Quote Originally Posted by Raffaele View Post
Thomas Sutton born Fordingbridge 1805
I could not find him on any census
I did find however two Thomas Sutton deaths in Fordingbridge 1909 and 1919

You need to look at the parish records to eliminate these deaths and find out what you can on this Sutton family
It is possibly easily to eliminate him than prove it, however if you cannot eliminate him, by definition he becomes a stronger candidate

this link might help

https://wildes.net/hampshire/index.htm
Thank you for that information. It eliminates the Fordingbridge Thomas. Thanks for the link.

Back to the drawing board, hahaha

Problem is that the convicts won't be on censuses, as before 1841. Checked out freereg, freecen and familysearch without much luck. No-one I've contacted seems to know when he arrived.
Best give up as I've been at this for a while :-(