Bellamy and Coles Marriage 1740s (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 02:01 (4753 days ago) @ m p griffiths

Hi Keith, welcome to the forum,
please confirm you are refering to Westbury on Severn (ie our FoD area) and not Westbury on Trym. As you probably know Westbury on Trym is not within the Dean area, it is much nearer Bitton and also within the north Bristol environs. Sorry if this sounds a silly question but I made this error when I started researching my Family History last year, so ...

That said I do see possibly related PRs on this site for "our" Westbury-on-Severn.
Actually I'm a little confused you only refer to Churcham PRs when this site also includes what (to me) appear very similar (date-wise) PRs at W-o-S, such as:

Record_ID: 221058
Entry_Number:
Year: 1709
Month: Jan
Day: 9
Parents_Surname: BELLAMY
Child_Forenames: William
Fathers_Forenames: John
Mothers_Forenames: Mary
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: [not stated]
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Son of
Notes: Old style date 1708/09. Any abbreviated forenames have been expanded to the full name
Register_Reference: P 354 IN 1/2
Page_Number: 53
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: B450

Record_ID: 221525
Entry_Number:
Year: 1723
Month: Nov
Day: 17
Parents_Surname: BELLAMY
Child_Forenames: William
Fathers_Forenames: James Bayse ye reputed father
Mothers_Forenames: Hannah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: [not stated]
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: Ric[ar]d Russell Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Entry reads William ye son of Hannah Bellamy by W[illia]m Sansum ye reputed father
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 354 IN 1/2
Page_Number: 63
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: B450

Record_ID: 221594
Entry_Number:
Year: 1726
Month: Mar
Day: 11
Parents_Surname: BELLAMY
Child_Forenames: William
Fathers_Forenames: W[illia]m
Mothers_Forenames: [not stated]
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: [not stated]
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: Ric[ar]d Russell Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Son of: Space left for mother's name but not completed
Notes: Old style date 1725/26
Register_Reference: P 354 IN 1/2
Page_Number: 65
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: B450

etc..

Other towns on the Severn and as near if not nearer than Churcham also have Bellamy & Coles/Cowles PRs such as Awre, Longney, Alvington & Lydney. They may be worth consideration.
Note that COWLES appears to be the preferred spelling especially in W-o-S at that time. It's always worth ticking the Soundex box when searching, examples:

Record_ID: 290197
Entry_Number:
Year: 1721
Month: Aug
Day: 14
Parents_Surname: COWLES
Child_Forenames: Elizabeth
Fathers_Forenames: Charles
Mothers_Forenames: Ann
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: Tho[mas] Gwillim Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Daughter
Notes:
Register_Reference: P209 IN 1/1
Page_Number: 46
Parish_Chapel: Lydney
Soundex: C420

Record_ID: 221509
Entry_Number:
Year: 1723
Month: Aug
Day: 4
Parents_Surname: COWLES
Child_Forenames: Elizabeth
Fathers_Forenames: Chris[topher]
Mothers_Forenames: Sarah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: [not stated]
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: Ric[ar]d Russell Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Dau of
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 354 IN 1/2
Page_Number: 63
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: C420

Record_ID: 221383
Entry_Number:
Year: 1719
Month: Jul
Day: 26
Parents_Surname: COLES
Child_Forenames: Elizabeth
Fathers_Forenames: Tho[mas]
Mothers_Forenames: Marg[are]t
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: [not stated]
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: Ric[ar]d Russell Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Dau of
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 354 IN 1/2
Page_Number: 60
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: C420

These are just some of the possible PRs worth your consideration.

Sadly I'm still unable to find a Bellamy/Coles marriage on this site regardless of the spelling used(there are a few Belamy PRs too in W-o-S around your timeframe). The best method is using Advanced Search, but although there are several marriages of WB's to Eliza's either side of your 1740ish timeframe frustratingly none inside it that I can find.
Hope this helps a little.