Ancestors of Samuel Bird from Clutton Somerset (General)

by unknown, Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 08:09 (4619 days ago) @ unknown

Dear Robin

Looking again at my family tree I think I misclaculated the number of great-grandfathers (easily done!) in my previous message...I think your Samuel Bird is the son of another Samuel who himself is the son of a William Bird who is my great-great-great grandfather and possibly yours! The next generation back, led by another William and his brother Francis left the Forest of Dean about 1780 to settle at Priston and Newton St Loe. But their cousin, James (bap. at St Briavels in 1770) was also believed to have gone to Clutton c.1795 in search of work in the North Somerset coalfields - it is possible that this James could be your direct line of ancestry in which case we would have to go back to Edward Bird bap.1672 to share a g-g-g-g-g-g grandfather!
All very interesting, even exciting.
I think there is a way of exchanging secure email addresses by clicking on the envelope icon but I'm putting this message 'out there' for somebody else to confirm the mechanics of such contact.
Regards

Chris