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CONTENTS
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PREFACE
CHAPTERS
1
Direct Ancestors
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2
Events
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
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29
31
32
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Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
MI’s
Census
Wills
Official Documents
3.1
Militia Lists
3.2
Rates
3.3
Poll Books
3.4
Directories
3.5
Apprentices
3.6
Burgess Books
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37
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38
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40
4
Methodism
41
5
Royal Navy
5.1
Summary of Naval Service (Walter777)
5.2
Ships Musters, Logs & Incidents
Royal William
Trident
Argonaut
Zealand
Intrepid
Salvadore Del Mundo
Excellent
Peacock
Courageux
Majestic
5.3
Pension Records
5.4
Recruitment & Service in the Navy 1795 - 1815
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46
Miscellaneous
6.1
Charities
6.2
Hereford Miscellany
6.3
Bristol Miscellany
Other Related Families
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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Williams tree
Williams Tree
Map of Hereford showing “Portfields”
Hereford Cathedral
Banns Richard Williams & Ann Rolling 1776 (for sig of Richard)
Marriage Walter Williams & Sarah Ward 1810 February 9th
Picture of Block
Picture of Pump
Ship’s Carpenter
A 3rd Rate Man of War
Picture of the New Room c 1770
Picture Portland St Methodist
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We are grateful for the help received from many sources. In particular mention should be
made of the following, a list that is probably not comprehensive.
Bristol Record Office, Bristol
Bristol Reference Library
Bristol & Avon Family History Society
Hereford Record Office
Family Records Centre, Myddleton Street, London
The Society of Genealogists, London
Church of Jesus Christ of LDS for their IGI
National Archives at Kew (formerly the Public Records Office)
The Methodist New Room, Broadmead Bristol
Southampton City Library
Invariably the staff at all these locations were most obliging, directing our tentative footsteps
to many sources which would have otherwise have remained undiscovered.
And once again to Christine Headford whose detective work from New Zealand directed us to
the will of Richard Williams whereby we found his son Walter in Nelson’s navy.
Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information included here,
any errors are solely the responsibility of the authors.
ABBREVIATIONS
PRO
SOG
BRO
HRO
IGI
Public Record Office, Kew
The Society of Genealogists, London
Bristol Record Office, Bristol
Hereford Record Office
International Genealogical Index
PR
BT
Trans
Parish Register
Bishop’s Transcripts
Transcription
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The Frigates 1998 James Henderson
© Gordon and Barbara Faulkner