Trying to find these Parents.

[Romilly]

Adgate and Mary Edmeads are my 3x Great Grandparents on my Maternal side.

Their daughter Charlotte Mary Edmeads married Charles Hamilton in Kent.

I’ve never been able to find his Parents.

Romilly.

[CaroleW]

I can't find him on any census so he must have died pre-1841.  No baptism on FS either

[Romilly]

This is the Marriage details:

Detail  Source
Name   Charles Hamilton
Gender   Male
Marriage Date   16 Feb 1831
Marriage Place   Frindsbury, Kent, England
Spouse   
Charlotte Mary Edmeads

I can’t find it at the moment, but if I remember correctly, Charlotte’s Father is a Coach Builder on the Marriage Record.

Romilly.

[CaroleW]

Not that it helps find him but - I have a feeling he originated from Kent.  Looking at post 1837 births on freebmd for surname Edmeade*s they are predominantly in Kent as are census entries

[Romilly]

There’s quite a few Edmeads on here:

http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIsNursted/MIsNursted.htm

I wonder if the Marriage was where Charlotte’s parents were living?

Romilly.

[CaroleW]

Baptism 1792 Christ Church Southwark

Mary Charlotte Edmeads - parents Adgate & Mary Edmeads. Adgate is shown as a coach maker

That would make her 39 when she married Hamilton in 1831 if it's the same Charlotte Mary  & not a child who later died

[Romilly]

I knew I’d seen Coach Builder somewhere!

Romilly.

[Romilly]

Baptism 1792 Christ Church Southwark
Mary Charlotte Admeads - parents Adgate & Mary Edmeads. Adgate is shown as a coach maker
That would make her 39 when she married in 1831 if it's the same one & not a child who later died

Yes, I was surprised to see that she must have been in her 40’s when Ellen Hamilton was born in 1845.
Charlotte and Ellen are in Greenwich on the 1851 Census. Charles Hamilton went blind and was admitted as a Greenwich Pensioner at the Naval Hospital.
Charlotte died in 1861.

Romilly.

[CaroleW]

So that puts Adgate's birth a lot earlier than 1780 & also casts doubt on the 1802 marriage unless it was a second marriage - in which case he couldn't have died in 1796 🤔🤔

I wonder if the 1796 death was a child