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Hi Jan
Your right with the tree,I missed a generation I think,try this
Thomas Batt b 1830 son of Benjamin Batt b 1807 married Charlotte Clemetina Burwash in 1853
Their children,there where seven one of whom was Thomas Benjamin [b]Batt[/b],think that's right now,.
As for the musical connection?all the Batt's on my side seem to be Artists and musically involved,I'm not proffessional in any of these but I sing to an audience of about 200 once a year for my supper and paint and do the odd Am' Dram's,my cousin Tommy lives in ditchling and is a very good painter indeed,(of world reputation for his minatures of old masters,and I have a brother in Ireland who even today (he's73)still sings and acts on stage,as yet there's no connection with the singers in kent.my TREE runs like this
Jim 1941(me),Charles 1907,George1873,William1840,Benjamin 1807.
Regards JimOh the witness at Benjamin and Catherines Marriage would have to be Catherines Mum,(Catherine Craven)

Hi just noticed your look up request,yes Benjamin Batt a Guilder/watchmaker Married Catherine Craven on the 28th day of August 1826 at st Leonards Shoreditch many of his children were christened there but not all.
Benjamin died a tragic death ,he was 'on holiday' in southend in July 1862 when a chance trip out to the Pier led him being tragically killed by being 'jammed between the railings of the pier and certain cars' the 'cars ' where probably horse driven and the pier was made of wood although one of the longest in the world.
Benjamins family from Batt family members say the Batt's come up from Somerset during the Industrial revolution.It gets abit tougher from now on,but keep digin' jim