George Jenkins birth -Breems Green, Newland (General)

by Diana, Tuesday, January 01, 2008, 20:12 (6176 days ago)

Dear list,

Please can anyone help me get back further with my Jenkins family of Breems Green, Newland. I have been looking for them for years now.

I have the will of Richard Jenkins 1843 which gives no clues to his origins. On the 1841 census of Church Sq, Tredegar it states that he is not born in county. I have the marriage entries and the baptismal entries of all of his children. I have the marriage entry of Richard Jenkins (signed) in 1800 at Bedwelty. I have researched many Jenkins families from all over Wales to try to find him.

I think that I may have finally found Richard Jenkins 1776- 1843 in Newland. He was baptised at Newland on 31st March 1776. All the names in the family are good for it to be the correct family. The father of Richard 1776 is George Jenkins which ties up with the name of the first born son of Richard Jenkins 1776 who was born 1801 and is buried in Bedwelty church in 1803 and is in the same grave as Richard 1776.

Now I have a problem as I cannot find a baptism for George Jenkins. He married Sarah Beach on 23rd February 1773 at Breems Green, Newland. He signed on the copy of the entry that I got from Glos. archives. Richard Jenkins 1776 is listed on most information I have on him as a 'gentleman' but he was definately an inn keeper as on his gravestone it states that he is 'of the Black Prince Inn' which is Tredegar, Mons. I think that he may have been tied up with mining as well.

There is a death of George Jenkins at Breems Green on the 24th Dec 1805 and that looks good - I have tried to find a will at Glos archives with no luck. I was recently told on this site that there was no MI for him in Newland.

Any suggestions would be very gratefully received.
thank you
Diana