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M Thomas Marcott

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Is this Thomas Marcott a son of Thomas and Mary Roach, living with his Uncle Morris?

1851 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essx Co., ON, p. 7:
Roach Morris, M, Married, 33, born U Canada, Methodist, Farmer;
Ann, F, Married, 33, born U Canada, Methodist;
Mary, F, 11, born U Canada, Methodist;
Elizabeth, F, 9, born U Canada, Methodist;
Wm, M, 7, born U Canada;
John, M, 5, born U Canada;
Rob't, M, 3, born U Canada;
Marcotte Thos, M, 14, born U Canada.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 571-572:
John Roach, a well-known farmer and stock-raiser of Talbot Street, Mersea township, was born April 19, 1847, on the Roach homestead, in Mersea township.
     The Roach family is of Irish origins, but for several generations its representatives have made their home in Canada. Morris Roach was the first of the name in County Essex, and was a British soldier in the War of 1812. He took part in the battles of Lundy's Lane and Long Point. In 1818 he came to Mersea township, and drew lot 235, on Talbot Street, out of the grant of Col. Talbot... Morris Roach married Mary Pardo, widow of John Story... His children were: Samuel, who died in Toledo, Ohio; Morris; Mary Ann, who married (first) Thomas Marcott and (second) Edwin Scofield; William; Francis; James; and Nancy.
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