Lake Vyrnwy didn't exist in 1795. There was a village where the
lake is
now, called Llanwyddan as far as I can remember. The lake was
created in
the 1880s by building a dam across the valley, to provide water for
Liverpool. Your Esau Evans may have come from there!
William
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Subject: [POWYS] Esau EVANS - b. 1795 in Lake Vyrnwy
>
>
> I am searching for any additional information about Esau EVANS, b.
> abt
> 1795, Lake Vyrnwy, Wales. He came to the US abt 1842 with a wife
> and at
> least one child, son James EVANS, b. 17 Jan 1839, Fyrnwy, Powys
> Co, Wales.
> I believe he also had a daughter named Selina. Esau died somewhere
> between
> 1850 and 1860 in Schuylkill Co, Pennsylvania, US.
>
> He may have been aboard the Brontes, which left Newport Wales in
> 1841,
> arriving in New York that November. He was listed on the 1850
> Schuylkill
> Co, Pennsylvania census as a blacksmith.
>
> Thank you
>
> Michele Evans-Hoover
>
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