Beach Family of the Newlands Area 1685 onwards (General)

by fredb , Saturday, February 25, 2012, 20:56 (4650 days ago) @ BSEDDON

Hi Brian - The Monmouth part of the Wye Valley and the Forest of Dean are so closely linked, walking distance, just like the area's along the Herefordshire border, and at the start I thought I would soon find a link, but apart from a William Beach of Newland marrying and possibly staying in Monmouth, that Samuel and Mary you mention, who married in Grosmont in 1797, are the earliest confirmed family of mine. The name is often spelt Beech. This archive of FOD parish records and neighbouring parishes is about as good as it get's, and the ones that aren't complete were simply so difficult to read due to age and damp, but people may still be working on them, so new detail may still emerge.