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James ELEY

James ELEY[1]

Male 1762 - 1831  (69 years)


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  • Name James ELEY
    Birth 17 April 1762  'The Broad Stone', Pembridge, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • The house was described as near the New Inn. Pembridge was a village approx 8 miles from Leominster
    Baptism 17 Apr 1762  Leominster, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Etnam Street Baptist Chapel
    Gender Male
    Physical Description James was a Linendraper and Staymaker 
    Death 6 Dec 1831  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Buried in Thornbury Baptist Chapel graveyard (according to journal of Walter Eley (1843-1925), written in 1902, copyright Gloucester County Records Office)
    Person ID I19481958731  Gibson Lovell Lomas Collins
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2026

    Father James ELY,   b. 1736   d. 13 Jan 1803, Thornbury Baptist Burial Ground, Thornbury, Gloucestershire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Mother Ann TAYLOR   d. 1799
    Marriage 10 February 1760  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Thornbury Parish Register - Marriage Banns 1754 - 70
    Family ID F951  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth GREENWOOD,   b. 1806, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1859 (Age 53 years)
    Children 
     1. Thomas ELEY,   b. 14 Jan 1794, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1864, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F938  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2026

    Family 2 Elizabeth GREENWOOD,   b. 1763, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 July 1814, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
    Marriage 17 Apr 1787  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Elizabeth Greenwood was his 1st cousin. Her mother, Mary, being sister to his mother, Ann Taylor
    Children 
     1. Martha ELEY,   b. 13 Jan 1788, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1850, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     2. Selina ELEY,   b. 28 Aug 1791, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1810, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
     3. Thomas ELEY,   b. 14 Jan 1794, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1864, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     4. Ann ELEY,   b. 20 Mar 1796, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1823, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)
     5. Elizabeth ELEY,   b. 1798   d. 1 Mar 1850, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
     6. Mary ELEY,   b. 1801   d. 1822 (Age 21 years)
     7. James ELEY,   b. 1803   d. 1803 (Age 0 years)
    +8. James ELEY,   b. 31 Oct 1805, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Sep 1861, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    Family ID F1357  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2026

  • Sources 
    1. [S_1425887729] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Trees.