I had an email from Glos Arch today. They can sent me William Clarke's 1845 will, but the three more recent wills are in hard copy only, and will be thirteen pounds per page. Since I don't know how many pages there might be that is a little too dear for me at the moment. I will send to York for the other four.

George Morse's will has also been helpful. So I would like to thank everyone involved in making this information availabe.

Harriett Clarke's will is listed as 1874/9. I wanted to order it from the Gloucestershire Archives but it doesn't seem to be coming up on their list.

You can only order copies of Wills from Gloucestershire Archives which are prior to 1858.

Details of how to obtain a copy of any of the Wills that are listed in the index is on the bottom part of the
Forest of Dean Wills Index 1858-1941 page.

Someone who owns land ( and property) - and in all probability earns their living by charging rent.

What does landed proprietor mean exactly? I would have thought this would be unusual for an unmarried woman who is a youngest child with four elder brothers.

Her neighbors make great sense when you consider that her neices married into both the Morgan and Virgo families.

1861
Harriet Clark abt 1789 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire

1851 Gibraltar
Harriot Clark abt 1789 Awre, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire Land Proprietor

Year: 1788
Month: Oct
Day: 9
Parents_Surname: CLARK
Child_Forenames: Harriet
Fathers_Forenames: W[illia]m
Mothers_Forenames: Mary
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: Charles Sandiford Vicar & Curate
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: D[aughter] of
Notes: Blakeney Chapel
Register_Reference: P30 1 IN 1 Part 2
Page_Number: 461
Parish_Chapel: Awre

CLARKE Harriett

4 January 1875

Adminstration (with the Will and Codicil) of the effects of Harriett Clarke late of Blakeney Hill in the Township of East Dean in the County of Gloucester, Spinster, who died 30 November 1874 at Blakeney Hill was granted at Gloucester to William MORSE of Blakeney Hill, Labourer, the Nephew one of the Residuary Legatees sus-stituted.

Effects under £800

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1871 Census, East Dean
Blakeney Hill

William MORSE - 55 - labourer, born Viney Hill, Glos
Jemima MORSE - 58 - born ditto
George Edward MORSE - Son, unmarried - 27 - labourer, born East Dean

family of VIRGO's

then

Charles MORSE - Head married 58 - Coal Miner, born East Dean
Jane MORSE - 50 - born West Dean
Mary Anne - dau - unmarried 18 - Servant (out of employ) - born East Dean
Sam - son - 15 - Coal Miner
Ruth - 12
Dan - 10
Martha - 5
William Charles MORSE, Grandson - 1
Charles MORSE Junr - married 27 - Coal Miner
Mary MORSE - wife - 22

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1851 Census, Harriot CLARK, unmarried age 62 - Landed Proprietor, born Awre

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Lydney marriage

My x Grandfather John WICKENDEN of Awre married Ann STEPHENS of Lydney - 9 April 1777 - witness Henry STEPHENS

Ann STEPHENS christened 25 September 1757 - daughter of Henry & Elizabeth STEPHENS

I saw with great interest one of the updated wills belongs to an ancestress of mine, an 86 year old spinster and youngest sister of my gg grandfather. Harriett Clarke's will is listed as 1874/9. I wanted to order it from the Gloucestershire Archives but it doesn't seem to be coming up on their list. Is there somewhere else it might have been filed, ot is it likely that the Archives on line data might be incomplete?

For others who may be interested, Harriett was the daughter of William Clarke and Mary (Stephens) of Blakeney Hill (Awre).