Just seen this thread ..
I'm descended from William Liddell (1802-54), who emigrated to Madras in 1833 in the "Wellington" captained by his older brother James.
I append a note giving the 10 children and 39 grandchildren of James Liddell (ca. 1764/5 - 1839) and Mary Martyn (1770-1845).
[Mary also came from a huge family - her children were among about 160 fourth generation descendants of Thomas Martyn & Gertrude Turnavine who married in 1696 in St Columb Minor - see Martyn tree thread on this site.]
I also have details on most of the next couple of generations, including where they were at the 1841-1901 censuses, and extensive notes on some of the more interesting ones, including the second son James (1798-1889) [His naval career, 1812-25, merchant navy career 1825 - ca. 1845, etc etc - some of his ship logs survive, and I've asked if I can see at least a sample ...].
One easy aspect of research is that virtually all mentions of Liddell in Cornwall up to 1901 refer to this family.
The difficult aspect is where the first James Liddell came from, so I'll be very interested if any of you come up with anything concrete, in Lancashire or elsewhere. [Another possibility is central Scotland, where there are several Liddells related to papermaking or bookselling, but I've found nothing definite so far.]
The earliest claim for him in Cornwall is in Allnutt (1901), `Notes on the introduction of printing presses into the smaller ..'
1787 list starts with:
BODMIN. James Liddell [His son, Capt. James Liddell]
- presumably meaning the latter (1798-1889) was his source.
More reliable are adverts from 1790 onwards showing he was active as a bookseller in Bodmin. He was elected a town councillor in 1805.
Look forward to hearing any more you can provide.
Best wishes
Denis
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Here follow JL & MM and their children and grandchildren.
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You can also find them as part of my family tree on
http://www.mollison.org/tree/fam/Liddell.html---
James Liddell
Printer, stationer and seedsman, Bodmin, from ca. 1790
b. ca. 1765, , parents ? (age at death given in newspaper as 74)
d. 13 Jul 1839 Bodmin
m. 31 Mar 1793 St Columb Minor, Mary Martyn (16 Apr 1770 - 21 Jun 1845)
children:
Margaret Martyn Liddell (4 May 1794 - 18 Dec 1875)
John Liddell (20 Mar 1796 - 5 Apr 1861)
James Liddell (ca. 1798 - 15 Aug 1889)
Silas Hiscutt Liddell (6 Jan 1800 - 16 Apr 1872)
William Liddell (24 Mar 1802 - 22 June 1854)
Thomas Liddell (10 Jan 1804 - 22 Mar 1885)
Elias Hiscutt Liddell (27 Jan 1807 - Jul 1863)
Henry Liddell (8 Apr 1808 - 15 Apr 1884)
Mary Liddell (24 May 1810 - ca. Nov 1870)
Gertrude Liddell (28 Jan 1813 - )
- message too long, will post grandchildren next -