It was very frustrating and took a long time, to find the origin of my 3X great grandfather Joseph Gillett. According to documents he was born circa 1795 at Bristol, Gloucestershire. When I finally located him, it was at Lynchcombe and Widcombe, Bath, Somerset! To make matters more confusing, in the February 22 1795 entry, he was entered as ‘Henry’ Gillett the s/o Richard. In 1823, Joseph had a daughter and son of his baptized on February 23! This was to recognize the day ‘February 23’. Later information to confirm this theory was that Joseph’s father Richard had moved to Sussex and lived near Joseph’s sister Elizabeth Simmonds.
