Following on from my reply of yesterday, I have just found the "Advanced Search" on this website (no-one can ever accuse me of moving too fast !).

This makes searching for children's baptisms of particular parents infinitely easier.

A search using just the parents names shows 17 children at Ruardean.
I presume they are all the same family ?

I think that is the biggest family yet on my "Tree"!!

I'll have to see what other treasures I can uncover...

(it's a shame I am unlikely to visit the record office as I still prefer to look through the original documents)

Thanks again Jim,
mxb...

Name: Mary Knight
Name: Joseph Stott
Year of Registration: 1858
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Wigan
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 20

Its going to take me some time to go through all that info.
Thanks for that jim

mxb...

No I didn't know George's daughter Mary married in 1858, so don't know if it shows George as deceased.
Her brother Thomas, I believe, married Elizabeth SMART in 1861, but again don't know the condition of George on the marriage entry.

Cheers,
mxb...

As usual I have benefitted fromother people's postings by picking up information from Slowhands.

I can however add 2 baptism's William 27 Sep 1835, Independant Chapel, Ruardean & Thomas 7 November 1841 Ruardean Church.

I hadn't realised that Sarah Pritchard's mother was Elizabeth Bennett. I picked up Slowhands baptism and searched for the marriage :

Transcript Details

Record_ID: 31616
Entry_Number: 46
Year: 1805
Month: Dec
Day: 12
Grooms_Surname: PRITCHARD
Grooms_Forenames: James
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition: [not stated]
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: Lea
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: BENNETT
Brides_Forenames: Elizabeth
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition: [not stated]
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Oxenhall
Brides_Fathers_Surname:
Brides_Fathers_Forenames:
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns: Licence
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: W[illia]m Nicholls
Witness_2: Cha[rle]s Butt
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Tho[ma]s Davies Vicar
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P241 IN 1/5
Page_Number: 12
Parish_Chapel: Oxenhall
Soundex_Groom: P632
Soundex_Bride: B530

I would like to establish details of Elizabeth Bennett as I have 217 Bennetts in my Family Tree, and it is interesting that George Knights mother Sophia Meek had a brother Thomas 1758 who married Mary Bennett 1758, daughter of Thomas Bennett & Lucy Hale.

George Knight 1802 is one of the Fourteen children of William Knight and Sophia Meek, born between 1780 & 1812, however 10 of them were dead by 1808. I have baptisms for all, and there are a number of duplicates - including 2 Sophia, 2 Richard, 2 Absalom & 4 Williams. I haven't got all the burial details though.

Jim Ashton

Do you have Mary's marriage cert in 1858 - is George a witness ?

Thanks for the info.
Obviously not the George KNIGHT I am looking for.

Cheers,
mxb...

Thanks again

As you say they appear to be non conformist.

Following your link about non conformist records, and another link from this forum's "admin", I ended up at the Gloucestershire Record Office catalogue.
On searching for George KNIGHT East Dean, I got a non conformist entry dated 1860 reference, d2598/5/3.

Would this indicate a death/burial entry do you think ?

mxb...

http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?mode=thread&id=14889

Actually I had already found those 2 censuses and some others.
For example on the 1861 Census Sarah and children are living in Aspul, Lancs, and she is shown as a widow.
But I can't find record of George's death between 1851 & 1861 in the Forest of Dean area ? However there are a couple of possibilities in 1859 in Wigan district.

What I would like is the baptism records of the other children.
It would be strange if 3 were baptised and not the rest ???

Thanks again
mxb...

p.s. I have just noticed that 2 of the children, Elizabeth & Sarah were baptised in Littledean Independent church/chapel and also Ruardean, but not William.
Are these 2 seperate churches/chapels ?
If so why 2 baptisms ?

Year: 1805
Month: Feb
Day: 10
Parents_Surname: PRITCHARD
Child_Forenames: Sarah
Fathers_Forenames: James
Mothers_Forenames: Elizabeth
Mothers_Surname: [not stated]
Residence: Brockweir
Occupation: [not stated]
Officiating_Minister: Tho[ma]s Thomas Curate
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P175 IN 1/2
Page_Number:
Parish_Chapel: Hewelsfield

Year: 1827
Month: Mar
Day: 10
Grooms_Surname: KNIGHT
Grooms_Forenames: George
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition: [not stated]
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: Little Dean
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: PRITCHARD
Brides_Forenames: Sarah
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition: [not stated]
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Little Dean
Brides_Fathers_Surname:
Brides_Fathers_Forenames:
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: He marks she signs
Witness_1: Mark of Thomas Knight
Witness_2: William Pritchard
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Joseph Duncan Ostrehan Curate
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P110 IN 1/9
Page_Number: 30
Parish_Chapel: Littledean

1841 Littledean Woodside
George Knight abt 1806 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire
Sarah Knight abt 1806 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire
George Knight abt 1829 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Knight abt 1832 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire
Sarah Knight abt 1834 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire
William Knight abt 1836 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire
Mary Knight abt 1838 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire
Tom Knight abt 1840 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire

Name: Richard Knight
Year of Registration: 1842
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Westbury On Severn
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 11
Page: 507

Name: Michael Pritchard Knight
Year of Registration: 1844
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Westbury On Severn
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 11
Page: 520

Name: Emma Knight
Year of Registration: 1851
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Westbury On Severn
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 11
Page: 508

1851
George Knight abt 1803 Ruardean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire
Sarah Knight abt 1805 Backwer, Gloucestershire, England Wife East Dean, Gloucestershire
Mary Knight abt 1838 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire
Thomas Knight abt 1840 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Richard Knight abt 1842 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Michael Knight abt 1845 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Emma Knight abt 1850 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire

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Name: Mary Knight
Name: Joseph Stott
Year of Registration: 1858
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Wigan
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 20

1861 Wigan Rd
Sarah Knight abt 1805 Little Dean, Lancashire, England Head Aspull, Lancashire Grocer
Thomas Knight abt 1840 East Dean, Lancashire, England Son Aspull, Lancashire
Richard Knight abt 1842 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son Aspull, Lancashire
Emma Knight abt 1850 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Aspull, Lancashire
Mary Statt abt 1838 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Boarder Aspull, Lancashire
Joseph Statt abt 1840 Castleson, Lancashire, England Boarder Aspull, Lancashire

Burial
Name: Sarah Knight
Year of Registration: 1865
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Wigan
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 12

They were married on 10th May 1827 @ Littledean Chapel.

I believe they had 9 (?) children:
George 1829
Elizabeth Pritchard 1831
Sarah 1833
William 1835
Mary 1838
Thomas 1840
Richard 1842
Michael 1845
Emma 1850

The 2nd, 3rd and 4th children's baptism details are on this website, but not the rest I think ?
I searched but couldn't find them, but if they are there somewhere my apologies.

Also I can't be sure that all these children are those of the above George & Sarah ?

Does anyone have this family in their tree please.

Thank you,
mxb