oswestry ancestors

[pritchardgeo]

hello
looking for some help please. trying to trace down an ancestor.

i have a thomas pritchard son of thomas and mary baptised jan 13th 1781 married 1804 oswestry
gadget previously helped me with this.

i am now trying to track down his father and need a bit if guidance please.

i have a possible marriage for him in march 1774 to mary evans.
have no evidence he was born in oswestry.

but have two possibles.and looking for some guidance i assume gone for a soldier means he joined the army ? any help appreciated
Name:   Thomas Prichard
Residence Place:   Oswestry, Shropshire, England
Gender:   Male
Christening Date:   02 May 1756
Christening Date (Original):   2 May 1756
Christening Place:   St. Oswald, Oswestry, Shropshire, England
Father's Name:   Thomas Prichard

1756] Oswestry. 227
1756, May 2. Thomas, s. of Thomas Prichard of Measbury, pauppor, gone for a soldier, b. ... bap.

thank you

 

[Gadget]

Hi 

What is the source of the 1756 baptism? 


Gadget

Add - OK - found it!

[Gadget]

I think they're both the same person/baptism. Only one showing in the Oswestry records.

Gadget

[Gadget]

The register doesn't give the name of his mother. The entry just reads  .

..pauper gone for a soldier by...

Added -

b and bpt ye 2nd

[pritchardgeo]

oh thats o/k

have been on fin my past "just run out"

but have not been able to tie this ancestor down.

the source i found was http://www.melocki.org.uk/salop/OswestryVol3.html

it does all tie in wonder if birth cerificate fron the national library of wales would help.

p.s hope your keeping well gadget

thank you,brian

[Gadget]

There won't be a birth certificate. There were none until 1837. It will be a baptism record  from the parish records, which you have obviously seen on FindMyPast. 

It's the only one showing.


Gadget

[Gadget]

the source i found was http://www.melocki.org.uk/salop/OswestryVol3.html

The booklets, which these are copies of, were extracted from the parish records.  FindMyPast has the images of the original record.

Have you looked for an earlier Thomas Pri(t)chard, who could be the father, or early military records?


Gadget

[pritchardgeo]

hi gadget no i thought the father of thomas was born in ruabon and didnt find this record until later.

thanks for the info have found a lot of miltary records of other family branches.
intending to subscribe to ancestry for them soon. do you think will also have the copy of the birth record.
thank you.brian

[pritchardgeo]

also could be the first son ?

" Nov. 29. David, s. of Thos. Prichard of Willow St., & Mary, b. 22nd ... bap.