Phillip PARKER of Tidenham

Under the heading

Calender of Bristol Apprentice Book 1532-1565 University of Bristol ***

and on Page Headed no. 79 (few pages back gives year 1548)

June 25

Philip s of Philip PARKER of Tidenham Glos. Labourer to Walter DAVIS, Glover & Agnes wf for 7 years App to have at end 33/4 f 4/6 etc.

*** This book is for sale on ebay for £10

Ancestry

Baptism at Tidenham: 11 November 1711

Phillip PARKER - father PHILLIP

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Burial at Tidenham: 21 December 1744 : Alle PARKER wife of Phillip

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(There is this tree on Ancestry showing)

Rachel PARKER birth 1755 : Tidenham death 1796 Lydney, Gloucestershire

parents: Phillip PARKER 1711-1790 - Tidenham - and (Mary RICHARDS - 1796 Lydney) (?? 2nd marriage for Phillip) 3 November 1749

Rachel gave birth to a Son: John Hoskins PARKER - 1781-1832 in Lydney

and a Parker tree on Ancestry which gives the burial of Phillip PARKER 14 May 1754 : Tidenham

PARKER

Jane - 80 Ind - all born in County
Richard - 40 - Shoemaker (born 1800)
Rebecca - 40 - Ind - born 1798
James - 30 - Shoemaker

1861 Census, Tidenham

Richard PARKER - 60 - Shoemaker - born Tidenham
Rebecca PARKER - 63 - Housekeeper, sister - born Tidenham

Baptisms at Tidenham: Parents: James & Jane PARKER

Maria : 1791
Philip : 1793
Harriott : 1795
Rebecca : 1798
Richard : 1800
Jane : 1803
James : 1805
John : 1809

Burial at Tidenham :

James PARKER : 13 September 1834 aged 72 (=C1762)

An.... (Philip PARKER married Alis JAMES - 17 May 1733 Tidenham)

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A..... and looking for family names

Baptisms at Tidenham

(full list on Forest of Dean records)

Father: PHILIP PARKER

James : 17 October 1762

and siblings (note family names)

Phillip : 5 January 1752
Jane : 14 April 1754
Rachel : 19 October 1755-1756
Margerey : 2 July 1758
John : 18 November 1759-1760

Richard Clark
Chesterfield, Virginia
raclark02@verizon.net

The Fiftieth Regiment of Foot

Wherof General Sir James DUFF Kt is Colonel

THESE ARE TO CERTIFY

THAT Private Matw NORRIS born in the Parish of Lynhum in or near the town of Chippenham in the County of Wiltshire was enlisted of the aforesaid Regiment at Kilkenny in the County of Kilkenny on the third day of April 1803 at the age of twenty three years for unde??????? Service.
That he hath served in the army for the space of seventeen Years and 202 Days after the Age of Eighteen according to the subjoined

STATEMENT OF SERVICE

Fencible Fusiliers, 3 April 1801 – 2 April 1803, Private, 2 years
50th Foot, 3 April 1803 – 21st October 1818, Private, 15 years 202 days

That in consequence of epilepsy

HE IS HEREBY DISCHARGED

That he is not to my knowledge, incapacitated by the Sentence of a General Court Martial from receiving Pension

That his General Conduct as a Soldier had been good.

Signed by Matthew NORRIS [in a confident hand] to confirm he has received all pay and arrears due.

To prevent any improper use being made of this discharge , by its falling into other Hands, the following is a description of the said Matthew NORRIS. He is about thirty nine Years of Age, is Five Feet six Inches in height, Brown hair, Grey eyes, Fair Complexion and by Trade or Occupation a Labourer.

Ireland, Royal Hospital Kilmainham Pensioner Discharge Documents

Name: Mathw Norris
Discharge Age: 39
Birth Date: abt 1779
Birth Place: Chippenham Wiltshire
Discharge Date: 21 Oct 1818
Discharge Place: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Regiment: Fiftieth Regiment of Foot
Rank: Private

Matthew NORRIS, 60, Army P, born in county
Margarett, 50, born in county

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.

Parish Records on this site, the marriage

Marriage at Tidenham

19 February 1846

James PARKER, full age, Bachelor, occupation: Shoemaker
residence: Boughspring, Tidenham

father: James PARKER, labourer

Susanna NORRIS, full age, Spinster, occupation: Servant, residence: The Mead, Tidenham

father: Matthew NORRIS, occupation, labourer

both sign

witnesses: Mark of Matthew NORRIS and Rachel ARNOLD

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On the 1851 census

Matthew NORRIS ( age 67) was born in Wiltshire Lineham (Lyneham)

Margaret NORRIS was born in Kent, Matham

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? a possible

Family Search

Christening at Lyneham Wiltshire:

16 May 1780

Matthias NORRIES, parents: William & Mary

(as Matthew had two sons named William is does seem plausible)

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A...... Baptism at Lyneham, Wiltshire

22 April 1787

James NORRIS, parents: William & Mary

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If you were/are born in Wiltshire (as was I) you are known as 'Moonrakers' and there are tales on the 'net', why one is called by this name.

I’m looking for any information on James and Susanna’s parents:

James & Jane Parker

Matthew & Margaret Norris