On Saturday last, while Moses Daykin, aged 35 of Bramcote, was at work in a pit belonging to the Right Honorable Lord Middleton, in that parish, a large piece of coal, which had been loused by a blast of gunpowder, suddenly fell upon him and so much crushed his right arm, that in two hours afterwards obliged to suffer the painful operation of amputation of the limb
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Hello and welcome to everyone visiting this site. I hope you find it interesting !
I have been researching my family tree for over fifteen years. One or two families can be traced back as far as 1598 whilst others hit a brick wall in the Victoria period.
This site will concentrate on the Daykin family living in Bramcote, Nottinghamshire during the 1800’s and in particular the family and descendants of Moses Daykin.
Moses Daykin 1804 – 1888
Anyone who has traced their ancestry back to Moses will have the same question, who was Moses father?. At the time of writing there is no definite answer but I will look at the evidence that has been found in upcoming posts.
Stop press. Could DNA hold the answer???
But back to the very beginning. The baptism records for the Independent Chapel in Ilkeston, Derbyshire state that Moses was born on 19 Apr 1804 and baptised on 5 May he was the son of Elizabeth from Cossall. Further information on Cossall can be found on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cossall&oldid=1034529005
As there is no fathers name we can assume that Elizabeth was single, although there is no mention that Moses was illegitimate so another possibility could be that Elizabeth was a widow and her husband had died before Moses was born.
At present we know nothing about Moses formative years. Our next opportunity of finding him is at his Marriage in 1826.
Descendants of Moses Daykin 