Searching for John Bristow christened at St. Mathews, Douglas, Isle of Man early 1803 (+ or -). He married Ann Cockburn b. IOM 1818, daughter of Esther b.1796 and John b. 1790.
John owned a fleet of shipping vessels and tenement houses on the Isle. He came upon hard times and moved to England by way of the Irish Sea and Wales. He should have a previous wife, because the family says he had a daughter Sarah by her, but we have no name for that wife. I have an 1851 census from Woolwich, England that shows John with three children with ages 17 to 22 and then another group who are the children with his second wife and they all range from 1-10 yrs old.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.