"Place of birth?"
"Abn'all"
"Wheres that ?"
"near Mitchel Dean, Glostershire "

I had wondered about Mitcheldean but thought maybe I was trying to bend the facts to fit the story. However now you've suggested it I have suddenly realised that I was assuming Michael (as it does seem to say) was intended to be pronounced as in the boy's name and it could of course be an attempt to write 'Mitchel' phonetically. I have been assuming the 't' in Mitcheldean is sounded which is also a little presumptious of me.

"Place of birth?"
"Mitchel Dean, Glostershire "

[recorded as Michael, Glos]

Year: 1792
Month: Dec
Day: 3
Grooms_Surname: MALSON
Grooms_Forenames: Richard
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition:
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: Lea
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: YEARSLY
Brides_Forenames: Hannah
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition:
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Abenhall
Brides_Fathers_Surname:
Brides_Fathers_Forenames:
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both mark
Witness_1: Richd Lowe
Witness_2: Mark of John Malson
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: John Probyn
Event: Marriage
Memoranda: 2 record number 4's
Notes: BTs spell bride name as Yearsley
Register_Reference: P1 IN 1/5
Page_Number: 7
Parish_Chapel: Abenhall

Year: 1806
Month: May
Day: 4
Parents_Surname: MALSON
Child_Forenames: Sofia
Fathers_Forenames: Richard
Mothers_Forenames: Hannah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes: BT spells forename as Sofiah
Register_Reference: P1 IN 1/4
Page_Number: 4
Parish_Chapel: Abenhall

1841
George Colvin abt 1791 St Pancras, Middlesex
Sophia Colvin abt 1801 St Pancras, Middlesex
George Colvin abt 1826 Middlesex, England St Pancras, Middlesex
Ann Colvin abt 1831 Middlesex, England St Pancras, Middlesex
Alexander Colvin abt 1831 Middlesex, England St Pancras, Middlesex
Alfred Colvin abt 1833 Middlesex, England St Pancras, Middlesex
Walter Colvin abt 1840 Middlesex, England St Pancras, Middlesex

1851
George Calvin abt 1787 Penrith, Cumberland, England Head St Pancras, Middlesex
Sophia Calvin abt 1800 Michael, Gloucestershire, England Wife St Pancras, Middlesex
Alexander Calvin abt 1829 Kentish T, Middlesex, England Son St Pancras, Middlesex
Alfred Calvin abt 1834 Kentish T, Middlesex, England Son St Pancras, Middlesex

Name: Sophia Colvin
Year of Registration: 1857
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Pancras (1837-1901)
County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 1b
Page: 117

1861
George Colvin abt 1788 Penrith, Cumberland, England Head St Pancras, Middlesex

Step forward a couple of decades to 1824 and the IGI has a Sophia MALSON marrying George COLVIN at the Old Church in St Pancras, Middlesex. The 1851 census entry suggests she was born around 1800 (the 1841 is broadly supportive) and describes her place of birth as 'Gloucestershire, Michael' (it certainly starts 'Micha' so it seems a reasonable transcription).

I am following in the footsteps of another researcher who has linked the two together but it seems to be purely on the coincidence of the name and county of birth and tempting as it is to follow suit, I'm unconvinced. If we assume she was baptised as an infant, as her siblings would seem to have been, then perhaps she added a few years to her age for appearances sake (she would have been eighteen at marriage, her husband thirty-seven) but that is highly speculative, and there is still the issue of the place of birth.

Has anyone uncovered anything about Sofia in their researches that might be of assistance?

Thanks,

Graham