John LUMMAS, 17991868 (aged 69 years)

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John /LUMMAS/
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father
17681846
Birth: October 23, 1768 44 33 Staverton, Northamptonshire
Death: June 28, 1846Hellidon, Northamptonshire
mother
17641808
Birth: March 4, 1764 Pattishall, Northamptonshire
Death: June 26, 1808Hellidon, Northamptonshire
Marriage MarriageOctober 11, 1798Hellidon, Northamptonshire
3 months
himself
17991868
Birth: January 13, 1799 30 34 Hellidon, Northamptonshire
Death: April 23, 1868Grandborough, Warwickshire
2 years
younger sister
1801
Birth: March 29, 1801 32 37 Hellidon, Northamptonshire
4 years
younger sister
1805
Birth: May 19, 1805 36 41 Hellidon, Northamptonshire
2 years
younger sister
18071808
Birth: August 9, 1807 38 43 Hellidon, Northamptonshire
Death: September 1, 1808Hellidon, Northamptonshire
Father’s family with Esther Billson
father
17681846
Birth: October 23, 1768 44 33 Staverton, Northamptonshire
Death: June 28, 1846Hellidon, Northamptonshire
stepmother
17821821
Birth: about 1782Hellidon, Northamptonshire
Death: May 6, 1821Hellidon, Northamptonshire
Marriage MarriageFebruary 21, 1811Hellidon, Northamptonshire
8 months
half-sister
1811
Birth: October 13, 1811 42 29 Hellidon, Northamptonshire
2 years
half-sister
18141891
Birth: January 13, 1814 45 32 Hellidon, Northamptonshire
Death: February 9, 1891Hellidon, Northamptonshire
3 years
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1816
Birth: October 13, 1816 47 34 Hellidon, Northamptonshire
4 years
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18201890
Birth: May 14, 1820 51 38 Hellidon, Northamptonshire
Death: November 4, 1890Daventry, Northamptonshire
Father’s family with Ann Goodman
father
17681846
Birth: October 23, 1768 44 33 Staverton, Northamptonshire
Death: June 28, 1846Hellidon, Northamptonshire
stepmother
17711853
Birth: 1771Catesby, Northamptonshire
Death: March 20, 1853Hellidon, Northamptonshire
Marriage MarriageMarch 4, 1822Catesby, Northamptonshire
Mother’s family with Samuel Baseley
stepfather
17651797
Birth: June 16, 1765 Boddington, Northamptonshire
Death: December 20, 1797Staverton, Northamptonshire
mother
17641808
Birth: March 4, 1764 Pattishall, Northamptonshire
Death: June 26, 1808Hellidon, Northamptonshire
Marriage MarriageJune 20, 1797Staverton, Northamptonshire
4 months
half-brother
1797
Birth: October 8, 1797 32 33 Staverton, Northamptonshire
Family with ELIZABETH MALAM
himself
17991868
Birth: January 13, 1799 30 34 Hellidon, Northamptonshire
Death: April 23, 1868Grandborough, Warwickshire
wife
18011884
Birth: 1801Market Rasen, Lincs
Death: July 13, 1884Grandborough, Warwickshire
Marriage MarriageJuly 9, 1823Nuneaton, Warwickshire
-2 months
son
18231871
Birth: April 10, 1823 24 22 Nuneaton, Warwickshire
Death: May 31, 1871Dunchurch, Warwickshire
son
18231900
Birth: April 10, 1823 24 22 Nuneaton, Warwickshire
Death: July 20, 1900Rugby, Warwickshire
2 years
daughter
18251908
Birth: May 16, 1825 26 24 Grandborough, Warwickshire
Death: April 29, 1908Dunchurch, Warwickshire
5 years
son
18291909
Birth: December 23, 1829 30 28 Grandborough, Warwickshire
Death: March 26, 1909Bedworth, Warwickshire
-23 months
son
1827
Birth: about 1827 27 26 Grandborough, Warwickshire
5 years
son
18321853
Birth: April 15, 1832 33 31 Grandborough, Warwickshire
Death: May 11, 1853Grandborough, Warwickshire
3 years
son
18341916
Birth: December 16, 1834 35 33 Grandborough, Warwickshire
Death: June 20, 1916Grandborough, Warwickshire
19 months
son
18361836
Birth: July 14, 1836 37 35 Grandborough, Warwickshire
Death: December 25, 1836Grandborough, Warwickshire
3 years
son
1839
Birth: May 23, 1839 40 38 Grandborough, Warwickshire
Death: Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
son
18391840
Birth: May 23, 1839 40 38 Grandborough, Warwickshire
Death: April 15, 1840Grandborough, Warwickshire
4 years
daughter
18431844
Birth: March 5, 1843 44 42 Grandborough, Warwickshire
Death: January 15, 1844Grandborough, Warwickshire
3 years
son
18451846
Birth: October 19, 1845 46 44 Grandborough, Warwickshire
Death: May 31, 1846Grandborough, Warwickshire
Shared note

When John Lummas married in 1823, the surname was changed for all future generations to Lomas.
John Lummas (Lomas) was issued with a bastardy order for the birth of twins boys to Elizabeth Malam, whom he then married. One of the boys, Richard, born 10 April 1823, is a direct ancestor.

Here is a summary of some of his history. John Lomas was born "Lummas" in Hellidon, Northants, and baptised 13 January 1799. On his marriage certificate it says he was from Catesby, which is a few miles form Hellidon. In 1817, he got a job in Everdon, Northants, about 8 miles east of Helidon. From there he went to work in Grandborough, Warwicks, some 12 miles NW of Everdon, and about 8 miles from Daventry. (Interesting that he worked in Grandborough, because in 1823 he moved there to live, and a number of generations of Lomas's were born there). After Grandborough, he went to work in Withybrook, Warwickshire, some 16 miles north of Grandborough. At some unknown time he went to Nuneaton, 8 miles north, and there in 1822 he "had his way" with a girl called Elizabeth Malham, from Market Rasen, Lincolnshire.
Twin sons were born in Nuneaton on 10 April 1823, Richard and John. Elizabeth then issued a bastardy order on 16 June 1823 on John Lummas, and in the bastardy order the name is written as "Lomas". John did the right thing and married her 23 days later! In the marriage certificate the name was spelt "Lomas", and from that day onwards Lomas has always been the surname. Just to complete the story, John and Elizabeth moved to Grandborough, Warwickshire, and baptised Richard and John on 25 December 1824 in Grandborough. Then they set about seriously having fun and Elizabeth produced another 11 children. I am descended from the twin Richard, born in 1823.
At his death on 25 April 1868, Elizabeth Lomas (wife) was present, and put her "mark" on the death certificate, which reports John's age as 76 years, which would mean he was born in 1792.
His true date of birth is a matter for some conjecture. The 1861 census gave his age as 66 (so born 1795), The 1851 census gave his age as 52 (so born 1799, which agrees with the baprtism certificate). The 1841 census gives his age as 40 (so born between 1797-1801, being as they always rounded down to lower 5 years).
My conclusion is that he was effectively born around the year of his baptism (1799), although he could of course have been born in 1792 (to make him 76 at death) but only baptised in 1799. In any case, all the other data seems correct and so I am sure it is "him" and not someone else.