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Hello!  I have no information on James, other than his birthyear, 1824, as the sixth child of Thomas and Harriet.  If you've read my previous posts, you'll see I am descended from James' youngest sibling, Mark.  I would love to add James' life to my database.  I am slowly building up a narrative on Thomas and Harriet's life, and then will move onto their children. 

I have a lot of detail on family which is centred on dates and places, but my interest now is on "putting flesh on the bones".  Any information on James and his descendants would be greatly appreciated.  I am willing to share my information, too.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Jenni

Hi Simone.  Yes I'm on the same track as you!  I have the DAVYs back to Robert DAVY b.1657 in Topsham, who married a Rachel b. 1661 (marriage date unknown at this point).  They had a son, Robert (christened 5/4/1683) who married Elizabeth WARE (christened 9/5/1677) in Heavitree, Devon on 23/1/1706.  I know of two sons, Robert & William.  William (christened 30/4/1710) married Agnes TAYLOR (born abt. 1714) in Exeter, St. Leonard on 12/8/1733.  They had a daughter named Elizabeth (b.1733), a son named William (b. 1739) and a son named Robert (christened 4/12/1741) who married Alice MILTON (1743-1805) in Topsham on 11/12/1768.

Which brings us down to the point you have reached!  Robert and Alice had two sons I know of; John (born 1769) who married Agnes LANGWORTHY in Heavitree, Devon on 23/3/1791 and had six children; and our Thomas (1773-1850)

The Davis family have kindly shared information with me on the many lines of the family descended from Thomas and Harriet TYLER.  My line is that of their youngest son, Mark.  Which branch are you on?

Hope this has been of help.  Feel free to contact me again.

Cheers, Jenni                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Thanks Ruskie & Prue.  It appears that some entries on this page do have parent's surnames for females.  Why else would there be that squiggle before 'both dead'?  I have spent 2 years trying to find George & Alice HALL in Mauritius or anywhere!  I cannot find a marriage for Eleanor (known also as Ellen) to anyone in the UK.  Her son Albert, who travelled with her to Aust, was christened in Gloucester in 1837 as Albert HALL.  His son named his grandmother as Ellen Hall, grandfather 'unknown' on Albert's DC.  This is such a brick wall!  I go away and try to come back with fresh thoughts.

Thanks for the 'wise' suggestion.  It looked like the second letter was an 'i' because of the position of the dot, and maybe an 's' in there.

Thanks again, I appreciate your looking into it.  I'm always amazed at the friendly helpful people I meet in the genealogy community.

I would appreciate any help in confirming details on my ancestor Thomas DAVY/DAVEY.  I have been given information that he was born in Topsham, Devonshire in 1773, to Robert DAVEY and Alice.  Thomas was transported to NSW in 1803 "for the term of his natural life".  I have confirmed information on his life in NSW - name change to DAVIS, marriage, children etc.  I would like to trace his family back further in England.  Thanks in anticipation.

Jen

Thanks Jeannie.

I've bought some credits on findmypast and trawled the Army Chaplains Birth Indices.  I found the entry you mentioned ... to my eyes it looks like 1826!  Could it be my Ellen? She would have been 11 yrs old when Albert was born!!   Where can one look up the folio?

To Suffolk Sue - I have been successful (I think) in posting a thread in the Mauritius section of rootsweb.  Fingers crossed.

Cheers,
Jen