Help finding Henry Dowle / Dowle family, please (General)

by ttd0 , Thursday, February 11, 2010, 16:52 (5474 days ago)

Hi

I am researching my ancestry and have so far got back to my 3x gt grandfather Henry Dowle, according to records baptised in Llangovan, Monmouthshire in Feb 1795 and is listed as the reputed son of Henry Dowle and Sarah Evans.

This has been a brick wall in my research, I cannot find any more about the father, Henry Dowle senior. A year after his son was born he married Leitita Williams in Trostrey, Monmouthshire and went on to have more children. His daughter Ann was baptised in Llansoy in 1814 but the entry in the parish records records the 'residence' as Woolaston.

I am trying to find out where Henry senior was born and was wondering if there was perhaps a Gloucesteshire connection and perhaps he was from there instead of Monmouthshire. My father was always told that two Dowle brothers had moved to the area and settled either side of the Wye, hence a group of Dowles in Monmouthshire and another in Coleford.

I would love to find the link between the two sets of Dowles and primarily where Henry Dowle senior is from as this is stopping me getting any further.

Any help appreciated.