Forest of Dean FHT Forum - VAUGHAN Records https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/ Connecting Forest of Dean Researchers World-Wide en VAUGHAN Records Last will and testament of William Vaughan, farmer  husband of Sarah
proved Gloucester 1869 will written 8th august 1865.
This has good description of their land and houses which together with the old map gave me the details needed to sort out the properties at the Pludds and find Highbeech House.

Birth cert of Timothy Vaughan bn 7th Jan 1839 s/o William & Sarah which gave me Sarah's maiden name - Smart
Death cert of Absalom (pyloric carcinoma)  28th Nov 1837
Death Cert of Bertha Phillips  10 Jan 1920 age 51
marr cert Absalom Vaughan & Elizabeth Cooper Aug 30th 1852
witnessed by Jonathon Hooper and Pamela Hiscox
birth cert of Bertha Vaughan Jan 1869
Marr cert at English Bicknor   31 August 1816
William Cooper and Sarah Williams    (he made a mark & she signed her name)
witnessed by Thomas Roberts  and Elizabeth  (signature unreadable!)
 
Marr  of William Vaughan & Sarah Smart
1st May 1819 (both signed)
Witnesses:
George Smart  & (Hannah  Annetts ?)

Baptism copy (Glos RO) 
 Feb 6th 1820 Absalom  S/o William & Sarah Smart
Feb 12th 1797 William s/o William & H Jemimy Vaughan


English Bicknor 1825 
Oct 16th  Elizabeth D/o  William & Sarah Cooper of Lidbrook  -collier
 
I also have a number of papers from the Society of Genealogists in London relating to the Vaughans and going back to 1500
Abstract of the will of Walter Vaughan dated 4th January 1504
large family tree
notes which need sorting (and time to do so!)
IGI entries for Vaughan (Glos & Herefordshire)
IGI entries for Cooper

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=2073 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=2073 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 01:44:53 +0000 GeneralMaureen-Albright