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Now convinced that TT of Chedworth NOT same as TLT.
In my latest find Chelt Examiner 5 Jun 1872
it very clearly states that Elizabeth Bayliss and Jesse Maisey were mother and son
and that they had attempted to forge the signature of Theyer Townsend uncle to Elizabeth and of Daniel Taylor her brother. There is also mention of a Sarah Ann Sheen I have her marriage cert)
So I conclude that we are looking for a marriage between a Taylor and a Townsend about 1800.
There is a marriage at Prestbury 9 Dec 1800 between William Taylor of Cheltenham to Ann Townsend of this parish but this needs further research.
In the Theyer Townsend Chedworth will of 1883 he gives money to the Chedworth Baptist Chapel and the Chedworth Congregational Chapel so there are non conformist leanings despite burial of self, wife and children in a C of e churchyard and marriage in a c of e church (not so unusual).
Daniel Taylor farmed Woodlands farm which is on the Chedworth border to Withington and is buried in Chedworth too.
Theyer farmed from Pinkwell (a small hamlet between Calmsden and Chedworth) - in 1842 he only owned about 12 acres of land which would of been small change to the Steanbridge family. I have transcribed the Rev Robert Lawrence will also found a history of Lawrence and Townsend families in a local paper.
So where do you want to go from here?
My interest is doing a study of the inhabitants of Chedworth tombs as a local history study - I am not really THAT worried about Theyer T roots but am curious. We have found a surprising amount out about Theyer from newspapers and studying Tythe Map etc.
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