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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Wiltshire => England => Wiltshire Lookup Requests => Topic started by: Valerie A Newman on Wednesday 07 March 18 23:53 GMT (UK)
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I am looking for the parents and birth of Thomas Light born between 1796 and 1805 at Fishton DelamereWiltshire. He was convicted of horse stealing and given a life sentence and transported to Australia.
Thank you
Val Newman
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Hi,
There is this one,
Baptism Place: Fisherton Delamere Wiltshire
Baptism: 2 Jun 1805
Born: 10 May 1805
Thos
son of John and Jean LIGHT
Regards,
Daisy
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Thank you Daisy for your time and great result.
Val Newman
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There seem to be 2 records for him in 1805,
one states his mother Jean and the other states his mother as Jane.
can any one find their marriage please
Val Newman
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Hi,
There are a few John LIGHT marriages to a Jane in the area about the right time, the closest to Fisherton Delamere that I can find is about 6 miles away,
Parish of Dinton
21st August 1797
John LIGHT of this parish
Jane BAILEY of the same
By Banns
Both marked X for there names.
Witnesses: John BAKER, John JESSE
John JESSE seems to have been a witness on a lot of these marriages so might not be a clue.
I don't know how you can be sure these are the right ones. Does it show his parents names on his death cert., assuming it is in Australia?
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hi There,
John Jesse may have been a clergyman or some other official in the church as it was usually the case when they witnessed a lot of marriages.
There is a family tree on familysearch.org but all of the other siblings are born in Fisherton Ayrshire and I was very suspicious of the record.
There is no mention of his parents on any of his convict records and I do not have a copy of his death certificate at present. I will check out any more siblings for John light and Jane Bailey.
Thank you for you time and effort.
Val Newman