The Cullis family don't appear in my tree until the 1760s when Sarah Cullis married Adam Williams at Bremhill. There are certain families in my tree who interest me more than others and the Cullis' are an interesting bunch (to me anyway
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I've managed to trace Sarah's line back to her grandfather Walter Cullis of Calne. He married Mary Browne (b.1679) on 19 June 1706 at Devizes and I believe he was the same Walter Cullis who was buried at Calne on 4 January 1737. There is no record (so far) of Walter's baptism in the Calne parish registers, I've browsed the original images from 1674 to 1690 and there's no trace.
I suspect he may have been the son of either Richard, John or Thomas Cullis who married the following women:
Thomas m. Mary Barnes 1655 at Calne
Richard m. Elizabeth Ball at Calne on 29 June 1664
John Cullis m. Magdalene Audry? in June 1684 at Calne
I've also found a list of Wiltshire soldiers wounded in the English Civil War from GenFair that reads: "Richard Cullis of Studley, Calne, served under Lord General Ruthen in company of Captain Roger Banninge. Lost both of his eyes with a shot. 40s per year plus 10s".
I'm leaning towards either Thomas or John as Walter's father as he had sons by those names. Any suggestions about where to look next?