My 3rd great grandfather was Thomas Chasmer. My query is to find his DOB, place of birth or parents’ names.
He lived his adult life in the Bermondsey area. He married Ann Robertson, a widow born Willis, on 3dec1810 at St James, Paddington. Ann was born on 11feb1776 in Bermondsey.
Thomas died on 16oct1834 and was buried on 26oct1834 at St John Horsleydown Bermondsey. The death certificate gives his age as 55. So if this info is accurate he was born between 16oct1779 – 15oct1780.
Thomas and Ann had four children but none of their birth or marriage info gives any guide as to Thomas’s birth details including Sarah Ann’s which was registered at the Protestant Dissenters' Registry.
Thomas was convicted of larceny and amongst the court documents is one dated 5oct1821 which gives Thomas’s age as 41. If this is accurate then his birth dated was between 5oct1780 – 4oct1781.
So from the calculations from the death certificate and larceny document there is a DOB between 5oct1780 – 15oct1780.
There is little evidence of Chasmers in Bermondsey before the 19c.
However, there is a large group of families in and around the Benenden and Tenterden areas of Kent from the 1500s onwards. The name CHASMER is often recorder as CHASMAR and other variations.
There is a Thomas CHASMER the son of Thomas Chasmer and Ann Primer who was baptised on the 11may1781 in Benenden. I can find no other life information on this Thomas (his DOB, marriage, death etc). So he could have been born in the window of dates I have for the Thomas in Bermondsey. In both cases there is no mention of another Christian name.
Thomas of Kent has siblings but Catherine was the one born before him having been christened on 11feb1780. Catherine was buried on the 19feb1780 so it is possible that the birth was shortly before the christening. So this does not discount Thomas being born between 5oct1780 – 15oct1780 although the dates are tight.
So back to my query. Can anyone help finding info to link these two Thomases or to find birth information on the Thomas of Bermondsey.
