Birth est 1772 🏛️ Industrial Revolution transforms Lancashire | Dover, Kent 📍 ⓘMarriage Certificate |
Marriage 25/10/1794 🏛️ French Revolutionary Wars | Mary READ St Lawrence Parish Church, Church Lane, Hougham, Kent 📍 ⓘMarriage Certificate 📎 View |
Occupation 1814 🏛️ Regency period | Labourer ⓘBaptism Records |
Occupation 1845 🏛️ Irish Potato Famine | Carrier ⓘMarriage Certificate |

According to notes:-
"The Tams family had a line of wagons with teams of 6 horses between London and Dover. They had stages at Rochester and Canterbury and people unable to afford the mail coach walked beside the wagons for protection. Women and children were given lifts and the journey took 3 days. The mailcoach 15 hours"