James Lambert, County Wexford

My great grandfather Edward Percival LAMBERT was the son of James LAMBERT and Maria SPARROW. He was born at Great Hayestown, County Wexford and was baptised at the nearby Rathaspeck Church.

The Irish Reports,Vol 5, in the case of LAMBERT v BROWNE, tell me that James was a widower when he married Maria in 1830 and had sons John, Joseph and Simon and a daughter Mary who married ? BYRNE by his 1st marriage. I don't know the date or place of this marriage, nor do I know their parents though a William SPARROW is mentionned in the Irish Report and may be Maria's father.

I am trying to find the first marriage of James LAMBERT and the baptisms of his children John, Joseph, Simon and Mary. A possibilty is the marriage of James LAMBERT to Ruth POWELL 5 May 1809 in the Rathaspeck Parish Church. The Irish Report also tells me that James and Maria also had a son Henry born c1834.

I visited Rathaspeck in 1995 and found the births and baptisms of James born 24 August and bp 7 November 1831, Robert Percival born 23 April and bp 15 August 1836, my great grandfather Edward Percival born 22 February and bp 24 March 1839 and William Percival born 12 March and bp 11 August 1844 in the Rathaspeck Church registers that were held at the St Iberius Church in Wexford town but I did not find Henry c1834, or the baptisms of the children by the first marriage.

I have so many unanswered questions and any help to find the missing marriages and baptisms would be very much appreciated.

Sue Sharman (Tauranga, NZ)