Thomas Gillard 1783- 1863
Born & married Nether Compton, Dorset. Moved to Fordingbridge, Hampshire 1823-1827
1783.Thomas Gillard was baptised to Thomas Gillard & Mary on 21/5/1783 in Nether Compton, Dorset - image available on Ancestry
1818. Thomas Gillard , widower, married Elizabeth Thorne on 8/4/1818 in Nether Compton - FS & Ancestry. Witnesses, Sarah, Phebe & Jacob Thorne
1827. Esther Gillard was baptised 31/12/1827 at Independent Fordingbridge to parents Thomas & Elizabeth Gillard - FMP image available
Other children : Mary 1822; Thomas 1829; Elizabeth 1831;
1841C. Thomas Gillard, flax dresser, was living High Street, Witts Orchard, Fordingbridge
| Thomas | Gillard | Male | 55 | 1786 | -flax dresser |
| Elizabeth | Gillard | Female | 55 | 1786 | - |
| Hester | Gillard | Female | 10 | 1831 | Hampshire, England |
| Thomas | Gillard | Male | 8 | 1833 | Hampshire, England |
| John | Gillard | Male | 60 | 1781 | -ag.lab. |
| William | Patience | Male | 50 | 1791 |
1851C. Thomas Gillard, flax dresser, was living Salisbury Street, Fordingbridge
| Thomas | Gillard | Head | Married | Male | 66 | 1785 | Flax Dresser | Compton, Dorset, England |
| Elizabeth | Gillard | Wife | Married | Female | 64 | 1787 | - | Cerne Abbas, Dorset, England |
| Mary | Gillard | Daughter | Unmarried | Female | 29 | 1822 | Dress Maker | Compton, Dorset, England |
| Thomas | Gillard | Son | Unmarried | Male | 20 | 1831 | Bookkeeper | Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England |
1860. His wife, Elizabeth Gillard, dies Fordingbridge Mar 1860 . No burial on FMP
1861C. Thomas Gillard, hay dresser, was living St Johns Farm, Bridge Street, Fordingbridge
| Thomas | Gillard | Head | Widower | Male | 77 | 1784 | Hay Dresser | Compton, Dorset, England |
1863. A Thomas Gillard dies Sherborne Mar 1863 - this includes Nether Compton . No funeral on FMP. No probate
Cannot find him in 1871C, 1881C nor his death in England 1861- 1866 in Hampshire, nor 1866-1891 anywhere in Britain with the correct age!!, so feel he must have returrned to his native town