Looking for Thomas Bodsworth & family

[seahall]

Here is the Australian one.

Sandy

[Barnes75]

Hi Sandy

Not quiet sure.

Think it was when i was looking for parents and sibliings of Richard's.  On the IGI record it records his parents as James Botsworth and Ann.  I just took it that Ann maiden name was Page from the information you provide yesterday think this is right.  Its James Bodsworths b1769 parents i think i got lost with I've got them recorded down as John Bodsworth & Rebecca Grazely.  Just got to check from here backwards.

Sarah

[Barnes75]

Hi Sandy

I don't think the signatures look the same.  But can't seem to open the second one up to see for sure.

Sarah

[Karatemarty]

Hi Sandy,

 They don't look the same to me. The letters are spaced differently, although if you ever get the exact same signature for a person then its probably a copy as professionals (banks etc) say that signatures should vary even if written on the same day.
One looks more like he just wrote his name rather than signed it? This could explain the difference.

Marty

[seahall]

Hi Marty

Agree about the bank etc.

My own signature has changed dramatically over the years.

If we could find Thomas arriving in Australia with his age noted or
wife it would help enormously.

It did say his father Richard was a Turnpike Keeper (lives in a Toll House)
on his marriage certificate so lets hope it is him.

Sandy

[tropicalj]

Hello  Sandy
no doubt this is a dumb question  but  with the signatures  does  the writing match the rest of  the signatures.

I  have  noticed on  some of  the  Australian  certificates  the  minister seems  to  have written  out  the whole cetrificate and  there might be and X  cause  the folk  could not read or write  but  he  wrote for them?

Jenn

[Penholder]

Hi everyone

I don't think the signatures look at all the same either!   Does that mean we're back to square one?   

Diana

[seahall]

HI Jenn and Diana

Jenn here are the 2 certificates with vicars writing and Thomas's signatures.
The other thing is Richard the father was noted as a Labourer in 1839 yet a toll gate keeper in 1841.

Did you not have to purchase the right to collect Tolls if so could a Labourer have done so.?

Sandy

[bedfordshire boy]

I don't think they are signatures of Thomas and Ellen on the 1852 marriage cert.
They look the same as the two names in the Name and Surname box,
so were probably written by a third party, possibly the officiating
clergyman.

He also described Ellen incorrectly as Ellen Abigail Dorothy, rather than
Doherty, although the "signature" which looks to be identical,
does have Doherty

David