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Thanks Shaun -Sorry the penny took longer than it should have to drop!
Thanks Rosie - I must admit that Great Bookham was a bit far out of town, so I am not surprised if this is not my John W.  I am grateful for help from both of you.

Hi all - I am floundering and on the verge of requesting professional help, has anyone any recommendations, please?
I have followed my paternal line back to Thomas White who was for decades the licensee at the Artichoke on Newington Causeway, leading up to his death there on 23 Jul 1850 (born in 12 months prior to 23 Jul 1783?).  Thomas and Susannah Vanderkiste married at St Mary Abbott, Kensington on 11 May 1814. 
Thomas had an elder brother John who was a licensee in Hampton, Middlesex and later in New Windsor where he was buried on 25 May 1838 (born in the 12 months prior to 25 May 1774?).  John and Charlotte Ansell married at St Mary’s, Lambeth on 24 May 1802.
I have much information from there down the line to the present day. The big question is: who were the parents of John and Thomas WHITE?
WHITE is a common surname, bmd records are everywhere, and so desperate times call for desperate measures, even amateurish ones.  In desperation I wondered if ‘like father, like son’ John and Thomas’s father was also a licensee, who possibly retained his license for several decades.  A visit to the LMA revealed to me that licensees who retained their license for long periods were quite uncommon.  One record stands out to me, William WHITE who was licensee at the Swan at Stockwell  1792 to 1804, possibly earlier but at the time of my visit earlier records were ‘at risk’ and not available to the public.  Perhaps tellingly Susannah Vanderkiste stated in 1851 that she had been born in Stockwell and there are many Vanderkiste records around Stockwell about that time.  Susannah’s father was a physician who disappeared from the records when Susannah was about 12 years old and it was at that young age that she gave birth to an illegitimate child, William Samuel WHITE.  He stated, at the time of his adult baptism at St Mary’s, Newington on 26 Feb 1823, that he was born on 19 Jul 1802 to parents Thomas and Susannah WHITE.
Back to the big question: who were the parents of John and Thomas WHITE?
Two records, amongst the many, have some appeal.  The marriage of William WHITE of Cripplegate, London and Sarah Carter of St Saviour, Southwark at St Giles without Cripplegate, on 3 Apr 1771.  The second record is of the baptism of John WHITE on 12 Sep 1773 at St Nicholas’ in Great Bookham.  His parents were William and Sarah WHITE.  I have not found a baptismal record for Thomas associated with a William and Sarah WHITE, perhaps William had remarried between the birth of the brothers?
In previous searches I have found records of milling machinery manufacturers (flour milling?) with premises in Cripplegate and home(s) around Camberwell in Surrey.
As you see I have some messy data and I am hoping to find a professional who might be able to tidy things up a bit.  I live in Cheshire and current virus concerns prevent me from further visits to the LMA. Meanwhile, the very best regards to you all.

Thanks Saun.  Yes, that is the register that I have looked at, but you say these are British Registers, whilst the register is headed Canada.

My 3x grandmother stated in 1851 that she was 'born on sea'.  Her age was said to be 56- born around 1795.  This raises the possibility that in 1795 her mother was crossing the ocean with her military husband (Michael Stapleton) on the way to Canada.  In 1861 her daughter stated that she was born in Banagher around 1836 - Banagher is close to Burr.  I am led to believe that there is a birth record of an Ann Stapleton registered in Ontario around 1796 - I only have UK Ancestry so cannot confirm this.

Could Michael Stapleton be Ann's father?  If this is the same Ann Stapleton who had a child in 1836 then why was her surname still Stapleton?  When mother and daughter arrived in England between 1841 and 1851 there was no husband present.

Thanks for your interest.

Can anyone think of a reason why someone living in Newington, Surrey in the 1841 census might say that they were NOT born in that county, only to later declare in the 1851 census that they were in fact born in Stockwell.  Was Stockwell in Lambeth and was Lambeth not part of Surrey?

Silly me, stupid mistake.  My best guess is that Ann Stapleton was 'born on the sea' whilst sailing to North America / Canada - there is apparently a birth registration in Quebec in that name around 1795.  Bannagher, Ireland, where her two daughters was born was the nearest(?) military establishment to Canada and there is a military record of a Michael Stapleton, 27th Regiment of Foot dated 25 Mar 1796.  Then a death record of a Michael Stapleton aged 41 in Macclesfield in 1846 (obviously not the same person).  Death reported by Mary Ann Stapleton - no relationship provided. Making sense of this information is what keeps me awake at night - LOL.  Regards  Carl