Thomas Meek 1819 Bailey Hill (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Wednesday, January 04, 2012, 16:29 (4710 days ago) @ cmfenton

I stand to be corrected by Jim, but reading his post and from this site's PRs I believe these are relevant;

Record_ID: 12633
Entry_Number: 87
Year: 1819
Month: Apr
Day: 11
Parents_Surname: MEEK
Child_Forenames: Thomas
Fathers_Forenames: Joseph
Mothers_Forenames: Hannah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Bailey Hill
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: H. Berkin
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/1
Page_Number: 11
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook
Soundex: M200

His siblings:

Record_ID: 116283
Entry_Number: 34
Year: 1816
Month: Jul
Day: 20
Parents_Surname: MEEK
Child_Forenames: Lydia
Fathers_Forenames: Joseph
Mothers_Forenames: Hannah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Hundred of St Briavels
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: Cha[rle]s Whatley
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: 523
Page_Number: 5
Parish_Chapel: Lea
Soundex: M200

Record ID 12888
Entry Number 342
Year 1823
Month Oct
Day 26
Parents Surname MEEK
Child Forenames George
Fathers Forenames Joseph
Mothers Forenames Hannah
Mothers Surname
Residence Bailey
Occupation Labourer
Officiating Minister J. Morse
Event Baptism
Memoranda
Notes
Register Reference P109 IN 1/1
Page Number 43
Parish Chapel Drybrook

Record ID 13036
Entry Number 490
Year 1826
Month Apr
Day 2
Parents Surname MEEK
Child Forenames John
Fathers Forenames Joseph
Mothers Forenames Harriet
Mothers Surname
Residence Bailey
Occupation Labourer
Officiating Minister H. Berkin
Event Baptism
Memoranda
Notes
Register Reference P109 IN 1/1
Page Number 62
Parish Chapel Drybrook

Using the advanced search:

Record ID 62080
Entry Number 77
Year 1801
Month Jun
Day 8
Grooms Surname MEEK
Grooms Forenames Joseph
Grooms Age
Groom Condition Batchelor
Grooms Occupation
Grooms Residence Newland
Grooms Fathers Surname
Grooms Fathers Forenames
Grooms Fathers Occupation
Brides Surname BALDWIN
Brides Forenames Hannah
Brides Age
Brides Condition spinster
Brides Occupation
Brides Residence Newland
Brides Fathers Surname
Brides Fathers Forenames
Brides Fathers Occupation
Licence or Banns Banns
Date of Banns
Signature or Mark Both mark
Witness 1 Mark of Charles Balwin
Witness 2 Thos Bond
Other Witnesses
Officiating Minister R Gibson vicar
Event Marriage
Memoranda
Notes
Register Reference P227 IN 1/10
Page Number 26
Parish Chapel Newland

Seeing the witness names I believe this is the relevant Baptism for Hannah:

Record_ID: 55058
Entry_Number:
Year: 1779
Month: May
Day: 30
Parents_Surname: BALDWIN
Child_Forenames: Hannah
Fathers_Forenames: Charles
Mothers_Forenames: Betty
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: J H BEESTON - minister
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P275 IN 1/5
Page_Number: 52
Parish_Chapel: Ruardean
Soundex: B435

I think this Joseph Meek's Baptism is:

Record_ID: 181156
Entry_Number:
Year: 1774
Month: Jun
Day: 10
Parents_Surname: MEEK
Child_Forenames: Joseph
Fathers_Forenames: George
Mothers_Forenames: Elizabeth
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Wharton
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: Guy Hill rector
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: AA33/3
Page_Number:
Parish_Chapel: Weston under Penyard
Soundex: M200

There are only two Joseph Meeks (any spelling)on the whole database between 1761-1781, t'other is:
Record_ID: 181197
Entry_Number:
Year: 1776
Month: Dec
Day: 22
Parents_Surname: MEEK
Child_Forenames: Joseph
Fathers_Forenames: John
Mothers_Forenames: Sarah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Weston u Penyard
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: Thomas Watkins rector
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: George Meek & W Matthews ch/wardens
Notes:
Register_Reference: AA33/3
Page_Number:
Parish_Chapel: Weston under Penyard
Soundex: M200

Hope this helps, hopefully Jim will clarify which Joseph is yours ?