« Reply #9 on: Monday 27 February 17 09:24 GMT (UK) »
Hi Heather
The plot thickens!
As far as I can see James Hotton and Elizabeth Kent also had the following children:
Desepha Oct - Dec 1850
Grace Jane Apr- Jun 1852
Olivia Jul- Sep 1854
James Apr - Jul 1856
There is a baptism for Desepha Haughton parents James Haughton and Elizabeth St Dennis 13 Oct 1850 while Grace,Olivia and James (as James Rasley) seem to have been baptised onthe same day 5 Sep 1858 but parents surname given as Hotton.
The 1861 census has the following - address Mount Charles
James Hotton 52 Labourer b St Austell
Elizabeth wife 44 b St Dennis
Grace 8
Olivia 6
James 4
They seem to be down as surname Haughton in the 1871 census and Houghton in 1881. Unfortunately I cannot see them at all in the 1851 census - it might be worth browsing the 1851 census pages for Charlestown to see if you can find them. ( Desepha seems to reappear in Yorkshire under married names Osbourne and then Hart -her second marriage is in the Yorkshire parish records).
I also note that there is a baptism for Elizabeth Kent 19 May 1816 St Dennis with parents William and Grace.
The likely marriage of James Hotton and Elizabeth Kent is Jan- Mar 1845 St Austell. (An ancy.tree has Elizabeth's father as Richard Kent but there is no evidence that the marriage cert.has been obtained ). I think my next move would be to obtain the marriage cert for James Hotton and Elizabeth Kent - if I have understood it correctly the Gro pilot which is about to start would enable you to purchase it for £8. If the cert shows that Elizabeth's father was William Kent then my hypothesis would be that Elizabeth Ann was brought up by her grandparents - hence her having William as her father's name on her marriage cert.
William
Dent (Haltwhistle and Sacriston), Bell and Jetson (Haltwhistle), Postle, Ward, Longstaff, Purvis, Manners, Parnaby and Hardy (Co. Durham), Kennedy and McRobert (Banffshire), Reid(Bathgate), Watson (Wemyss), Graham (Libberton), Sandilands (Carmichael), Munro (Dingwall)
