Adam Weatherstone
The world was changing when Adam Weatherstone was born in Scotland in 1769. Captain James Cook was preparing to set out and explore the southern seas and to map the land that many of Adam’s children and future descendants would call home. For reasons we can’t be sure of, Adam set out on his own adventures to London sometime before 1809. The district of London he lived in was around the wharves and docks and his occupation as a watchman could give some clues to why he chose to live in London. [The London Docks were constructed between 1799 and 1815 so is not unreasonable to imagine Adam felt the lure of the growing prosperity in London and work as a labourer building the docks.] Census and death records show Adam Weatherstone was born in around 1770 in Edinburgh, Scotland. There are many variants on the spelling of Weatherstone and the death certificate of his daughter, Sarah, indicates he was also known as John. The first records I have found for Adam, is when he married Elizabeth B...