James Brown 1776

[ABrute]

Can anyone link:

James Brown born 30 Apr 1776 Of St Michael, Bishopwearmouth, Durham, England.
Christened same date at Holy Trinity, Sunderland, Durham, England.
Married to Mary Robinson 12th May 1801.

To his parents.. guessing Thomas Brown & Rebecca or possibly how best to find the answer.

Thank you for any assistance

[2zpool]

I am not sure of what you are looking for.  There is a baptism of James Brown 30 Apr 1776 s/o Thomas and Rebecca Brown.  I am not sure how you know his birth date as the same date as baptism.  It does not say that in the record.

James Brown and Mary Robinson named the first male child Thomas which was the custom of the day.  Both were of this parish according to baptisms of their children.  James was a pilot.

Janis

[ABrute]

Trouble is James is a family name that was used widely as the family grew also Burton was used extensively as well, which is an enigma where it came from. Thomas becomes an unusual link that only was used in those 3 generations and James & Burton were then used for younger children. So the first born principle may be exactly correct.

I would like to be certain I have the right James Brown as the Browns were all Pilots/Barge Watermen right up to my Grandfather and then Thomas feels like a sudden appearance.

Where did you find the information? I am not an ancestry subscriber as I drift in and out of my searching, not constantly.

I would like to ascertain Rebecca's last name though.

Many thanks for your information.

[2zpool]

Also in Sunderland was a Thomas and Elizabeth Brown having children.  James baptised in 1781 and they also had a Burton baptised in 1788.  Since the name Burton and James seem to run in the family perhaps this one is the better choice than Thomas and Rebecca.

Maybe someone's maiden name was Burton?  I had to go back to grandmother's maiden name on the mother's side to find where the middle name Watson came into my family.

I have a Herbert  Maxwell Wood transcript for Sunderland.

There is always the chance that either Thomas or Elizabeth may have died sometime 1798-1812 or any of their children and might give more information.  Unfortunately it is a common name for the area.  The Bishop's transcripts for Sunderland are on line and you can view them at:  http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html?datestamp=1199543524890#start

Janis

[ABrute]

What a great reply.

I did not explain myself well at the beginning of this thread but you have given me a brilliant "Kick Start" reply exactly what I was hoping for.

Many Many Thanks

Alan

[2zpool]

Good luck and if you get stumped maybe someone can help.

Janis