Rawlins Haddock sent to gaol in 1817 for rioting at Merthyr (General)

by JeremyWilshere , Thursday, May 09, 2013, 22:03 (4210 days ago) @ JeremyWilshere

Another little tidbit mentioned in the same BBC doc was this:

Admiral Lord Nelson visited Merthyr Tydfil in 1802 "to oversee the production of cannons for his flagship HMS Victory".

Elsewhere on this very fine forum and in the Parish Records Search, we have a Nelson Haddock:

• Married at English Bicknor 1843 with father Rawlings HADDOCK.
  
• Later on a Horatio Nelson Haddock is buried at Lydney in 1890. Age at death 78 gives approximate DoB = 1812

This has been discussed before on this forum.

However one could speculate that the above might in some way further bind Forest of Dean Haddocks to any Merthyr Tydfil Haddocks (or was he an Aberavon (Welsh: Aberafan) Haddock? (this from an Ancestry 'Hint' with Aberafon, no source)). Even if choosing the specific forenames of the FoD Haddock was only some form of vicarious appreciation.

On the other hand, slowhands points out that Nelson (the Admiral) visited the Forest in 1802 as well. Also here. Probably part of the same trip. Which does rather invalidate my point.

Of course, Admiral Nelson was a famous name in those times already. Rather like the celebrities of today (not!).

[Disclosure] I may be grasping at straws but I am trying to make sure we get the right father to my 3*g grand-mother, Sarah Haddock :-) I am still quite inexperienced at research behind the 1800 line and my hunch is caution may be in order. There are clearly plenty more of her descendants on this forum and they just might share the same concern :-)

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[code]Record_ID: 64596
Entry_Number: 28
Year: 1843
Month: Jul
Day: 15
Grooms_Surname: HADDOCK
Grooms_Forenames: Nelson
Grooms_Age: of full age
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Labourer
Grooms_Residence: Lydbrook
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: HADDOCK
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Rawlings
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
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Sarah Haddock
Birth 4 May 1808 in Whitchurch, Herefordshire, England
Death 13 Apr 1888 in Lydney, Gloucestershire, England
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