BEACH/ledbater (General)

by BSEDDON , Friday, March 04, 2011, 09:58 (5074 days ago) @ m p griffiths

Hi again mp and slowhands

Since stumbling across this site last month I've become somewhat addicted!!!
I've found it both fascinating and frustrating in equal measure and have grown to appreciate the time and effort that you guys must put in.

I'm new to ancestry searches and so I've been trying to develop some tree forming skills taking, as an example, the Leadbeater family through the 1800's.

To recap why, my great grandmother Eliza Abia Seddon was born in Ince near Wigan and you kindly provided the links back to Abia Leadbeater and George Beach who moved North from the Forest of Dean in the 1860's.
Further, you have stated that Abia's parents were James Leadbeater and Jemima Morgan.

I haven't found any direct link from Abia to James and Jemima. However, 2 other independent(?)sources on the forum also make this claim.
On what basis I don't know, but it's unlikely to be baseless. For me, there's ample circumstacial evidence.So, I'll take this on trust. Unless you have access to some records that I don't know about??

Moving on.........

I've been trying to establish the relationship between the various Leadbeater family groups recorded as "breeding" during the early 1800's namely

James Leighbeter and Sarah Hick married 1793

James Ledbeter and Jemima Morgan married 1810
John Leadbeater and Margaret Gough married 1822
William Leadbeater and Jane Jackson married 1836

On the baptism side I have located the following children (and churches). The parents were "James and Sarah" in all cases.

1790 James Leighbeter Newnham
1793 John Leighbeter Littledean
1797 Mary Leighbeter Littledean
1801 Thomas Leighbeter Littledean
1802 Ann Ledbetter Littledean
1807 Sarah Leadbetter Flaxley
1809 WilliamLedbetter Littledean

I've no idea how complete the parish records would have been around this time, nor how populated these parishes were. Perhaps you could throw some light on this?

One interpretation is that these are all the children of James and Sarah Leighbeter
ie James is the patriarch of the whole Leadbeater Clan in the Forest early on

and that

James Leighbeter married Jemima Morgan
John Leighbeter married Margaret Gough
William Ledbetter married Jane Jackson

This would make James and Sarah my GGGG Grandparents! Do you think that this is likely or just my naive wishful thinking? I'd welcome any thoughts that you may have....