Dear Rootschatters
I have already had some 'chatting' about the Titus family last year - namely John Titus and Dorcas' daughter Ann Titus (my great great great grandmother) but I have found out a bit more about John above - my GGGG grandfather who was born in Maidstone Kent in 1753 and apprenticed to a dyer in the City of London, Rachael Wilkins, in 1768. He operated as a dyer in Northampton Street area of Clerkenwell from about 1776 - 1800. He died in 1820 and is buried in Bunhill Fields Burial Ground aged 67 (much of this information is from Rootschatters so many thanks!). His father seems to be a John Titus, Grocer from Maidstone Kent (1727-1795). John Titus the dyer married Dorcas Redpath on 29th April 1781, St Mary the Virgin, Albermanbury, London. Presumably John was now firmly established in the City of London as a dyer after his apprenticeship. They seemed to have three children only: Sarah (1786), Ann (my direct ancestor in 1791) and John in 1793. I can't find any more children, which means there was quite a gap between their marriage and firstborn - which is unusual.
I really just want to know if anyone is looking up the Titus family of Maidstone and/ or has any more information on Dorcas Redpath. She has got a really unusual name but I can't find anything about her ancestry before her marriage to John Titus in London.
So, if anyone has an interest in this subject, or information which may flesh the information I have got out a bit, please post a reply.
Many thanks.
Descendant of Murby
