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Anne
From a quick look at the Llangynfelyn site I did not see much
reference to likely Edward LEWIS candidates but there are instances
of an Evan LEWIS, mason, or two listed in the marriages and baptisms/
births.
One marriage is of a son, Elias, who is no spring chicken! He would
have been born in about 1815 so this Evan LEWIS was probably of 1790
or so vintage:
24 July 1866
Elias Lewis, 51, widow, Shoemaker, Taliesin, Evan Lewis, Mason
Mary Rees (X), 48, spinster, Taliesin, Lewis Rees, Weaver
There is also a record of Evan LEWIS, mason, having a child in 1814:
1814, Sept. 21
Lewis son of Evan and Elizabeth Lewis, Park Gate, mason
Then the same Evan (apparently) has Elias with a different mother:
1815, Oct. 8
Elias son of Evan and Jane Lewis, Park Gate, mason
Then another Evan LEWIS, perhaps, has a child (certainly a different
mother again!) in 1836. He is also a mason:
7 Mar 1836 (baptism)
17 Feb 1836 (birth)
John, the son of Evan and Ann Lewis, Taliesyn, Mason
There is also an Evan LEWIS getting married in 1815 and another in 1834:
15 March 1815
EVAN LEWIS (X) of this parish, Widower, and JANE HUGHES (X) of this
parish, Widow. Witnesses Evan Evans & David Evan
25 August 1834
EVAN LEWIS (X) of this parish Bachelor and ANNE WILLIAMS (X) of this
parish Spinster. Witnesses: John Richard & Jams Jones
All of this suggests (but does not prove) that there are two Evan
LEWISes here. The first, a mason, who lived at Park Gate for a while,
with wife Elizabeth, had son Lewis in September 1814. Perhaps mother
Elizabeth died at childbirth but, if not, certainly did so soon
after. Evan then married Jane Hughes in March 1815. She was already
pregnant and they had Elias in October 1815. Elias must have married
someone unknown but also lost this wife and remarried to a Mary Rees
in 1866.
Almost certainly a separate Evan LEWIS, also a mason, married Anne
WILLIAMS in 1834 and they had son John in 1836. Perhaps this Evan was
a son of the first (and thus learned the mason's trade from his Dad)
but there is no evidence here one way or the other.
There may be other clues in the the wonderfully deep Llangynfelyn
site to enhance and, perhaps, correct the story!
Hwyl
David
Canberra