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I have a surgeon born circa 1805 William Royden Watts. He died in Birmingham in 1847, but I don't know where he was born as 1841 census says out of County. Are there  sources that would give an idea of where he was born or his parentage?

Could a landsurveyor who just happened to have been in jail at some stage become a Sir? If so would there be a record or announcement in a newspaper?
From a pamplett in B'ham archives we have mention of Sir Thomas & Lady Sarah Wood of Low Hall, South Cave, Yorkshire. Looking at records in Yorkshire archives, Thomas & his family are listed from 1747 to 1816. In the earlier entries of mid 1700s, there are entries in qtr sessions for not burying cattle & the Woods are yeoman (so farmers who owned land I would assume).
   By 1785 John Wood is commissioner for land enclosures & a gent & in 1792 a widow Wood is giving land for the building of a Chapel.
   The last mention in 1816 is of Thomas Wood being a land surveyor, but in 1807 he was fined for killing game with a dog & gun. There is a mention in the London Gazette of him being in South Cave jail, but there is no date.
   I have no age for him, but his wife born 1779 appears alone in 1841 in B'ham. They probably had a son John Fred francis & certainly had a daughter born 1807, but was Thomas a Sir & Sarah a Lady? They were possibly Methodists.

Hi,
   Does anyone have any knowledge of Sir Thomas & Lady Sarah Wood of Low Hall in about 1807? Their daughter Ann Maria claims to be born South Cave circa 1807. On Genuki it says Low Hall was the seat of Rev. John Petch in 1820, when it appears to be in North Cave. I have from a book that Sarah Wood was the daughter of Captain Matthews of Portsmouth & that she & Sir Thomas married in Portsea.
   In particular would like to know who Sir Thomas was, when born, died etc. Have Sarah's death in Birmingham in 1861.

Can anyone tell me if Jessy/Jessie was a commonly used pet name for Josiah?

William Price bn 1862 Crickadarn (1901census) md Jane bn 1854 Llandefalle. They had children Mary A bn 1876 Merthyr Cynog, William Richard bn 1886 Garthbrengy, Griselda A 1887 & Thomas Rees 1889.

William senior was born 1852 Gwenddwr according to the 1891 census, but his memorial inscription says 1861 - 1943, so assume the 1901 census is more accurate.

With the age gap beteen Mary A & Wm Richard, there is a possibility of a 2nd marriage & there is a Wm Price in Crickadarn in 1881 with a wife Ellen & daughter Mary A, but the ages are a little too far out for my liking.

Does anyone have access to the earlier census 1841 - 1871 to find Wm, although I suppose the detail is too vague, or does anyone have info on this family. I have been asked for help by a friend who is stuck with this, but I'm not having much luck from my armchair!!