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I hope someone may be able to help. I'm seeking information on the Pugh family of Bishop's Castle around the years 1720-1760.

I am a Pugh who lives in South Yorkshire and 10 Years ago my father (now 85) said to me “you know, we have a Welsh name, I was born and bread in Sheffield like your grandfather and I have no knowledge of anyone in my family every being Welsh”.  So this has been my quest for a number of years now to find the first member of my family to come from Wales before my dad leaves us.

So far I have traced my dads ancestry from Sheffield, South Yorkshire to Bishop Castle with (I believe) confirmed ancestry up to Walter Pugh (b 25 Feb 1767, Bishops Castle / d Mar 1850, Montgomeryshire) who on 09 May 1789 at St John the Baptist Church, Bishop's Castle married Mary Higgins (b 19 Feb 1766, Bishops Castle).   I have managed to trace family to Bishops Castle but I have not managed to get that last mile or so over the border into Wales.

I believe maybe Walter’s father may be the missing link, I think he is Humphrey Pugh who married Elizabeth who’s maiden name may also have been Pugh at St John the Baptist Church, Bishop's Castle on 01/06/1764.  If anyone can help or point me in the right direction it would be appreciated.  Ideally I would like to identify Humphrey's date and place of birth and if possible his parents if he was not born in Wales.

THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP!

If it helps, this is what I have... 

... yet to be confirmed
Humphrey Pugh (b.1744 approx.) - Elizabeth (Married 01/06/1764 Bishop Castle)
Children: 
Edward (b.1765)
WALTER (b.1767 Bishop Castle)
Humphrey (b.1769)
Mary   (b.1771 - d.1776)
Elizabeth (b.1773)
Martha (b.1775-d.1775)
Susanah (b.1775)
Maurice (b.1779)


Walter Pugh (b 1767) - Mary Higgins (Married 09/05/1789 Bishop Castle)
Children:
Maurice (b.1790)
Mary   (b.1791)
William (b.1794)
Walter (b.1796)
HUMPHREY (b.1803 Bishop Castle)
Sarah Pugh (b.1804)
Anne (b.1807)

Humphrey Pugh (b 1803) - Anne Jones (Married 28/09/1826 Bishop Castle)
Children: 
Eliza (b.1831)
Mariah (b.1831)
WALTER (b.1835 Bishop Castle)
Jane (b.1838)
Maria (b.1838)

WALTER left Bishop Castle and became a steel foundry man who travelled to find work; married, started a family in Birmingham moving to Leeds, Nr Chesterfield, Barnsley and eventually settling in Sheffield.


Walter Pugh (b.1835) - Mary M. (b.1840 Birmingham, Warwickshire)
Children: 
Joseph W. (b.1863 - Birmingham)
JOHN HUMPHREY (b.1864 - d.1920 Sheffield)
Elizabeth J (b.1866 New Whittington, Derbyshire)
Maurice (b.1869 Barnsley)
Charles A. (b.1870 Sheffield)
Annie M (b.1873 Sheffield)
Emma L. (b.1875 Sheffield)
Albert R. (b.1877 Sheffield)
Amelia B. (b.1879 Sheffield, Yorkshire)

John Humphrey (b.1864 - d.1920) - Ellen (b 1864)
Children: 
Anne (b.1895)
BERNARD (b.1896 - d.1984 Sheffield)
Ada (b.1898)
Nellie (b.1901)