henry philips

[angel7025]

henry philips he was a 25th of foot soldier married married margaret bookless.  can anyone help whether he was english or scottish,  marriage cert does not say of this parish,  margaret is of the parish of SPOTT

[Forfarian]

A date would be helpful.

[tidybooks]

Hi Angel7025,

The 25th Regiment of Foot was an earlier name of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, they were barracked in Berwick Upon Tweed. So he could have been Scottish or English, Old Parish Records were not too informative.. I noticed their marriage was 24th December, 1781.

Tom Buchanan

[angel7025]

marriage 1781 SPOTT   

[angel7025]

thanks everyone  i think its going to be a very hard problem  ive got information going forward, but just cant get back from the marriage

[Forfarian]

Have you got his military service record? That might say where he was born.

[angel7025]

ive got nothing, except his marriage record which states his regiment.  family and marriage in haddington area,  and thats all i can find on him,,

his son    Henry Phillips
Sex:   Male
Wife:   Agnes Fleeming

Name:   
Henry Phillips
Event Type:   
Burial
Event Date:   
21 Nov 1850
Event Place:   
Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original):   
Nunhead, Surrey, England
Address:   
Licensed Victuallers Asylum
Sex:   
Male
Age:   
68
Birth Year (Estimated):   
1782
Cemetery:   
Nunhead Cemetery Of All Saints In The Parish Of Saint Giles', Camberwell

[angel7025]

First name(s) Henry
Parish Haddington
Last name Philips
County Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)
Relationship Head
Country Scotland
Marital status Widower
Registration district Haddington
Sex Male
Sub district -
Age 89
Enumeration district 15
Age as transcribed 89
Family member last name Philips
Birth year 1772
Family member first name(s) Christian
Birth town Spott
Archive reference -
Birth town as transcribed SPOTT
Piece number -
Birth county Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)
Folio -
Birth county as transcribed HADDINGTONSHIRE (EAST LOTHIAN)
Page -
Birth place other Scotland
Schedule 13
Occupation Labourer agricultural
Record set 1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Full address Ugston Rigg, Haddington, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland
Category Census, land & surveys
House name Ugston Rigg
Subcategory Census
Street -
Collections from Great Britain, Scotland

[Forfarian]

Those have to be two different Henry Phil(l)ip(s).

If he was married in 1781, he must have been born much earlier than 1772. He wouldn't even have been able to join the army at the age of 9.

And if he was buried in 1850 he can't be the one in the 1861 census.

What were the names of his children, in order of birth? Have you found him in the 1841 census?

BTW the Christian in the 1861 census was Henry's daughter, aged 44. Whatever transcription you got that from evidently failed to include all the information in the original document.

Don't confuse the parish/town of Haddington with the county of Haddington aka Haddingtonshire aka East Lothian. Spott is a parish in the county of East Lothian. See https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ELN