Blanch family - Newland, Glos.

[jane k]

My family is Kerby (Rosser) but the middle name Blanch occurs a couple of times in the late 18th century.  I know there was a family connection with Coleford and several were married and buried at Newland.
I have found a record of a grave at Newland for Stephen Blanch 1/7/1817 aged 71 saying his wife was Mary.  There are also graves for his 2 sons Stephen and Joseph and for a daughter Hannah.
I`m trying to find more about the Blanch family in the hope of finding the connection to the Kerbys but am not subscribed to any websites at the moment.  Any information would be much appreciated .  A will for Stephen might be helpful!
Many thanks

[NickDub]

Hi Jane,
There is a very good FoD site https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/ which has over  500,000 BMD records on it from the area. It is free to join.

I did a quick search on there and found the info below, some of which may be relevant.

Happy hunting, Nick


1747    BLANCH    Steven    Steven    Mary    Baptism    Ruardean

1791    BLANCH    John    Stephen    Mary    Baptism    Newland    
1793    BLANCH    Stephen    Stephen    Mary    Baptism    Newland    
1794    BLANCH    Joseph    Stephen    Mary    Baptism    Newland    
1796    BLANCH    Sarah    Stephen    Mary    Baptism    Newland    
1803    BLANCH    Hannah    Stephen    Mary    Baptism    Newland

1801    BLANCH    Hannah          Burial    Newland    
1809    BLANCH    Hannah          Burial    Newland    
1815    BLANCH    Stephen          Burial    Newland    
1815    BLANCH    Joseph          Burial    Newland    
1815    BLANCH    Mary          Burial    Newland    
1817    BLANCH    Stephen          Burial    Newland    
1821    BLANCH    Sarah          Burial    Newland    

1795    KIRBY    Sarah          Marriage    Newland
1809    KIRBY    Elizabeth          Marriage    Newland

[Comberton]

www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23T-8MB7
www.findagrave.com/memorial/158068656/stephen-blanch
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J74Z-Z92
Gloucester Journal 15th May 1815 has a report of the deaths of the two sons named , who died the same day in 1815.
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[emeltom]

Try the Forest of Dean site https://forest-of-dean.net

It's free to join but you will need to register. There are quite a few baptisms of children with parents Stephen and Mary Blanch

[jane k]

www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23T-8MB7
www.findagrave.com/memorial/158068656/stephen-blanch
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J74Z-Z92
Gloucester Journal 15th May 1815 has a report of the deaths of the two sons named , who died the same day in 1815.
Familysearch is free to use, you need to register, and you can get 3 free views below
www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/help/about
click free example pages to get the offer

Thanks - very sad to read that both of the sons were killed in a mining accident

[jane k]

Try the Forest of Dean site https://forest-of-dean.net

It's free to join but you will need to register. There are quite a few baptisms of children with parents Stephen and Mary Blanch

Thanks for that.  Unfortunately when I have tried to register I am getting a message saying the activation of the account has failed.  Any ideas what I can do about that?

[emeltom]

Sorry but I have no idea. It's so long ago that I registered with them that I can't even remember what I had to do.

[jane k]

Sorry but I have no idea. It's so long ago that I registered with them that I can't even remember what I had to do.

False alarm!  It`s just let me in!  Many thanks for the information

[amondg]

The Stephen Blanch 22 circa 1793 and Joseph 20 circa 1794 killed in the mining accident 1815 were of Coleford

parents also Stephen and Mary

They also had a son John 1791 who died 1797.
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There is a Stephen Blanch who married Mary Bennett 1796 by License (might have additional information)
says he is a bachelor!

They had Hannah 1803, William 1806 Thomas 1810 -found so far.