MOTTLEY (Ruardean) and BRIGHT (Longhope) (General)

by Eandka, Friday, September 02, 2005, 17:34 (7021 days ago)

I found the following inscription on the Longhope Village Website-All Saints'
Churchyard:

"Here Lieth the body Of Sarah the wife of Josiah Bright, of the parish of Taynton, and daughter Of James and Mary Mottley, Of the Parish of Ruardeane, Who died Feb. 16, 1773, aged 37"

"Also in memory of Josiah Bright, husband of the afore-Said, who died March the 16, 1777, aged 52 years"

This site and the IGI also mention the BRIGHT children: Mary, Sarah DUFFIELD (my 4th g gm), Samuel, Elizabeth, Thomas, Anne/Hannah, and Esther born between 1760 and 1773 in Longhope (first two) and Taynton.

The IGI mentions a James MOTTLEY (with father James) chr.Nov. 14, 1725 at Littledean, who could be a brother of Sarah's.

Hopefully, the BRIGHT and MOTTLEY wills I will be ordering from the Gls. RO http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1335
will give me more info, but in the meantime, does anyone have any knowledge of either the BRIGHT or the MOTTLEY families? Would love to hear from you. Eandka