James was born in 1808. He is the son of James Pawson and Ann Stevenson. He died at 14 since there is a burial in 1822 in the Bramham CoE graveyard of a boy by this name, whose home was listed as Clifford, the home of his putative parents.
Burial, 1822, Sept 5, Bramham, All Saints, <https://bramham.burialgrounds.co.uk/mapmanagement/#/burialpersonmanagement/1f33acdb-de47-44c6-b713-0a8fb885ae8b/o/burialPerson/31b81112-8d5f-4cb9-aa29-8b475890d6b8/1f33acdb-de47-44c6-b713-0a8fb885ae8b?tab=1>