I have been hunting for years for the birthplace and parentage of my 4x great grandfather. His name was JOHN HORNBLOW and he is supposed to have been born in Halstead in 1743 but there is no sign of him - and I paid SEAX some years ago and recently trawled through the parish register on-line and cannot find a trace of him or any HORNBLOW family anywhere in Essex.
His orbituary says John's family were of the 'established Church' so I presume Anglican, and sent him to London as an apprentice - he became the Baptist Minister in Braintree from 1779 until his death in 1816 . I have found five of his children and know what happened to his widow and his daughter Sarah who became Mrs George Moore...
There seems to be a connection between him and a gentleman name Ebenezer Hornblow, in London but anable to establish what the connection was, this gent witnessed a family marriage in Debtford in 1816....
BUT! But! BUT I would really like to find the origin of Reverend John.
Have you any Hornblows in your records for Essex?
Have you any ideas where else I might look.
