I've placed a similar post on the Shropshire board as Joseph seems to have left his county of birth at the beginning of the 19th century. He probably moved to follow his brother Benjamin, who lived through until 1820 in the Bilston/Wolverhampton area. While I can find information on Benjamin (e.g. 1803 marriage St Peter's Wolverhampton) Joseph is proving elusive.
Joseph Deakin, baptised Little Wenlock 21/01/1783 (and so possibly born December 1782), is my great (x3) great-uncle. He was a son of Samuel and Hannah Deakin. It's possible he married Jane Rushton, 09/12/1811, at Wolverhampton St Peter's. More curiously, there's a family story that he was a champion race walker.
Does anyone have any insights on this Joseph? I cannot find any other material, as a groom, as a parent of a child presented for baptism, father of the groom or bride, or in the 1841 Census or 1851 Census (he's not the man in Wellington). He is not the shoemaker/cordwainer who married Sophia Walker in Wellington in 1805. He would more likely have been a coalminer.
This is all a bit of a longshot, but thanks for checking this out.
BB
