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Hello, no its still a brickwall - I still cannot find his baptism. cheers, Michelle

Gardener - yes I have got a copy of Howard Blackmores book (a dictionary of London Gunmakers) - yes, my ancestor Samuel Samson Davis is mentioned in there. I corresponded with Howard for a few years before he died. Thanks for that suggestion. Matt - I rule out the 1779 baptism because that child was...

Thanks also for the suggestion about apprenticeships. I have done a lot of research at the gunmakers company over the years, and although they have a lot of other records for him (including 4 patents he took out on improvements to gunlocks) there is no trace of an apprenticeship record. I've tried a...

Is there any chance that he was related to the Samuel Samson Davis who is in the 1861 census? The latter seems to belong to a Jewish family so I don't know how likely that is, but they are in the Aldgate area. Thanks for your suggestions. Perhaps my Samuel Samson DAVIS was related to his namesake i...

My ancestor Samuel Samson Davis, a gunlock maker of Aldgate, London has been on my ‘most wanted’ list for over 20 years. I have gathered much information on his marriage, children, occupational life, and burial, but can’t find anything of his origins (birth, baptism, parentage). I have researched al...