TILL....COLCHESTER

[EJS]

Anyone researching the surname TILL from Colchester around 1850?

I would welcome hearing from you....got a little mystery.

Al.

This post was a Long time ago but I have a much earlier Tills in My family tree from Colchester.

this is
Newton Tills he was Mayor Of Colchester in 1793 he was said to be a surgeon working in Colchester his son was John Newton Tills was born in Colchester. My Grandfathers  Notes state:

Studied for the Medical profession but did not complete his training as he could not stand the scenes of the operation theatre. He became a wine merchant in the city of London, but failed. He was afterwards Accountant in the Firm of Wyatt's Cement Manufacture. He Died of Cholera in 1833 after a few hours illness.

I don't have the name of his wife but he had a son John Tills a Wine Merchant of St John St London. who married Harriet Harris

I don't know if there is any connection.

Eddie

[Neko]

I no longer recall the mystery specifically, though working with the family may bring it back to mind. this is the family as I have it;

Catherine TILL
b. unknown
d. unknown
Sex: F
Marriage 1 Hezekiah Richards CROSS b: 1 Nov 1788 in St. Nicholas,Colchester,Essex,England
Married: 29 Dec 1811 in Saint Nicholas,Colchester,Essex,England
Children
 Alfred Till CROSS b: 27 Dec 1812 in Saint James,Colchester,Essex,England
 Mary Ann CROSS b: 13 Nov 1814 in Saint Botolph,Colchester,Essex,England
 Rebecca CROSS b: 16 Sep 1818 c: 11 Dec 1834 in Saint Nicholas,Colchester,Essex,England
 Edward CROSS b: 4 Dec 1829 c: 2 Nov 1834 in Saint Nicholas,Colchester,Essex,England
 Thomas CROSS c: 16 Nov 1834 in St. Mary Virgin,Colchester,Essex,England

Alfred m. Lavinia King, apparently without prodigy, the rest of the children I've never found marriages for.

Hezekiah had a Quaker birthright but Thomas is known to have been baptised in the CofE.
they could have had 2 Mary Ann's, but there's some question about that.

Newton is born at the right time to be Catherine's brother, but whether he is I've no idea.