Hi Listers
I am trying to work out whether the DAVIES family which appears at
Glynbrochan, Llangurig MGY on the 1881 census is related to my Davieses who were there a
century earlier. Perhaps some of you are able to shed light on this.
In 1881 there were:
Richard Davies head W 69 Farmer of 160 acres
Margaret D dau U 43
Edward D son U 28
Richard D gson U 15
Anne Breese serv U 22
Richard D Serv U 18 Ag Lab
The names are very much those of "my" Davieses. I know that my 5xg
grandfather Richard Davies died at Glynbrochan in 1782. His children by his first wife
Rachel Williams were Anne b 1747 & probably died young, Richard b 1748 &
Thomas b 1750, and then there were Edward, Mary & John, by his second wife Mary
Brees. (I have no baptisms for these last three children but they are mentioned
in their father's Will.)
The second marriage took place in 1770 so the three youngest children were
under 12 when Richard died. I know that the eldest son, Richard (2), my direct
ancestor, established himself in Nantmel c 1780, & I have details of his
descendants. However, it was Thomas the second son who (with Mary the second wife)
inherited the "estate" of Richard (1) the other children receiving £5 each.
I have never managed to find a re-marriage for Mary (who was about 30 when
widowed) or marriages for Thomas & the other children. I decided to look for
children of Thomas & Edward Davies in the IGI (taken from the Llangurig BTs).
Because the IGI inaccurately uses patronymic surnames up to 1813, I had to look
for SURNAMES THOMAS & EDWARD & do a lot of clicking to find the Davieses. I
assume that some of these children belong to my Davieses, but I am not sure
which are mine. I did try to do the same for JOHN but there are too many couples
so I will leave John on the back burner for now!
I found the following baptisms:
Children of Thomas & Anne Davies (not necessarily only one couple with these
names & there may well be other children - I just tried the likely names &
dates):
Richard 1 Dec 1784
Elizabeth 7 Sept 1788
Anne 2 May 1790
Mary 1 Jan 1792
Martha 13 Jan 1799
Children of Thomas & Sarah Davies:
William 10 April 1785
Elizabeth 10 Aug 1788
Son of Thomas & Bridget Davies:
Thomas, 5 Jan 1789
Children of Edward & Elizabeth Davies:
David 8 Mar 1789
Evan 28 Oct 1792
Evan 20 Jul 1794
Edward 4 Aug 1805
Children of Edward & Jane Davies
Thomas 27 Jul 1788
Evan 15 Dec 1799
Edward 24 Jul 1803
Mary 6 Feb 1805
If anyone is able to help me to decide which (if any) of these children
belong to my family tree & may have had descendants at Glynbrochan in 1881, I would
be both grateful & delighted. There are so many Davies in Llangurig that
this is something of a minefield.
Best regards, Ruth
Many thanks,
Ruth