I see most of this on Reply #31, sorry to duplicate, so have edited.
You have listed the LDS entries for children born/baptised in greater London 1785-1825 with parents Walter and Margaret NEARY.
It is possible that these children are all from the same parent couple. Margaret's childbearing seems to begin in 1794 when she may have been only 20 so to be still having children at abt 43 is possible. There are certainly some repeated names but it was not unusual if a child died for the name to be used again. Perhaps they moved from Spitalfields to Blackfriars between 1801 and 1804.
If you look again at the Old Bailey records of Walter NEARY's conviction of 24 October 1824, his address, according to what he told a witness is Grub St which is the address given for the baptism of Thomas in 1817.
Good spot with the Grub Street! They do look like the same family now. I suppose the earlier child named Walter James Neary could have died and I can't find his death - hence why there was a 2nd Walter James Neary, but........I still have a problem with my Margaret and the 2nd child named Margaret. The dates would add up for all the other NEARY children, but not the 2 Margarets'.
//MY MARGARET FROM MY TREE//
Child 3. Margaret Neary born 24 Feb 1799.
Baptised Christ Church Spitalfields, Stepney, London 17 March 1799.
Baptism records state Address Grey Eagle Street.
Father’s occupation: Labourer.
Parents listed as Walter Neary and Margaret.
Child 8. Margaret Neary
Baptised St Ann Blackfriars on 11 December 1814
Baptism records state:-Address - Jacksons Court
Father – Porter
The first of these has to be my Margaret NEARY because of the date of birth of her son. Pallot's Marriage Index showing Samual FAIRFOOT married Margaret NEARY 8 October 1815 (handwritten entry clearly showing the surname NEARY). Their first child was Samuel FAIRFOOT (junior) born 10 August 1816 and died age 4. Margaret NEARY had another 8 children after that, so would still have been alive when the 2nd Margaret NEARY was born.
The St Ann records for the baptism of the second Margaret, doesn't have a date of birth as they just wrote on a blank page then and the details were very basic (until their new book had columns to fill in). Would my Margaret Neary have been baptised twice? Or would Walter and Margaret have decided to name another child Margaret, even though they already had a living daughter called Margaret? They seemed to like naming their children after themselves.
Thanks for all the help everyone, you've been brilliant.
Karen
