Here's a tough one: I'm helping members of the extended GASSIOT family make sense of research done in 1980s and before. What can this mean -
John Peter Gassiot and "his much younger" brother Francis Joseph Gassiot first appear in Church of England records in 1816. At this time they were assigned as scribes in the Carshalton Barony, Borough of Surrey, City of London. Both men were unmarried at the time.
That is taken from notes left by a family member based in America, who served with the navy and did research while on postings. He has now died and the family only have access to a summary note from 1984. The geography has clearly got jumbled, but it must be based on something seen, perhaps secondary. But what?? Much of his other research stacks up, even if he made mistakes (don't we all!) or misunderstood some things.
Incidentally I've dated John Peter as aged 18 in 1816 and he dated Francis as aged 7 - rather young to be a "scribe". (I'm still looking for a birth record for him - to complicate things, the family is French / Spanish origin and John Peter was baptised as a catholic)
Any and all insights much appreciated....
