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AlanBoyd
I have put this topic on the main Monmouthshire heading page as mentioned to me by admin on this page as I can't receive replies with attachments on this page, but I can receive replies with attachments on the main Monmouthshire page. I didn't know that, I am sorry for the inconvenience this has caused you and welcome any information on the Smith Family of Claypits Farm, Bulwark, Chepstow from yourself and appreciate your help.
Thanks
Elizlloyd
This article from 1780 links Vere Smith and Claypit to the name Dowle. As mentioned in the thread linked above, at the time of the tithe survey the occupier was John Dowle (the owner was the Duke of Beaufort.
14 February 1780: Gloucester Journal
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summary: Vere Smith of Claypit was an executor for a Roger Dowle and requests all debts to be settled with him.
Way, Haydon, Sharland, Frost, Gunn, Searles, Carew, Jones, Gould, Smith, Featherstone, Lloyd,