Thomas Castell - Edward Baker and Margaret Castell revisited

There is a possibility that Edward was the father of Margaret's illegitimate daughter, also Margaret, who was born on 6 July 1813 and baptized the next day at St Clement's, Sandwich.

Edward was baptized in Wingham in April 1766. He had been declared bankrupt in 1810 as a result of his partnership with John Stevens (the husband of a cousin). (However, his salary as clerk to the Collector of Customs in Sandwich was £100 p.a.)

At the end of 1812, he would have been 46. It was in the summer of 1812 that he moved to a large house in Sandwich, near where one of Margaret's relatives lived.

He finally married Margaret in July 1822, when he was 56.

In August 1815, Margaret's father-in-law formally disinherited her because of her infidelity. The will stated that Margaret's husband had been out of the country on service - the implication is that he was abroad between 1812 and 1815, and also that he was still alive in 1815.

In 1822, Margaret described herself as a widow.

So what happened to Thomas Castell?