James Layton 1823- born in Pauntley / Pool Hill (General)

by faymaree, Sunday, December 03, 2006, 18:47 (6566 days ago)

I am still trying to determine the parents of my gg grandfather James Leighton (Layton). I know his fathers name was Thomas, but which Thomas? And who was his mother? I believe he was working as a farm labourer in Ledbury under the name Leyton in the 1841 census. He then moved to Dymock and married Eliza Harris, and was listed as Lyton in 1851, and Layghton in 1861. He moved to Cinderford prior to 1871, and died there in 1894.
It is possible he may be the son of Thomas Layton and Comfort Hiam, who were married in 1823 in St Nicholas, Gloucester in 1823, and lived in Pool Hill, but I have not been able to locate his baptism. I have tried Pauntley Parish records, and most other known channels, but wondered if anyone could think of anything a bit more obscure that I may not have thought of.