thank you very much for the link - I too drew a blank. Perhaps he did not make a will - I will look to see if his wife Sarah made one - just thought of that!

thanks again for your help
Diana

http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1335

thank you so much. I had not thought to look that early! but of course that would only make him 46 when Richard 1776 was born.

Any idea where I can find his will - is there a site for Gloucestershire wills please?

Diana

George Jenkins
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Event(s):
Birth: 1730
Christening:
Death: About 24 DEC 1805 Breams Green, Coleford, Gloucester, England
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Messages:
Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church.
No additional information is available. Ancestral File may list the same family and the submitter.
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and a transcription

Year 1805
Month Nov
Day 24
Surname JENKINS
Forename(s) George
Place of Residence Breem
Age at death
Officiating Minister T Matt Proctor vicar
Event Burial
Cause of death
Memoranda
Notes
Register Reference P227 IN 1/5
Page No 16
Parish/Chapel Newland

thank you I had found the baptism of Richard 1776. It was George Jenkins his father who married Sarah Beach that I am having trouble with. There is one who died at Bream 1804 who I assume is his father but I cannot find a will for him.

thanks
Diana

Year 1773
Month Feb
Day 23

Groom Surname JENKINS
Groom Forename(s) George
Groom Age at Marriage
Groom condition
Groom Rank or Profession
Groom Residence Newland
Groom Father's Surname
Groom Father's Forename(s)
Groom Father's Rank or Profession

Bride Surname BEACH
Bride Forename(s) Sarah
Bride Age at Marriage
Bride Condition
Bride Rank or Profession
Bride Residence Newland
Bride Father's Surname
Bride Father's Forename(s)
Bride Father's Rank or Profession

Licence or Banns Licence
Date of banns
Signature or Mark He signs she marks
Witness 1 Thomas Beach
Witness 2 R Williams
Other witnesses
Officiating Minister P Ball vicar
Event type Marriage
Memoranda
Transcriber's Notes
Register Reference P227 IN 1/7
Page No 483
Parish/Chapel Newland

Was it usual for someone born in Newland to move to Tredegar - was Newland a coal mining area?

Yes Mining was a Newland parish activity

On alot of the documentation that I have for Richard Jenkins he is down as a 'gentleman'. However in the parish records for the baptism of his son John Jenkins at Bedwelty in 1819 his father is down as a Collier/Inn Keeper at Tredegar. Surely a collier would not be classed as a 'gentleman'

Gentleman as in titled maybe not, but gentleman as in property owner then maybe

Please can anyone help me find the father of Richard Jenkins 31/3/1776 Newland. Richard Jenkins 1776 married Ann Moss 1782 of Leeds at Bedwelty in 1800. His father was George Jenkins and mother Sarah Beach. I have traced the Beach family right back. I cannot find George Jenkins in any of the parish records on the website.

There is a death for a George Jenkins dated 1804 Breams Green but I cannot find that either. Where could I look for a will as I have not managed to find anywhere to search?

Was it usual for someone born in Newland to move to Tredegar - was Newland a coal mining area?

On alot of the documentation that I have for Richard Jenkins he is down as a 'gentleman'. However in the parish records for the baptism of his son John Jenkins at Bedwelty in 1819 his father is down as a Collier/Inn Keeper at Tredegar. Surely a collier would not be classed as a 'gentleman'

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Diana