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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Somerset => England => Somerset Lookup Requests => Topic started by: emm1473 on Tuesday 11 September 12 18:57 BST (UK)
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I am trying to find the parents of Moses Heal born ca 1798 in Camerton to trace the Heal family line further back. I have Moses on the 1841, 51, 61 and 71 census and he died in 1879. It appears Moses had 3 wives although I cannot confirm the first but the parish records state he was a widower when he married for the 2nd time. He had 3 children by his 2nd wife Sarah Errey (William, Joseph and Frederick) and his 3rd wife was Esther Buck.
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This looks the most likely candidate
http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/SearchResults.pl?RecordType=Baptisms&RecordID=2005260
but there's also this one in 1791
http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/SearchResults.pl?RecordType=Baptisms&RecordID=2005151
This could be Moses' first marriage
http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/SearchResults.pl?RecordType=Marriages&RecordID=1872798
A Moses and Mary Heal baptised children at Camerton between 1819 and 1825 and a Mary Heale was buried in 1828. He was a plasterer, as was your Moses, so thee's a good chance they're the same person.
David
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Brilliant - thanks David - I had found a marriage to Mary Green in 1819 but I couldn't find a death for Mary Heal :)
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Moses' third marriage confirms his father was also Moses
http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/SearchResults.pl?RecordType=Marriages&RecordID=621057
David
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Thanks David - you really have been a great help