Bigland transcript for Woollaston - Forest of Dean Family History

CHANCEL
ON A FLAT STONES
Bigland transcript for Woollaston
Here lieth the Body of HENRY LLOYD, who died the 2 nd day of -------
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Here lyeth the Body of WINIFRED GWILLIAM, who departed this Life, the
27 of October 1667.
Under this Stone buried doth Lie The mirrour of our Parts for Charitie
Religion was her Rule, Christ was her Guide, a Pious life she led and so
she died.
Here lieth the Body of WALTER SKINNER and MARTHA SKINNER, Son and
Daughter of RICHARD SKINNER, WALTER, decreased the 10 Dec. 1660.
(defaced the rest)
Here lyeth the Body of ELIZABETH, the Wife of JOHN DAVIS, who
departed ys. Nov. 8, 1732.
M. CALI. RI. GRIFFITH, hujus Eccl, Rectoris filii natu maximi Eximiniæ
virtutis adolescentis qui quod maturior esset Cœlo quam Academiæ illue
migravit Anno Ætatis XVIIo. Salutis MDCCXXVIII. Sub oedema sa-o Jacet
ELIZ, Predict. R. GRIFFITH, A. M Conjux fidelis et diligens domi simper
tuit, in forma boma mente quam humilis, quæ obit nono Aprilis Anno
Ætatis XLIVo MDCCXXX (very defaced)
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ON FLAT STONES
Here lyeth the Body of ELIZABETH, the Wife of CHRISTOPHER SHIPMAN,
of this Parish, who departed this Life, Febr. 1, 1634.
Here lieth the Body of ELIZABETH, the Wife of BENJAMIN TAYLOR, of this
Parish, who departed this Life, October 11 th 1760, Aged 52. A rare
Example of Fidelity.
In Memory of LOVE BARROW, Wife of JOHN BARROW, of Woollaston
Grange, who died 18 May 1785, Aged 37 Years.
In Memory of SARAH HANMOND, of this Parish, who departed this Life, ye
1 st of Sept. 1782, Aged 65 Years.
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In Memory of MARY, Wife of JAMES HAMMOND, Tanner, of this Parish,
who departed this Life, on the day of Mid. 1785, Aged 22 Years.
In Memory of HAMES HAMMOND, of this Parish, Gent, who departed this
Life, the 8 th day of Sept. 1780, Aged 72 Years.
In Memory of HESTER, Relict of JAMES HAMMOND, Gent, of this Parish
who departed this Life, the 2 nd of December 1795, Aged 76 Years.
In Memory of SUSANNAH, the Wife of THOMAS LONG, and Daughter of
JAMES and MARY WOODROFFE, of this Parish, who died the 28 of May
1794, Aged 28 Years.
Here lieth the Body of JOAN, the Wife of JAMES WOODROFF, who
departed this Life, the 12 th day of May in the Year of our Lord 1682.
And also of JAMES, the Son of JAMES, and the above JOAN, the Wife of
JAMES WOODROFF, who departed this Life, the 19 th day of Nov. in the
Year of our Lord 1628.
Also also here lieth the Body of MARY, the Wife of EDMUND WOODROFF,
of Noverend and Relict of JAMES WOODROFF, of Plasterwine, who
departed this Life, 25 December A.D. 1776. Aged 34 Years.
Here lieth the Body of ANN, Wife of JAMES WOODROFF, of this Parish, She
died 20 Jan. 1689.
Also here lieth the Body of MARGARET, the Wife of JAMES WOODROFF,
Junr. Of ys Parish, She died the 5 th Decr 1712, Aged 72 Years.
Also MARY, the second Wife of JAMES WOODROFF, Junr. Of this Parish.
She died ye 29 Nov. 1730.
Also here lieth the Body of JAMES WOODROFF, of ys Parish who died the
10 th of July 1750, Aged 65 Years.
Also JAMES WOODROFF, Junr. Died the 18 th June 1770, Aged 63.
In Memory of ISAAC, the Son of JAMES and BLANCH WOODROFF, of
Plasterwine in this Parish, who died the 12 th of Jany. 1791, Aged 3 days.
Also THOMAS WOODROFF, died ye 10 th of July 1793, Aged 1 Year and 2
Months.
Also WILLIAM SMALLWOOD WOODROFF, died April the 1 st 1794, Aged 7
Months.
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CHURCH YARD
ON ALTAR TOMBS
Here lyeth interred the Body of MARY, the Daughter of WILLIAM SMART,
of this Parish, who died the 3 day of November, Ao. 1684.
Here lieth the Body of WILLIAM SMART, of this Parish, who departed this
Life, the 22 Sept. 1680.
ANNE, the Wife of WILLIAM SMART, died the 13 of Jany. 1666.
Here lyeth the Body of CHARLES GWILLAM, Gent. Who died the 6 day of
May 1724. Aged 87 Years.
Here lyeth the Body of ANNE STRATFORD, who died 9 March 1712.
Here lyeth the Body of ELIZABETH, the Wife of CHARLES HUGHES, of
Abergavenny, Gent, who departed this Life, the 7 of January 1694.
Here lyeth the Body of JANE, the Wife of HUGH CANTON, who departed
this Life, the 9 March 1698.
WILLIAM, Son of said HUGH and JANE, his Wife, ob. 13 August 1670.
Also JOHN CANTON, who died 9 June 1702.
Here lyeth the Body of HONEST WILLIAM CLARKE, who departed this Life,
the 30 day of September 1671.
In Memory of WILLIAM ROGERS, of this Place, who died the 16 day of
April 1763, Aged 31 Years.
WILLIAM, the Son of WILLIAM and PRUDENCE ROGERS, died an infant.
Here lyeth the Body of JOSEPH CRAWLEY, of this Parish, who departed
this Life, the 19 Febr. 1760 Æt. 69.
Here lies the Body of ANNE, the Wife of ROGER BODSMAN, of Rodrack,
Esqr. Who departed this in Jany. 1694.
In Memory of HENRY JONES, of this Parish, who died Febr. 23, 1789, Aged
55 Years.
In Memory of WARREN SILCOKS, Senior, of this Parish, who died the 29 of
Nov. 1746, Aged 50 Years.
ELIZABETH, the Wife of WARREN SILCOCKS, of this Parish, who died
March 29, 1779, Aged 30 Years.
In Memory of ELIZABETH WORGAN, of Plasterwine, who departed this
Life, 4 of June 1771, Aged 82 Years.
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Here lieth the Body of JOSEPH, the Son WILLIAM and ELIZABETH
WORGAN, of this Parish, who departed this Life, 10 day of October 1754,
Aged 22 Years.
JOSEPH, the Son of WILLIAM and MARY CRADDOCK, of this Parish, who
departed this Life, 3 of July 1776, Aged 14 Years.
Near this Place lies the Remains of ELIZABETH, the Wife of THOMAS
ALLEN, of the Hggins in the Parish of St. Briavels, Gent. And Daughter of
WILLIAM and SARAH WORGAN, who departed this Life, 19 of April 1793,
Aged 73 Years.
Also in Memory of MARY, the Wife of WILLIAM CRADDOCK, who departed
this Life, 7 Febr. 1794, Aged 60 Years.
Here lies interred the Body of ANN, the Wife of WALTER HARRIS, Daughter
of RICHARD BARROW, Gent. She died 20 Oct. 1786, Aged 73 Years.
Her Grandson died in his Infancy. RICHARD HARRIS, of this Parish, Son
of the above WALTER and ANN HARRIS, who departed this Life, 27 day of
Jany. A.D. 1784, Aged 52 Years.
In Memory of EDWARD WHITE, who died 22 March 1782, Aged 75 Years.
ELIZABETH, Wife of EDWARD WHITE, Junr. Of this Parish, died 10 Jany.
1782, Aged 75 Years.
EDWARD WHITE, of this Parish, died 11 August, 1730, Aged 60 Years.
MARY, his Wife, died 13 Jany. 1745, Aged 76 Years.
Also WINIFRED, the Wife of WILLIAM WHITE, of this Parish, died the 12 of
November 1748, Aged 36 Years.
Also the above WILLIAM WHITE, who died the 9 of Febr. 1775, Aged 63
Years.
Also PRUDENCE, the Daughter of the above WILLIAM and WINIFRED
WHITE, Aged 10 Years.
FRANCIS and JANE JONES, who died 6 July 1784, Aged 1 Year and 4
Months.
In Memory of WILLIAM HARRIS, Gent, Sail Maker, of this Parish, who died
29 June 1799, Aged 65 Years.
In Memory of EDWARD WHITE, of this Parish, who died the 18 of October
1787, Aged 51 Years.
Also MARY, Widow of the above EDWARD WHITE, and Relict of RICHARD
HARRIS, Tanner, of this Parish who died Sept 16, 1792, Aged 63 Years.
SARAH, the Daughter of JOHN and MARY SADLER, who died Aged 3 days.
In Memory of RICHARD BARROW, Gent, who died 23 June 1720.
MARY, the Daughter of RICHARD BARROW, and Wife of GEORGE BUCKLE,
who died 12 Decr. 1733.
GEORGE, the Son of GEORGE and MARY BUCKLE, who died the 16 of
Novr. 1773, Aged 87 Years.
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JOHN BARROW, Gent, who departed this Life, 12 Decr. 1775, Aged 77
Years.
In Memory of PRUDENCE, Wife of WILLIAM LEWIS, of this Parish, who
died 8 day of Oct. 1799, Aged 67 Years.
WILLIAM, the Son of WILLIAM and PRUDENCE ROGERS, of this Parish,
died 20 Oct. 1761, Aged 5 Years and 6 Months.
WILLIAM ROGERS, of this Parish, who died the 16 day of April 1763, Aged
51 Years.
In Memory of THOMAS and JOSEPH WILLIAMS, late of Keynsham in this
Parish, THOMAS, died May 26, 1785, Aged 75 Years.
JOSEPH died July 15, 1793, Aged 86 Years.
In Memory of SARAH, the Wife of JAMES WHITE, of Plasterwine, who died
14 Sept. 1769, Aged 64 Years.
JAMES, the Son of JAMES and SARAH WHITE, of this Parish, who departed
this Life, 4 of March, 1766, Aged 17 Years.
In Memory of WILLIAM WATKINS, of this Parish, who departed this Life,
17 June 1780, Aged 69 Years.
RICHARD WATKINS, of this Parish, died 14 April 1789, Æt. 48.
Elizabeth, Wife of WILLIAM WATKINS, died Sept. 18, 1791, Æt. 91.
Here lyeth the Body of SARAH, the Wife of ABEL ADAMS, of the City of
Bristol, who departed this Life, the 10 day of Sept. in the Year of our Lord
1706, Aged 57 Years.
ELIZABETHA, Filiæ JACOBI WOODROFE, uxor GULIELMI PROBYN, de
Newland, Obiit Ultimo die Decembr. Anno Dom. 1665.
Here lyeth the Body of JAMES WOODROFFE, who departed this Life, jany.
25, Anno Dom. 1728.
Here lyeth the Body of ELIZABETH, the Wife of EDMUND WOODROFFE,
who died 14 day of June 1780, Aged 85 Years.
CHANCEL
Sacred to the Memory of JOHN GWATKIN DOWLER, formerly of Thraxton
in the Co. of Hereford, and late of the Grange in this Parish, He died 2
March 1834, Aged 55. His Remains are interred at Monmouth.
Sacred to the Memory of the following Children of ANTHONY and
ELIZABETH HAMMOND:
James, WHO DIED 24 Aug. 1823, Aged 39 Years.
ANTHONY, who died 28 June 1833, Aged 48 Years.
WILLIAM, who died 5 Febr. 1837, Aged 46 Years.
MARY, who died 11 Oct. 1865, Aged 73 Years.
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EDMOND WOODROFFE, died Febr. 5, 1845, Aged 55.
SUSANNAH, his Wife, died Decr. 30 1846, Aged 37.
SUSANNAH BLAND, only Daughter of the above, died Dec. 21, 1841, Aged
17 Years.
The Sisters of the said EDMOND WOODROFF:- ANNE, died March 26,
1839, Aged 30 Years. And ELLEN JANE MOSLEY, died July 9, 1839, Aged
36.
Sacred to the Memory of BLANCH, the Wife of JAMES WOODROFFE, Gent,
late of Plasterwyne, died July 1881 [?] Aged 66, having survived her
Husband, who died Aug. 1822, Aged 54 Years.
IN THE PORCH
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Over the Church Door is a Tablet to ROBERT WARD, who died 1825.
OVER THE SOUTH DOOR
In a Vault underneath repose
HEAD STONES
Died Aged Died Aged
James Williams 21 July 1750 60 Maude, his Wife 30 Aug 1799 68
William Williams 29 March
1776
82 John Jones 9 June 1799 75
Tabitha, his Wife 9 Nov. 1760 70 Margaret, Wife of
John Jones
5 Nov. 1766 56
Morgan Howell 5 Nov. 1755 70
JOHN and MARY SADLER WARD, of the _______ Stroud. In Death they
were united. This Tribute of affection is erected by their Daughter EMMA E
PONTING.
In Memory of ANTHONY SHIPMAN, of this Parish, who died April 1660.
JAMES HAMMOND, Newphew of the above, died 23 July 1660.
ANTHONY HAMMOND, Son of the said JAMES HAMMOND, died 3 April
1731.
JAMES HAMMOND, Son of Said ANTHONY HAMMOND, died ______ 1760,
Aged 72.
HESTER, his Wife, died 2 Dec. 1725.
JAMES, Son of the said ANTHONY and HESTER HAMMOND, died 17 Sept
1829, Aged 70.
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MARY, his Wife, died 15 Mh. 1785, Aged 32
ELIZABETH HAMMOND, Spinster, died 6 Jany, 1834, Atged 78.
ANTHONY HAMMOND, formerly of the Grange afterwards of High
Woolaston, died 4 Mh. 1832, Aged 80 Years.
ELIZABETH, his Wife, died 8 Sept. 1826, Aged 69.
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