Baptised in Wambrook, Dorset (now in Somerset)
Brought up in Northay, Whitestaunton, Somerset
Visiting Northay, Whitestaunton, at 1851 census
  (described as a farm labourer in census return)

Married in Marshwood chapel, Whitchurch, Dorset
  (then a labourer living in Marshalsea, Dorset)

Later worked as a shepherd in west Dorset
  - living in Bettiscombe, Dorset in 1856 and 1857
  - living in Broadwindsor, Dorset at 1861 census
  - living in Bradford Abbas, Dorset at 1871 census
  - living in Portesham, Dorset at 1881 census
  - living in Sherborne, Dorset at 1891 census

Died at 17 Garfield Avenue, Springbourne, Hants

Spouse

Ann Champ:
  - baptised 1835 (Apr 19) Downton, Wiltshire
    (parents William Champ and Mary Ann Symes)
  - living in Marshalsea, Dorset at 1841 census
  - a dairymaid in Broadwindsor at 1851 census
  - buried 1872 (Apr 9) Bradford Abbas, Dorset

Children

John baptised 1856 (Feb 24) Bettiscombe, Dorset
  - living in Broadwindsor, Dorset at 1861 census
  - living in Bradford Abbas, Dorset at 1871 census
  - a farm labourer in Portesham, Dorset at 1881 census

Emma baptised 1857 (Dec 27) Bettiscombe, Dorset
  - living in Broadwindsor, Dorset at 1861 census
  - a servant in Yeovil, Somerset at 1871 census?
  - a housemaid in Eardington, Shropshire in 1881
  - a cook in Claughton, Wirral at 1891 census
  - living in Bournemouth with brothers at 1901 census
  - lived in Poole, Dorset in the 1910s and 1920s?
  - died 1935 (Jan 8) Verwood, Dorset?
  - buried 1935 (Jan 11) Verwood, Dorset?

Mary baptised 1860 (Apr 8) Broadwindsor, Dorset
  - living in Broadwindsor, Dorset at 1861 census
  - living in Bradford Abbas, Dorset at 1871 census
  - living in Portesham, Dorset at 1881 census

James baptised 1862 (Jun 15) Broadwindsor?
  - living in Bradford Abbas, Dorset at 1871 census
  - a militiaman in Dorchester, Dorset at 1881 census
  - a labourer in Sherborne, Dorset at 1891 census
  - living in Springbourne, Bournemouth in 1898
  - a labourer in Bournemouth, Hants at 1901 census
  - a builders labourer in Bournemouth at 1911 census
    (living with brother Robert's wife and her sister)
  - died 1913 (May 1) Winton, Bournemouth, Hants

George baptised 1864 (Jul 31) Bradford Abbas
  - buried 1865 (Mar 20) Bradford Abbas, Dorset

Frank baptised 1866 (Jul 1) Bradford Abbas
  - living in Bradford Abbas, Dorset at 1871 census
  - living in Portesham, Dorset at 1881 census
  - a navy stoker in Portsmouth at 1891 census
  - continued as a Royal Navy stoker until 1900
  - a naval pensioner in Bournemouth at 1901 census
  - in Christchurch Workhouse, Hants at 1911 census
  - died 1912 (Jul 26) Salisbury, Wiltshire
  - buried 1912 (Jul 30) Salisbury, Wiltshire

Robert baptised 1869 (Sep 7) Bradford Abbas
  - living in Bradford Abbas, Dorset at 1871 census
  - living in Portesham, Dorset at 1881 census
  - a labourer in Kinson, Bournemouth at 1891 census
  - married Elizabeth Jane Day 1898 (Dec 26)
  - died 1900 (4th Qtr) in Bournemouth area