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Thomas Uphill
It is possible that Thomas was from a Non-Conformist family.
He may have been the Thomas apprenticed to cordwainer Edward Juba Fortune:
(Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices' Indentures, 1710-1811 - St Marylebone, Middlesex, 18 Aug 1772)
Thomas' son William is known to have been a shoemaker, so may have followed his father's career.
Marriage & Children
He married Harriot WILKINSON 29 Mar 1781, St James' (Piccadilly), Westminster, Middlesex.
Children of Thomas Uphill and Harriot:
- William UPHILL, born 28 Apr 1782 - St James', Westminster, London ยป
- Harriot UPHILL, born 23 May 1788 - St James', Westminster, London
Research Notes:
Composite register
- held by West Sussex Record Office
ff. 13r - 15r baptisms, July 1759 - June 1764, including James Lillywhite from an area near St. James's called No-Mans Land, apparently extra parochial, June 1760, and Thomas Uphill, son of Anabaptists, May 1764.
From: discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
17 May 1764
Thomas Upfill, aged 15 whoes parents are Anabaptists. Was baptised by me Wm Wade, curate
Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Group
16 May 1803
Insured: Harriott Uphill, 28 Monmouth Street
[CLC/B/192/F/001/MS11936/426/747647]
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