Further to Capetown's information .... I have been following the Gloucestershire Prison Records. I decided to follow Samuel's brother's (John) trail. I have:
- John Parker (20 yrs) before the courts in 1816 (along with Samuel Parker age 25) for destroying game;
- again in 1817, only this time named John Parker Alias Evans from Bitton (along with Joseph Parker from Kingswood) for stealing (as discovered by Capetown);
- in 1818, aged 24, for disobeying Orders of Bastardy;
- 1820, for leaving the family chargeable (committed by Joseph Parker);
- in 1822, once more with an alias of Evans, for being idle and disorderly, and willfully neglecting his wife and two children;
- 1824, jumping bail for violently assaulting and abusing Ann Parker (a single woman);
and finally, in 1854, as a Kingswood resident, for neglecting to support his wife and 1 child.
The birth date given for John Parker for these prison sentences seem to be 1793, whereas I have found a birth record for a John Parker, (father Samuel, and mother Elizabeth) born in 1791, in Frampton-Cotterell (near Winterbourne) - I was hoping that this was Samuel (1796)'s brother. The spanner in this though, is that in the 1816 hearing, Samuel was aged 25, and John 20 years old. My birthdates for these two are the other way around ie John is the eldest brother.
Open to suggestions .... and thanks in advance.
