The Kirke family - Bristol (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Monday, July 25, 2011, 22:49 (4873 days ago) @ Fred Hodge

Hi Fred, welcome to this great site (and no it's not my creation!).
Thats a fair challenge there, sadly I dont have a lot of time but:
1. did you realise you can freely & easily access the huge database of Parish Records here, just click on the blue "button" at top of page.
2. also you can search this forum, someone else may well have done your research for you, use the search box at top right.
For example searching "Gleed" gives this thread which mentions an old photo of a Miss Gleed. I realise its not as early as you're requesting but perhaps of interest.
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=2335

Back to my first suggestion re searching the PRs, this site has 3 PRs for Kirke, 67 for Kirk, and 98 for Gleed. If you look you can easily filter them down chronologically etc.

The Kirke PRs are all C17th, all presumably related as from same Parish of Blaisdon. This is the flat agricultural area ("Blaisdon Red" plums etc) twixt Glos & Herefordshire, just to the north of the hilly and Forested part of our area.
In my limited experience the majority of the pre C19th PRs on this site are from such outlying flat areas rather than the inner Forest itself, I think largely because in those days prior to the industrial revolution "boom" the Forest was much less densely inhabited than the surrounding flatter farming areas, plus of course there were more Churches hence more Records in those ancient Parishes.

Record_ID: 234499
Entry_Number:
Year: 1655
Month: Jul
Day: 10
Parents_Surname: KIRKE
Child_Forenames: Robert
Fathers_Forenames: Robert
Mothers_Forenames: Anne
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: born 3 July
Notes:
Register_Reference: P49 IN 1/1
Page_Number: 15
Parish_Chapel: Blaisdon
Soundex: K620

Record_ID: 153172
Entry_Number:
Year: 1654
Month: Jan
Day: 29
Surname: KIRKE
Forenames: Rebecca
Residence:
Age_at_death:
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes: Old style date 1653/4
Register_Reference: P49 IN 1/1
Page_No: 15
Parish_Chapel: Blaisdon
Soundex: K620

Record_ID: 153287
Entry_Number:
Year: 1676
Month: Jan
Day: 20
Surname: KIRKE
Forenames: Ann
Residence:
Age_at_death:
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes: Old style date 1675/6
Register_Reference: P49 IN 1/1
Page_No: 24
Parish_Chapel: Blaisdon
Soundex: K620

The oldest of the Kirk PRs listed are mid C18th, from Parishes within the Blaisdon general area, such as Ledbury, Dymock etc.

The majority of the Gleed PRs are from mid C19th onwards, with this glaring exception:

Record_ID: 114445
Entry_Number:
Year: 1704
Month: Oct
Day: 4
Grooms_Surname: BISHOP
Grooms_Forenames: John
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition:
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: Upton St Leonards
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: GLEED
Brides_Forenames: Edith
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition:
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Upton St Leonards
Brides_Fathers_Surname:
Brides_Fathers_Forenames:
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark:
Witness_1:
Witness_2:
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: John Abbot Minister
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P154/9 IN 1/5
Page_Number: 11
Parish_Chapel: Gloucester St John the Baptist
Soundex_Groom: B210
Soundex_Bride: G430

Hope this helps,

Happy Hunting !