Those Glasscodines - think I've almost cracked it!

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So almost a success story. I've got a family tree of my Glasscodine line drawn up by my Granny but I've never been sure whether it's right or not, once you get back to John Glasscodine who married Jane Lidiard in 1789 in Bath. The tree has his father down as William and with brothers Jacob and William, sisters Elizabeth and Sarah, which would suggest he was from Dodington in Gloucestershire as that's where the family with those names were. But I haven't managed to link the Dodington family with Bath before. Dodington is near Chipping Sodbury, about 10 miles from Bath. Also the John baptised at Dodington was born in 1747 but my John was supposedly 74 when he died in 1833 (if it's him!), also he was a bachelor when he married Jane in 1789 so unlikely to have been born in 1747.

Well... I've found one or two of the Bath Glasscodines calling themselves Glass at one time or another, and thanks to some very kind people who are transcribing the Walcot St Swithins PR's, I've just found another Glasscodine reference which I hadn't seen before. An Elizabeth Glasscodine was buried 27 Dec 1821, age 49, abode 9 Gibbs Court. I wondered whether she could be Elizabeth Parfitt who married Robert Glass at Walcot St Mary in 1792, in which case it would show that Robert Glass was another of the Glasscodines.

I'd searched the Somerset Record Office catalogue online a few times before for variations on the name Glasscodine, with no luck, but I just thought of looking for Glass. Useless because it came up with hundreds of photos covered in glass etc, but doing the phrase search for John Glass, I've found some entries for lease & release, mortgages etc for a John Glass, tiler and plasterer, of Walcot, the properties being No 10 Abingdon Buildings, Julian Rd., Bath, and another property in Arundell Place. My Glasscodines lived in Arundell Place though that was somewhat later than the stuff I've found in the catalogue so far. But looks hopeful. Also my Henry Glasscodine (son of John) was a lath render, which I'm hoping is similar to plasterer?

The entry mentioning Arundell Place (1812) also lists the parties of the first part as John Glass of Bath, tiler, Isaac Amesbury of Bath and Mary his wife (nee Glass - marriage is on FreeREG now, Isaac Ainsbury married Mary Glass 15 Dec 1794 at St Mary's Chapel, Walcot, Bath), Ann Llewellyn (nee Glass) and Robert Glass of Bath, with the party of the second part as Christopher Codrington Esq. of Dodington, Gloucestershire. So there is a connection between this family and Dodington, and Robert is definitely part of John Glass's family. Also there is a marriage between Aaron Llewellyn and Ann Glasscodine (6 Jan 1795 also at St Mary's Chapel, Walcot), so these people are definitely Glasscodines calling themselves Glass (or vice versa). At last I'm getting somewhere!

Need to put all this in somewhere so I don't lose it!
Robert Glass baptised 30 Aug 1761 Bath Widcombe St Thomas a Becket son of John and Sarah
John Glass was brought to church having been privately baptised - 28 Aug 1763 Bath Widcombe St Thomas a Becket son of John and Sarah <= is this my John?
== Need baptism for Ann Glass or Glasscodine somewhere in here ==
Mary Glass baptised 17 Oct 1768 Bath St Peter & St Paul, daughter of John and Mary
Robert Glass baptised 29 Dec 1789 Bath Walcot St Swithin age 5 years son of John and Mary

Mary Amsbury buried 18 Apr 1827 Walcot St Swithin age 60, abode Lampards Buildings.
Children of Isaac and Mary Amesbury all baptised St Swithin:
William 24 Mar 1796, Isaac 23 Feb 1797, John 24 Sep 1801, Elizabeth 29 Sep 1805, Richard 6 Sep 1807, Mary Anne 4 Sep 1810, Jane 3 Mar 1811, Margaret 10 Oct 1813, residence Lampard's Buildings, father's occupation mason.
This definitely fits with my Glasscodines.