James MEACHER, b abt 1775, ?Bishop's Waltham

[jayrite]

Please can anyone find any records of the birth, chr, or parents of the above? His age varies in censuses. He was b Bishop's Waltham acc. to the 1851 for Gomshall, Shere, Surrey, but I haven't been able to find him in BW. He travelled around Hants. a bit before settling in Shere, where he was a tanner. He's MACHER in the 1841 Gomshall census, and there are many other spelling vars. (METYER, METIER, METURE, ME(A)(T)CHER, etc.).
Many thanks.
Jay

[audrey]

Please can anyone find any records of the birth, chr, or parents of the above? His age varies in censuses. He was b Bishop's Waltham acc. to the 1851 for Gomshall, Shere, Surrey, but I haven't been able to find him in BW. He travelled around Hants. a bit before settling in Shere, where he was a tanner. He's MACHER in the 1841 Gomshall census, and there are many other spelling vars. (METYER, METIER, METURE, ME(A)(T)CHER, etc.).
Many thanks.
Jay

Jay
this is from the BVRI

James Meacher chris 12/7/1863 Romey Hamps

father Henry Meacher
mother Sarah

audrey

[jayrite]

Thanks for this, Audrey. A bit late for my James, though, and his family had left Hants. for good by 1841, his descendants ending up in Bermondsey, Surrey (London). There were METIERs, etc., in Hants. from 1500s- I just can't link my James to any of them!
All the best.
Jay