RootsChat.Com

If anyone is interested in the Fusells of Dunkerton and Hemington, I have made an extensive study of this family, to which a 2x great grandmother belonged, and can trace James' ancestry back a further  5 generations, to say nothing of the wider cousinage.
regards
Andrew

Trying to find a description of the arms of a several times great uncle Jonathan Power Gilpin.
Apprenticed; 14th February 1737, to Frances Savage of Tetbury, Glos, attorney.
Later a cornet in the Duke's Dragoons.
Married 26th June 1759, Tellisford, Somerset, Frances Batchellor, groom stated as of Kington St Michael, Wiltshire.
Buried; 24th September 1790, Tellisford.
PCC will; 16th May 1787 mentions "my tea china and yellow and green ware with my arms on them". Possibly Chinese armorial ware, as his son was station in the Indies at that time. in the same paragraph he mentions silver coat buttons with a fox on them in gold. So I wondered whether they might feature on his shield or crest.

There are no Gilpins in the 1623 Heraldic Visitation of Wiltshire. His brother, James Gilpin, was Recorder of Oxford, died before 21st March 1767, when his brother, as executor, placed a notcie in the Oxford Journal.

Searching for the baptism of Emma Catley, natural daughter of Elizabeth Catley, no father mentioned.
Married; 1869, Thomas Wilkins.
Buried; 3rd April 1901, midsomer Norton.

From her age in the subsequent censuses she would have been beteen 1828-1833.
Her sister Mary Catley was baptised 11th June 1823, Midsomer Norton, noted as baseborn.
She also had a brother, James Catley, born c1826, but again I have been unable to trace his baptism.

The "Know your place" website has recently been extended from it original Bristol focus to cover Somerset. It allows you to locate streets etc on old and modern maps - although the Somerset section is not as detailed as yet.
regards
Andrew

Your post caught my attention as my 2x great grandmother, Mary Ann MGill, nee Davies, married an Isaac Iles as her third husband on 8th November 1886, St Philip and James, Bristol. Previously she had married two bothers in succession, which was actually illegal.
Anyway, I digress. To find out about vital event in 19th century Bristol use family search. under their English records you can find practically the complete Bristol Parish Registers, and some Non-Conformist registers, although images are not available. I found it invaluable in drawing up my Bristolean family tree.
regards
Andrew