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Gloucestershire / Re: Understanding Parishes in Stroud
« on: Saturday 03 November 18 19:57 GMT (UK) »
Thank you to all who have responded. All very helpful.
I do believe the family were Church of England rather than non-conforming, but that is based on history going from present day backwards - it is possible I suppose that they were non-conforming at one time and then switched to Church of England. Anything is possible, but I am tending to stick with the most likely answer.
As many of you have found - there are so many Kings!
Yes, Kay, this is the same trail I was following; I was wondering whether William was perhaps a brother and so the parent would be Esther, but I can't find anything to link all of this together. My "james" is definitely the one you highlight - wife Ann (likely as you say Hooper) with son Jonathan. I can't seem to find evidence for sure that William was a brother; I can't find Esther giving birth to either William or James.
The other possibility was the James baptized in Stroud to John and Jane Wick.
So these are the two possibilities I was following and I got stuck and posted here. So I think I'm still stuck.
I do believe the family were Church of England rather than non-conforming, but that is based on history going from present day backwards - it is possible I suppose that they were non-conforming at one time and then switched to Church of England. Anything is possible, but I am tending to stick with the most likely answer.
As many of you have found - there are so many Kings!
Just a thought - Was by any chance your James living in Kings Stanley in 1841 with wife Ann and son Jonathan ??
I noticed that one of his neighbours was a William King age 40 with wife Hannah - I think is the same William in 1851 listed as born Hampton and living with mother Esther King https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG23-TN8
Kay
Added - The GRO birth index lists Jonathan King b 1839 (son of James and Ann) with mother's maiden name Hooper and there is a marriage of James King to Ann Hooper in 1827 in Kings Stanley. The witnesses were William King and Hannah King
Yes, Kay, this is the same trail I was following; I was wondering whether William was perhaps a brother and so the parent would be Esther, but I can't find anything to link all of this together. My "james" is definitely the one you highlight - wife Ann (likely as you say Hooper) with son Jonathan. I can't seem to find evidence for sure that William was a brother; I can't find Esther giving birth to either William or James.
The other possibility was the James baptized in Stroud to John and Jane Wick.
So these are the two possibilities I was following and I got stuck and posted here. So I think I'm still stuck.