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1751-1825 (Click here for family chart) George, son of Nicholas Roch of Paskeston, Cosheston, Pembrokeshire, The Roch family major Welsh landowners. Geroge m. Ann Bright, 6th November 1777, Church of St. Michael, the Archangel, Bristol. George listed in Bristol Poll Book, "Freeholders and Freemen 1812" as "Gent of Portland Square" But previously listed on the baptism records of his sons as a "Leather Dresser" George died 22 November 1825, aged 73 years.
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Henry Roch 1786-1843 Henry, from Clifton, Bristol, born 6 October 1786. Henry from a family of rich landowners, origially based in Paskeston, Cosheston, Pembrokeshire. m. Constantia Maria Tunaley 18-10-1831, Duffield, Derbyshire. Henry godfather to Henry Roch Tunaley
*Henry Roch was the brother of Nicholas Roch (1785-1866), Director of the Bristol Dock Company, and an associate of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Documents show Nicholas Roch had dealings with Brunel over the construction of the Great Western Railway, G.W.R. (see below). Robert Bright was the Deputy Chairman (1835-43) of the same Bristol Board of Directors and was much-involved with the historic steamship SS Great Britain designed by Brunel and launched in 1843. Now a museum ship in the Great Western Dockyard, Bristol.
Henry listed on his wife Contantia's death certificate as "retired merchant" and "Gent". Henry and Constantia living at Burley Grange, Quarndon, Duffield, Derbyshire. No known children. Henry d. abt. 2 August 1843.
Allen Bright, maternal grandfather of Henry Roch, was evidently a master craftsman in pewter with some of his Georgian pieces having been fairly recently on sale at various auction houses. Pictures of his wares appear on the websites of various auction houses: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/17771/lot/157/?category=list http://www.hiltpewter.com/item.php?id=1104&cid=13
Much of Allen Bright's work was exported to America and these antiques are now being sold for thousands of pounds/dollars.
* By the early 1800s the Bristol docks were becoming congested and much of the shipping trade was moving to London and Liverpool. So it follows the merchants of Bristol would have been anxiously looking for faster transport of import/export goods between the London docks and Bristol. https://bristolha.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/bha062.pdf https://www.ssgreatbritain.org/brunel-and-the-harbour/
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So far, I've just skimmed the details, but will be doing some proper reading on this over the next day or two.
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Ann Bright 1754-1820 Ann Bright, daughter of Allen Bright (1720-1762) of Bristol by his second marriage.
Allen Bright bp. 5 May 1720, Ledbury, Herefordshire. M1: Marriage to Mary Gardner, (1722-1747), February, 1746. M2: Marriage to Ann Hay, Worcester, 1750. Allen died 1762. He is listed in his will as a pewterer and a merchant of Bristol with much of his work exported to the colonies.
General: pewter in those days was an alloy of tin and lead, the latter being poisonous. Working with this alloy may have contributed to Allen's death at an early age. Modern pewter uses copper and antimony replacing the lead.
"Pewtering" was at its peak in the 1700s but died out in the nineteenth century with the industrial revolution and the application of new techniques.
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