another previous thread

http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?mode=thread&id=2591

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Checking the Gloucestershire Records office for Wills

http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search.aspx

They do hold a Will : William BOWER 1821, Mitcheldean - Will No. 1821/120 - 22 June 1821

FOD records

Burial at Mitcheldean - 13 January 1821 - William BOWER age 60

This may yield family clues!