Military Chat

Can't have been black watch as that wasn't formed till 1881 !!!

Another thread about this family, on Find Ancestors:

https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1375511

Please stick to one thread, Sylvia, to save helpers duplicating research, as has already happened.


EDIT:

Best to stick to the Find Ancestors thread, as there are now more replies there than on this one.

This James Vincent is a tailor in Glastonbury, and married to a Mary - but it's 1841 - 20 years before Helen's supposed birth, so I assume this is not the right couple ?

James Vincent
in the 1841 England Census
Name: James Vincent
Age: 36
Estimated birth year: abt 1805
Gender: Male
Where born: Somerset, England
Civil Parish: St Benedict and St John Glastonbury
Hundred: Glaston Twelve Hides
County/Island: Somerset
Country: England
Registration district: Wells
Sub-registration district: Glastonbury
Neighbors:
Piece: 943
Book: 4
Folio: 37
Page Number: 18
Household Members:
Name Age
James Vincent 36
Mary Vincent 43
Charlott Vincent 11

Where have you "found" Helen and John?
I don't see them on any census.

Have you found Mary and James on a census?

Do you mean that Mary's maiden surname was Marriott?
Or was she a Vincent who married a Vincent?

When did Helen marry -- and who did she marry? Where?

Info re Black Watch archives here:

https://www.theblackwatch.co.uk/history-and-research/tracing-a-soldier/

I don't see the birth of a Helen / Ellen / similar Marriott (or alternative spelling) (or Vincent) anywhere in Scotland 1850-70, per ScotlandsPeople.


The nearest I can find is this one - mistranscription isn't uncommon:
But I'm NOT particularly suggesting this is your Helen:

HERRIOT
HELEN
F
1861
681/ 45
Crichton (Midlothian)

I am wondering if anyone can advise me. Family folk lore says that an ancestor was in the Black Watch and I have found Helen Marriott who was born in Edinburgh in about 1861. She has a brother John also said to have been born in Edinburgh so am assuming some truth in what is said. However Mother in Law couldn't remember any names.
I have located their Mother. Mary Vincent who lived in Glastonbury Somerset but cannot trace their father. He does not appear on Helen's Marriage certificate or Johns service records. Nor have i been able to find a previous marriage for Mary Vincent who at the time of her daughter's marriage was married to James Vincent ,a Tailor.
Is it possible to view lists of serving soldiers?