Forest of Dean FHT Forum - PHELPS family 1781 Longhope

PHELPS family 1781 Longhope (reply)

slowhands — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:37:34 +0000

might be worth checking this family :-

Year: 1781
Month: Oct
Day: 31
Parents_Surname: PHELPS
Child_Forenames: George
Fathers_Forenames: John
Mothers_Forenames: Eliz:[abe]th
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P206 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 92

Year 1781
Month Oct
Day 31
Parents Surname PHELPS
Child Forenames John
Fathers Forenames
Mothers Forenames Eliz:[abe]th
Mothers Surname
Residence
Occupation
Officiating Minister
Event Baptism
Memoranda
Notes
Register Reference P206 IN 1/7
Page Number 92
Parish Chapel Longhope

possibly dies in November 1781

James Phelps and Prudence Goode (reply)

Jean Herbert — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:13:20 +0000

This is what I have on the family:

Marriage details of James Phelps to Prudence Good
Record_ID: 32365 Entry Number: 63
Date :16 May 1812
Groom :James PHELPS
Groom Residence: Abenhall
Bride : Prudence GOODE
Bride Forenames: Prudence
Bride Residence: Abenhall
Licence or Banns: Banns
Date of banns:
Signature or Mark: Both mark
Witness 1: Mark of John Tudor Witness 2: Mark of Mary Tudor
Officiating Minister: Henry Berkin
Register Reference: P1 IN 1/6
Page No: 22
Parish_Chapel: Abenhall

1841 Census Forest of Dean
HO107piece 364 Book 8 Civil Parish Dean Forest Gloucestershire District 11 folio 11 page 16 line 1
Address: Horsepool Bottom
James Phelps occ: Laborer age 55 born abt 1786 East Dean
Prudence Phelps age 55 born abt 1786 East Dean
Eliza Phelps age 15 born abt 1831 East Dean
Jane Phelps age 10 born abt 1831 East Dean
Mary Phelps age 20 born abt 1821 East Dean
Thomas Phelps age 13 born abt 1826 East Dean
William Phelps age 14 born abt 1827 East Dean

1851 Census East Dean
(Please note that the census shown below is mistranscribed as Philips)
HO107 piece 1959 folio 179 page 14
Address: Hazel Hill
James Philips Head occ: Labourer in stone quarry age 69 born abt 1782 Longhope
Prudence Philips Wife age 65 born abt 1776 Abinghall
Jane Philips Dau age 20 born abt 1831 East Dean

1861 Census East Dean
RG9 piece 1756 folio 52 page 7
Address: Horsepool Bottom
James Phelps Head occ: Laborer age 83 born abt 1778 Longhope
Prudence Phelps Wife age 75 born abt 1786 Abinhall
Jane Yemm Dau occ: House Duties age 30 born abt 1831 East Dean
Arthur Yemm Grandson age 11 Scholar born abt 1850 East Dean
Ann Yemm Grandaughter age 1 born abt 1860 East Dean
(Please note. The transcription by Ancestry leaves out a lot of the record. If you view the actual census it shows quite plainly that Jane and her children are living with her parents)

Prudence died and was buried on 14 Dec 1862 Abenhall

James died in 1869 age 90
Burial record
Entry Number: 526
Date : 30 Apr 1869
Surname: PHELPS
Forenames: James
Place of Residence: East Dean
Age at death: 90
Officiating Minister: J. Davies
Register Reference: P1 IN 1/11
Page No: 66
Parish_Chapel: Abenhall

I would like, if possible to find the parents of both James and Prudence
Regards Jean herbert

James Phelps and Prudence Goode (reply)

admin — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:49:45 +0000

As there are so many people who lived in the Forest that had the same name, it is important that you provide us with the with a location of where the people you are seeking lived, or where they were baptised, married or buried. → Make sure you include: Name - Dates - Location

There are 3 possible baptism records I can find in the parish records database which you probably have already seen:

James PHELPSE baptised 1785 at Awre
James PHELPSE baptised 1786 at Awre
James PHELPS baptised 1778 at Kempley

Not strong contenders (but all possibilities) as Awre is about 18 miles away from Abenhall which is the parish on the marriage record you have already found. Kempley is about 12 miles from Abenhall.

James Phelps and Prudence Goode

Jean Herbert — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:52:42 +0000

Would it be possible for someone to find the parents of:
James Phelps born abt 1780 and Prudence Goode born abt 1785. I have their marriage records from this site but would now like to go a little bit further back in time if possible. I have all the children of the marriage but on the actual record of marriage it does not give either of the couples father's name.
Regards Jean Herbet