thomas ADAMS, around 1809 to 1813, said to be in Bucklebury, would be abjectly appreciated.


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