Doynton

[Girl Guide]

May I recommend that you try writing to the church in Cold Aston.  Below is a link to the church:-

https://www.achurchnearyou.com/cold-aston-st-andrew/#

Right at the bottom of the page on the right hand side is the word contact us.  If you click on it another page comes up and you can write to them.

Ask if they have baptism records and is it possible to have them searched.  If they don't have them they should be able to tell you where the records are.  Most likely place would be the Records Office in Gloucester.

[wendy47]

Hi avrilw

I have come across the following for my Sarah Gunning but the family is given as:

1. Robert Gunning,   b. Abt 1754, Somerset (prob)   d. 1822, Queen Charlton, Somerset
2. Sarah Gunning,   b. Abt 1755, Somerset (prob)  d. 1783, Queen Charlton, Somerset
3. Job Gunning, b. Abt 1758, Queen Charlton, Somerset (poss) d. 1837, Walcot, Bath, Somerset
4. Martha Gunning,   b. Abt 1760, Somerset (prob)  d. Yes, date unknown
5. Elizabeth Gunning,   b. 1764, Queen Charlton, Somerset    d. Yes, date unknown

Name   Sarah Gunning
Born   Abt 1755 Somerset (prob) Assumed dau of John and Mary and sister of Elizabeth.
Gender   Female
Died   1783 Queen Charlton, Somerset
Buried   9 Nov 1783 St Margaret, Queen Charlton, Somerset

Father   John Gunning,   b. Abt 1730, Somerset (poss)    d. Yes, date unknown
Mother   Mary Gunning (Mrs),   b. Abt 1730, Somerset (poss) d. 1765, Queen Charlton, n  (Age ~ 35 years)

I am now confused as Sarah married in Saltford to Green Ford. [definitely my ancestor] and lived in Queen Charlton, Som.
The trouble is Bristol is placed either in Glos or Som in the records.
There are Gunnings all over the place. They straddle the Glos/Som border.
Will look in Cold Ashton to see if I can trace any early enough.

Regards Wendy47

[avrilw]

many thanks for the suggestion to contact Cold Aston Church, I may have to do that.

I have a will/letters of Administration of Thomas Goninge in 1687 and his will dated 1650. He mentions his children Thomas John and George, but I can't find the missing generation in between. I'll keep looking and kook for your tree on Ancestry

Avril

[Slipper]

Hello Avril

I have just picked this up (very much later than you posted it) but if you haven't already discovered it, the village referred to should be Cold Ashton and not Cold Aston.  You will find plenty of Gunnings there.

Slipper