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Hi

One of my latest brick walls is Henry Burton.  All I have so far from the usual online resources and especially the Old Cleeve Parish Records is the following:

married Grace WATTS on 16 Nov 1761 at St. Andrews, Old Cleeve.

I believe Grace was born about 1733 in Nettlecombe to Thomas Watts and Mary Brownson (or Brownfern on some sites).

Their 3 kids that I have traced between 1762 and 1772 were born either Old Cleeve or Nettlecombe.

My brickwall is that Henry does not appear in any of the parish records for those two villages or any of the other surrounding villages as far as I can tell.

Can anyone help with some possible candidates?

Thanks in advance.

Frank

Thanks for the info.

It's been a while since I did the original research via Scotland's People. Since moving overseas my subsription has lapsed so now relying on the various free resources available online and the almost exhausted credits I have with GenesReunited.

From what I can see, Euphemia is the sister of my GGF. I did some quick cross checking online last night via Freecen and I am as sure as I can be without seeing paper evidence that it's the same family. Thinking about the Jane Hamilton Howat b1840 and David Howat also born 1840, could they have been twins with the former perhaps not surviving?  As mother Helen doesn't appear in the 1851 census there is a suggestion she died in the period between their birth and 1851.

I know father, John was alive in 1851 as we established he was with his sister and his 3 youngest children.

In the 1841 census, Euphemia is living with their mother Jane  SCT1841/646  folio 3 Pg41 with two other Howats, Marianne and Christina, 15 and 10 respectively and Jean Dunn aged 2. The latter child also appears with the family 10 years later in 1851. Jane doesn't so I have to assume died between the censuses.

Unfortunately, freecen doesn't include later scottish censuses so I'm not sure if I can get much further forward. Any help you can give or pointers in direction would help a lot.

Again Thanks in advance.

Hi
Not really got much further.  The info I have is as follows:

James Lawther bc1790 married Helen McAra (bc1789) on 27/12/1811

They had 10 children (that I know of):

John    b1812  (died as an infant same year)
James  b1814 *
Janet Isabella  b1816
William        b1818
Alexander   b1820
Christian     b1822
George       b1825
William        b1827
Helen         b1830
Robert       b1832


*James married a Mary Gillespie on 16/6/1840 - produced 2 sons, both called James. Last was born on 3/12/1848 and Mary died on 5/12/1848.

James then married Jane Hamilton Howatt 0n 30/12/1849 - produced 5 children. Jane died in 1870.

I have no details of any other marriages for James and Helen's children.

What info do you have?

Regards
Frank

Hi

Just to confirm that the two later marriages are both my Grandmother - her maiden name was Humble Hansell Young but she had been married before to a John Black, I think around 1914. They had one child that I am aware of, a daughter, Joanne born 1915/16.

I believe John Black was killed during WW1 around 1918; still to prove that for certain as it was a common name and there are many possibilities listed on the CWGC site but it seems likely as my Grandmother is shown on her marriage certifcate to my GF as being a widow at that time, 1921.

regards
Frank