Robert Forester and David Mushet (General)

by shepway @, Monday, June 27, 2016, 07:04 (3150 days ago) @ rtmushet

It would appear that “tunnicliffe’ is no longer registered on the site however the Marriage Register entry is available on Ancestry. Mary Ann’s father is given as John and his occupation is Farmer but his mother’s name is not given and it would appear that none of the witnesses, George Lewis and Frances Chapman, are from the Thomas family.
With the exception the 1851 Census Mary Ann’s birthplace is given as St Briavels and searching the Parish Records we find this Baptism:

Year: 1818
Month: Aug
Day: 23
Parents_Surname: THOMAS
Child_Forenames: Mary
Fathers_Forenames: John
Mothers_Forenames: Catherina
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Hudnalls
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: Geo. Ridout
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P278 IN 1/5
Page_Number: 17
Parish_Chapel: St Briavels

This leads us to the 1851 Census entry for the THOMAS family:
1851 Census
House Number Given Name Surname Relationship Age Estimated Birth Year Gender Birth Place
80 John Thomas Head 79 1772 Male Woolaston, Gloucestershire, England
80 Catharine Thomas Wife 63 1788 Female Trellegg, Monmouthshire, Wales
80 William Thomas Son 28 1823 Male St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England
80 John Thomas Son 26 1825 Male St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England
80 George Thomas Son 19 1832 Male St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England
80 Decima Thomas Daughter 15 1836 Female St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England

This Census entry gives John’s occupation as Farmer and you will see from the entry that Catharine is from Trellech, Monmouthshire which is only a short distance from St Briavels. Searching for a marriage for John Thomas we find:

Year: 1813
Month: Apr
Day: 12
Grooms_Surname: THOMAS
Grooms_Forenames: John
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition: Widower
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: Saint Briavels in the County & Diocese of Gloucest
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: PARRY
Brides_Forenames: Catherine
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Saint Briavels in the County & Diocese of Gloucest
Brides_Fathers_Surname:
Brides_Fathers_Forenames:
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: He signs she marks
Witness_1: Mary Ann Kear
Witness_2: Thomas Kear
Other_Witnesses: William Hulin Clark
Officiating_Minister: Thos. Thomas Curate
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P278 IN 1/10
Page_Number: 1
Parish_Chapel: St Briavels

and this Baptism for Catharine is found in the Trellech registers (courtesy of mongenes.org.uk)

Parish or Chapel Trellech
Date 24 Sep 1789
Parent's Surname PARRY
Child's forename(s) Catherine
Father's forename(s) Peter
Mother's forename(s) Rachael
Mother's surname (if different)
Type of Event Baptism
Residence
(Father's) Occupation
Officiating Minister Ezra Powel
Memoranda in register
Transcriber's Notes
Gwent record office
register ref. number LDS/PA 97
Parish register entry no.
Parish register page no. 28
Record_ID 219564
Transcription Trellech Baptisms 1756-1800
Transcribers entry no. 446

John Thomas was buried at St Briavels on 23 January 1863 and Probate was granted to his son William on 9 December 1863 (Source - Ancestry.co.uk) If you search the Wills Index on this site you will find that his wife Catherine and his daughter Mary Mushet are among the beneficiaries.

Mike


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