Hill family of Cheddar

[Lafrowda]

I have a 20 year old brick wall.  My 2xG.Grandfather gave his birthplace as Cheddar on the 1851 census in St Just, Cornwall.  His name was Daniel HILL but he sometimes used Thomas HILL. Sometime after 1854 he simply vanished from his home & family.  I am interested in a Thomas HILL who was Christened at Cheddar St Andrew in 1807, born too Walter & Olive HILL nee FOORD. Is this HILL in someones tree and did he leave the area and marry my 2x G.Grandmother in 1838?

[CaroleW]

Hi

Have you not bought a copy of the 1838 marriage cert to see who he names as his father?  Without that information it would be difficult to determine any baptismal entry

ps - I love your dog - he's gorgeous

[CaroleW]

The marriage is transcribed on FreeReg and his father was also Daniel Hill occ mason

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01jdg/

[Lafrowda]

Thank you CaroleW.   Yes, I have the wedding cert. and he does give his fathers name as Daniel, he married as Daniel, and was Daniel on the 1841 census. On the 1851 census he was Thomas.  When his first child Elizabeth was born in 1838 he was Daniel on the birth cert and Thomas at the Church christening. Mary, his wife, called herself widow of Thomas in her old age.
I was told that Somerset naming patterns often meant that men changed their names when a son was given the same name. I have no proof of the Walter connection, it was a long shot.

[trish1120]

1861 Census
Cheddar, Somerset
Thomas Hill, 53, Head, Mar, born Cheddar (c 1808)
Anna Hill, 52
Thomas Hill, 27
George Hill, 23
Eliza Hill, 19
Sarah A Hill, 12
Jane Davis, 15
James Coles, 14

Marriage FreeREG 11 Sept 1832, Thomas HILL to Ann BROOKS

1851
Thomas Hill, 44, Farmer
Ann Hill, 40
Thomas Hill, 17
George Hill, 13
Eliza Hill, 8
Sarah Ann Hill, 2
William Stock, 22

Baptism of Son George 5 June 1837 Cheddar to Thomas/Anne, Fathers Occp Farmer
+ Thomas 4 Aug 1833 same details.

So think you can rule that Thomas out.

[Lafrowda]

Thank you Trish.