[Anstey Nomad]

Thomas is my daughter's great great grandfather on her father's side, a bigamist and one time jailbird, who was baptised at home immediately after his birth as he was not expected to survive, lived to be 81 and produced at least twenty two children from his two 'marriages', the last of whom was born when he was 65.

I have now made contact with living descendants from the first (valid) marriage who are actually interested in the connection. I am in the process of assembling some photographs and other information to send to them and I suspect this will be the first they know of his slightly unsavoury history.

One of his descendants has her own website and I knew I had found the right family as soon as I saw her photograph - there is a definite resemblance.


I'm really quite excited about this - it takes my mind off my own brickwall, which is still standing!

AN