Dear Richard,
1 Samuel 7:12
"Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and named it Ebenezer,
saying, "Thus far the Lord has helped us."
(another popular Welsh chapel name commemorating a stone is Bethel, which was the stone on
which Jacob was sleeping when he had his vision of angels.)
Ebenezer is a fairly common name for a chapel, eg Capel Ebenezer, Llangybi (Cardiganshire)
- Annibynnol - founded 1771/2 and still open.
A rough search has shown 2,242 Eben/Ebenezer records from ? to c. 2004. in Cardiganshire
alone... so yes, a popular name in earlier times.
Jen
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From: Bettye Kirkwood <lki59595(a)bigpond.net.au>
To: P PARRY <richard.parry100(a)btinternet.com>
Cc: "dyfed(a)rootsweb.com" <dyfed(a)rootsweb.com>;
"glamorgan(a)rootsweb.com" <glamorgan(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, 21 April 2014, 0:19
Subject: Re: [Dyfed] The name of EBENEZER
Dear Richard,
Quite a few years ago I was asked by the late Dillwyn Miles, author and several times
Mayor of Newport, Pembrokeshire, to find out if the delightfully situated Ebenezer Church
on the banks of the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, was named for Ebenezer Gronow.....a
Pemb. native who emigrated, settled his family there, and whose final resting place it
is. I visited, and a church pamphlet stated the church was 'built on the rock'
which was a biblical interpretation of the name Ebenezer.
In Pembrokeshire, at least, in a certain period of time,the name Ebenezer was extremely
common as we're many biblical names ....I had trouble myself with an Esay which could
be a variation of Esau, but I have never heard variations of Ebenezer, except perhaps
Eben.
Ebenezer Gronow, incidentally, was a whaler and sealer and spent a lot of time in New
Zealand waters...in fact I think he was responsible for naming Milford Sound.
Bettye Kirkwood, Australia
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On 21 Apr 2014, at 3:14 am, P PARRY
<richard.parry100(a)btinternet.com> wrote:
Dear Fellow Family Historians
I am having great difficulty finding one of my ancestors called Ebenezer Rees (a
carpenter) according to his daughter (Mary Rees) marriage certificate when she married
Morgan Parry on 30th Dec 1840 in the chapel of Strata Florida in Caron.
I am wondering if the name of EBENEZER is known as anything else. I have found the
residence of Mary at the time of marriage to be Rhosgellugron in Caron, but I have a hunch
that Ebenezer (or whatever his name is!) may have travelled up from either Glamorgan or
maybe Carmarthenshire.
Can anyone shine any light on the name of EBENEZER ?? Has anyone else had problems with
the name EBENEZER
Please also forward this message onto any other message groups that you feel may be able
to help
Many thanks in advance
Richard Parry
email - Richard.parry100(a)btinternet.com
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