William Clarke/Elizabeth Griffiths (General)

by mrsbruso , Friday, November 05, 2010, 02:11 (5137 days ago) @ mrsbruso

Okay. Having concluded that Richard's parents were William Clarke and Elizabeth Griffiths, I've hit a bump. William and Elizabeth were married in 1815 at Newland. William was widowed, but Elizabeth was not. I thought the best plan would be to estimate her year of birth at 1795 (making her 20 at her marriage) and adjust up or down by ten years. And that's where I hit the speed bump. There are FOUR solid possibilities.

The first Elizabeth Griffiths was baptised in 1795. Her parents were William Griffiths and Sarah Walker. Listed as Awre, Blakeney Chapel. Promising, given that it's Blakeney.

The second Elizabeth Griffiths was baptised in 1792. Her parents are listed as [James] John and [Mary] Hannah Cole. Complication: Also Awre, Blakeney Chapel.

The third Elizabeth Griffiths was baptised in 1788. Her parents are James and Margaret. She was baptised at Lydney, not a great distance away.

The fourth is probably the least likely, Elizabeth Griffiths, daughter of Thomas and Mary, at Ruardean.

I wish the marriage record had listed the parents names or the year of the bride and groom's births . . . that would narrow this down. I guess my next step would be to see if I can find death records or marriage records for any of these Elizabeth's linking them to someone else.

Since "our" Elizabeth was gone in 1841, before registration was common and well before the reviewable census records I may be stuck unless someone can claim some of these Elizabeths as their own . . .

And I thought tracing generations of William Lewis' through Breconshire was going to be the most confusing part of this journey . . .