Records of Gloucester Assizes - James Whittington (General)

by shepway , Monday, April 27, 2015, 08:56 (3499 days ago) @ lesleyr

You can definitely exclude the Coalway connection.

If you look at the 1841 Census returns the Joyford family is resident in the Parish of English Bicknor. James at Lydbrook is in The Hundred of St Briavels (Extra Parochial Land).
That said prior to 1851 part of Lydbrook was in English Bicknor Parish and when checking for baptisms James resident at Lydbrook was baptised at English Bicknor and born in 1810 i.e. he is the exact age given in the Assize Records where as the other two were born earlier and married by 1841.

Finding the marriage of James of Lydbrook was not straightforward but thanks to the Glos BMD database we are able to track it through the children where mother's maiden name is given as HORSHAM and we know from Census that her forename is Hannah. This leads us to this marriage:

Marriages Jun 1845
Horsham Hannah Wheatenhurst 11 661
WELLINGTON James Wheatenhurst 11 661

Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry
WELLINGTON James HORSHAM Hannah Stroud Eastington St Michael and All Angels 1845 C15/1 82

There is an image of the marriage on Ancestry and James' father is given as Thomas deceased and James' Residence is Forest of Dean.

Mike