PS Samuel BEARD 1824 Arlingham ( littledean) (General)

by ChristopherHale13, Monday, September 28, 2009, 22:53 (5609 days ago) @ slowhands

Hi pogle and slowhands,

I visited FOD last Sep 2008 chasing up my Hale family tree. The Hales were from Littledean and intermarried with Beards a couple of times!

Edward Hale, b. abt 1660, m. Hannah Beard 20/11/1682 Hardwicke, Glos.

I have researched Hardwicke and there were many Beards in Hardwicke over the next 100 years or so.

Another Edward Hale, b. 15 Dec 1706, d. 1765 Littledean, m. 1728 Hannah Beard, b. Littledean, d. 3 Feb 1758 Littledean.

The incident that slowhands refers to re. Sergeant Beard is recorded in St. Ethelbert's churchyard on the Sergeant's headstone which I photographed at the time and is still clearly legible. (So many of the others are not as they are made from a 'soft' local stone which is prone to weathering.)

Hope this is of some help.

Chris.