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Hi Lincsmaster, I am also interested in Caroline Vinter née Lambert, but I have a completely different theory as to who she is.

I agree with rjknott that the 1817 baptism of Caroline Lamport in Poole fits very well into the family of Thomas Lamport and Mary née Thompson, and I originally allocated this to John Vinter’s future wife. However, this Caroline appears in the 1841 census at Stanpit near Christchurch, as Housekeeper to her brother Edward the schoolmaster and their widowed father Thomas.

Then in 1846, according to the Sherborne Mercury (7th November 1846 issue), "Caroline, youngest daughter of Mr Thomas Lamport of Poole", married Mr Joseph Henry Taylor, of Winkton near Christchurch on 21st October. The wedding took place, for reasons I have not investigated, at North Yarmouth in Norfolk. From the marriage certificate, the witnesses were Caroline's father Thomas and her sister Fanny Spiller. Joseph and Caroline appear in the census at Winkton near Christchurch from 1841 to 1871, and Caroline is still there as a widow in 1881.

It appears, then, that John Vinter's wife was not the daughter of Thomas and Mary Lamport. So who was she? I haven't been able to find a christening for her, but the 1834 will of one John Tilsed (https://kjthistory.livejournal.com/13319.html) mentions a George Lambert and his daughter Caroline without explaining who they are.

I explain my theory for Caroline's parentage in "A brief exploration of the 'Lives' included in the Narrative of John Tilsed 1747 - 1834" (see 'Life 8' at https://kjthistory.livejournal.com/13241.html), but in summary, I currently believe her to be the daughter of George Lambert of Hampreston, with George being the illegitimate son of Jane Lambert of Hampreston, by John Tilsed, who was the widower of Jane's older sister Mary.

John Tilsed died in Wimborne on 30th July 1834 and his will was proved 30th April 1835. The delay was presumably due to John leaving a daughter and financial affairs in Newfoundland.

For more details of the very interesting life and times of this John Tilsed, see  https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/NFLDS/article/download/28901/1882521707?inline=1 , published in the Journal of Newfoundland and Labrador Studies in 2018.

Ah, now lace is something I hadn't thought of at all, so that could be it. But I think I would expect the word lace to appear in the occupation, and besides, wasn't lacemaking generally women's work?

Does anyone know what a Collarmaker would have done in 1746?

I have always assumed it was leather work for horse collars etc, but in 1746 I have a "Thomas Tylsey the Younger, Clothier" in a court case, and the only candidate in the town at the time had served an apprenticeship with a Collarmaker.

So I'm wondering if making shirt collars was a thing at that time? My candidate's father was a Tailor, which would seem to fit quite well.

My 4g-grandfather John Tilsed b1785 had - amongst others - two sisters named Mary and Aphra/Afhra.

Mary Tilsed b1793 was a witness to the marriage of John King and Mary Boynes on 13th Sep 1810.
Aphra Tilsed b1799 was a witness to the marriage of Thomas Williams and Eliza Boynes on 28th Feb 1819.

Mary Boynes b1790 and Eliza Boynes b1799 were also sisters, their parents being Thomas Boynes and Sarah née Wills. At both marriages, the second witness was the girls' maternal uncle, Thomas Wills.

I currently have no idea whatsoever why the Tilsed girls would have been witnesses for the Boynes girls - in my experience witnesses are often siblings, or married to siblings, of the bridal couple, and I can't find any relationships at all between the families at this time. (There are a couple of marriages linking the families in 1830 and 1836).

Does anyone have any idea what's going on here?