John Higgs and his wife, Mary Ball Billing, b. 1814 Carmarthen Llanelly came to America in
1848...they already had five children...but brought just 4 with them to America. The
eldest daughter Elizabeth, b. 1838 stayed in England with her grandmother(I don't know
which one, maternal Elizabeth & John Billing or paternal, Sophia Browne Higgs) but she
was in Carmarthen Llanelly in 1874 when her father died in America. At that time Elizabeth
was married to David Gwyn, also of Carmarthan Llanelly.
I found Elizabeth Higgs Gwyn
in the 1881 Census of Glamorgan of page 03206..enumerated with the household of Ann C.
Howell in Lower Swansea. Also her husband ...Joseph David and children...Ellen, George and
Ann and maybe a David Jr.
Are there any descendants of these people still in the area of Swansea or Camarthan?
Thank you,
Sue P. Elliott