To Richard Ellis particularly,
I see from your posting that you have had no response concerning the surname
CLEE.
Well, I do have a connection albeit not a direct line to a Catherine CLEE.
Sometimes written differently in the Parish Records. i.e. Chatherine etc.,
However, this Catherine cLEE, wherever she originated, married my twice
great grandfather Jonas Smith in Kington, Herefordshire (from memory) 1778. They
produced some children then moved to Colva, Radnorshire. Catherine Smith,
nee CLEE died 1796, (again from memory), and Jonas Smith remarried in 1801 to
my own great great grandmother. So, I do not have a direct link to this
Catherine CLEE, and she may well have just returned to Radnorshire from Kington
for all I know. If you have any CLEE family in Radnorshire, then you might
find this useful to know.
One of the children of Jonas and Catherine was another Jonas Smith, who was
said to be living in London in 1823. Other names of children are James,
several of them in fact, so that might be a significant name possibly on the Clee
side. However, a James Smith was born of the second marriage, so either
explanation might be possible I suppose.
Anyway, enough of that for now. If you think this might be useful to you,
then Iwill have done my little bit.
Best regards,
Maureen Jenkins
Rhondda