19 Mar 2021
The Kent parish records CD arrived today. I checked the marriage of William Hinksman and Jane Fisher and found the names of the witnesses:
Marriage at Cheriton, St. Martin, Kent on 30 Sep 1803, William Hinksman, bachelor of Cheriton to Jane Fisher, spinster of Cheriton. The witnesses were Isaac Munger and Mary Munger.
Sadly their ages or occupations are not given. Other marriages for later years in the index include that information. Also in some cases marriages give the abode as Shorncliffe Camp but I think those are limited to post 1914 entries.
There are no other appearances of the names Hinksman or Munger in the baptism, marriage or burial indexes. The name Fisher does not appear in the registers until the 1880s so it seems that Jane Fisher was not local to Cheriton (I haven’t checked the other parishes). There is only one other contemporary mention of a Fisher:
Baptism at Cheriton, St. Martin, Kent on 28 Mar 1814, Anabella dau. of John and Anabella Fisher. Abode Shorncliffe Barracks, he was a soldier.
This is probably just a coincidence.
Neighbouring parishes are Newington next Hythe, Saltwood, Hythe, Sandgate, Folkestone (St. Mary and St. Eanswythe). The Newington and Saltwood indexes were on the same CD so I checked those and there was no mention of Hinksman at all. There were some Fishers being baptised in Saltwood around this time but non appeared to match Jane.
I think I need a full history of movements of each battalion of the 4th regiment to determine where William could have met Jane Fisher.
| Date | 1st Battalion | 2nd Battalion | 3rd Battalion | William |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 1799 | Horsham Barracks, Sussex | Recruited into 1st battalion as private | ||
| Aug 1799 | Barham Downs, nr Canterbury, Kent | sargeant in Capt Lamonte’s Company | ||
| Sep 1799 | Holland | Holland | Holland | |
| Oct 1799 | Bergen | Bergen | Bergen | sargeant in Capt Healey’s Company |
| Nov 1799 | Ipswich, Suffolk | Ipswich, Suffolk | Ipswich, Suffolk | sargeant in Capt Haley’s |
| Summer 1800 | Swinley Downs, nr Windsor, Berkshire | demoted to private in Capt Murray’s Company | ||
| Sep 1801 | Horsham Barracks, Sussex | Horsham Barracks, Sussex | Lewes | Tolbury, in Captain Wilson’s Company |
| Apr 1802 | Chatham | Portsmouth | Portsmouth | re-attested 21 Jan 1802 in Captain Swinton’s Company |
| May 1802 | Chatham | Portsmouth | – disbanded – | |
| Oct 1802 | Chatham | Winchester, – disbanded – | ||
| Nov 1802 | Dover Castle, Kent | |||
| Mar 1803 | Shorncliffe, Kent | Southampton, corporal in Captain Chaplin’s Company. Marries Jane Fisher. | ||
| Nov 1803 | Hythe, Kent | |||
| 1804 | Shorncliffe, Kent | |||
| Nov 1804 | Hythe, Kent | Hythe, Kent (reformed) | ||
| Mar 1805 | Canterbury, Kent | Canterbury, Kent | ||
| Summer 1805 | Beachy Head, Sussex | Beachy Head, Sussex | ||
| Nov 1805 | Blumenthal, Germany | Blumenthal, Germany | ||
| Feb 1806 | Woodbridge, Suffolk | Chelmsford, Essex | Serjeant in Captain Piper’s Company | |
| Jul 1807 | Copenhagen, Denmark | |||
| Nov 1807 | Colchester, Essex | Jersey | ||
| Apr 1808 | Gottenburg, Sweden | |||
| Aug 1808 | Lisbon, Portugal | |||
| Nov 1808 | Salamanca, Spain | |||
| Jan 1809 | Corunna, Spain | |||
| Feb 1809 | Colchester, Essex | |||
| Aug 1809 | Holland | Holland | ||
| Sep 1809 | Colchester, Essex | Colchester, Essex | Daughter Jane Hinksman baptised in Colchester | |
| Jan 1810 | Gibraltar, then Ceuta Spain | Daughter Maria Hinksman baptised in Colchester | ||
| Nov 1810 | Torres Vedras, Portugal | |||
| Apr 1811 | Aldea de Bispo, Spain | |||
| May 1811 | Barba del Puerco, Spain | |||
| Jun 1811 | Nava de Aver, Portugal | |||
| Jul 1811 | Portalegre, Portugal | |||
| Aug 1811 | St. Payo, Spain | |||
| Dec 1811 | Bobadela, Portugal | |||
| Feb 1812 | Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain | |||
| Apr 1812 | Badajoz, Spain | |||
| May 1812 | Agueda, Portugal | Agueda, Portugal | ||
| Jun 1812 | Salamanca, Spain | Salamanca, Spain | ||
| Jul 1812 | Tordesillas, Spain | Tordesillas, Spain | ||
| Oct 1812 | Villa Muriel, Spain | Villa Muriel, Spain | ||
| Nov 1812 | Lamego, Portugal | Lamego, Portugal | ||
| Jan 1813 | Colchester, Essex | Colchester, in 2nd Battalion. All private men fit for duty had been transferred to 1st Battalion, remainder went back to England | ||
| Jun 1813 | Vittoria, Spain | |||
| Jul 1813 | St. Sebastian, Spain | |||
| Oct 1813 | Bidassoa on Spain/France border | |||
| Nov 1813 | Nivelle, France | |||
| Feb 1814 | Bayonne, France | |||
| Jul 1814 | Bermuda | |||
| Aug 1814 | Chesapeake, USA | |||
| Sep 1814 | Washington, then Baltimore | |||
| Oct 1814 | Port Royal, Jamaica | |||
| Dec 1814 | New Orleans | |||
| Feb 1815 | Mobile | |||
| May 1815 | Deal, Kent | |||
| Jun 1815 | Waterloo, Belgium | |||
| Jul 1815 | Paris, France | Deal, in 2nd Battalion | ||
| Jan 1816 | Franquemberg, France | – disbanded – | All private men in 2nd were transferred to 1st and it was disbanded at Deal | |
| Aug 1816 | St. Omer, France | |||
| Oct 1816 | Mastaing, France | |||
| Nov 1816 | Franquemberg, France | |||
| Jul 1817 | St. Omer, France | |||
| Sep 1817 | Valenciennes, France | |||
| Oct 1817 | St. Denain, France | |||
| Nov 1817 | Franquemberg, France | |||
| Jun 1818 | St. Omer, France | |||
| Oct 1818 | Valenciennes, France | |||
| Nov 1818 | Winchester, Hampshire | |||
| Apr 1819 | Barbados | |||
| Dec 1823 | Antigua | |||
| Apr 1826 | Gosport, Hampshire |
