St. Arvans marriage records/Hopkins (General)

by mrsbruso , Sunday, March 04, 2012, 02:21 (4650 days ago)

Baptisms and burials are documented at St. Arvans much earlier than marriages. Can someone tell me in which parish people from St. Arvans would have been married prior to the date the marriage registers begin?

On several census' James Hopkins (born abt. 1775) lists his birthplace as St. Arvans, but there is no record of his having been baptised there. By the time of his marriage (about 1804 if I remember correctly) he is living in Trelleck, which is where his marriage was registered. (James Hopkins to Mary/Margaret Pritchard).

It is possible, although it is early days yet, his parents are James Hopkins, c. 1733 and Ann James c. 1722(?), married at Llandenny 1 Nov 1759. If these are indeed his parents, he was christened at Llandenny (James James Hopkins, 16 Feb 1775, with siblings Elizabeth James Hopkins, 1 Oct 1776 and John James Hopkins, 23 Aug 1782.) This doesn't account for another probable sibling, William Hopkins, c approx 1777, later also living in Trelleck.

Thanks.

Sandra

I was a little surprised to see how little the distance is between all the places my family called home, with only 36 miles separating Blakeney from Garndiffaith.