Hello Glynne. I have a copy of the IGI from Neath, Lisa she works there thinks that she help to transcribe this and added her name as a relations, I also asked in Aberystwyth they did not have any idea what it meant. I looked up Ira Stearns on the LDS site and found one born about 1900 again nothing to confirm this. I will send you what I have on Thomas if you would like me to. I am planning a visit to the archives at Cwmbran in the near future. Bye. Marian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glynne Jones" <gbj@talktalk.net> To: <MONMOUTHSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 9:25 PM Subject: [MON] JOHN HATCH > Greetings Marian, > > I do not have anything firm on the origins of John Hatch but some pointers > which may be relevant. The surname is more common in Gloucestershire and > Herefordshire than in Monmouthshire in that period. I found a John Hatch > baptised in Ashton-under-Hill 26.8.1742, son of John and Sarah; they also > used the names Thomas and Sarah (three times). This could be our John H. > but I have failed to find any evidence to confirm it. > The IGI of 1992 has a number of entries submitted by Ira Stearns Hatch > which look as if they may be interesting but they were submitted in 1927 > and no way of following up. > As you may have seen in the Parish records, John Hatch was at different > times petty constable and overseer of the highway in the 1780's. One way > and another I reckon he was in Tregare from at least 1776 and until 1811. > No sign of his burial but a John Hatch was buried at Tintern, age 75, on > 19.5.1817. This would be spot on for age I believe. > I have more on his son John and of course a pretty full life history for > daughter Sarah. The only thing on Thomas is that he was a witness at her > marriage - I think it safe to assume that this Thomas H. was her brother. > I think that is all I have which may be of interest to you. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >