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Maria Thompson, daughter of Solomon Thompson Jnr and Maria Willis, married John Blackett. Well, I'll give this pair of slippery characters the benefit of the doubt: on the census returns they say that they're married, but I haven't [yet] found a record of a wedding anywhere. John Blackett's birthplace is given as Spitalfields and there is a potential baptism at St. Leonard's, Shoreditch on 15 Aug 1811, which would make him the son of a Joseph and Frances Blackett.
Likewise, they appear reticent to register their children:
- Maria Blackett bap. 29 Jun 1834 at St Mary's, Whitechapel
- Henry Blackett born 1847 (mentioned only on 1851 census)
John Blackett died in 1866, in St George in the East, aged 54.