American connection 1806

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Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,077 Send Message	Paul Barton, Special Agent	Report	28 Sep 2008 08:13
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,077 Send Message	My ancestor William Henry Wilmshurst was born c1806 in the USA, a British Citizen. However, he spent most of his life in England. He lived in East London - I've found him at the age of 16 in the Old Bailey On Line site as a victim of a street mugging! It's his connection with the USA that intrigues me. There's a Richard Wilmshurst who made arrivals in New York in 1802 according to Ancestry - maybe William's father - and theres a Matilda Wilmshurst born New York 1802 who could be Henry's sister. She had a sister Louisa born 1794 in Baltimore. So who was this Richard Wilmshurst? A soldier? A trader? Hopefully nothing to do with the slave trade! There's a Richard Wilmshurst living in the right area of East London in the 1841 census and he was a tailor.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20,615 Send Message	Heather	Report	28 Sep 2008 16:33
	Likely in the services (wrong area to slave trade). The army did have their own tailors for uniform making.