Forest of Dean FHT Forum - The Kirke family - Any FOD Connection

The Kirke family - Any FOD Connection (reply)

Fred Hodge — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:51:34 +0000

Thanks for your reply. I have only just recently come across your site regarding my Kirke family as Blaisdon was mentioned in the will of one of the Kirkes. I rather believe that this was because of marriage to a Gleed from that area, the parties of which then went on to reside in Bristol.
Thanks for your reply.
Fred Hodge

The Kirke family - Bristol (reply)

Fred Hodge — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:48:16 +0000

Dear Jeff

Many thanks for your informative reply, especially about the landscape. My interest has been in the Kirke family that have taken me back from Reading to New Romney then to Bampton in Oxfordshire and then to Bristol and Blaisdon - quite a journey, taken over approx 160 years. I suspect that the Kirkes didn't originate from the latter and wonder just where this trail will lead me next. Thanks again for your input. Regards Fred

The Kirke family - Any FOD Connection (reply)

admin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:30:58 +0000

Bristol is not located in the Forest of Dean or its borders and does not come under the scope of this website which specialises in the Forest of Dean.

Does your Kirke family have connections to the Forest of Dean? If so please share the details with us and we maybe able to assist. If not, I suggest you join the Rootsweb Gloucester Mailing List where the people there will possibly be able to help you out with your query.

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The Kirke family - Bristol (reply)

Jefff — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:49:44 +0000

Hi Fred, welcome to this great site (and no it's not my creation!).
Thats a fair challenge there, sadly I dont have a lot of time but:
1. did you realise you can freely & easily access the huge database of Parish Records here, just click on the blue "button" at top of page.
2. also you can search this forum, someone else may well have done your research for you, use the search box at top right.
For example searching "Gleed" gives this thread which mentions an old photo of a Miss Gleed. I realise its not as early as you're requesting but perhaps of interest.
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=2335

Back to my first suggestion re searching the PRs, this site has 3 PRs for Kirke, 67 for Kirk, and 98 for Gleed. If you look you can easily filter them down chronologically etc.

The Kirke PRs are all C17th, all presumably related as from same Parish of Blaisdon. This is the flat agricultural area ("Blaisdon Red" plums etc) twixt Glos & Herefordshire, just to the north of the hilly and Forested part of our area.
In my limited experience the majority of the pre C19th PRs on this site are from such outlying flat areas rather than the inner Forest itself, I think largely because in those days prior to the industrial revolution "boom" the Forest was much less densely inhabited than the surrounding flatter farming areas, plus of course there were more Churches hence more Records in those ancient Parishes.

Record_ID: 234499
Entry_Number:
Year: 1655
Month: Jul
Day: 10
Parents_Surname: KIRKE
Child_Forenames: Robert
Fathers_Forenames: Robert
Mothers_Forenames: Anne
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: born 3 July
Notes:
Register_Reference: P49 IN 1/1
Page_Number: 15
Parish_Chapel: Blaisdon
Soundex: K620

Record_ID: 153172
Entry_Number:
Year: 1654
Month: Jan
Day: 29
Surname: KIRKE
Forenames: Rebecca
Residence:
Age_at_death:
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes: Old style date 1653/4
Register_Reference: P49 IN 1/1
Page_No: 15
Parish_Chapel: Blaisdon
Soundex: K620

Record_ID: 153287
Entry_Number:
Year: 1676
Month: Jan
Day: 20
Surname: KIRKE
Forenames: Ann
Residence:
Age_at_death:
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes: Old style date 1675/6
Register_Reference: P49 IN 1/1
Page_No: 24
Parish_Chapel: Blaisdon
Soundex: K620

The oldest of the Kirk PRs listed are mid C18th, from Parishes within the Blaisdon general area, such as Ledbury, Dymock etc.

The majority of the Gleed PRs are from mid C19th onwards, with this glaring exception:

Record_ID: 114445
Entry_Number:
Year: 1704
Month: Oct
Day: 4
Grooms_Surname: BISHOP
Grooms_Forenames: John
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition:
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: Upton St Leonards
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: GLEED
Brides_Forenames: Edith
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition:
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Upton St Leonards
Brides_Fathers_Surname:
Brides_Fathers_Forenames:
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark:
Witness_1:
Witness_2:
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: John Abbot Minister
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P154/9 IN 1/5
Page_Number: 11
Parish_Chapel: Gloucester St John the Baptist
Soundex_Groom: B210
Soundex_Bride: G430

Hope this helps,

Happy Hunting !

The Kirke family - Bristol

Fred Hodge — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:29:18 +0000

Hello!

Can anyone assist me with the Kirke family of Bristol and environs in the 17th and 18th century? A related surname is Gleed and I would be very pleased to hear from anyone who may be able to throw light on this family. Many thanks