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For completeness, the burial of Mary Walton at St. Andrew, 31 October 1848.
Abode Todds Nook
Age 70 yrs
BT here
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XX8Y-ZY

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Thanks for the Mary (Clazey) Walton Death Notice and the descendant count is something to think about! Husband Sergeant Joseph Walton d.1829  has a plain died at the barracks notice in the Courant and Courier.
The early part of this thread mentioned John Walton. Joseph's, possible, son John was a witness at Robert Walton's wedding Gosforth, 1823 i.e. Joseph and John were witnesses and I had John pencilled in as probable son/possibly uncle.

Durham Diocese, Bishop's Transcripts, 1639-1919
Looking for an Elizabeth Walton birth the LDS record throws a spanner in the works:
Register Newcastle upon Tyne St Andrew, Elizabeth Walton b.14 Sep 1811 & bap. 13 Oct 1811 but father John Walton, Allostock, Cheshire with mother Mary dau. of John Clazy, illegible 'Ayton', Berwickshire. John is not abbreviated. It is a transcript so could John be Joseph... or is this really John??

Your fresh thoughts and comments have been very helpful. Please keep them coming.

Well it may just be a coincidence of names, dates and places, it remains to be seen.
I haven't so far found a marriage for Levi and Elizabeth Blanchard, but perhaps that's not so unusual back then with army couples. Or maybe they weren't married?
If Levi died or disappeared Elizabeth may have hooked up with one of your Walton family, or, yes, she may have been a Walton herself.
If Mary Ann didn't name a father on her marriage certificate it does make me doubt that there ever was a Levi Walton. But Levi seems an odd choice of name just to pull out of nowhere and put on Elizabeth's death registration?

Levi Blanchard b. 18 Nov 1798 in Wiltshire? Nothing that looks linked in either Census 1841 or 1851.
As you can see it is Levi Walton, a mystery man.

Quote from: dhwalt on Tuesday 29 April 25 08:34 BST (UK)

Elizabeth Walton's daughter Mary Ann Walton b. 1828, Leeds (Possibly Leeds Barracks?) - married Walter Sicklemore in 1851 at Tuthill Stairs Chapel, Newcastle but father's name missing from certificate.

Wow, a Sicklemore! Don't often get one of those on here.
Do you have them in 1861?
In 1871 they have a Joseph John Walton, 20, with them
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZLG-MHG

So the only tangible sign of Levi Walton is him being on named on Elizabeth's death certificate as her husband?

Levi only appears on the death certificate. A mystery man who could be a son/nephew... I have trawled military records and births/deaths/marriages but found nothing. It could be that Levi Walton was from an unrelated Walton line? In the absence of source documents anything is possible.

There are paper trails for Walter Sicklemore, Mary Ann Walton and Joseph John Walton. I even have a photograph of the Sicklemore residence in Leeds (etched glass panel over the front door - Sicklemore).

Joseph John Walton was Mary Ann Walton Sicklemore's nephew, presuming Levi was Sergeant Joseph's son i.e. Sergeant Joseph Walton > Thomas Walton > Joseph John Walton. Walter Sicklemore was a hardware travelling salesman and even visited my branch of the family in Blackhill, Co. Durham (Walter+Mary Ann staying in a pub for the 1861 Census - Robert Walton+Mary+Family within walking distance). Robert (born Brighton Barracks) was another of Sergeant Joseph's sons.
The Sicklemores came from London, my note:
Parents' marriage Robert Sicklemore + Maria Roles on 21 Jun 1821 at Hanover Square Westminster in London, England. Death Robert Sicklemore on 6 Jan 1855 in Bow, Middlesex, England. Marriage Q4 1885 Leeds 9b 813, RB/88/17, Walter Sicklemore + Ann Pearce.
These were Walter's parents and following the death of Mary Ann Walton Sicklemore he married Annie Pearce of Thame, Oxfordshire. Walter appears in the Census 1841 thr' to 1891 and dies 13 Mar 1898 in Leeds.
Walter Sicklemore
1841 - Gateshead
1851 - Westgate, Newcastle upon Tyne
1861 - visiting Blackhill, Consett, Co. Durham
1871 - Mickelgate, York (a centre for cabinet making i.e. Joseph John Walton was a planemaker and William was selling related hardware)
1881 - Potternewton, Leeds
1891 - Leeds

All the above were well travelled!

David

Robert's baptism in Brighton in 1801 is also free to view
Squeezed in right at the bottom of the left hand page.
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=TNA%2FRG4%2F3423%2F0%2F0078&parentid=TNA%2FRG4%2FBAP%2F1127420

I had this from the days when you visited local history centres! Sergeant Joseph Walton, probably, had at least 8 children that I know of, mostly found by searching for births in towns with army barracks. Daughter Margaret Walton - Woolwich birth with baptism entry. Daughter Hannah Walton - Colchester with baptism entry etc. The family were non conformist and the baptisms were in Scots Presbyterian, Independent Chapels etc.
Now... does anyone have a record for mystery man, Joseph's probable son, Levi Walton??