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Thankyou for that info. I only had two children, and his age was only a guestimate. I dont have Ancestry so have to rely on the local reg office.

A tree on Ancestry says he was born abt. 1785, Newberry, Berkshire, married Rachel Mouldey 2 July, 1810, St. Nicholas, Newberry and had 5 children.
It says his mother was Susanna Russell who married William Wright in 1810.
I don't place too much faith in other people's trees.

I haven't got a death date for William snr,or Rachel and so far I've not found them in any censuses. his name is very common in this area.

Can you tell us how you know his approx date of birth, or is that a guess? You have his marriage to Rachel Mouldey from a parish record?

And as I asked at the beginning, do you have him in a census? I can't see him or Rachel, but maybe you have found them -- or they may well have been deceased by 1841, of course.


Deaths Jun 1860 ??
POTTINGER Rachel Newbury 2c 149

No ... undoubtedly an infant Rachel:

Births Jun 1860
POTTINGER Rachel Newbury 2c 211

Yes they are his sons. Son William went on to marry Sarah Hildreth in Cookham.
I am trying to find where he came from and his parents if possible

So Terry ... do you have him in a census ... can you give us his children's names to help with searching for info ... do you know where he was born ... ? What is it you are looking to find out?


Are these sons, in 1851?

Charles Hildreth 40
Elizabeth Hildreth 41
James Hildreth 18
Allen Hildreth 14
Matilda Hildreth 10
Harriet Hildreth 7
Elizabeth Hildreth 5
Charles Hildreth 1
George Pottinger 38 - born Newbury
William Pottinger 34 - born Newbury
Civil parish: Cookham
County/Island: Berkshire


And another the same year?

James Pottinger 31 - born Newbury
Caroline Pottinger 28
George Marshall 42
Civil parish: Newbury
Town: Newbury

That's what the edit button is for ... then there's the delete tab ........

Sorry about that, I put in the wrong date, but the system is too fast for me to put it right before its published

have a feeling Terry accidentally submitted twice

But I hadn't. More rule-breaking and unfairness ...

just found that out!!!! grrrrr!!!

We have 2 threads about this guy .... Arrgghhhh !

that's odd too - Basildon is in Essex!!

Yup, and I looked at a 1788 birth in Basildon, Berkshire, in the IGI -- but that seems to be a separate person, in the censuses. In 1841, married to Mary, in St Helen, with daughter Sophia, 15, whose 1821 baptism in the IGI shows as father William, mother Mary.

Did he happen to marry twice?

(Editing changes the content of the thread -- but not the way it shows up on the board!)

Newbury is Berkshire

strange this - before you open the thread it says 1890 but when you open it, it says 1790!!! spooky!

Just to clarify first - he was born 1790, not 1890?


heh, you proofread. ;)

You've looked in the IGI and at FreeBMD? (Oops, I meant FreeREG.) It's his parents you are looking for?

Is he in a census, and does it state a place of birth? I'm not seeing him with Rachel ...

looking for info on William Pottinger b c1790, he married Rachel Mouldey( b 1792 in speen) in St Nicholas Church Newbury 2/7/1810. He worked as a Millwright. Any help would be appreciated.
Terry