Matthew NORRIS christened Lyneham: 16 May 1780 (General)

by MPGriffiths , Sunday, May 07, 2017, 10:22 (2539 days ago) @ MPGriffiths

?? is the correct Matthew

I was trying to work out why some-one from Wiltshire, would marry a girl from Kent (which was a Military area)

National Archives (which can be downloaded from FindmyPast)

MATTHEW NORRIS, Born Lynhum Wiltshire
Served in Fife Fencibles; 50th Foot Regiment

Date: 1801-1818

Discharged aged 39 (Discharged in 1818) = born c1779 - which ties in with the baptism 1780

covering dates give year of enlistment to year of discharge.

Baptisms at Tidenham start not long afterwards i.e. 28 March 1819

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Margaret was probably from Chatham, Kent (not Macham) as per Census returns

** Chatham - Military Barracks etc

National Archives has other Wiltshire males in the same regiment - so must have been a drive to recruit in Wiltshire at that time.