James GRIFFITHS & Margaret ROBERTS, Newland 1783 (General)

by mrsbruso , Monday, December 06, 2010, 02:26 (5106 days ago)

I think I may be on the path to "my" Elizabeth GRIFFITHS, and I am hoping that someone with a) more experience in these matters, and/or b)better detective skills than mine can confirm that I may be on the right path . . .

James GRIFFITHS marries Margaret ROBERTS in Newland, 1783. They have five children, all registered at Lydney: James (1784), George (1786), Elizabeth (1788), Mary (1790) and Sarah (1800). (There are another James and Margaret in Woolaston, I have excluded them and their children born at Woolaston, but there may be another sibling in "my" group, registered at neither Lydney nor Woolaston.)

When "my" Elizabeth GRIFFITHS marries William CLARKE, in Newland in 1815, the witnesses are George KEAR and Thomas BOND.

In 1811, there is a wedding of Mary GRIFFITHS, a widow (?), to a George KEAR, with the witnesses being Isaac KEAR and Thomas BOND.

In 1822, there is a marriage between Mary GRIFFITHS and William WILDING, with the witnesses being Thomas WILDING and Sarah GRIFFITHS.

In 1823 the youngest sister and above witness, Sarah, marries William MILLETS, with the witnesses being George GRIFFITHS and Hector (UNKNOWN).

The repetitions of both Mr. George Kear and Mr. Bond seem to be a good lead to me, as well as siblings being witnesses in the two latter marriages. Or am I stretching?

I am cautiously optomistic. (And grateful that I am finally getting the hang of the advanced search feature!)

Thanks in advance for any opinions anyone might have to share on this lead.

P.S. I just noticed all three sister's have husbands named . . . William.