Hi again Jill
Just winding down for the night so I'll take a chance and post the info anyway
!
By the way i've since seen that there is a Coedfranc School in the middle of
Skewen on modern map, so we are in the right ball park .
Other bapts on Cadoxton juxta Neath Parish register fiche;
James Bowen 28.5.1843 ; Morgan farmer/no wife's name, at COEDRE IARLI
Jennet Bowen 2.2.1833; Morgan/Mary at COEDGARTH [ 6 weeks old]
Margatine Bowen 28.4.1842; no parents names, at COED YR ALLT
Martha Bowen 23.8.1827; Morgan/ Mary CUNIBEAR, at LLETTYBWCH [ 3 months old]
Mary Bowen 27.10.1829 ; Morgan/Mary, at COEDGARTH [ 5 months old]
William Bowen 24.21831 ; Morgan/Mary, at COEDGARTH
I notice, in 1835, that there are also a Hopkin/Mary BOWEN baptising at
COEDIALL Uchaf.[no sign of this couple on 1851 census though].
Also an entry for a Jennet in 1809 to Hopkin/Mary Bowen , no place or
occupation, might be your Morgan's parents . If they are surely not the same
couple baptising in 1835 !
I'll also throw in the bapt for a Morgan Bowen on 15.3.1800, father Hopkin, no
mother, at Coed {Ffrank].
Looks a likely entry for your Morgan, by date and father's name, pity no
mother's name given.
In fact there are quite a few Bowens in the area generally.
1851 census Cadoxton juxta Neath
At Burrows Lodge
Bowen, Mary Hd wid 44 farmers widow/house prop [ DEV]
- William son U 21 , Jennet dau U 19, Martha dau U 15, HOPKIN son U 12, Mary
Ann dau U 10, James son U 8 [all Cadoxton JN]
So looks like Mary was a Devon lass .
I suggest that the above Mary Ann is probably the Margatine bapt in 1842.
There is another Coediarll entry nearby, with Daniel/Rachel Williams there in
1851, perhaps this is the place your people were at, not the large farm I
mentioned previously?
Strangely, next door to this Coediarll is a place called Burrows with a Mary
Bowen living there by herself, a pauper aged 62 [Llandeilo Talybont]
There is a William/Hannah Bowen family at place called Gelli Grafog Uchaf,
they have children Hopkin and Morgan amongst others , which suggests a family
link. This William age 50, born in Coedfrank.
There isn't a bapt for a William with a father Hopkin, there is one in 1799 to
father Richard, again no mother, , in Coed[Ffrank]. Hmmm........
This place[Gelli Grafog] is next to Pentre Dwr which is south of Llansamlet on
modern map, only a couple of miles west of Skewen.
I can always let you have full details of this census entry should you prove a
connection.
I'd better let you digest the above, do come back to me direct if you have
queries.
Gareth
South/West Wales Lookup Exchange