THE PICTON FAMILIES OF WHITECHURCH (EGLWYSWEN), LLANFAIR NANTGWYN, MELINE, BRIDELL, LLANBOIDY [CWMFELYN MYNACH], TRELECH A’R BETTWS, LLANVIHANGEL A’R ARTH, LLANELLY AND THE USA

WILLIAM PICTON, one of the younger sons of Owen Picton of Nevern (d. ca 1636/40), seems to have been the first member of the Picton family to establish himself permanently in the parish of Whitechurch. He had children baptised there from 1675 onwards, and was described as of Whitechurch at his death in 1696. However, John Picton, his elder brother, was already living in Whitechurch by 1653 when he died. This raises the question whether William Picton was the first occupant of the farm, later known as Ty’r bwlch farm, or did he take over the farm upon the death of John Picton in 1653, or upon that of his widow, Catherine Picton, in 1678.

Although Owen Picton of Nevern [d. 1636/40], the father of William Picton of Whitechurch [d. 1696], had several other sons, it would appear that upon the death of Robert Picton of Cardigan in 1752, when the male line of descent from his son, Owen Picton of Cardigan, became extinct, that all current living Picton male descendants of Owen Picton of Nevern come through William Picton of Whitechurch [d. 1696] and his only known son, Owen Picton of Whitechurch (1675-1738). These Picton descendants can be traced back ultimately to Philip Picton of Newport, who married Maud Dyer and lived around 1250-1280.

Also, with the exception of the Rev. Thomas Picton (1775-1861) of Whitechurch and later of New Jersey, the only surviving son of Owen Picton of Whitechurch (1744-1780), all these descents also pass through his younger brother, Thomas Picton of Tyrbwlch Farm in the parish of Whitechurch (1749-1836). The Rev. Thomas Picton had an only son, John Moore White Picton of New Jersey and New Orleans (1799-1859), who has left an extensive family in Louisiana, Texas and elsewhere.

The Topography of Whitechurch Parish

The parish of Whitechurch rises up the north slope of the Prescelli Hills, and the land closest to the hills would always have been the poorer farming land compared to the lands lower down in the parish and by the streams. The main stream, flowing from east to west, is now called the Afon Nyfer and its smaller tributary, the Afon Bannon, flows down from the eastern end of the main Prescelli hills. The farm of Ty’r bwlch fronted onto some of the remaining Common Land in 1839, as shown on the Tithe Map. The Common Land stretched all the way up to the summit of the Prescelli Hills. Perhaps either John Picton or William Picton may have been the first occupier and farmer to try and cultivate the particular piece of land on which Ty’r bwlch now stands.

Clearly, in predominantly agricultural areas, a large increase in population had a dramatic effect on the landscape as human resources would have been available for the creation of new farms, for bringing waste land into cultivation and for improving the infrastructure. Records show that there was a steady increase in population from 1563 (the time of the first reliable records) to the mid 19th-century. In the Hundred of Cemais there was a trebling or greater increase in the number of households between 1563 and 1801.[5] The numbers in the Tables below are taken from E. T. Lewis, North of the Hills, 1972, pp. 301-303.

POPULATION CHANGE IN FIVE PARISHES IN CEMAIS

BORDERING THE PRESCELLI HILLS, 1670 to 1901

Year	Eglwyswrw	Eglwyswen (Whitechurch)	Llanfair Nantgwyn	Meline	Nevern
1585	100 (est)	-	-	-	-
1600	110 (est)	-	-	-	-
1670	200 (est)	240 (est) for both parishes combined		260 (est)	740 (est)
1801	434	436 for both parishes combined		408	1283
1811	463	274	190
1841	560	395	241	492	1625
1851	559	349	201	475	1642
1901	393	244	165	297	982

Parish	1801 Census – Number of Houses	1841 Census – Number of Houses	Area of Parish (acres) from Tithe Map
Nevern	274	329	14735
Meline	102	111	4523
Eglwyswrw	97	147	3701
Eglwyswen (Whitechurch)	54 (estimated)	85	2519
Llanfair Nantgwyn	40 (estimated)	47	1693

In a parish which contained large tracts of open moorland and marginal land, but no industry, such a population increase must indicate the founding of new farms and the concomitant loss of moor and common. In the Prescelli area, vast tracts of common, waste and mountain were available for colonisation, and during the period of rapid population increase down to the mid 19th-century, many new farms were founded and previously uncultivated land brought under the plough. It is generally the land lying between 200 and 300 metres that was settled and taken into cultivation in this period. Below 200 metres the land had been permanently settled for many centuries, and above 300 metres the open moorland was generally too hostile for farming. On the northern side of the Prescelli Mountains fertile, fairly low-lying farmland rises suddenly into high open moorland, and therefore there was only a narrow band of land suitable for colonisation. Nevertheless, the Tithe Survey of around 1840 records encroachments along the fringes of this common land. On the ground these encroachments are now characterised by small agricultural holdings - cottages or small houses with no, or a limited range of, out-buildings, in a landscape of small, irregular fields. Many of the settlements on the upper fringes of these encroachments have now been abandoned. The farms of Ty’r bwlch, Tycanol and Coedcefnlas Uchaf all lie approximately along the 500 feet contour line, whereas that of Maesgwyn is 100 feet lower at 400 feet.

The vast majority of the modern field pattern either evolved from open-field systems during the 17th- to 19th-century or was newly created by the enclosure of moor and waste during the same period. The form and character of the fields often provide clues to their date and method of creation. For instance, enclosure by Act of Parliament resulted in a very regular, rectilinear pattern, while small-scale encroachments on common land produced a landscape of small, irregular fields. The most common historic boundary is undoubtedly the earth and stone bank; though this type includes the Pembrokeshire hedgebank - alternate layers of turf and stone. This is only occasionally recorded in the Prescelli region. Simple banks of earth mixed with stone predominate. The proportion of earth to stone varies according to local availability. In some locations, but particularly alongside roads and tracks, and often for quite short lengths, these banks are faced with dry-stone walling, presumably to afford protection from traffic and stock. At higher elevations, but also at lower levels, banks composed almost entirely of stone rubble can be found.

It is the norm for boundary banks to be topped with hedges. The type, quality and management condition of hedges can be important in determining the character of an area. At lower altitudes in sheltered locations well maintained hedges sometimes with hedgerow trees provide the appearance of a tightly enclosed landscape. On higher more exposed slopes hedges are often reduced to straggling lines of bushes or have entirely gone and been replaced by wire fences. This creates a softer aspect to the landscape and provides a zone of transition between the lower, tightly enclosed landscape and higher open moorland.

The Picton Family at Whitechurch, 1653-1836

OWEN PICTON of Whitechurch, husbandman, in Co. Pembroke, the only known surviving son of William Picton of Whitechurch (see PICTON of Newport and Nevern) was bapt. 22 December 1675 at Whitechurch, Pembrokeshire. The parish church of Whitechurch, known in Welsh as Eglwyswen, has a stone in the porch inscribed 1591.[6] The early Bishops’ Transcripts of Whitechurch at the National Library of Wales (NLW) describe the parish as ‘Whitechurch and Nantgwyn’, and it is probable that Llanvair Nantgwyn did not have its own parish registers for some considerable period of its existence.

Owen Picton married Mary Thomas, and probably lived at Ty’r bwlch Farm. The farm still exists, and although the present farmhouse dates from 1856, some of the outbuildings may have been built as early as the sixteenth century. The Tithe Map for 1839 shows its extent and the layout of the two buildings which then made up the farm. There are slit windows in buildings where animals would have been sheltered in winter, and the other end of the building might have been used for human habitation, a common feature of the “long houses” of the period. The farm lies on a north-facing, rather bleak slope of the Prescelli Mountains, some three miles north-west of Crymych, and looks down on the site where Penygroes Independent Chapel was built in 1765, and where several generations of the Picton family were to be baptised and buried. As the chapels were not licensed for marriages at that time, these always had to take place in the churches of the Established Church in Wales. Many of the older gravestones in the chapels have fallen over the years and may well have been removed from their original places. They now stand in central rows, but many of the inscriptions are still legible (1988). Ty’r bwlch Farm remained in the hands of the Picton family, as tenant farmers, until the early 1820s, when all the children of Thomas and Ann Picton (formerly Morris) appear to have migrated to new settlements. The farm is approached along a narrow and very uneven track, which is best negotiated on foot. The area of the farm in 1839 was 30 acres 2 roods and 6 perches. In order to understand the history of the nonconformist settlement at Penygroes in the parish of Whitechurch it is necessary to appreciate the history of its establishment and operation by the early Ministers responsible for the congregation established there.

Penygroes Chapel, Whitechurch

As Penygroes Chapel plays such a prominent part in the lives of the Picton families living in the locality from at least 1785 to the twentieth century, it is worth saying a few words about its history. Before the Chapel was built, members met for a number of years at a farm called Cilcam. Cilcam can either be the house of that name, which lies between the farms of Tycanol and Treowen, or there is a small property, Cilcam-bach, lying just to the west of Tycanol. There is even a suggestion that Tycanol could be known as Cilcam-ganol, in which case it is synonymous with the farm of Tycanol itself. These early Chapels frequently drew their congregations from a very wide catchment area.

Penygroes Chapel was connected with Glandwr Chapel in the parish of Llanfyrnach up to 1818, and members of Glandwr were associated also with Rhydyceisiaid Chapel in the parish of Llangynin, as the Minster at Glandwr served at Rhydyceisiaid also up to 1800. From July 1818, when a new Minister, John Evans, took over, Penygroes Chapel was connected with Hebron Chapel in the parish of Llanglydwen, Carmarthenshire. Thus baptisms for the years 1818 to 1837 for Penygroes Chapel are in Class RG 4/3773 at the National Archives, along with those for Hebron Chapel, Llanglydwen. For the period 1785 to 1824 baptisms and burials may be found in Class RG 4/3915 in combination with those for Glandwr, Llanfyrnach [Bert J. Rawlins, The Parish Churches and Nonconformist Chapels of Wales: Their Records and Where to Find Them, Volume 1, Cardigan-Carmarthen-Pembroke, Celtic Heritage Publishing, Salt Lake City, 1987]. No registers survive before 1765.[7] Between 1818 and 1844 some entries may also be in the register of Hebron Chapel, Llanglydwen [RG 4/3773].

From Hebron Chapel in Llanglydwen to Ramoth Chapel in Cwmfelin Mynach is about 3.5 miles as the crow flies, but about 4 or more miles by road, in an approximately south-easterly direction. Hebron Chapel is south-west from Glandwr Chapel in the parish of Llanfyrnach, and the distance is only about one mile. From Hebron Chapel to Penygroes Chapel in Whitechurch the distance is just over 5 miles as the crow flies. But, due to the fact that the end of the Prescelli Hills lie between the two places, to travel by car today would be a distance of 7-8 miles. Thus in days gone by, when the Minister would have walked or ridden between the two chapels, and thought nothing of going over or round the hilltops, he would have had a more direct route between the two Chapels, but still of probably more than 6 miles.

The Chapel register of Penygroes, 1844 to 1940, is at the NLW, MS 6898. Baptisms, marriages and burials, 1844 to 1856 are in NLW MS 11691E. This manuscript contains an extensive register of entries during the pastorate of Simon Evans (1844-1856). From about 1850 onwards, Hebron Chapel became joined to Nebo Chapel, in the parish of Cilymaenlwyd. Baptisms and burials, 1785 to 1824, in connection with Glandwr, Llanfyrnach, are in RG 4/3915 at the TNA, as described above. In 1800 a division occurred between W. Griffith, the Minister at Glandwr, and William Evans. Mr. Evans took his followers and settled the cause at Hebron Chapel, Llanglydwen. The Chapel at Hebron was built in 1804 and enlarged in 1824. After the death of William Evans in 1818 the Chapel at Hebron joined with Penygroes to call a new Minister, and this connection between the two Chapels continued until 1856.

A useful little book on the early history of Penygroes Chapel, in Welsh, is The History of Penygroes Chapel [Penygroes, Ty Cwrdd Annibynwyr Blaenau bro Nan-hyfer: Gyrfa Dwy Ganrif] by Caleb and Stephen Rees, 1902. An English version exists: Pen-y-groes, Pembrokeshire, The Story of Two Centuries, Oldham, 1967. By 1803 the membership of Penygroes Chapel was 52, of whom 39 had been associated with Glandŵr. This was because the founder and first minister of Penygroes, John Griffiths (1765 to 1803), came from Glandŵr. There is an interesting statement in the book by E. T. Lewis, North of the Hills, 1972, p. 115, in which he says “We must turn south-eastwards to observe the immediate ancestor of Penygroes [Chapel]. Members of the Glandŵr church came from a large hinterland and during the 18th century branches were formed at Rhydyceisiaid, Capel Iwan and St. Dogmaels. These influences reached Eglwyswen, for worship appears to have been frequent at Cilcam-ganol for a period before Penygroes was built. It has already been observed that Cilcam had been in the first decade of the 18th century a sanctuary for Baptist adherents; apparently it bore the alternative name of Tycanol”.

The Picton Family at Whitechurch from 1724

Owen Picton’s wife, Mary Picton, was buried at Whitechurch on 5 May 1724. Owen Picton, then a widower, was buried at Whitechurch on 3 August 1738. Owen Picton left a will, dated 20 October 1733, and proved on 2 November 1738 before Surrogate Evan Davies [St. Davids’ Archdeaconary Court]. His will was witnessed by George Bowen and Thomas Bowen, and it could be useful to establish to which branch of the numerous Bowen families these individuals belonged – were they tied into the Bowen family of Llwyngwair? An inventory of his estate was made the day after his burial, on 4 August 1738, by John Thomas, Richard George and Thomas George and gave a valuation of £17:11s:9d.[8] Owen and Mary Picton were the parents of:

1. THOMAS PICTON, bapt. 29 January 1703 at Whitechurch and buried there on 6 February 1726/7.

2. GEORGE PICTON, bapt. 1706 at Whitechurch and buried there on 24 October 1726.

3. JAMES PICTON, bapt. 1709 at Whitechurch and buried there on 3 July 1711.

4. MARGARET PICTON, bapt. 1711 at Whitechurch. She was joint executrix and was to receive one third of her father’s estate according to his will (1733). She married John Philip on 23 November 1738 at Whitechurch. She was buried on 20 October 1758 at Whitechurch. Did John Philip leave a will? John Phillip of Llanfyrnach left a will, 1776, No. 28; also John Phillip of Llandyfriog, 1769, No. 2.

5. JOHN PICTON, of Ty’r bwlch Farm, farmer, was bapt. 4 February 1713/4 at Whitechurch. He was the eldest surviving son at the time of his father’s will, and thus was appointed joint executor and was to receive one third of his father’s estate (1733). An account book, kept by him, was later used as the Whitechurch parish register. This shows that in 1740 he either paid, or received from Diana Picton, Owen Picton and Mary Picton the sums of 2s, 4s and 2s respectively. He married Mary ----- [maiden surname yet to be established], who was living when he made his will in 1789, and who was to inherit his estate during her lifetime.

John Picton is mentioned in the will of Robert Picton of Cardigan, dated 30 May 1752, as his kinsman, which helps to establish the somewhat distant link between the Cardigan and Whitechurch branches of the Picton family. Robert Picton of Cardigan and John Picton of Whitechurch were, in fact, second cousins – sharing a common ancestor in Owen Picton of Nevern, who had died around 1640. In the earliest surviving Land Tax Return for Whitechurch, taken in 1786, John Picton is recorded as the occupier of Ty’r bwlch.[9] The owner of Ty’r bwlch was James Bowen, Esq., who lived at the mansion house at Whitechurch, close to the parish church. As yet it has not been possible to establish to which branch of the numerous Bowen families in Pembrokeshire he belonged, but the Christian name of James is common in the family of Bowen of Llwyngwair in the parish of Nevern. The main branch is described by Francis Jones in Bowen of Pentre Ifan and Llwyngwair [The Pembrokeshire Historian, Volume 6, 1979, pp. 25-57]. James Bowen was a substantial landowner as the Land Tax Return shows he also owned Dyffrynmawr, Penlan and Velindre in Whitechurch and Cidigill ucha, Berthlwyd, Bwlchyomeglwyd (?), Trynnonewen [or Frynnonewen] and Trecorn (?) in Llanvair Nantgwyn. A James Bowen was rector of Whitechurch from 27 April 1753 to 21 May 1759, but whether he was related to the James Bowen of 1786 is not known at present.[10]

John Picton left a will, dated 13 October 1789, and probate of his estate was granted to his son, Thomas Picton, in place of his widow and relict, Mary Picton, on 17 March 1793 by John Evans, surrogate [SD 1793/23]. The will was witnessed by John Davies, Margaret Davies and William Davies; and John Picton made his mark. No inventory survives of his estate. The date of his death and that of his widow, Mary Picton, have yet to be established. If they were buried at Penygroes Chapel, as seems likely, then there are no register entries for these years. It could be that she died between 1789 and 1793, and John Picton’s will was not proved until after her death. As well as the records of Penygroes Chapel, any surviving Land Tax Returns from 1789 to 1794 could be useful here, and would show when John Picton was succeeded at the farm by his son, Thomas Picton. John and Mary Picton were the parents of:

a. OWEN PICTON, of Nant Gwynn in the parish of Eglwyswrw, was bapt. 12 August 1744 at Whitechurch. He was admitted to the membership of the Independent Chapel at Glandŵr in the parish of Llanfyrnach on 10 December 1765. He subscribed to Attebion Irai Achosion Cydwybod Ar Amryw Ystyriaethau Pwysfawr. Gan S. Pike, a S. Hayward. Gwedi ei gyhoeddi yn Gymraeg, Gan y Parch. Mr. J. Griffith., 1769, GRIFFITH, J.. Carmarthen Argraffwyd gan Ioan Ross, yn Heol-Awst, 1769. [Pris Swllt, heb rwymo Subject: religion].

Owen Picton of Eglwyswen is recorded as a doctrinal elder in a document of 21 November 1778 [J. L. James, History of Glandŵr Church, 1902 (in Welsh)]. This makes it almost certain he was one of the founder members of Penygroes Chapel in 1765. Owen Picton married Margaret Phillips (?). Her surname is uncertain and the date of their marriage is unknown at present, but the marriage must have taken place prior to 1775. The loss of the marriage registers for the parish of Whitechurch between 1759 and 1812 means this marriage entry may not survive. Administration of his goods and estate was granted to his widow, Margaret Picton, on 9 November 1780 and the value of his estate was £248:1s:0d [SD 1780/53].

In the 1841 Census the farm at Nant Gwynn at Eglwyswrw was either in the hands of Martha Rees, aged ‘60’, a widow, or with James Williams, a farmer aged 65 [HO 107/1446/6/7]. The Tithe Map and Schedule of Eglwyswrw should be consulted [IR 29/54/28 and IR 30/54/28].

His widow, Margaret Picton of the parish of Llanfair Nantgwyn, made a will, dated 20 February 1786. She appointed her landlord, Mr. Bowen [presumably James Bowen], as guardian of her four children. She appointed Thomas Thomas of Maesgwyn, Stephen Morris and Thomas Picton executors and trustees.[11] This is the first clear association of the Picton family with the farm of Maesgwyn. The will was witnessed by Lewis Davies. Margaret Picton was buried at Whitechurch on 22 February 1787 [Glandŵr Nonconformist Register, RG 4/3915]. Her will was proved on 2 August 1787, but her estate had been valued at £636 16s 9d by Thomas Picton and William Davies on 10 October 1786. The valuation was made by William Davies and Thomas Picton, her brother-in-law. It should be possible to deduce where the family was living from the earliest Land Tax Returns for Eglwyswrw, which should show her as a widow. None of their children were mentioned in the will of their grandfather, John Picton (1789). Owen and Margaret Picton were the parents of:

i. THOMAS PICTON, born 1 May 1775 at Whitechurch. He emigrated to New York in 1796, and was probably the first member of any Picton family from Pembrokeshire to make the voyage to America to begin a new life (see PICTON of New Jersey, New Orleans and Texas). It is important to read the account of his career, as he retained contact with his relatives in Wales, notably Owen Picton of Glanrhyd in the parish of Trelech, up to 1858 – within 3 years of his death in 1861. He also mentioned Stephen Morris of Coedcefnlas, Rachel Marsden, John John of Felinwrdan and Mr. John D. Griffiths, Glandŵr, in a letter of 1853. He remembered how they all looked 60 years ago.

ii. MARY PICTON, born at Whitechurch. She married David Philip on 23 October 1800 at Whitechurch [Witnesses: (?)]. Mary Philip was living in 1853, as she is mentioned in a letter from the Rev. Thomas Picton. She should be in the 1851 Census index for Pembrokeshire at the Pembrokeshire Record Office. There is a David Philip living at Rhosmaen lodge, Newchurch, Carmarthenshire, in the 1851 Census, an agricultural labourer aged 70, born at Abernant [HO 107/2474/68]. Also living with him was his wife, Mary Philip, aged 73, and daughter Jane Philip, aged 30. This is the only reasonable candidate for the person, known to be alive in 1845. The 1861 Census index does not have any record of her.

iii. MARGARET PICTON, born ca 1778/9 at Whitechurch. There is no entry for her baptism in the register of Penygroes Chapel. She married Godfrey Marsden of Maesgwyn on 19 November 1805 at Whitechurch [Witnesses: (?)]. The Marsden families have an association with Whitechurch, and especially Pontfaen in that parish.[12] Godfrey Marsden was buried on 1 February 1809 at Penygroes Chapel, Whitechurch, aged 30. Margaret Marsden of Maesgwyn was in a list of members of Penygroes Chapel in September 1818 [RG 4/3773]. She must be the Margaret Marsden, living at Maesgwyn, Whitechurch, in the 1841 Census, aged ‘60’, Independent [HO 107/1448/28/5], which must mean she emigrated to the USA after this date, and thus either went with her son, Thomas Marsden, or followed a year or two later when he and his family had settled at Centerville.

Margaret Marsden emigrated to America, and was living at Centerville, Allegany County, New York State, in 1845, when she was mentioned in a letter of her brother, Thomas Picton of New York. Her brother, the Rev. Thomas Picton, in his will of 1846, mentions a Bond and Mortgage executed by his nephew, Thomas Marsden of Centerville, Allegany County. It was his desire that the interest from that Bond should be given to his sister, Margaret Marsden, and on her death it should be cancelled. A Margaret Wells [(sic.) –this entry should probably have been Marsden (?)] was living with Thomas Marsden and his family at Centerville, Allegany County, New York State, in the 1850 US Census, aged 71. This age would tally with her age given on her tombstone on her death in 1856. Unfortunately her country of birth is not given in the 1850 Census entry, it is left blank.

It is also worth pointing out that letters survive written from Thomas Picton of Westfield and Princeton to his cousin, Owen Picton of Glanrhyd, Trelech, between 1845 and 1858 [Carmarthen Record Office, ACC 4199-4204]. The original letters were in the possession of Mrs Williams of Mount Pleasant, Llangynin, but the date of deposit of the typescript is not yet known. This begs the question of what relationship Mrs Williams was, if any, to Owen Picton of Glanrhyd, Trelech. These surviving letters certainly establish that there was communication across the Atlantic between the various Picton and Marsden families up to at least 1858. As Owen Picton of Trelech was undoubtedly in contact with his cousin, Jacob Picton of Llanboidy, and his children, including Stephen Picton, it would seem that there would be a mechanism whereby the children of Jacob Picton were kept in occasional touch with the fortunes of their kinsfolk in America.

Fortunately the tombstone of Margaret Marsden survives and was recorded recently [2004] by Barbara Henry [Siloam Road Enterprises, PO Box 346, Perry, NY]. This says that Margaret Marsden, wife of Godfrey Marsden, died on 15 June 1856, aged 77. She is buried in County Line Cemetery, County Line Road, Centerville, Allegany County, NY. “Our grandmother” was inscribed on the back of her tombstone. The reference to her long-deceased husband, Godfrey Marsden, is quite poignant. Perhaps the role played by Margaret Marsden and her children in the later emigration of Stephen Picton and his family in 1870 has been overlooked. Was a correspondence maintained between her children, perhaps Thomas Marsden in particular, following his mother’s death, and their relatives back in Carmarthenshire? A surviving list of early church members suggests Margaret Marsden was a founding member of the Welsh Chapel at Centerville in 1846.

The County Line Cemetery is located in Centerville on the east side of County Line Road at the four corners with Findlay and Baird Roads. It is currently classified as an “abandoned cemetery” and, according to New York State Law, is now under the care of the Town of Centerville. Early on, the cemetery was associated with Welsh immigrants who settled on the western side of Centerville and in adjacent Freedom. This area was referred to as “The Welsh Settlement”. In the mid-1840s the Welsh Congregationalists met at a school house (no longer standing) located in Freedom on the west side of County Line Road, opposite the cemetery site. In summer 1846 they formed a religious society, and in 1847 they erected a 30' x 30' meeting house called Carmel opposite the school house on the east side of County Line Road in Centerville. A squarish growth pattern of vegetation was visible on the site in 1992-1994, and may indicate the position of the former chapel.

A Welsh burial on or near this site was reported in 1846. Later, an unknown number of Welsh and non-Welsh burials were made over the years. Many stones in the County Line Cemetery are currently down or missing. Others are not legible or broken. Existing stones date from 1850-1875 with at least one burial (Stimson) made at the turn-of-the century or in the twentieth century. Burials for Fairview-Centerville area Welsh were also made at the Siloam Cemetery, Maple Grove Road, Freedom, NY. The Fairview and Siloam Welsh Congregational churches shared a Minister for many years.

Centerville was formed from Pike, Wyoming County, on 15 January 1819 and lies in the north-west corner of Allegany County. The first settlements were made by Joseph Maxson of Rhode Island in April 1808 and by James Ward in the fall of the same year. The first religious meeting (Baptist) was held by the Rev. John Griffith. The first church (Presbyterian) was formed in July 1824, by the Rev. Silas Hubbard. A useful book of the early history is by John Stearns Minard, Allegany County and Its People : A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany County, New York. Also Histories of the Towns of the County, Alfred, N.Y., W. A. Fergusson & Co., [c1896].

The south-western part of the town was often referred to as the “Welsh Settlement”. A large proportion of the population of that section were Welsh Congregationalists (also called Independents), who began to settle there from about 1840 onwards, and also at Fairview in Allegany County. They came from Welsh settlements in central New York State and from Wales itself. They worshipped at several sites. At first all the Welsh in the area (Baptists, Congregationalists, and Calvinistic Methodists) worshipped together in union meetings. The Baptists, primarily located in the Freedom Flats area, organized separately in 1843. Before 1846 Welsh Congregationalists and Calvinistic Methodists met together on the western side of the Town of Centerville, near the County line, an area referred to as the “Welsh Settlement”. The Congregationalists built their first meeting house, called Carmel, in 1847 on Lot 59 on the County Line Road on the Centerville side, just opposite the Freedom schoolhouse. An 1846 building contract is in the church records in Boston, MA. A portion of the lot was used for burials. The church and schoolhouse are no longer standing. The original Carmel church of 1847 is said to have burned down after a lightning strike in the early 1920s. The house of worship was used later as a school-house, the members of the society worshipping in Cattaraugus County.

In 1865 a new church, initially called Bethel, was constructed several miles south at Fairview Corners, Centerville, Lot 57. A new church building replaced it in 1902. During much of this time the church was referred to as the Fairview Welsh Congregational Church. The church was closed about 1928, and sometime after that the church was torn down with various sections incorporated into other nearby buildings. Early burials were made at what is now the County Line Cemetery in the back portion of Lot 59. Later burials for many Fairview Welsh were made at the Siloam Cemetery, Maple Grove Road, Freedom, NY. The Fairview and Siloam Welsh Congregational churches shared a Minister for many years.

After the closure of the Fairview church, a local individual, probably connected to the church, apparently kept the records. At some point the records were transferred to the Congregational Church authorities. They became part of the Lisle Collection, "a storeroom of old records" at the retreat center maintained by the New York Conference of the United Church of Christ at Lisle, NY, south of Syracuse. Contents of most of the boxes were intermingled from one church with another, and some materials were not even identified. In 1979 this archive was transferred to the Congregational Library in Boston where it was organized and made available.

The population change in Centerville between 1830 and 1875 is tabulated below.

Year	Population
1830	1195
1835	1426
1840	1513
1845	1436
1850	1441
1855	1304
1860	1323
1865	1181
1870	1043
1875	997

Pontfaen [Pontvaen] and the Marsden Family

It is not yet quite clear if this is the same Pontfaen which was an ecclesiastical parish and had a church in the records, or just the name of a farm in the parish of Whitechurch. There are no Census Returns for a parish called Pontfaen, for example, in the 1851 Census of the area.

In the 1804 Land Tax Return, the owner of Pontfaen was Abraham Leach, Esq.[13] James Morris was the occupier of Pontfaen in the 1786 Land Tax Return. William Marsden of Pontfaen was buried at Whitechurch on 7 August 1825, aged 79. Thomas Marsden of Whitechurch married Phoebe James at Eglwys Fair a Churig on 3 April 1820 [Witnesses: ]. Thomas Marsden of Whitechurch, a widower, and Mary Hughes of Eglwyswrw, spinster, were married at Whitechurch on 25 November 1827 [Witnesses: John John and Thomas Hughes]. Phoebe Marsden of Llanglydwen married John David of Cilymaenllwyd on 28 December 1827 at Cilymaenllwyd. A marriage licence exists for this marriage [A. 42/124]. Mary Marsden of Pontfaen, was buried at Whitechurch on 7 February 1833; but she cannot be the second wife of Thomas Marsden of Pontfaen.

Thomas Marsden was a farmer at Pontfaen, and had children baptised at Whitechurch from 1828 onwards. He is presumably the Thomas Marsden, who was a tenant farmer at Pontfaen Farm in the parish of Whitechurch on the 1839 Tithe Map. The landowner was Henry Leach and the area of the farm was 110 acres 2 roods and 13 perches (Field Nos. 384-414 on the Tithe Map). In the 1841 Census Thomas Marsden was living at Pontvane, a farmer aged 45, with his wife, Mary Marsden, and children Mary Marsden, aged 18; Margaret Marsden, aged 15; David Marsden, aged 13; Mariah Marsden, aged 12; Elizabeth Marsden, aged 10; William Marsden, aged 10; Ann Marsden, aged 7; Thomas Marsden, aged 4 and Elinor Marsden, aged 1 [HO 107/ / /3].

Thomas Marsden was living at Pontvane in the parish of Whitechurch in the 1851 Census, a farmer of 110 acres, aged 57, born at Llanglydwen, Carmarthenshire (ca 1793/4) [HO 107/2481/213]. Also living with him were his wife, Justina Marsden, aged 41, born at Nevern. Thomas and Justina Marsden were living with the following Marsden children. David Marsden (23); Mariah Marsden (21); Elizabeth Marsden (20); Ann Marsden (16) and Eleanor Marsden (11) [Carmarthen, March 1840, 27 51]. Mary Marsden, his second wife, had died in 1846 [Cardigan, June 1846, 27 30]. A Justina Lewis married in 1847 [Cardigan, March 1847, 27 65]. Thomas Marsden was living at Pontfaen in the 1861 Census, a farmer of 110 acres, aged 68, born at Llanglydwen, Carmarthenshire. Also living with him was his wife, Justina Marsden, aged 52, and children David Marsden, married, aged 33; Maria Marsden, unmarried, aged 32; Ann Marsden, unmarried, aged 27; Thomas Marsden, aged 24 and Elinor Marsden, aged 21 [RG 9/4174/47].

Thomas Marsden was still living at Pontfaen in the 1871 Census, aged 77, a farmer of 110 acres, with his wife, Christina Marsden [spelt thus in the Census, and not as Justina], aged 64, born at Nevern, and their daughter, Elinor Marsden, aged 30, born at Whitechurch; Thomas Marsden was born in Carmarthenshire (no parish given) [RG 10/5539/71]. Thomas Marsden of Pontfaen, farmer, died on 24 December 1872, aged 79 [Cardigan, December 1872, 11b 3] and was buried at Whitechurch on 27 December 1872. He left a will which was proved by William Williams of Trellyfaint in the parish of Nevern and David Marsden of Longford in the parish of Llandewi Velfry, farmer, the executors, on 9 June 1873. His estate was valued at less than £450. Justina Marsden, his wife, was still living at Pontvane in the 1881 Census of Whitechurch, a widow aged 70, born at Nevern [RG 11/5426/73], together with her niece, Justina Jones, aged 10, born at Monington. Justina Marsden died on 7 November 1886, aged 80 [Cardigan, December 1886, 11b 2]. She left a will, which was proved on 21 December 1886 by William Williams of Trellyfaint in the parish of Nevern, farmer, nephew and sole executor. The value of her estate was £197:9s:2d.

Trellyfaint farm was occupied in the 1881 Census by Morris Williams, a widower aged 88, a farmer of 374 acres, and his son, William Williams, aged 54 [RG 11/5425/81]. The Census entry just says they were born in Pembrokeshire. Trellyfaint farm was occupied in the 1871 Census by Morris Williams, a widower and farmer, aged 76, and his two sons, William Williams, aged 45 and Griffith Williams, aged 25 [RG 10/5538/89]. They were all born at Nevern. Morris Williams was living at Trellyfaint in the 1851 Census, a farmer of 370 acres, aged 57, together with his wife, Bridget Williams, aged 50, and their children William Williams, aged 25; Morris Williams, aged 23; Thomas Williams, aged 18 and Griffith Williams, aged 5 [HO 107/2481/10]. Also staying with them was Martha Bowen, a widow aged 70, a farmer’s wife. Unfortunately the Census entry again just says they were all born in Pembrokeshire. Morris Williams married Bridget Morris on 3 May 1825 at Nevern. A search needs to be made of the 1841 Census of Nevern to look for a Justina Williams or Justina Morris, born in that parish around 1810. The marriage entry of Thomas Marsden to Justina Morris or Justina Williams can also be searched for between 1845 and 1851.

Other Marsden Families of Whitechurch

Robert Marsden of Whitechurch and Mary Jenkins of Castellan were married at Penrhydd [Chapel (?)] on 10 July 1817 [Witnesses; ]. Robert Marsden of Blaenffoes was buried at Whitechurch on 8 March 1832, aged 35. William Marsden and Rachel Morris were married at Whitechurch on 18 November 1803 [Witnesses: ]. Godfrey Marsden Jones was bapt. at Whitechurch on 28 April 1833, the son of Thomas and Mary Jones of Eglwyswrw. There are no Marsden wills in St. Davids Archdeaconary records up to 1858.

Godfrey and Margaret Marsden had at least two children:

a. THOMAS MARSDEN, bapt. 15 January 1807 at Whitechurch parish church. Thomas Marsden of Maesgwyn in Whitechurch, a bachelor, and Elizabeth Husband, a spinster, were married by banns on 5 September 1830 at Whitechurch [Witnesses: Thomas Marsden, Mary Marsden]. They had several children baptised at Whitechurch, where he was described as a farmer of Maesgwyn, the last one of whom was baptised in 1837. It would seem that John Picton of Whitechurch (1793-1875), son of Thomas Picton of Tycanol, Whitechurch, took over the tenancy of Maesgwyn Farm. John Picton was the tenant there on the 1839 Tithe Schedule and Thomas Lloyd of Haverfordwest was the owner. It would be worth confirming that Thomas Marsden had left Whitechurch by the time of the 1841 Census. If so, it would mean that the family emigrated to the USA between June 1837 and March 1839.

By 1844 the family had definitely emigrated to the USA and had settled at Centerville, New York State, where they were visited by their uncle, the Rev. Thomas Picton in that year [Carmarthen RO, Acc. 4199]. Thomas Marsden owned a farm of 62 acres, towards the purchase of which the Rev. Thomas Picton had loaned him 750 dollars. From there he remained in communication with his uncle, when he returned to Hoboken, New Jersey. Indeed the Rev. Thomas Picton mentions to his cousin back in Wales that he has endeavoured to provide for his dear sister, Margaret Marsden, during her life. Presumably this emigration from the farm at Maesgwyn was the reason why it was taken over by John Picton. It will be interesting to see if Thomas Marsden and his family are in the 1841 Census of Whitechurch.

Thomas Marsden was a farmer living in Centerville, Allegany County, N.Y., in the 1850 US Census, aged 43, born in Wales, with his wife, Elizabeth Marsden, aged 49. They were living there also in 1851 and 1853, according to letters written home by the Rev. Thomas Picton. Thomas Marsden went to visit him at New Jersey in September 1851. Thomas Marsden, a farmer, was living at Centerville, Allegany, in the 1860 Census, aged 54 with his wife, Elizabeth Marsden, aged 59. Thomas Marsden and his wife were living at Centerville, Allegany, New York State in the 1870 Census, a farmer aged 64 and 69 respectively, both born in Wales. Thomas Marsden is recorded at Centerville in Child’s Gazetteer and Business Directory of Allegany County, N.Y. of 1875, as a farmer of 16 acres. Thomas Marsden, a farmer aged 73, and his wife, Elizabeth Marsden, aged 79, were living at Centerville in the 1880 Census.[14] They are not listed in the 1900 US Census. Thomas and Elizabeth Marsden were the parents of:

i. MARY MARSDEN, born ca 1831 in Wales and was aged 19 in the 1850 US Census, where it is claimed she was born in New York. The Rev. Thomas Picton said in a letter of 1858 that she was married, and lived in Saginaw Bay, Michigan.

ii. GODFREY MARSDEN, bapt. 3 March 1833 at Whitechurch in Wales and a farmer, aged 17, in the 1850 US Census. He was living with his parents in the 1860 US Census, aged 26. Godfrey Marsden was living at Chesaning, Saginaw, Michigan, in the 1870 Census, a worker in a sawmill, aged 37, with his wife, Sarah J. Marsden, and children Frank Marsden, aged 3 and Effie Marsden, aged 1 month. This would seem to be following in the path of his elder sister. He was living at the same place in the 1880 Census, aged 49, with his wife, Sarah J. Marsden, aged 38 and their children. Godfrey Marsden is not recorded in the 1900 US Census. It would be worth checking if his wife was living at the time of the 1900 US Census. Godfrey and Sarah Marsden were the parents of:

a. FRANK ARNOLD MARSDEN, born 3 May 1866 at Saginaw, MIchigan. He was living with his parents in the 1870 census, aged 3. He was living with his parents in the 1880 Census, aged 13. Frank A. Marsden died on 3 June 1933 at Stockton.

b. ALENIA (?) H. MARSDEN, born ca 1871. She was living with her parents in the 1880 Census, aged 9.

c. ALICE L. MARSDEN, born ca 1872. She was living with her parents in the 1880 Census, aged 8.

d. WILLIAM MARSDEN, born ca 1874. He was living with his parents in the 1880 Census, aged 6.

e. THOMAS MARSDEN, born ca 1878. He was living with his parents in the 1880 Census, aged 2.

iii. MARGARET MARSDEN, bapt. 29 March 1835 at Whitechurch, and aged 15 in the 1850 US Census. She was a regular correspondent with her grandfather, the Rev. Thomas Picton, according to a letter written by him in 1858. She was not recorded in the 1860 US Census, so she may have married by this date.

iv. WILLIAM MARSDEN, bapt. 14 June 1837 at Whitechurch, and aged 13 in the 1850 US Census. William Marsden, a carpenter and joiner, aged 23, was living at China, Wyoming, New York, in the 1860 Census, with Mary Marsden, aged 18, and Josephine Marsden, aged 16, both house servants. William Marsden was living at Olyphant Blakely township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the 1870 Census, a coal miner, aged 33, born in Wales, with his wife, Margaret Marsden, aged 34, born in Wales, and their three children. He does not appear to be listed in the 1900 Census of America. William and Margaret Marsden were the parents of:

a. ELIZABETH MARSDEN, born ca 1863 in Pennsylvania, and living with her parents in the 1870 Census, aged 7.

b. MARY MARSDEN, born ca 1864 and living with her parents in the 1870 Census, aged 6.

c. THOMAS MARSDEN, born ca 1865 and living with his parents in the 1870 Census, aged 5.

v. THOMAS MARSDEN, bapt. 25 August 1839 at Whitechurch. He was not recorded in the 1850 Census of Centerville as living with his parents.

b. MARY MARSDEN, bapt. 16 October 1809 at Whitechurch parish church. David Jones of Haverfordwest, bachelor, married Mary Marsden at Whitechurch on 19 March 1831 [Witnesses: (?)]. A David and Jane Milsom Jones had a son named George Picton Jones, bapt. 12 May 1850, born at St. Dogmells.

iv. ANN(E) PICTON, born 1782/3 at Eglwyswrw, according to the 1861 Census. She married David Davies of Tyllwyd in the parish of Meline on 17 June 1803 at Whitechurch parish church [Witnesses: (?)]. David Davies was co-lessee of Dyffryn Pedryn [Pwdrin] along with his wife's cousin, Owen Picton of Trelech, in 1818. Anne Davies was living at Llaindilyn in 1851, according to her brother, the Rev. Thomas Picton, in a letter written in that year. David Davies was not living at Tyllwyd in the Tithe Schedule drawn up for the parish of Meline in 1838. David Davies, Ind(ependent), aged ‘60’, was living with Stephen Picton, a draper in Conwil village, aged ‘20’, together with his younger sister, Martha Picton, aged 15, in the 1841 Census Return [HO 107/1383/7/57]. Also living there was a Mary Thomas, aged ‘20’.

There were los of families whose Head of Household in the 1841 Census of Llanfyrnach was David Davies. These families include: (a) Nantgyfn fawr: David Davies, aged ‘50’, farmer, not born in Carmarthenshire; Thomas Davies, 11, born in Carmarthenshire; Elizabeth Davies, 9, born in Carmarthenshire and David Davies, 6, born in Carmarthenshire [HO 107/ /19/4]; (b) Pantywen: David Davies, aged ‘50’, farmer, not born in Carmarthenshire; Esther Davies, aged ‘50’, born in Carmarthenshire; Benjamin Davies, aged ‘25’, carpenter, born in Carmarthenshire; Phoebe Davies, 12, born in Carmarthenshire; Thomas Davies, 9, born in Carmarthenshire; Catherine Davies, 6, born in Carmarthenshire [HO 107/ /19/5]; (c) Llaindelyn: Daniel Davies, 64, farmer, not born in Carmarthenshire; Ann Davies, 65, born in Carmarthenshire; Elizabeth Davies, 30, born in Carmarthenshire; Phoebe Davies, 27, born in Carmarthenshire; John Davies, 10, born in Carmarthenshire [HO 107/ /19/23].

A David Davies of Llanfyrnach left a will in 1852 [SD 1852/211]. There was also a David Davies of Llanboidy, who left a will in 1844 [SD 1844/21]. In the 1851 Census Llaindelyn in the parish of Llanfyrnach was occupied by Daniel Davies, aged 73, a farmer of 33 acres, born at Llandewi in Carmarthenshire [HO 107/2482/62]. His wife, Anne Davies, was aged 69, born at Eglwyswrw. Daniel Davies of Llanfyrnach left a will, dated 1852 [SD 1852/144]. Anne Davies was living in 1858, and in communication by letter with her brother, the Rev. Thomas Picton of Hoboken, New Jersey. Anne Davies was living at Llaindelyn in the parish of Llanfyrnach in the 1861 Census, aged 79, a farmer holding 32 acres, born at Eglwyswrw [RG 9/4181/39]. The Chapel of Rhydyparc in Eglwys Fair-a-Churig was associated with Glandwr Chapel in the parish of Llanfyrnach and Capel-y-Graig in the parish of Trelech. A search now needs to be made for the family in the 1841 and 1851 Census Returns for Llanfyrnach or Eglwys Fair-a-Churig. James Evans of Fron Isaf was the Deacon at Rhydyparc Chapel in 1851.[15]

An Anne Davies died in 1868, aged 84 [Carmarthen, March 1868, 11a 464], and there are five other deaths of an Anne Davies in the Carmarthen Registration District between March 1863 and September 1865 – but no ages are given in the Death Index Registers until March 1866. David and Anne Davies were the parents of:

a. DANIEL DAVIES of Pantygelly Farm, Eglwys Fair-a-Churig, Co. Carmarthen (see PICTON EVANS family). In the 1871 Census Pantyelly Farm was occupied by Thomas Richards and family. He was aged 50, a farmer, born at Llanwinio. Pantygelly Farm was occupied by Titus Davies and family, he was aged 28, a labourer on the Taff Vale Railway, born at Llandissilio, Pembs. [RG 10/5505/79].

b. ELIZABETH DAVIES, born 1805/6 at Llanfyrnach. She was living with her parents in the 1851 Census, aged 44 [HO 107/2482/62], and with her mother in the 1861 Census, aged 55 [RG 9/4181/39].

c. JOHN DAVIES, born 1822/3 at Eglwysfair [a Churig], Carmarthenshire. He was living with his parents in the 1851 Census, aged 28 [HO 107/2482/62] and with his mother in the 1861 Census, aged 38 [RG 9/4181/39].

b. RACHEL PICTON, bapt. 14 June 1747 at Whitechurch. Stephen Morris of Whitechurch left a will in 1725 [SD 1725/38]; Evan Morris of Whitechurch left a will in 1750 [SD 1750/15]; Morris Morris of Whitechurch left a will in 1768 [SD 1768/72]; John Morris of Whitechurch left a will in 1776 [SD 1776/24]; Stephen Morris of Whitechurch left a will, dated 30 August 1825 and proved on 24 January 1826 [SD 1826/38]. Stephen Maurice of Whitechurch left a will in 1783 [SD 1783/]. Rachel Picton married ----- Morris, and was to receive £16 : 16s under the will of her father, John Picton (1789). The place and date of the wedding and her husband’s Christian name have yet to be established, but the wedding probably took place at Whitechurch, where the parish marriage register is missing from 1759 to 1799. Stephen Morris is the best prospect and his will should be obtained. The burial of Rachel Morris should be searched for in the various Whitechurch registers. A Stephen Morris married Mary Thomas on 24 November 1808 at Whitechurch. Stephen and Mary Morris are recorded at Whitechurch in the 1841 Census [HO 107/1448/28/9]. He was a farmer, aged 75, and she was aged 70. Also living with them was Martha Morris, a servant aged 15. John Thomas, widower, and Mary Morris, widow, were married by banns at Whitechurch on 23 July 1825 [Witnesses: John Morris, John Rees].

c. THOMAS PICTON, farmer, bapt. 2 December 1749 at Whitechurch. He was to succeed to his father's property at Tyrbwlch after the death of his mother, according to his father’s will (1789). He was a witness to the marriage of William Rowlands of Bayvil, Gent., and Diana James on 13 February 1796 at Whitechurch. He married Anne Morris [born 1751], but the place and date of their marriage has yet to be established, but probably took place at Whitechurch. The Morris families of Whitechurch seem to have had a long history of connections with the Picton family, and some of their wills could be worth examining. Thomas and Anne Picton worked the farm and land at Ty’r bwlch, and were helped by their sons, Thomas Picton and John Picton. In the Land Tax Return for Whitechurch, dated 7 July 1804, Thomas Picton was the occupier at Ty’r bwlch. There was no listing for Tycanol or Coedcenlas Uchaf in this Return. In 1814 Thomas Picton was the occupier of Ty’r bwlch and the owner was ‘the executors of James Bowen’.

Because Thomas Picton is described in the baptismal entry of his son, Thomas Picton, in September 1785 as of Llanvair, it would be worth examining the very earliest Land Tax entries for Llanfair Nantgwyn to see if Thomas Picton was living there. By 1787 the baptismal entry for the next son, also Thomas Picton, he was described as living at Tir Bwll [= Ty’r bwlch] in the parish of Whitechurch.

James Bowen, Esq., of Whitechurch House was buried at Whitechurch on 17 March 1814, aged 75 [born 1738/9]. He left a will, proved in the St. Davids Archdeaconary in 1814 [SD 1814/266]. His daughter, Elizabeth Bowen of Whitechurch House, was buried at Whitechurch on 22 October 1844, aged 73. In the 1851 Census of Whitechurch, Frances Bowen was the head of the Household, aged 70, a farmer of 219 acres, born at Whitechurch. Also living with her were sisters Margaret Bowen, aged 68, and Joyce Bowen, aged 67 [HO 107/2481/213]. His daughter, Margaret Bowen, spinster of Whitechurch House, was buried at Whitechurch on 6 December 1854, aged 76, and left a will proved in 1855 [SD 1855/172]. Miss Joyce Bowen, aged 68, of Whitechurch House, was buried at Whitechurch on 4 September 1856 and left a will, proved in 1856 [SD 1856/235]. James Bowen owned a number of properties in Whitechurch in the earliest surviving Land Tax Return for Whitechurch (1786). There was also a James Bowen, who owned two farms in the parish of Eglwyswrw at the time the Tithe Schedule was compiled in 1838, with areas of 157 acres and 118 acres approximately.

Thomas Picton, the son, had left home and moved to Bridell by 1829, but John Picton was still at Tycanol in 1839. Thomas Picton, the elder, is recorded as the occupier at Ty’r bwlch in the 1831 Land Tax Return, when Miss Elizabeth Bowen was the owner of the farm. Thomas Picton was a witness to the marriage of his eldest son, Owen Picton, in 1805 at Meline, and to the marriage of John Davies and Lydia Lewis on 4 July 1811 at Whitechurch. Thomas Picton of Ty’r bwlch died on 12 March 1836 at Whitechurch, when he would have been about 86 years of age [RG 4/3773]. The Tithe Map for Whitechurch is in the TNA under reference IR 30/54/136 and the accompanying Schedule under IR 29/54/136. Anne Picton, the widow of Thomas Picton, died on 15 February 1846 at Maesgwyn Farm in the parish of Whitechurch, aged 95, indicating that she was not living at Bridell with her son, Thomas Picton, but with John Picton, who then farmed at Maesgwyn [Cardigan, March 1846, 27 33]. Thomas and Ann Picton were the parents of:

i. OWEN PICTON, born ca 1780/1 at Whitechurch. His baptism entry is probably missing from the Penygroes Chapel register at this date. Owen Picton was described as from Whitechurch, when he married Mary Davies [born ca 1790/1 at either Meline or Pembroke] on 14 November 1805 at Meline [Witnesses: David Davies, Thomas Picton (presumably his father) and John Davies]. Mary Davies was probably a sister of David Davies of Tyllwyd, Meline. Owen Picton was a co-lessee with his cousin, David Davies of Tyllwyd, Meline, both farmers, of Dyffryn Pedryn [Pwdrin] in Llanboidy, from Mary Lloyd of Bronwydd, on 25 June 1818 [Bronwydd MSS II, No. 1879]. There is also a list of bidders for the lease, with a note of the letting of the same to Owen Picton on the same date [Bronwydd MSS II, No. 1875]. David Davies, clerk, curate of Meline, bachelor, married Esther Lloyd, spinster, by licence on 7 March 1822. His nephew, Jacob Picton, was farming at Dyffryn Pedryn [Pwdrin] in 1822-1824 in Cwmfelin Mynach in the parish of Llanboidy.

Owen Picton migrated from Whitechurch and must have moved on from the farm at Duffryn Pwdryn fairly quickly also, as he was living at Glanrhyd farm in the parish of Trelech, Carmarthenshire, in the 1841 Census, a farmer aged ‘60’ [HO 107/1383/23/18] with his wife, Mary Picton, aged ‘55’ and 4 children. In the 1851 Census Owen Picton was a farmer of 150 acres, aged 70, with his wife, Mary Picton, aged 60 [HO 107/2474/237]. The Land Tax returns for Trelech from 1817 to 1831 at the Carmarthen Record Office would establish when the family settled in that parish. Letters survive written from his cousin, the Rev. Thomas Picton of New Jersey, to Owen Picton of Glanrhyd, Trelech, between 1845 and 1858 [Carmarthen Record Office, ACC 4199-4204]. The NLW also has a letter in the Glyn Picton MSS from West Point Military Academy, written on 6 February 1975, saying “Several years ago the library obtained copies and translations of letters written by Thomas Picton whilst at West Point. They provide a fine description of West Point and his work here”. It is essential to obtain confirmation as to who exactly deposited these letters at the Carmarthen Record Office. Perhaps this means the letters at Carmarthen are copies of the transcripts and the originals are either at West Point, or still held somewhere in the USA; or the West Point letters are a completely different set of letters. The only clue is that they were typescripts of the original letters and given by Mrs. Williams of Mount Pleasant, Llangynin, in 1956. She will have to be located in a contemporary Electoral Roll.

Owen Picton was living at Glanrhyd farm, Trelech a’r Bettws, a farmer of 140 acres employing 3 labourers in the 1861 Census, aged 80, born at Whitechurch [RG 9/4144/68]. Also living with him was his wife, Mary Picton, aged 76, born at Meline, and their son, William Picton [aged 33], their daughter Ann Picton [aged 38], and his grand-daughter, Ann Picton [aged 3]. Owen Picton died on 8 March 1864 at Glanrhyd, when he would have been aged about 83 [Carmarthen, March 1864, 11a 513]. He left a will, proved at London on 24 May 1864 by his widow, Mary Picton, widow and sole executrix. The value of his estate was given as under £200, which seems remarkably low for a lifetime of service as a tenant farmer. Mary Picton was living at Quay in the parish of Trelech a’r Bettws in the 1871 Census, a widow and annuitant aged 86, born at Meline [RG 10/5503/53]. She must be the Mary Picton who died in 1872, aged 87 [Carmarthen, June 1872, 11a 506]. Owen and Mary Picton were the parents of:

a. THOMAS PICTON, born 8 February 1806 at Tyllwyd, Pontcynon, Pembrokeshire, and bapt. 9 March 1806 at Meline parish church. He became a farmer at Trelech a'r Bettws, and occupied the farm of Cilhir Uchaf. Thomas Picton married Maria Howells [born 15 September 1805] on 14 July 1836 at Capel-y-Graig, Trelech [Witnesses: Thomas Rogers and Stephen Picton]. Thomas Picton was living at Cilhir Uchaf, Trelech, in the 1841 Census, a farmer aged ‘35’, with his wife, Maria Picton, aged ‘25’, and 2 female servants [HO 107/1383/23/46]. Maria Picton died on 6 October 1849 and was buried at Trelech a'r Bettws on 9 October 1849, aged 35 [Carmarthen, December 1849, 26 401]. Thomas Picton was a widower, aged 45, and a farmer of 218 acres at Cilhir Uchaf, Trelech, employing 2 labourers, at the time of the 1851 Census [HO 107/2474/270]. It would be interesting to establish when Thomas Picton moved from Trelech to Llanvihangel Abercowin, and from there to farm at Cilhir Uchaf in Trelech. This would require purchasing the birth certificate of his son, David Picton, in the first instance, to help establish where the family was living between 1837 and 1841 [Check also the Tithe Map for Trelech].

Thomas Picton a farmer and widower of Cilhir Uchaf, aged 46, remarried to Esther Jones, a spinster and daughter of John Jones, a farmer of Dinas, Abernant, aged 26, on 25 November 1852 at Peterwell [Fynnonbedr] Independent Chapel, Trelech [Witnesses: David Jones, Evan Jones and Joseph Lewis; Carmarthen, December 1852, 11a 940]. Was he the same John Jones, who witnessed the marriage of David Evans and Anne Bowen at Capel-y-Graig, Trelech, in 1847? The marriage certificate confirms that Owen Picton was his father. Thomas and Esther Picton were living at Cilhir Uchaf in the 1861 Census. He was a farmer of 200 acres, aged 55, born at Meline, and Esther Picton was aged 32, born at Llanpumpsaint [RG 9/4145/20]. The family cannot be traced as yet in the 1871 Census.

Thomas Picton of Clihir farm, Trelech, died on 24 July 1880, aged 74, and was buried at Trelech a'r Bettws church [Carmarthen, September 1880, 11a 456]. He left a will which was proved by his widow, Esther Picton of Cilhir Uchaf and his son, Phillip Picton. Esther Picton, a widow, was at the head of the 200 acre farm of Cilhir Uchaf in the 1881 Census, aged 51, born at Conwil [RG 11/5401/49]. Esther Picton died on 9 March 1890 at Mydrim village, Mydrim, aged 59 [Carmarthen, March 1890, 11a 755]. She left a will, which was proved on 9 June 1890 by David Evans of Pleasant View, Mydrim, a carpenter, one of the executors. Thomas and Maria Picton were the parents of:

i. JOHN PICTON, born 28 March 1837 at Talfan Farm in the parish of Llanvihangel Abercowin. He was baptised at Bethlehem Independent Chapel at St. Clears on 28 June 1837. John Picton was living with his parents at Trelech in the 1841 Census, aged 4 [HO 107/1383/23/46]. He was living with his parents in the 1851 Census at Trelech, aged 13 [HO 107/2474/270] and in the 1861 Census, aged 23 [RG 9/4145/20]. John Picton married Phoebe Phillips of Penallt Trawscoed, Abernant, on 23 March 1869 at Abernant parish church [Witnesses: Phillip Picton and Lydia Phillip(s); Carmarthen, March 1869, 11a 791]. The family cannot be traced in the 1871 Census as yet. John Picton was living at Pant To Farm in the parish of Llanvihangel ar Arth, in the 1881 Census, aged 44, born at St. Clears, with his wife, Phoebe Picton, aged 36, born at Clydey [RG 11/5435/31]. Phoebe Picton must be the daughter of Caleb Phillips of Abernant, aged 76, a farmer, in the 1891 Census and living at Penyrallt Trawscoed, Abernant [RG 12/4519/83]. The Tithe Schedule for Llanvihangel Abercowin is IR 29/47/41 and the Map is IR 30/47/41. Llanginning is IR 29/47/52 and Trelech is IR 29/47/82. Llanfihangel ar Arth is IR 29/47/42.

John Picton of Panto in the parish of Llanvihangel a’r Arth, farmer, died on 24 September 1885, aged 48 [Newcastle Emlyn, September 1885, 11b 21]. Administration of his estate was granted to his widow, Phoebe Picton, on 3 June 1886. The value of his estate was £186:16s. In the 1891 Census Phoebe Picton was living at Pant To Farm, Llanvihangel ar Arth, a widow aged 47, born at Abernant [RG 12/4550/30]. Phoebe Picton was living at Panto, Llanvihangel ar Arth, in the 1901 Census, a widow aged 56, and a farmer, born at Clydey [RG 13/5142/25]. Phoebe Picton died on 30 November 1912, aged 68 [Newcastle Emlyn, December 1912, 11b 31]. Administration of her effects was granted to Thomas Picton, farmer, on 15 January 1913. The value of her estate was £463:19s:5d. It is not immediately clear who this Thomas Picton would be. John and Phoebe Picton were the parents of:

a. CALEB THOMAS PICTON, born 1870 at Abernant [Carmarthen, March 1870, 11a 751]. He was living with his parents in the 1881 Census, aged 11 [RG 11/5435/31]. He was living with his mother in the 1891 Census, aged 21 [RG 12/4550/30]. Caleb Picton was living at Panto, Llanvihangel ar Arth, in the 1901 Census, aged 31 [RG 13/5142/25]. He never married, and lived at Panto farm until he became too old to manage it, and he sold the farm to the local Baptist Minister.

b. RACHEL PICTON, born 1872 at Abernant [Carmarthen, June 1872, 11a 778]. She was living with her parents in the 1881 Census, aged 9 [RG 11/5435/31]. She was living with her mother in the 1891 Census, aged 19 [RG 12/4550/30]. Rachel Picton was living at Panto, Llanvihangel ar Arth in the 1901 Census, aged 28 [RG 13/5142/25]. Rachel Picton died in 1904, aged 30 [Newcastle Emlyn, March 1904, 11b 19].

c. DAVID PICTON, born 1875 at Conwil [Carmarthen, March 1875, 11a 936]. He was living with his parents in the 1881 Census, aged 6 [RG 11/5435/31]. He was living with his grandfather, Caleb Phillips, at Penyrallt Trawscoed farm, Abernant, in the 1891 Census, aged 16, a farmer’s son [RG 12/4519/83]. David Picton was living at Penrallt Trawscoed, Abernant, in the 1901 Census, a general farm servant, aged 26 [RG 13/5115/83] with his aunt, Lydia Phillips, aged 42, a farmer. David Picton married Rosamond Esther Phillips of Ty Mawr farm, Boncath [born 1879] in 1903 [Cardigan, December 1903, 11b 20]. They were very strong Baptist Chapel members and at one time were members of Moriah Baptist Chapel, Pencader.

They lived for some time at Pant To farm and then moved to a couple of other farms in the area. Later the family moved to Meidrim, and then eventually moved back to Ty Mawr farm, Boncath, where Rosamund Phillips/Picton had been born. This farm is still owned and worked by a Picton descendant. David and Rosamond Picton are buried at Blaenffos Baptist Chapel. David and Rosamond Picton were the parents of:

d. LYDIA PICTON, born 1879 at Llanllawddog or Llanvihangel [Carmarthen, December 1879, 11a 781]. She was living with her parents in the 1881 Census, aged 1 [RG 11/5435/31]. She was living with her mother in the 1891 Census, a scholar aged 12 [RG 12/4550/30]. Lydia Picton was living at Panto, Llanvihangel ar Arth in the 1901 Census, aged 21 [RG 13/5142/25]. Lydia Picton married in 1904 to either Evan Jones or Stephen Thomas [Carmarthen, September 1904, 11a 1845]. She had at least one son;

i. IEUAN ----- , born 1913. He was living at Carmarthen in December 2004, unmarried, aged 91.

e. MARY ANNE PICTON, born 1883 at Llanvihangel [Newcastle Emlyn, December 1883, 11b 22]. She was living with her mother in the 1891 Census, aged 7 [RG 12/4550/30]. Mary Picton was living at Panto, Llanvihangel ar Arth in the 1901 Census, aged 17 [RG 13/5142/25].

ii. DAVID PICTON, born 1838 [Carmarthen, December 1838, 26 447]. David Picton was living at Trelech with his parents in the 1841 Census, aged 2 [HO 107/1383/23/46]. He was living with his father in the 1851 Census, aged 11 [HO 107/2474/270]. He was buried at Trelech a'r Bettws on 9 July 1859, aged 21 [Carmarthen, September 1859, 11a 365].

iii. OWEN PICTON, born 1841 at Trelech [Carmarthen, September 1841, 26 487]. He was living with his father in the 1851 Census, aged 9 [HO 107/2474/270]. Owen Picton of Cilhir Ucha died on 15 October 1851, aged 11, and was buried at Trelech a’r Bettws on 18 October 1851 [Carmarthen, December 1851, 26 411].

iv. STEPHEN PICTON, born 1842/3 [check entries under Pickton]. Stephen Picton of Cilhir Ucha died on 28 July 1848 and was buried at Trelech a’r Bettws on 31 July 1848, aged 5 [Carmarthen, September 1848, 26 350].

v. PHILLIP PICTON, born 1846 at Trelech [Carmarthen, June 1846, 26 583]. He was living with his father in the 1851 Census, aged 4 [HO 107/2474/270]. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, a scholar aged 15 [RG 9/4145/20]. He was a witness at the wedding of his elder brother, John Picton, in 1869. He cannot be traced in the 1871 Census. Phillip Picton was living with his step-mother, Esther Picton, at Cilhir Uchaf in the 1881 Census, aged 35 born at Trelech [RG 11/5401/49]. Phillip Picton was living at Hen Felin farm when he died on 8 January 1888, aged 41, and was buried at Trelech a’r Bettws on 11 January 1888 [Carmarthen, March 1888, 11a 617]. He left a will which was proved by William Picton of Plasparcau farm, farmer, his uncle; the Rev. Lewis Williams of the vicarage, Trelech a’r Bettws and Esther Picton of Pantygwr in the said parish, widow. The value of his estate was £224:4s.

vi. THOMAS PICTON, born 1848 at Trelech [Carmarthen, December 1848, 26 535]. He was living with his father in the 1851 Census, aged 2 [HO 107/2474/270]. Thomas Picton of Cilhir Ucha died on 7 August 1852, and was buried at Trelech a’r Bettws on 10 August 1852, aged 4 [Carmarthen, September 1852, 11a 325].

vii. MARY PICTON, born 1853 at Trelech [Carmarthen, March 1853, 11a 514]. She was living with her parents in the 1861 Census, a scholar aged 7 [RG 9/4145/20]. She was living at Cilhir Uchaf in the 1881 Census, aged 27 [RG 11/5401/49]. Mary Picton married Samuel Thomas in 1887 [Carmarthen, September 1887, 11a 1155]. Samuel and Mary Thomas were living at Green Park Farm in the parish of Merthyr, Carmarthenshire, in the 1891 Census. Samuel Thomas was aged 42, born at Abernant and Mary Thomas was aged 37, born at Trelech [RG 12/4519/68]. They were living with his parents on the farm. Samuel and Mary Thomas were still living at Green Park Farm in the parish of Merthyr in the 1901 Census, aged 52 and 48 respectively [RG 13/5115/66].

viii. RACHEL PICTON, born 1858 at Trelech [Carmarthen, March 1858, 11a 621]. She was living with her parents in the 1861 Census, aged 3 [RG 9/4145/20]. She cannot be traced in the 1871 Census. She is probably the Rachel Picton, who married in 1880 to David Morris [Carmarthen, December 1880, 11a 1179]. David and Rachel Morris were lving at Pandygwr in the parish of Trelech in the 1881 Census, aged 21 and 23 respectively; David Morris was a farmer of 57 acres, born at Mydrim [RG 11/5401/55]. David and Rachel Morris were the parents of:

a. THOMAS PICTON MORRIS, born 1881 at Trelech. He was living with his parents in the 1881 Census, aged 1 month [RG 11/5401/55].

ix. EDWARD PICTON, born 1862 at Trelech [Carmarthen, December 1862, 11a 595]. Edward Picton of Cilhir ucha, Trelech, was buried at Trelech on 11 December 1869, aged 8 [Carmarthen, December 1869, 11a 451].

b. ELEANOR PICTON, born 23 February 1808 at Glanrhyd and bapt. 13 March 1808 at Trelech parish church. Her baptism is not recorded in the Bishop’s Transcripts of Meline. She married William Davies of Trelech, a shopkeeper, on 5 July 1825 at Trelech a’r Bettws church [Witnesses: John Davies, Mary Davies]. They were living at Waterloo House in the parish of Trelech in the 1841 and 1851 Census Returns [HO 107/1383/23/28 and HO 107/2474/249]. William Davies was a shopkeeper, aged ‘35’ in 1841 and aged 47 in 1851, born at Trelech. It would be useful to know if he was related to David Davies, who helped Owen and Jacob Picton acquire the lease of Dyffryn Pwdrin farm in 1818.

William and Eleanor Davies had moved from Trelech by 1861 and were living at the farm of Morlogws Uchaf in the parish of Kilrhedyn, Cardiganshire, in the 1861 Census [RG 9/4180/69] and the 1871 Census [RG 10/5544/38]. William Davies was a farmer of 100 acres, aged 68, born at Trelech a’r Bettws and Eleanor Davies was aged 63, born at Trelech a’r Bettws, in the 1871 Census. William and Eleanor Davies were living at Morlogws Uchaf, Kilrhedyn, in the 1881 Census, aged 77 and 73 respectively, both born at Trelech [RG 11/5431/69]. Eleanor Davies was not obviously to be seen in the 1891 Census for Wales, and there are several death entries for an Eleanor Davies in the Newcastle Emlyn Registration District between 1881 and 1891, but none of them has exactly the correct age, based on the date of her baptism. This also fits with the fact that their son, Stephen Davies, was the farmer at Morlogws Uchaf in the 1891 Census. William and Eleanor Davies were the parents of:

i. DAVID DAVIES, born 29 April 1827 at Rock Chapel, Trelech. Rock Chapel is known as Capel y Graig in Welsh. He was not living with his parents in the 1841 or 1851 Census Returns for Trelech.

ii. MARY DAVIES, born 10 March 1829 at Rock Chapel, Trelech. She was living at Trelech with her parents in the 1841 Census, aged 12 [HO 107/1383/23/28]. She was not living with her parents in the 1851 Census.

iii. FRANCES DAVIES, born 26 February 1831 at Rock Chapel, Trelech. She was not living with her parents in the 1841 or 1851 Census Returns for Trelech.

iv. ANN(E) DAVIES, born 29 July 1834 at Rock Chapel, Trelech. She was living at Trelech with her parents in the 1841 Census, aged 6 [HO 107/1383/23/28]. She was living with her parents in the 1851 Census, aged 17, employed ‘in the house’ [HO 107/2474/249].

v. WILLIAM PICTON DAVIES, born 1836/7 at Trelech. He was living at Trelech with his parents in the 1841 Census, aged 4 [HO 107/1383/23/28]. He was living with his parents in the 1851 Census, aged 14, employed ‘in the shop’ [HO 107/2474/249]. He was a draper, grocer and a farmer of 8 acres, living at Waterloo House in the 1861 Census of Trelech, aged 23, unmarried [RG 9/4145/8].[16] William Picton Davies married Eliza Thomas and they were living at Waterloo House, Trelech, in the 1871 Census, both aged 33, with their mother-in-law, Catherine Thomas, aged 70 [RG 10/5503/53]. Waterloo House is situated directly opposite the Chapel at Trelech. William Picton Davies was a draper, holding 9 acres and employing one boy. They were living at Trelech also in the 1881 Census [RG 11/5401/35] and 1891 Census Return, when they were both aged 54 [RG 12/4520/49]. William Picton Davies was a draper, grocer and wine dealer at Waterloo House. In the 1901 Census they were living at 50 King Street, Carmarthen. William P. Davies was a stationer and bookseller, aged 64, born at Trelech and Eliza Davies was aged 64, born at St. Clears [RG 13/5112/51].

vi. MARGARET DAVIES, born 17 August 1839 at Trelech. She was living at Trelech with her parents in the 1841 Census, aged 1 [HO 107/1383/23/28]. She was living with her parents in the 1851 Census, a scholar aged 12 [HO 107/2474/249]. She was living with her parents in the 1861 Census at Cilrhedyn, a house keeper aged 21 [RG 9/4180/69]. She married James Bowen on 20 February 1864 at Newcastle Emlyn Register Office. James and Margaret Bowen were living at Plasparke, Trelech, in the 1871 Census, aged 34 and 32 respectively [RG 10/5503/38]. James Bowen was a farmer of 100 acres, employing 2 men. Did he take over the farm from John Bowen, who was farming Plasparke in 1851?

James Bowen was the son of William Bowen, a farmer of 300 acres, aged 55, and he was aged 30 in the 1861 Census. He was living with his father, William Bowen, and his mother, Sarah Bowen, at Blaensulgen in the parish of Kildrhedin [Cilrhedyn], Carmarthenshire [RG 9/4180/65]. William Bowen was born at Llanfyrnach in Pembrokeshire, as was his son, James Bowen, and Sarah Bowen was born at Penboyer in Carmarthenshire. They also had a daughter, Mary Bowen, aged 28 in 1861, who had married James Nicholas. She was also born at Llanfyrnach, and James Nicholas was aged 39, a carter, born at Trelech.[17] They also had their four children living with them. Also living with them in the 1871 Census were two maids and Phoebe Bowen, aged 28, a farmer’s widow, born at Trelech. Phoebe Bowen must be the widow of John Picton [RG 10/5503/38]. Margaret Bowen died on 8 August 1871 at Plasparch Uchaf, Trelech, aged 32 [Carmarthen, September 1871, 11a 418]. Her husband, James Bowen remarried to either Amy Griffiths or Mary Rees [Carmarthen, March 1873, 11a 966].

Another James Bowen was living at Plaspark Uchaf in the parish of Trelech in the 1881 Census, aged 48, born at Trelech [RG 11/5401/24]. Also living with him was his wife, Frances Bowen, aged 38, born at Trelech. James and Frances Bowen were the parents of Elizabeth Bowen, aged 15; Sophia Bowen, aged 12; Anne Bowen, aged 10; Thomas Bowen, aged 9; Mary Bowen, aged 6; Frances Bowen, aged 4 and Anna Bowen, aged 2. In the 1871 Census James and Frances Bowen were living at Drewrdau Uchaf Farm in the parish of Trelech. He was a farmer of 32 acres, aged 38, born at Trelech, and she was aged 28, born at KIlrhedyn [RG 10/5503/58]. Also living with them were their children Sarah Bowen, aged 6; Elizabeth Bowen, aged 5; Sophia Bowen, aged 2 and Anne Bowen, aged 10 months. James and Margaret Davies were the parents of:

a. SARAH BOWEN, born 1867 at Trelech [Newcastle Emlyn, September 1867, 11b 19].

b. WILLIAM BOWEN, born 1868 at Trelech [Carmarthen, March 1868, 11a 722].

c. OWEN BOWEN, born 11 October 1869 at Ffynonwen, Trelech. He married Matilda Morgans in 1897 [Pontyprydd, December 1897, 11a 877]. Their children included Trefor Bowen, born 28 October 1912 at Porth, Rhondda Valley. Trefor Bowen married Blodwen Menna Jones, 24 April 1943 at Albany Road Baptist Church, Cardiff. They had a son, John Grattan Bowen, born 19xx, who was the father of Kimberley Bowen [born 1973], now living at Watford [2005].

vii. JOHN DAVIES, born ca 1842/3 at Trelech. He was living with his parents in the 1851 Census, aged 10 [HO 107/2474/249]. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, aged 18 [RG 9/4180/69].

viii. OWEN DAVIES, born 1844 at Trelech [Carmarthen, December 1844, 26 507]. He was living with his parents in the 1851 Census, aged 7 [HO 107/2474/249]. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, aged 16 [RG 9/4180/69]. He was living with his parents in the 1871 Census, aged 28 [RG 10/5544/38].

ix. STEPHEN DAVIES, born 1849 at Trelech [Carmarthen, June 1849, 26 643]. He was living with his parents in the 1851 Census, aged 2 [HO 107/2474/249]. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, aged 13 [RG 9/4180/69]. He was living with his parents in the 1871 Census, aged 23 [RG 10/5544/38]. Stephen Davies married Anna Williams in 1872 [Newcastle Emlyn, September 1872, 11b 37]. Stephen Davies was living at Waunffynnonau in the parish of Pembrey in the 1881 Census, a farmer of 60 acres, aged 32, born at Trelech [RG 11/5376/106]. Also living with him was his wife, Anna Davies, aged 29, born at Kilrhedyn. Stephen Davies was living at Morlogws Uchaf, Kilrhedyn, in the 1891 Census, a widower and farmer aged 43, born at Trelech [RG 12/4547/35]. He obviously had taken over this farm from his parents around 1884. Stephen Davies was living at Morlogws Uchaf in the 1901 Census, a farmer and widower aged 52, born at Trelech [RG 13/5139/116]. He could be the Stephen Davies who died in 1901, aged 52 [Swansea, September 1901, 11a 562]. Stephen and Anna Davies were the parents of:

a. RACHEL DAVIES, born 1872/3 at Kilrhedyn. She was living with her parents in the 1881 Census, aged 8 [RG 11/5376/106]. She was living with her father in the 1891 Census, aged 18 [RG 12/4547/35]. She was living at Kilrhedyn with her father in the 1901 Census, aged 28 [RG 13/5139/116].

b. WILLIAM DAVIES, born 1874/5 at Kilrhedyn. He was living with his parents in the 1881 Census, aged 6 [RG 11/5376/106]. He was living with his father in the 1891 Census, aged 16 [RG 12/4547/35]. He was living at Kilrhedyn with his father in the 1901 Census, aged 26 [RG 13/5139/116].

c. ELEANOR DAVIES, born 1875/6 at Pembrey. She was living with her parents in the 1881 Census, aged 5 [RG 11/5376/106]. She was living with her father in the 1891 Census, aged 14 [RG 12/4547/35].

d. MARY DAVIES, born 1876/7 at Pembrey. She was living with her parents in the 1881 Census, aged 4 [RG 11/5376/106]. Mary Davies died in 1882, aged 5 [Llanelly, March 1882, 11a 498].

e. JONATHAN DAVIES, born 1881 at Pembrey and living with his parents in the 1881 Census, aged 1 month [RG 11/5376/106]. He is probably the Jonathan Davies who died in 1881, aged 0 [Llanelly, September 1881, 11a 365].

f. OWEN PICTON DAVIES, born 1882 at Pembrey [Llanelly, June 1882, 11a 827]. He was living with his father in the 1891 Census, aged 8 [RG 12/4547/35]. Owen Picton Davies was living at Carmarthen in the 1901 Census, aged 18, born at KIlrhedyn [RG 13/5113/31]. Owen Picton Davies married in 1906 [Swansea, March 1906, 11a 1201]. He died, possibly, in 1970.

g. MARGARET ANNE DAVIES, born 1884/5 at Kilrhedyn. She was living with her father in the 1891 Census, aged 6 [RG 12/4547/35]. She was living at Kilrhedyn with her father in the 1901 Census, aged 16 [RG 13/5139/116].

x. THOMAS DAVIES, born ca 1852/3 at Trelech. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, aged 8 [RG 9/4180/69]. He is probably the Thomas Davies, a farm servant aged 18, on the farm of James Thomas at Trelech in the 1871 Census, aged 18, born at Trelech [RG 10/5503/59]. He is probably the Thomas Davies living at Plasnewydd in the parish of Abernant in the 1881 Census, a labouer aged 28, born at Trelech [RG 11/5400/88]. Also living with him was his wife, Hannah Davies, aged 35, born at Tremain, Cardiganshire. Thomas and Hannah Davies were the parents of:

a. SARAH DAVIES, born 1875/6 at Treorchy. She was living with her parents in the 1881 Census, aged 5 [RG 11/5400/88].

b. JOHN DAVIES, born 1877/8 at Treorchy. He was living with his parents in the 1881 Census, aged 3 [RG 11/5400/88].

c. GRIFFITH DAVIES, born 1879/80 at Abernant. He was living with his parents in the 1881 Census, aged 1 [RG 11/5400/88].

c. DAVID PICTON, born 1 April 1810 at Glanrhyd and bapt. 10 April 1810 at Rock Chapel [Capel-y-Graig], Trelech. He married Mary Bowen on 30 October 1834 at Trelech [Witnesses: Thomas Picton (presumably his elder brother) and David Davies]. The Carmarthen Journal for 14 November 1834 records the marriage of D. Picton, son of Mr. Owen Picton of Glanrhyd, to Miss Mary Bowen, daughter of John Bowen of Plasparke. David Picton was an agricultural labourer living at Plasparke ucha, Trelech a’r Bettws, in the 1841 Census, aged ‘30’ [HO 107/1383/23/17]. He and his wife, Mary Picton, aged ‘35’ were living on the farm of her father, John Bowen, aged 70, and his wife Elizabeth Bowen, aged 60. There were clearly two people living in the parish of Trelech at this time with the name John Bowen, and they were father and son. David and Mary Picton were living with John Bowen the elder.

There is the marriage of a John Bowen to Anne Jones on 6 December 1821 at Trelech, which looks probable for his son. John Bowen (junior) was living at Cleanblewog Farm in the parish of Trelech in the 1841 Census, a farmer aged ‘40’ [HO 107/1383/23/]. Also living with him were his wife, Anne Bowen, aged ‘35’ and their children Anne Bowen, aged 13; Rachel Bowen, aged 11; Sarah Bowen, aged 9; Anna Bowen, aged 5 and Margaret Bowen, aged 2. Also living with them were Elizabeth Thomas, aged 19 and her son John Thomas, aged 4 months; Sarah James, a female servant aged ‘25’ and Mary Davies, a female servant aged ‘15’. This 1841 Census information implies that Anne Bowen was about 19/20 years of age on her marriage to David Evans on 6 July 1847, even though she is described as of “full age”.

In the 1851 Census a John Bowen was farming 215 acres at Plasparke, Trelech, a farmer aged 52, with his wife, Ann Bowen, aged 49, both born at Trelech, and employing 4 labourers [HO 107/2474/236]. Also living with them were their daughters Rachel Bowen, aged 20; Sarah Bowen, aged 18; Anna Bowen, aged 14 and Margaret Bowen, aged 12. Another daughter was Anne Bowen, who married David Evans, a farmer of Pengwern in the parish of Kenarth [Cenarth], the son of James Evans, a farmer, on 6 July 1847 at Rock Chapel [Capel-y-Graig] at Trelech [Witnesses: John Bowen and John Jones]. Also living at Plasparke farm in the 1851 Census were Evan Pugh, a nephew aged 12, born at Llanybie; Thomas Bowen, a farm servant aged 24, born at Trelech; Edward James, a farm servant aged 29, born at Trelech; Stephen Bowen, a farm servant aged 14, born at Trelech and James Davies, a farm servant aged 12, born at Trelech. They also employed a house sevant, Elizabeth Thomas, aged 19, born at Manordivy. John Bowen married Ann Jones at Trelech on 6 December 1821.

Mary Picton died on 6 June 1847 at Sunny Hill, Llanboidy [Narberth, June 1847, 26 653] and this is confirmed by the 1851 Census, which shows David Picton was a widower, aged 40, farming 46 acres at Sunny Hill, Llanboidy, and employing 3 labourers [HO 107/2475/44]. Administration of her estate was granted to her husband, David Picton of Cilanw in the parish of Llangan, on 17 January 1873; it was valued at less than £300 pounds.

David Picton was living at Cilanw in the parish of Llangan, in the 1861 Census, a widower and a farmer of 70 acres, employing 1 boy and 3 servants [RG 9/4148/91]. Probate of the estate of John Bowen of Plasyparke in the parish of Trelech a’r Bettws was granted on 14 October 1870 at London to John Jones of Llwynyrhwrdd in the parish of Clydey, Gent. and to David Picton of Cilanw in the parish of Llangan, his executors. David Picton cannot yet be traced in the 1871 Census. David Picton was living at Cilanw, Llangan, in the 1881 Census, a widower and farmer of 95 acres, aged 71 born at Trelech [RG 11/5404/81]. In the 1891 Census he was still at Cilanw, Llangan, aged 81 a widower and farmer, born at Trelech [RG 12/4523/69]. David Picton of Mill Bank Cottage, Llanboidy, died on 10 August 1893, aged 82, and was buried at Trinity Chapel, Llanboidy, where a monumental inscription survives to him [Narberth, September 1893, 11a 635]. Probate of his estate was granted to William Picton, farmer; Thomas Philipps, Gent. and Rees Davies, surveyor at London on 25 October 1893. The value of the esate was resworn in December 1894 as £2797:8s:3d. David and Mary Picton do not appear to have had any children.

d. JOHN PICTON, born 22 March 1812 at Glanrhyd and bapt. 12 April 1812 at Rock Chapel, Trelech. He married Phoebe Davies [born ca 1815] on 4 April 1833 at Trelech [Witnesses: (?)]. They lived later at Pant To Farm in the parish of Llanvihangel ar Arth, and at Trechwynion in the parish of Llanarthney. John Picton was a miller and farmer in the 1841 Census Return [HO 107/]. The Tithe Map for Llanarthney is in the TNA under reference IR 30/47/23 and the accompanying Schedule under IR 29/47/23. He could be the John Picton who died in 1846 [Llanelly, March 1846, 26 452] or, less likely, 1847 [Bridgend, December 1847, 26 252]. The 1846 death certificate and a search of the 1841 Census should help address this identification.

John Picton was probably dead by 1851, as Phoebe Picton, aged 39, had remarried to William Evans, aged 25, a brewery labourer. They were living at Upper Water Street, Llanelly, in the 1851 Census [HO 107/2468/238]. William Evans was a labourer in a tin plate works at Llanelly, aged 34, in the 1861 Census, born at Llanstephan. Phoebe Evans was aged 40, born at Trelech, and they were living at 7 Church Street, Llanelly in the 1861 Census [RG 9/4110/103]. She had at least four further children with William Evans. Phoebe Picton could be the person of that name who died in 1895, aged 82 [Swansea, September 1895, 11a 478]. John and Phoebe Picton were the parents of:

i. HANNAH PICTON, bapt. 10 October 1833 at Trelech. Need to check 1841 Census Return. She was not living with her mother in the 1861 Census, and does not seem to be mentioned in the 1851 Census of Wales.

ii. MARY PICTON, born 1834/5, and living with her parents in the 1841 Census, aged 6 [HO 107/]. She could be the Mary Picton who was a servant at 5 Dynevor Place, Swansea, in the 1851 Census, aged 16 [HO 107/2466/273]. She was not living in Wales in the 1861 Census.

iii. ELEANOR PICTON, born 1835/6, and living with her parents in the 1841 Census, aged 4 [HO 107/]. Need to check later Census returns.

iv. DAVID PICTON, born 1839 at Llangennech [Carmarthen, June 1839, 26 574], and living with his parents in the 1841 Census, aged 2 [HO 107/]. He was living with his step-father and his mother in the 1851 Census at Upper Water Street, Llanelly, a scholar aged 16, born at Carmarthen [HO 107/2468/238]. He was living with his mother in the 1861 Census at Llanelly, and was described as a step-son, aged 21 and a refiner in a tin plate works [RG 9/4110/103]. David Picton married Mary ----- in 1864 [Llanelly, June 1864, 11a 867]. David Picton was living at Swansea Road, Llanelly, in the 1871 Census, aged 31, a refiner of iron, and a grocer, born at Llanvihangel [RG 10/5468/10]. He was married to Mary Picton, aged 26, born at Llanelly. David Picton was living at Llangennech in the 1881 Census, a commercial traveller aged 39 [RG 11/5371/25]. Also living with him was his wife, Mary Picton, aged 35, born at Llanelly. He was living at Glanyrafon Road, Llangennech, in the 1891 Census, aged 49, a commercial traveller, born at Llangennech [RG 12/4492/15]. Mary Picton was aged 46, a grocer, born at Llanelly. David Picton of Glanyrafon Road, Llangennech, died on 7 April 1896, aged 55 [Llanelly, June 1896, 11a 511]. Administration of his estate was granted to Mary Picton, widow, on 17 June 1896; it was valued at £381:18s:9d.

Mary Picton was living at Glanyrafon Road, Llangennech, in the 1901 Census, a shopkeeper and grocer, aged 55, a widow, born at Llanelly [RG 13/5086/110]. David and Mary Picton were the parents of:

a. DAVID HUGH PICTON, born 1865 at Llanelly [Llanelly, September 1865, 11a 613]. He was living with his parents in the 1871 Census, aged 5 [RG 10/5468/10]. He was living with his parents in the 1881 Census, a scholar aged 15 [RG 11/5371/25]. He was living with his parents in the 1891 Census, a scholar aged 25 [RG 12/4492/15]. He was not living in Wales in the 1901 Census.

b. GWLADYS BONNELL PICTON, born 1867 at Llanelly [Llanelly, September 1867, 11a 611]. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 3 [RG 10/5468/10]. She was living with her parents in the 1881 Census, a scholar aged 13 [RG 11/5371/25]. Gwladys Bonnell Picton married Leonard East in 1895 [Llanelly, December 1895, 11a 1527]. Leonard and Gwladys East were living at Old Market Street, Usk, Monmouthshire, in the 1901 Census, aged 34 and 33 respectively [RG 13/4952/9]. Leonard East was a publican. Leonard and Gwladys East were the parents of:

i. ALBERT SIDNEY EAST, born 1896 at Eardisley, Herefordshire [Kington, December 1896, 6a 519]. He was living with his parents in the 1901 Census, aged 4 [RG 13/4952/9].

ii. DORIS P. EAST, born 1898/9 at Eardisley, Herefordshire. She was living with her parents in the 1901 Census, aged 2 [RG 13/4952/9].

c. PHOEBE ANN PICTON, born 1869 at Felinvoel, Llanelly [Llanelly, June 1869, 11a 645]. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 2 [RG 10/5468/10]. She was living with her parents in the 1881 Census, a scholar aged 11 [RG 11/5371/25]. She was living at Llandafen Road, Llanelly, in the 1891 Census, aged 22, a grocer at a shop [RG 12/4496/59]. Phoebe Ann Picton married Thomas Evans in 1893 [Llanelly, March 1893, 11a 1045].

d. JOHN SYDNEY PICTON, born 1871 at Llanelly [Llanelly, June 1871, 11a 689]. He was living with his parents in the 1881 Census, a scholar aged 9 [RG 11/5371/25]. He was living with his parents in the 1891 Census, aged 19, a weigher in a foundry [RG 12/4492/15]. He was living with his mother in the 1901 Census, a clerk at a tinplate works, aged 30 [RG 13/5086/110]. John Sidney Picton married in 1907 [Narberth, September 1907, 11a 2090].

e. ANGELINA MARY J. PICTON, born 1873 at Llanelly [Llanelly, June 1873, 11a 734]. She was living with her parents in the 1881 Census, a scholar aged 7 [RG 11/5371/25]. She was living with her parents in the 1891 Census, a grocer’s assistant, aged 17 [RG 12/4492/15]. There is no record of her marriage or burial between 1891 and 1910 at this time.

f. ROSETTA MAY PICTON, born 1876 at Llangennech [Llanelly, June 1876, 11a 810]. She was living with her parents in the 1881 Census, a scholar aged 5 [RG 11/5371/25]. She was living with her elder sister, Phoebe Picton, in the 1891 Census, aged 14 [RG 12/4496/59]. Rosetta M. Picton died in 1900, aged 24 [Llanelly, December 1900, 11a 573].

g. ESAU PICTON, born 1878/9 at Llangennech [. He was not living with his parents in the 1891 Census. He was living in the 1901 Census with his mother, a clerk in a tinplate works, aged 22 [RG 13/5086/110]. Gertrude Mary Picton, the wife of Esau Picton of the Post Office, Llangennech, died on 1 October 1909, aged 26 [Llanelly, December 1909, 11a 609]. Probate of her estate was granted to Elizabeth Melene Rees, widow, on 1 June 1916 and was valued at £71.

h. THOMAS OWEN B. PICTON, born 1880 at Llangennech [Llanelly, September 1880, 11a 722]. He was living with his parents in the 1881 Census, aged 7 months [RG 11/5371/25]. He was living with his parents in the 1891 Census, a scholar aged 11 [RG 12/4492/15]. 1901 Census. He could be the Thomas Owen E. Picton who married in 1903 [Swansea, September 1903, 11a 1493].

i. ARTHUR GWILYM A. PICTON, born 1883 at Llangennech [Llanelly, June 1883, 11a 800]. He was living with his parents in the 1891 Census, a scholar aged 9 [RG 12/4492/15]. He was living with his mother in the 1901 Census, a carpenter aged 18 [RG 13/5086/110].

j. EDWARD RAYMOND GORDON PICTON, born 1885 at Llangennech [Llanelly, September 1885, 11a 831]. He was living with his parents in the 1891 Census, a scholar aged 6 [RG 12/4492/15]. He was living with his mother in the 1901 Census, a school teacher aged 16 [RG 13/5086/110].

k. ARCHIBALD GEORGE C. PICTON, born 1887 at Llangennech [Llanfyllin, September 1887, 11b 824]. He was living with his parents in the 1891 Census, aged 3 [RG 12/4492/15]. He was living with his mother in the 1901 Census, aged 13 [RG 13/5086/110].

v. RACHEL PICTON, born 1841, and aged 2 months in the 1841 Census [Carmarthen, June 1841, 26 548]. She was living with her mother and step-father in the 1851 Census, aged 10 [HO 107/2468/238]. She cannot be found in any later Census Returns for Wales. Rachel Picton died on 16 February 1904, aged 63.

e. MARY PICTON, born 4 August 1815 at Glanrhyd, Trelech. She married Simon Jones on 3 June 1834 at Trelech [Witnesses: (?)]. Simon Jones was living at Nantyciw, Trelech, in the 1841 Census, a farmer aged ‘20’, together with his wife, Mary Jones, aged ‘20’ [HO 107/1383/23/9]. Simon Jones was living at Garregwen, Trelech, in the 1851 Census, a farmer of 140 acres, aged 36, together with his wife, Mary Jones, aged 35, and employing 2 labourers [HO 107/2474/250]. Simon Jones was living at Carregwen, Trelech, in the 1861 Census, aged 45 [RG 9/4145/7], and in the 1871 Census, aged 55, a farmer of 120 acres employing one labourer and one boy, born at Trelech [RG 10/5503/52]. Mary Jones, his wife, was aged 55, born at Trelech. In the 1881 Census Simon Jones was a widower and a farmer of 140 acres at Garegwen, Trelech [RG 11/5401/36]. As well as three of his children living with him, there also were William J. Davies, a grandson aged 10, and Mary Jones, a grand-daughter aged 4, both born at Trelech. Simon Jones died in 1890, aged 74 [Carmarthen, June 1890, 11a 556]. Simon and Mary Jones were the parents of:

i. MORGAN JONES, born 10 April 1835 at Trelech. He was living with his parents in the 1841 Census, aged 6 [HO 107/1383/23/9]. He was living with his parents in the 1851 Census, aged 16 [HO 107/2474/250]. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, aged 26 [RG 9/4145/7]. He could not be located in the 1871 Census.

ii. STEPHEN JONES, born 1838/9 at Trelech. He was living with his parents in the 1841 Census, aged 2 [HO 107/1383/23/9]. He was living with his parents in the 1851 Census, aged 13 [HO 107/2474/250]. Stephen Jones was living at Nantycyw in the parish of Trelech in the 1861 Census, a farmer of 90 acres, aged 22, born at Trelech [RG 9/4144/64]. Stephen Jones was living at Nantycyw, Trelech, in the 1871 Census, a farmer of 86 acres, aged 32, born at Trelech [RG 10/5503/27]. Also living with him was his wife, Anna Jones, aged 25, born at Kilrhedyn. Stephen Jones was living at Plasyrhafod in the parish of Kilrhedyn in the 1881 Census, a farmer of 42 acres, aged 42, born at Trelech [RG 11/5431/70]. Also living with him was his wife, Anna Jones, aged 36, born at Kilrhedyn. Stephen and Anna Jones were the parents of:

a. SARAH JONES, born 1866 at Kilrhedyn [Newcastle Emlyn, June 1866, 11b 17 or 11b 29]. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 5 [RG 10/5503/27]. She was living at Kilrhedyn with her parents in the 1881 Census, aged 15 [RG 11/5431/70].

b. SIMON O. JONES, born 1872/3 at Trelech. He was living with his parents in the 1881 Census, aged 8 [RG 11/5431/70].

c. SAMUEL PICTON JONES, born 1879 at KIlrhedyn [Newcastle Emlyn, December 1879, 11b 36]. He was living with his parents in the 1881 Census, aged 1 [RG 11/5431/70].

iii. EVAN JONES, born 1841 at Trelech. He was living with his parents in the 1841 Census, aged 2 months [HO 107/1383/23/9]. He was living with his parents in the 1851 Census, aged 10 [HO 107/2474/250]. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, aged 20 [RG 9/4145/7].

iv. OWEN P. JONES, born 1843 at Trelech [Carmarthen, June 1843, 26 505]. He was living with his parents in the 1851 Census, aged 8 [HO 107/2474/250]. He was living with his father in the 1881 Census, aged 34 [RG 11/5401/36]. He could be the Owen P. Jones who married in 1866 to Isabel S. Gwynne [Narberth, June 1866, 11a 1023].

v. ANNE JONES, born 1844/5 at Trelech. She was living with her parents in the 1851 Census, aged 6 [HO 107/2474/250]. She was living with her parents in the 1861 Census, aged 16 [RG 9/4145/7].

vi. MARGARET JONES, born 1848/9 at Trelech. She was living with her parents in the 1851 Census, aged 2 [HO 107/2474/250]. She was living with her brother, Stephen Jones, in the 1861 Census, a scholar aged 13 [RG 9/4144/64]. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 21 [RG 10/5503/52].

vii. RACHEL JONES, born 1851 at Trelech [Carmarthen, March 1852, 11a 5xx]. She was living with her parents in the 1851 Census, aged 6 months [HO 107/2474/250]. She was living with her parents in the 1861 Census, aged 11 [RG 9/4145/7]. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 19 [RG 10/5503/52]. She was living with her father in the 1881 Census, aged 30 [RG 11/5401/36].

viii. DAVID JONES, born 1853/4 at Trelech. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, aged 7 [RG 9/4145/7]. He was living with his parents in the 1871 Census, aged 17 [RG 10/5503/52].

ix. MARY ANN JONES, born 1855/6 at Trelech. She was living with her parents in the 1861 Census, aged 5 [RG 9/4145/7]. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 15 [RG 10/5503/52]. She was living with her father in the 1881 Census, aged 25 [RG 11/5401/36].

f. STEPHEN PICTON, born 17 April 1818 at Glanrhyd and bapt. 7 May 1818 at Trelech. He went to live at Cynwil Elfed. He died on 18 March 1839, aged 21 [Carmarthen, March 1839, 26 414]. His obituary notice in The Welshman describes him as a draper of Cynwil (Elfed).

g. MARGARET PICTON, born 12 August 1820 at Glanrhyd, Trelech. She was living with her parents in the 1841 Census, aged ‘15’ [HO 107/1383/23/18]. Margaret Picton married John Owen, a farmer at Cilhirwydd, Llanboidy, son of Thomas Owen, a farmer, on 17 October 1848 at Llanboidy church, by licence [Carmarthen, December 1848, 26 979; Witnesses: David Picton and John Richard]. John Owen was a farmer of 27 acres, living at Drefach in the parish of Llanboidy in the 1851 Census, aged 29, born at Llanboidy [HO 107/2475/45]. Margaret Owen was aged 30, born at Trelech. John Owen was living at Cytherwidd in the parish of Llanboidy in the 1861 Census, a farmer aged 39 [RG 9/4146/3]. Also living with him was his wife, Margaret Owen, aged 40, born at Trelech. John Owen was living at Kilhirwith in the parish of Llanboidy in the 1871 Census, a farmer of 50 acres, born at Llanboidy [RG 10/5505/6]. Also living with him was his wife, Margaret Owen, aged 50, born at Trelech. John and Margaret Owen were the parents of:

i. OWEN OWEN, born 1848 at Llanboidy [Newcastle Emlyn, March 1848, 26 660]. He was living with his parents in the 1851 Census, aged 2 [HO 107/2475/45]. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, a scholar aged 11 [RG 9/4146/3].

ii. THOMAS OWEN, born 1850 at Llanboidy [Carmarthen, June 1850, 26 623]. He was living with his parents in the 1851 Census, aged 1 [HO 107/2475/45]. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, a scholar aged 10 [RG 9/4146/3]. He was living with his parents in the 1871 Census, aged 20 [RG 10/5505/6].

iii. MARY ANN OWEN, born 1853/4 at Llanboidy. She was living with her parents in the 1861 Census, aged 7 [RG 9/4146/3]. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 17 [RG 10/5505/6].

iv. ELINOR OWEN, born 1856 at Llanboidy [Narberth, June 1856, 11a 647]. She was living with her parents in the 1861 Census, aged 4 [RG 9/4146/3].

v. PHOEBE PICTON OWEN, born 1857/8 at Llanboidy. She was living with her parents in the 1861 Census, aged 3 [RG 9/4146/3]. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 13 [RG 10/5505/6].

vi. DAVID PICTON OWEN, born 1861 at Llanboidy [Narberth, June 1861, 11a 689]. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, aged 1 month [RG 9/4246/3]. He was living with his parents in the 1871 Census, aged 10 [RG 10/5505/6]. David Picton Owen married at London in 1886 to either Adeine Josephine Ingram or Edith Mary Turner [Strand, December 1886, 1b 926].

vii. MARGARET PICTON OWEN, born 1865 at Llanboidy [Narberth, December 1865, 11a 668]. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census,aged 5 [RG 10/5505/6].

h. ANNE PICTON, born 25 January 1824 at Glanrhyd, Trelech. She was living with her parents in the 1841 Census, aged ‘15’ [HO 107/1383/23/18], and at Glanrhyd farm, Trelech, unmarried, in the 1851 Census, aged 27 [HO 107/2474/]. She was living with her parents in the 1861 Census, aged 38 [RG 9/4144/68]. She could be the Anne Picton who was married in 1875 to either John James or Thomas Thomas [Cardigan, December 1875, 11b 18].

i. GEORGE PICTON, born May 1825 at Glanrhyd. He was living with his parents in the 1841 Census, aged ‘15’ [HO 107/1383/23/18]. He is probably the George Picton, who died in 1844 [Carmarthen, September 1844, 26 333].

j. WILLIAM PICTON, born 20 April 1828 and bapt. at Rock Chapel, Trelech. He was living with his parents in the 1841 Census, aged 12 [HO 107/1383/23/18]. He was living with his parents at Glanrhyd, Trelech, in the 1851 Census, aged 21 [HO 107/2474/]. William Picton married Anna Bowen on 25 March 1856 at Trelech [Witnesses: (?); Carmarthen, March 1856, 11a 743]. She is probably the Anna Picton, aged 25, living with her father, John Bowen and his wife, Anne Bowen, a farmer of 150 acres at Plasparke farm, Trelech, in the 1861 Census, employing 4 men [RG 9/4144/70]. William Picton was not living with her family but with his own father, Owen Picton, at Glanrhyd farm in the 1861 Census [RG 9/4144/68].

William Picton was aged 44, a farmer of 140 acres, employing 3 labourers, at Glanrhyd Farm, Trelech, in the 1871 Census [RG 10/5503/37]. Also living with him was his wife, Anna Picton, aged 31, born at Trelech. Anna Picton was dead by 1881, and is probably the Anna Picton who died in 1875, aged 38 [Carmarthen, March 1875, 11a 661]. William Picton was living at Glanrhyd, Trelech, in the 1881 Census, a widower and a farmer of 130 acres, aged 52 [RG 11/5401/25]. He seems to have moved from Glanrhyd farm to Plasparke Uchaf farm in the parish of Trelech between 1881 and 1888, as he was living there when he was one of the executors of the will of his nephew, Philip Picton, in 1888. Perhaps this was to do with the fact that he was a tenant farmer at Glanrhyd, but would have been owner of the farm at Plasparke. William Picton was living at Plaspark Ucha[f], Trelech, in the 1891 Census, a widower and farmer, aged 62 [RG 12/4520/43]. He was an executor of the estate of his brother, David Picton of Llanboidy, in 1893. William Picton was living in the 1901 Census at Plasparke, Trelech a’r Bettws, a widower and a farmer aged 72, born at Trelech [RG 13/5116/36]. William Picton of Plasparke Uchaf, Trelech a’r Bettws, a retired farmer, died on 31 March 1916, aged 88. Probate of his estate was granted on 16 August 1916 to Owen Picton, a licensed victualler and farmer, and George Picton, a farmer, his sons. The estate was valued at £2309:13s:9d. William and Anna Picton were the parents of:

i. JOHN BOWEN PICTON, born 1856 at Trelech [Carmarthen, June 1856, 11a 693]. He was living with his mother at Plasparke farm, Trelech, in the 1861 Census, aged 5 [RG 9/4144/70]. He was a farmer’s son, living with his parents in the 1871 Census, aged 15 [RG 10/5503/37]. John Bowen Picton died in 1877, aged 21 [Carmarthen, December 1877, 11a 472].

ii. ANN(E) PICTON, born 1858 at Trelech [Carmarthen, March 1858, 11a 623]. She was not living with her mother in the 1861 Census, but with her father at Glanrhyd farm [RG 9/4144/68]. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 14 [RG 10/5503/37]. She was living at home with her father in the 1881 Census, aged 23 [RG 11/5401/25].

iii. OWEN PICTON, born 1859 at Trelech [Carmarthen, December 1859, 11a 639]. He was living with his mother at Plasparke farm, Trelech, in the 1861 Census, aged 2 [RG 9/4144/70]. He was a scholar, living with his parents in the 1871 Census, aged 12 [RG 10/5503/37]. He was living with his father in the 1881 Census, aged 21 [RG 11/5401/25]. He is probably the Owen Picton, who married Anna Evans in 1881 [Carmarthen, June 1881, 11a 1077]. Anna Picton died in 1884, aged 27 [Carmarthen, December 1884, 11a 548].

Owen Picton remarried to Anna Jones in 1889 [Carmarthen, September 1889, 11a 1349]. Owen Picton was living at the New Inn, Trelech, in the 1891 Census, a publican aged 31, together with his wife, Anna Picton, aged 36, born at Trelech [RG 12/4520/42]. The New Inn was located just across the square from Capel y Graig, Trelech. They also had a step-son, Johnny E. Jones living with them, aged 10, born at Trelech. Owen Picton was living at Trelech a’r Bettws in the 1901 Census, aged 41, an innkeeper at the Old Inn, and assistant overseer [RG 13/5116/36]. Also living with him was his wife, Anna Picton, aged 46, born at Trelech. He was an executor of his father’s estate in 1916. Owen Picton of the Old Inn, Trelech a’r Bettws, died in 1918 [Pembrokeshire RO, D/WR/555].

iv. MARY PICTON, born 1862 at Trelech [Carmarthen, December 1862, 11a 596]. She was a scholar, living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 9 [RG 10/5503/37]. She was living with her father in the 1881 Census, aged 19 [RG 11/5401/25]. She was living with her father in the 1891 Census, aged 29 [RG 12/4520/43].

v. MORGAN JONES PICTON, born 1864 at Trelech [Carmarthen, September 1864, 11a 669]. He was a scholar, living with his parents in the 1871 Census, aged 7 [RG 10/5503/37]. Morgan Picton was living with his father in the 1881 Census, aged 16 [RG 11/5401/25]. He was living with his father in the 1891 Census, aged 26 [RG 12/4520/43]. He was living at Trelech a’r Bettws in the 1901 Census, aged 36, a farmer’s son [RG 13/5116/36]. Morgan Jones Picton died in 1909, aged 45 [Carmarthen, December 1909, 11a 691].

vi. SARAH PICTON, born 1868 at Trelech [Carmarthen, June 1868, 11a 781]. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 3 [RG 10/5503/37]. She was living with her father in the 1881 Census, aged 12 [RG 11/5401/25]. She was living with her father in the 1891 Census, aged 22 [RG 12/4520/43]. She is probably the Sarah Picton who married David Thomas in 1895 [Carmarthen, September 1895, 11a 1526]. David and Sarah Thomas were living at Ffynonwen fawr in Trelech a’r Bettws in the 1901 Census [RG 13/5116/24]. David Thomas was a farmer, aged 27, born at Trelech and Sarah Thomas was aged 31, born at Trelech. David and Sarah Thomas were the parents of:

a. ANNA THOMAS, born 1896 at Trelech [Carmarthen, September 1896, 11a 1157]. She was living with her parents in the 1901 Census, aged 4 [RG 13/5116/24].

vii. GEORGE PICTON, born 1870 at Trelech [Carmarthen, September 1870, 11a 705]. He was living with his parents in the 1871 Census, aged 1 [RG 10/5503/37]. He was living with his father in the 1881 Census, aged 10 [RG 11/5401/25]. George Picton was living at Plaspark Ucha, Trelech, in the 1891 Census, aged 20 [RG 12/4520/43]. He is probably the George Picton married in 1894 to Phoebe Jane Thomas [Carmarthen, June 1894, 11a 1425]. George Picton was a farmer at Bailey Mawr, Llangan East, in the 1901 Census, aged 30 [RG 13/5118/160]. Also living with him was his wife, Phoebe Jane Picton, aged 27, born at Trelech. He was an executor of his father’s estate in 1916. He may have taken over the Old Inn at Trelech from his elder brother, Owen Picton, in 1918. George and Phoebe Picton were the parents of:

a. ANNIE LOUISA PICTON, born 1896 at Abernant [Carmarthen, March 1896, 11a 1126]. She was living with her parents in the 1901 Census, aged 5 [RG 13/5118/160].

b. WILLIAM OWEN PICTON, born 1899 at Abernant [Carmarthen, September 1899, 11a 1111]. He was living with his parents in the 1901 Census, aged 1 [RG 13/5118/130].

ii STEPHEN PICTON, draper of Bath and London, probably born ca 1781/2. Letters from him survive in the Carmarthen Record Office and include one written from Myles Road, Market Place, Bath, to his parents, dated 22 November 1813. He was working in a shop as an assistant with ten other young men. He had been working for a Mr. Price, but had left his employment there more than a fortnight before. He asked for his brother, Jacob Picton, to “write the next letter with all the news he has”. There is another letter from Bath to his parents, dated 24 February 1814, in which he mentions a letter he has received from his cousin in America [Thomas Picton] on 15 February 1814.

Another letter from Stephen Picton is from 53 Wigmore Street and Cavendish Street, London, dated 23 April 1822. This makes clear that he had just opened a shop in London on 8 April 1822. It was staffed by four young men, a porter, Mr. Woods and himself. He had laid in a very heavy stock of goods - worth about £4,000. It might be possible to trace him in contemporary London Trade Directories or Voting Lists, and it would be worth-while checking out what were the local London churches and Welsh Chapels close to Wigmore and Cavendish Street at this time. There are no relevant deaths of a Stephen Picton between the September Quarter of 1837 and the December Quarter of 1851, so he was presumably dead by 1837 and therefore died in London between 1822 and 1837, predating the start of civil registration. He died in London, aged about 50 [Glyn Picton MSS, NLW].

iii. MARY PICTON, born 1782/3 at Whitechurch. She married John Davies of Penalltydre, St. Dogmells, on 25 June 1808 at Whitechurch [Witnesses: (?)]. She is probably the Mary Davies, widow, a farmer of 64 acres, living at St. Dogmells in the 1851 Census, aged 68, born at Whitechurch [HO 107/2481/396]. She was living in 1853. All her descendants are dead [Glyn Picton MSS, NLW]. John Davies must have died before this date. John and Mary Davies were the parents of:

a. MARY DAVIES, born ca 1808/9 at Whitechurch. She was living with her mother at St. Dogmells in the 1851 Census, aged 42 [HO 107/2481/396].

b. DAVID DAVIES, born ca 1812/3 at St. Dogmells. He was living with his mother in the 1851 Census, aged 38 [HO 107/2481/396].

c. JOHN DAVIES, born 1822/3 at St. Dogmells. He was living with his mother in the 1851 Census, aged 28 [HO 107/2481/396].

d. LEWIS DAVIES, born at St. Dogmells. He was living with his mother in the 1851 Census, when his age was given as 8 – but this looks very suspicious [HO 107/2481/396].

iv. THOMAS PICTON, bapt. 5 September 1785 of Llanvair (Nantgwyn) [in the register for Penygroes Chapel, RG 4/3915, as ‘Llanvair 7ber 5^th, Thomas, son of Thomas Picton, baptised']. He presumably died young.

v. THOMAS PICTON, bapt. 3 March 1787 as Thomas, son of Thomas Picton of Tir Bwll [= Ty’r bwlch], Whitechurch [RG 4/3915]. Thomas Picton married Mary Evans on 7 May 1811 at Eglwyswrw church [Witnesses: John Rees and Jacob Picton]. He was living at Tycanol, Whitechurch, from 1818-1825. Mary Picton of Tycanol was a member of Penygroes Chapel in September 1818 [RG 4/3773].

Thomas Picton later was living at Gwndwn Farm in the parish of Bridell, Pembrokeshire, from 1829, and this can be checked out and confirmed in the Land Tax Returns for that parish, 1786-1831, from which the year of his arrival in the parish can be found. The Tithe Map for Bridell is in the TNA under reference IR 30/54/9 and the accompanying Schedule under IR 29/54/9. In the 1841 Census Thomas Picton was a farmer at Bridell, aged 51, along with his wife, Mary Picton, aged 50 [HO 107/1447/1/7]. In the 1851 Census Thomas and Mary Picton were living at Gwndun, Bridell, aged 63 and 49 respectively [HO 107/2481/252]. Thomas Picton was a farmer of 30 acres and was born at Eglwyswrw, as was also his wife. Only their son, Evan Picton, then remained with them at the farm. Thomas Picton was living at Gwndwn, Bridell, in the 1861 Census, a farmer aged 73, born at Whitechurch [RG 9/4177/38]. Also living with him was his wife, Mary Picton, aged 66, born at Eglwyswrw. Thomas Picton of Gwndwn, Bridell, died on 28 June 1864, aged 78, and was buried at Penygroes Chapel, Whitechurch [Cardigan, June 1864, 11b 8]. His wife could be the Mary Picton who died in 1870, aged 78 [Cardigan, March 1870, 11a 1].

The occupier of Tycanol at the time of the 1839 Tithe Map of Whitechurch was Stephen Morris, and the farm and land was owned by John Morris, who owned and lived at Treowen, the adjoining farm to Tycanol. The 1831 Land Tax Return shows Stephen Morris living at Coedcenlas Isaf, owned by Mrs Colby, and John Morris was living at Tycanol, which he also owned.[18] Stephen Morris married on 3 December 1835 at Meline. Stephen Morris was living at Tycanol in the 1861 Census, a farmer of 38 acres, aged 49, born at Whitechurch, together with his wife, Rachel Morris, aged 48, and their son, David Morris, aged 19 [RG 9/4174/49], and in the 1871 Census, aged 60, a farmer of 40 acres, born at Whitechurch. This is similar to the size of the farm on the 1839 Tithe Map, where its size [Schedule numbers 128 to 143 on the Map] was given as 37 acres 0 roods and 4 perches. Also living with Stephen Morris in the 1871 Census were his wife, Rachel Morris, aged 58 [born Mynachlogddu], and their son David Morris, aged 30, born at Whitechurch [RG 10/5539/74]. The Morris family of Whitechurch deserve further investigation as there are various Picton/Morris connections in Whitechurch, beginning with the marriage of Rachel Picton to a Morris, probably around 1770. Caleb Morris, a retired Independent Minister, was living at Coedcenlas Isaf in the 1861 Census of Whitechurch, unmarried, aged 59, born at Whitechurch [RG 9/4174/51]. It could be interesting to obtain a copy of his will.

Unfortunately there is a major gap in the marriage register entries for the parish of Whitechurch. No entries survive from 1759 to 1799 [and this includes a banns register for Whitechurch, 1755-1759, misplaced in the parish records for Bridell, and the Bishops Transcripts, which commence in 1799. The complete marriage register is missing from 1755 to 1813, so a search of the index of St. Davids Archdeaconary wills and administrations for Morris and Marsden entries may prove more promising.

Thomas and Mary Picton were the parents of:

a. WILLIAM PICTON, bapt. . Was he the William Picton who died in 1848 [Cardigan, June 1848, 27 36]?

b. DAVID PICTON, bapt. ?

c. STEPHEN PICTON, bapt. 10 February 1819 at Penygroes Chapel, Whitechurch, aged 4 weeks.[19] He was not living in Pembrokeshire at the time of the 1841 Census. Stephen Picton was one of the 1841 Census enumerators for Cynwil Elfed [11 June 1841] and was a draper living in Conwil village, aged ‘20’, together with his younger sister, Martha Picton, aged 15 [HO 107/1383/7/57]. Also living at the same address were David Davies, Ind(ependent), aged ‘60’ and Mary Thomas, aged ‘20’. Stephen Picton, a shopkeeper of Cynwil Elfed, married Mary Marsden, daughter of Thomas Marsden, farmer, and his wife Phoebe, the daughter of Edward James of Aberelwyn, Pembrokeshire, on 11 June 1844 at Penygroes Chapel [Witnesses: Thomas Marsden, Pontfaen, and Thomas Picton, Gwndwn]. Mary Marsden was distintly related to Stephen Picton, via the marriage of Margaret Picton to Godfrey Marsden at Whitechurch in 1805.

Stephen Picton was a shopkeeper living at Cynwil Elfed in the 1851 Census, together with his wife, Mary Picton (born 1818/9), both aged 32, both born at Whitechurch, and one servant [HO 107/2474/219], and in the 1861 Census, both aged 40 [RG 9/4144/23]. In the 1871 Census he was living at Cynwil Elfed, aged 50 [RG 10/5502/56] and described as a draper and post master, as also in the 1881 Census, aged 62 [RG 11/5400/118]. His wife, Mary Picton, was aged 38 in the 1861 Census, aged 47 in the 1871 Census, and aged 60 in the 1881 Census, also born at Whitechurch [ca 1823/4]. A grand-daughter, Margaret J. Miles, aged 5, was living with them in the 1881 Census.

By the 1891 Census Stephen Picton had reverted to a grocer again and was living at the Post Office in Cynwil Elfed, aged 72, together with his wife, Mary Picton, aged 68 [RG 12/4520/7]. Stephen and Mary Picton also had two grandchildren living with them in the 1891 Census return; Eleanor B. Mills, aged 4 and Margaretta J. Mills, aged 15. Stephen Picton, a grocer and draper, died on 26 November 1892 at Cynwil Elfed, aged 73 [Carmarthen, December 1892, 11a 590]. Probate of his estate was granted to at London on 12 January 1893 to William Picton, schoolmaster. His estate was valued at £380:8s:9d. Mary Picton, his widow, was living at the Post Office, Cynwil Elfed, in the 1901 Census, a widow aged 79 and also a draper and grocer, born at Whitechurch [RG 13/5115/107]. His widow, Mary Picton, of the Post Office, Cynwil Elfed, died on 24 August 1906 [Carmarthen ]. Probate of her estate was granted to her son, William Picton, schoolmaster, on 2 January 1907 and was valued at £295:7s:6d. Stephen and Mary Picton were the parents of:

i. PHOEBE PICTON, born 1845 at Cynwil Elfed [Carmarthen, March 1845, 26 43]. She was living with her parents in the 1851 Census, aged 6 [HO 107/2474/]. She was living with her parents in the 1861 Census, aged 16 [RG 9/4144/25]. Phoebe Picton married Griffith Thomas Miles in 1867 [Carmarthen, June 1867, 11a 966]. Griffith Miles was living at Cynwil Elfed in the 1871 Census, a schoolmaster aged 26, born at Cilrhedyn [RG 10/5503/10]. Also living with him was his wife, Phoebe Miles, aged 25, born at Cynwil Elfed. Griffith and Phoebe Miles were living at Cross Roads, Nevern, Pembrokeshire, in the 1881 Census, both aged 36 [RG 11/5426/18] and at the same address in the 1891 Census [RG 12/4542/96]. He was still an elementary schoolmaster.

Phoebe Miles died in 1899, aged 54, probably at Nevern [Cardigan, December 1899, 11b 1]. Griffith Thomas Miles, a widower aged 56, an elementary school teacher, was living at Cross Roads, Nevern, in the 1901 Census [RG 13/5134/94]. Griffith and Phoebe Picton were the parents of:

a. MARY ANNE MILES, born 1868 at Cynwil Elfed [Carmarthen, March 1868, 11a 718]. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 3 [RG 10/5503/10]. She was living with her parents in the 1881 Census, a scholar aged 13 [RG 11/5426/18]. She was not living with her parents in the 1891 Census. She was living with her brother, Egbert N. Miles, at 5 Cannon Street, Bristol, in the 1901 Census, a draper’s assistant, aged 32, born at Conwil [RG 13/2362/5].

b. EDWARD P. MILES, born 1868/9 at Cynwil Elfed [Most of 1868 and 1869 unindexed in October 2005]. He was living with his parents in the 1871 Census, aged 2 [RG 10/5503/10]. He was living with his parents in the 1881 Census, a scholar aged 11 [RG 11/5426/18]. He was living with his parents in the 1891 Census, a sailor aged 21 [RG 12/4542/96].

c. EGBERT NATHANIEL MILES, born 1871 at Cynwil Elfed [Carmarthen, September 1871, 11a 738]. He was living with his parents in the 1881 Census, a scholar aged 9 [RG 11/5426/18]. He was living at 17 Redcliff Hill, St. Mary Redcliff, Bristol, in the 1891 Census, a draper’s assistant, aged 19, born at Conwil [RG 12/1957/92]. He was living at 5 Cannon Street, Bristol, in the 1901 Census, a draper aged 29, born at Conwil [RG 13/2362/5].

d. GRIFFITH JOHN MILES, born 1873 at Nevern [Cardigan, December 1873, 11b 1]. He was living with his parents in the 1881 Census, a scholar aged 7 [RG 11/5426/18]. He was living at 57 Picton Street, Merthyr Tydfil, in the 1891 Census, a grocer’s apprentice, aged 17, born at Nevern [RG 12/4437/29]. He was living at 3 Vale Grove, East Acton, London, in the 1901 Census, a grocer’s assistant, aged 27, born at Velindre, Pembrokeshire [RG 13/1201/54].

e. MARGARETTA JANE MILES, born 1875 at Nevern [Cardigan, December 1875, 11b 1]. She was living with her grandparents, Stephen and Eliza Picton, in the 1881 Census, aged 5 [RG 11/5400/118]. She was living with her grandparents, Stephen and Eliza Picton, in the 1891 Census, aged 15 [RG 12/4520/7]. Margaretta Miles married in 1898 to William Pugh Williams [Carmarthen, March 1898, 11a 1265].

f. ELIZABETH MARIA MILES, born 1877 at Nevern [Cardigan, December 1877, 11b 1]. She was living with her parents in the 1881 Census, aged 3 [RG 11/5426/18]. She was living with her parents in the 1891 Census, aged 13 [RG 12/4542/96]. She was living with her father in the 1901 Census, aged 23 [RG 13/5134/94].

g. CATHERINE JUSTINA MILES, born 1880 at Nevern [Cardigan, March 1880, 11b 3]. She was living with her parents in the 1881 Census, aged 1 [RG 11/5426/18]. She was living with her parents in the 1891 Census, aged 11 [RG 12/4542/96]. She was living with her brother, Egbert N. Miles, at 5 Cannon Street, Bristol, in the 1901 Census, a draper’s assistant, aged 21, born at Nevern [RG 13/2362/5].

h. SARAH JULIA MILES, born 1884 at Nevern [Cardigan, June 1884, 11b 1]. She was living with her parents in the 1891 Census, aged 7 [RG 12/4542/96]. Sarah Julia Miles died in 1896, aged 12 [Cardigan, September 1896, 11b 2].

i. ELEANOR B. MILES, born 1886/7. She was living with her grandparents, Stephen and Eliza Picton, in the 1891 Census, aged 4 [RG 12/4520/7].

j. THOMAS MARSDEN MILES, born 1888 at Nevern [Cardigan, March 1888, 11b 2]. He was living with his parents in the 1891 Census, aged 3 [RG 12/4542/96]. He was living with his father in the 1901 Census, aged 13 [RG 13/5134/94].

ii. THOMAS MARSDEN PICTON, born 1846 at Cynwil Elfed [Carmarthen, September 1846, 11a 578]. He was living with his parents in the 1851 Census, aged 4 [HO 107/2474/219]. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, aged 14 [RG 9/4144/25]. He was not living with his parents and could not be located in the 1871 Census. He married Catherine Morgan, daughter of William Morgan of Narberth, on 11 June 1878 at the Tabernacle Chapel, Narberth [Narberth, June 1878, 11a 944]. She is probably the Catherine Picton, who died in 1879, aged 22 [Bristol, September 1879, 6a 3]. Thomas Marsden Picton was living at 144 Redcliffe Street, Bristol, in the 1881 Census, a linen draper employing 4 assistants, a widower aged 34, born at Conwil [RG 11/2465/22]. John Daniel, a relative aged 43, born at Nevern in Pembrokeshire, was also living with him in the 1881 Census.

Thomas Marsden Picton remarried in 1882 to Elizabeth Powell [Upton-on-Severn, Worcestershire, September 1882, 6c 463]. He was living later at Bristol, as his second wife, Elizabeth Picton, of Waterloo Villa, Woodfield Road, Clifton, in the city of Bristol, died on 26 May 1890 [Barton R., June 1890, 6a 94]. Elizabeth Picton left a will, which was proved on 2 August 1890 by her husband and Charles Butcher of Maeshendre Villa, Glasbury, Breconshire, an estate agent. The value of her estate was £2883:3s:8d. He was living at 8 Woodfield Road, Westbury on Trym, Somerset, in the 1891 Census, a widower aged 44 [RG 12/1988/35]. He was a Commission Agent. Thomas Marsden Picton remarried again in Anglesey in 1891 to Sarah Anne Rowlands [Bangor, December 1891, Volume 11b 821]. It could be worth obtaining this marriage certificate to find out where he was living. He should be in the 1901 Census, but it has not yet proved possible to trace him.

Thomas Marsden Picton of 30 Downleaze, Stoke Bishop, Bristol, died on 31 January 1930, aged 83. Probate of his estate was granted on 17 April 1930 to Frank Hart Doyle, managing clerk, John Picton, gent., and Sarah Anne Picton, his widow. The John Picton, Gent., is presumably his younger brother. The value of his estate was £14,839:4s:1d. The date of death of his widow, Sarah Anne Picton, is not known at this time.

iii. EDWARD PICTON, born 1848 at Conwil [Carmarthen, September 1848, 26 588]. He was living with his parents in the 1851 Census, aged 2 [HO 107/2474/219]. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, aged 12 [RG 9/4144/25]. He was not living with his parents in the 1871 Census. He became a draper’s assistant at Carmarthen and died, unmarried, on 9 October 1873 [Carmarthen, December 1873, 11a 524]. Administration of his estate was granted to his father, Stephen Picton, on 20 February 1874; it was valued at less than £300 pounds.

iv. WILLIAM PICTON, born 1850 at Conwil [Carmarthen, June 1850, 26 629]. He was living with his parents in the 1851 Census, aged 1 [HO 107/2474/219]. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, aged 10 [RG 9/4144/25]. He was living at college at Bangor, training to be a teacher in the 1871 Census, aged 21 [RG 10/5727/68]. He could be the William Picton married in 1872 [Carmarthen, March 1872, 11a 901]. William Picton was living at 22 William Street, Cardigan, in the 1881 Census, a school master aged 31, born at Conwil [RG 11/5427/120]. He was granted probate of his father’s estate in 1893. He became a schoolmaster and was a certified teacher, living at 8 Curnen Terrace, Margam, Glamorganshire, in the 1901 Census, aged 51, unmarried, born at Conwil Elfed [RG 13/5052/7]. He was the executor of his mother’s estate in 1907. William Picton of Green Park, Cynwil Elfed, died on 16 April 1924, aged about 74. Probate of his estate was granted on 18 September 1924 to John Picton, J.P., his brother, and John Jenkins, a retired teacher, his brother-in-law; his estate was valued at £2400:2s:4d.

v. MARY ANN(E) PICTON, born 1852 at Conwil [Carmarthen, June 1852, 11a 539]. She was living with her parents in the 1861 Census, aged 9 [RG 9/4144/25]. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 19 [RG 10/5502/56]. She was living with her parents in the 1881 Census, aged 27 [RG 11/5400/113]. She was living with her parents in the 1891 Census, unmarried, aged 37 [RG 12/4520/7]. She was living with her mother in the 1901 Census, unmarried, aged 47 [RG 13/5115/107].

vi. MARGARET PICTON, born 1854 at Conwil [Carmarthen, March 1854, 11a 549]. She was living with her parents in the 1861 Census, aged 7 [RG 9/4144/25]. She was not living with her parents in the 1871 Census. She is probably the Margaret Picton, married in 1880 to John Jenkins [Carmarthen, December 1880, 11a 1207].

vii OWEN PICTON, born 1855 at Conwil [Carmarthen, December 1855, 11a 513]. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, aged 5 [RG 9/4144/25]. He was living with his parents in the 1871 Census, aged 15 [RG 10/5502/56]. Owen Picton married Mary Jones in 1890 [Carmarthen, June 1890, Vol. 11a 1463].

Owen Picton was a farmer living at Blaenhafan, Abernant, in the 1891 Census, aged 35, born at Conwil, together with his wife, Mary Picton, aged 44, born at Abernant [RG 12/4519/86]. They had no children living with them in this Census Return. Owen Picton was living at Blaenhafan, Abernant, in the 1901 Census, a farmer aged 44, born at Conwil [RG 13/5115/86]. Also living with him was his wife, Mary Picton, aged 53, born at Abernant, a farm servant, Mary Edwards, aged 28, and a niece, Rachel Jones, aged 8, born at Newchurch. His wife, Mary Picton, may have died in 1903, aged 56 [Carmarthen, March 1903, 11a 675].

viii. ELIZABETH PICTON, born 1858 at Conwil [Carmarthen, March 1858, 11a 625]. She was living with her parents in the 1861 Census, aged 3 [RG 9/4144/25]. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 13 [RG 10/5502/56]. She was living with her brother, Thomas Marsden Picton, at Bristol in the 1881 Census, aged 22, born at Conwil, a draper’s assistant [RG 11/2465/22]. Elizabeth Picton married in 1885 to David Mansel Job [Carmarthen, September 1885, 11a 1129]. David and Elizabeth Job were living at Tymawr in the parish of Conwil in the 1891 Census [RG 12/4520/12]. David M. Job was aged 34, an elementary school teacher, born at Llanarthney and Elizabeth Job was aged 32, born at Conwil. David and Elizabeth Job were living at Tymawr, Cynwil Elfed, in the 1901 Census [RG 13/5116/10]. He was an elementary school teacher, aged 44, born at Llanarthney. David and Elizabeth Job were the parents of:

a. ELEANOR MARY JOB, born 1886 [Carmarthen, September 1886, 11a 923]. She was living with her parents in the 1891 Census, aged 4 [RG 12/4520/12]. She was living with her parents in the 1901 Census, aged 14 [RG 13/5116/10].

ix. JOHN PICTON, born 24 December 1859 at Cynwil Elfed [Carmarthen, March 1860, 11a 673]. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, aged 1 [RG 9/4144/25]. He was living with his parents in the 1871 Census, aged 12 [RG 10/5502/56]. He was living with his brother, Thomas Marsden Picton, at Bristol in the 1881 Census, aged 20, a draper’s assistant, born at Conwil [RG 11/2465/22].

John Picton married Martha Lewis Martell of Sketty, Swansea, on 17 August 1877 [Carmarthen, September 1877, 11a 943]. John Picton was living at Bedminster, Bristol, in the 1891 Census, a draper aged 31, born at Conwil [RG 12/1946/105]. Also living with him was his wife, Martha Picton, aged 31, born at Aberdare. John Picton was living at Truscoed House, in the parish of Llandeilofawr, East Carmarthenshire, in the 1901 Census, a retired draper, aged 41, born at Cynwil Elfed, and his wife, Martha Picton, aged 41, was born at Aberdare [RG 13/5105/26]. He became a Justice of the Peace [J.P.] at Llandeilo. John Picton was granted probate of the estate of his brother, William Picton, in 1924 and joint probate of the estate of his brother, Thomas Marsden Picton, in 1930. John and Martha Picton were the parents of:

a. ELSIE MARY PICTON, born 1891 at Bristol [Bedminster, March 1891, 5c 673]. She was living with her parents in the 1891 Census, aged 10 weeks [RG 12/1946/105]. She was living at Vrondeg, Cockett, Glamorganshire, in the 1901 Census, with Philip L. Martell, a solicitor, her uncle; she was aged 10, born at Bristol [RG 13/5081/5].

b. GWYNETH IDA PICTON, born 1892 at Bristol [Bedminster, March 1892, 5c 659]. She was living with her parents in the 1901 Census, aged 9 [RG 13/5105/26]. Gwyneth Ida Picton of Truscod in the parish of Llandeilo died on 11 May 1916. Administration of her estate was granted to her father, John Picton, a retired draper, on 10 July 1916 and was valued at £775:11s:9d.

c. DORIS MARTHA PICTON, born 1896 at Bristol [Barton Regis, September 1896, 6a 55]. She was living with her parents in the 1901 Census, aged 4 [RG 13/5105/26].

x. DAVID MARSDEN PICTON, born 1861 at Conwil [Carmarthen, September 1861, 11a 617]. He was living with his parents in the 1871 Census, aged 10 [RG 10/5502/56]. He was living with his brother, Thomas Marsden Picton, at Bristol in the 1881 Census, aged 18, a pupil teacher [RG 11/2465/22]. David Marsden Picton was living at Narberth South in the 1891 Census, a boarder and Congregational Minister, aged 29 [RG 12/4525/12]. David Marsden Picton married Elizabeth Mary Hadingham in 1894 [Blything, December 1894, 4a 1855]. David Marsden Picton was living at 31 London Road, Halesworth, Suffolk, in the 1901 Census, a Congregational Minister aged 39, born at Conwil, Carmarthenshire [RG 13/1795/11]. Also living with him was his wife, Elizabeth Mary Picton, aged 37, born at Halesworth Suffolk. David Marsden Picton of Witham, Essex, died on 8 June 1916, aged 54. Probate of his estate was granted to his widow, Elizabeth Mary Picton, on 10 August 1916 and was valued at £282:15s:2d. David and Elizabeth Picton were the parents of:

a. GWYNETH ELIZABETH MARY PICTON, born 1896 at Halesworth [Blything, December 1896, 4a 986]. She was living with her parents in the 1901 Census, aged 4 [RG 13/1795/11].

xi. STEPHEN PICTON, born 1864 at Conwil [Carmarthen, December 1864, 11a 707]. He was living with his parents in the 1871 Census, aged 6 [RG 10/5502/56]. He was living with his parents in the 1881 Census, aged 16 [RG 11/5400/113]. Stephen Picton was not recorded in the 1891 Census for Wales.

xii. JACOB PICTON, born 1867 at Conwil [Carmarthen, March 1867, 11a 699]. He was living with his parents in the 1871 Census, aged 4 [RG 10/5502/56]. A Jacob Picton, aged 22, an engineer, born at Llanfyrnach, was a boarder at 3 Prospect Place, Aberdare, in the 1891 Census with Mary Evans, a widow, and her family [RG 12/4443/38]. Mary Evans was aged 67, born at Llanboidy. Jacob Picton was living at 26 Cemetery Road, Aberdare, in the 1901 Census, a collier aged 32, born at Llanfyrnach [RG 13/5034/50]. Also living with him was his wife, Margaret Ann Picton, aged 26, born at Llandissilio, Pembrokeshire. He is probably the Jacob Picton who married Margaret Ann Richards in 1899 [Narberth, March 1899, 11a 1315]. In the 1901 Census Jacob and Margaret Ann Picton had two boarders living with them, but no children.

A Jacob Picton was living at Kensington, London, in the 1901 Census, a boarder, unmarried, a draper’s buyer aged 32, born in Wales [RG 13/21/116].

d. EVAN PICTON, born at Bridell and bapt. 17 October 1821 at Penygroes, Whitechurch, aged 5 weeks. He was living with his parents in the 1841 Census, aged 18 [HO 107/1447/1/7]. Evan Picton was living at Gwndun in the parish of Bridell in the 1851 Census with his parents, aged 28 [HO 107/2481/252]. Evan Picton was married in 1857 [Cardigan, December 1857, 11b 32]. He was living at Ddolaley, Penrith, in the 1861 Census, aged 35, a farmer of 62 acres, born at Whitechurch [RG 9/4181/59]. Also living with him was his wife, Margaret Picton, aged 30, born at Manordeifi. Evan Picton was living at Penrith [Penreith] in the 1871 Census, a farmer of 50 acres, aged 49, born at Bridell, together with his wife, Margaret Picton, aged 44, born at Manordeifi [RG 10/5544/119]. The Tithe Map for Penrith is in the TNA under reference IR 29/54/106 and the accompanying schedule under IR 30/54/106. Margaret Picton died in 1879, aged 52 [Newcastle Emlyn, June 1879, 11b 15].

Evan Picton was living at Dolale in Penrith in the 1881 Census, a widower and a farmer of 70 acres, aged 60 [RG 11/5432/62]. Evan Picton was living at Capel Colman in the 1891 Census, a widower and general labourer, aged 69, born at Bridell [RG 12/4547/116]. Evan Picton died in 1897, aged 65 (actually aged 75) [Newcastle Emlyn, September 1897, 11b 13]. Evan and Margaret Picton were the parents of:

i. MARY PICTON, born 1859 at Bridell [Cardigan, March 1859, 11b 8]. She was living with her parents in the 1861 Census, aged 2 [RG 9/4181/59]. She was living with her parents, a scholar aged 12, in the 1871 Census [RG 10/5544/119]. She was living with her father in the 1881 Census, aged 22 [RG 11/5432/62]. She was a housekeeper, aged 28, living with her brother, John Picton, at Dowlais in the 1891 Census [RG 12/4438/143]. She was living with her brother at 77 High Street, Dowlais, in the 1901 Census, unmarried, aged 36 [RG 13/5029/16].

ii. JOHN PICTON, born 1861 at Penrith [Newcastle Emlyn, December 1861, 11b 17]. He was living with his parents in the 1871 Census, a scholar aged 9 [RG 10/5544/119]. He was living with his father in the 1881 Census, aged 19 [RG 11/5432/62]. He was living at 77 High Street, Dowlais, Glamorganshire, in the 1891 Census, an ironmonger aged 27, together with his sister, Mary Picton, aged 28 [RG 12/4438/143]. John Picton was living at 77 High Street, Dowlais, in the 1901 Census, an ironmonger aged 35, born at Penrith, Pembrokeshire [RG 13/5029/16].

iii. JAMES PICTON, born 1865 at Penrith [Newcastle Emlyn, December 1865, 11b 15]. He was living with his parents in the 1871 Census, aged 6 [RG 10/5544/119]. He was living with his father in the 1881 Census, aged 16 [RG 11/5432/62]. He could be the James Thomas Picton, living at 9 Market Street [the police station], Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, in the 1891 Census, a police constable, aged 24, born at Penrith, Pembrokeshire [RG 12/4438/100]. A James Picton married in 1900 to Ruth Hopes or Elizabeth Ann Weed [Pontyprydd, December 1900, 11a 1093].

iv. SARAH PICTON, born 1867/8 at Penrith. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 3 [RG 10/5544/119]. She was living with her father in the 1881 Census, aged 13 [RG 11/5432/62]. Sarah Picton was living at 8 Commercial Street, Glyncorrwg, Glamorganshire, in the 1901 Census, aged 29, born at Penrith, a draper and milliner [RG 13/5060/72]. She could be the Sarah Picton who married in 1902 [Neath, March 1902, 11a 1160].

v. ANNA(E) PICTON, born 1871 at Penrith [Newcastle Emlyn, September 1871, 11b 17]. She was living with her father in the 1881 Census, aged 8 [RG 11/5432/62]. She was living with her father in the 1891 Census, aged 19 [RG 12/4547/116]. She was living with her sister at Glyncorrwg, Glamorganshire, in the 1901 Census, unmarried, aged 25, a draper’s assistant [RG 13/5060/72].

e. MARTHA PICTON, bapt. 23 October 1825 at Tycanol, Whitechurch, aged 6 weeks. She was not living with her parents in the 1841 Census, and was living with her elder brother, Stephen Picton, at Cynwil Elfed in the 1841 Census, aged ‘15’ [HO 107/1383/7/57]. Martha Picton married in 1848 to William Sandbrook [Cardigan, December 1848, 27 88]. William and Martha Sandbrook were living at Tygwyn Mill in the parish of Whitechurch in the 1861 Census, aged 41 and 35 respectively [RG 9/4174/51]. William and Martha Picton were living at Tygwyn Mill, Whitechurch, in the 1871 Census, aged 51 and 45 [RG 10/5539/72]. William and Martha Sandbrook were living at Tygwyn Mill, Whitechurch, in the 1881 Census, aged 62 and 57 [RG 11/5426/73]. William Sandbrook died in 1888, aged 68 [Cardigan, December 1888, 11b 1]. Martha Sandbrook, a widow, was living at Mill House, Moylgrove, in the 1891 Census, aged 62, with her daughter, Ann Thomas, a widow aged 37, and five of her children [RG 12/4544/51]. Martha Sandbrook died in 1908, aged 84 [Cardigan, December 1908, 11b 3]. William and Martha Sandbrook were the parents of:

i. MARY SANDBROOK, born 1849/50 at Whitechurch. She was living with her parents in the 1861 Census, aged 11 [RG 9/4174/51].

ii. WILLIAM SANDBROOK, born 1851/2 at Whitechurch. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, aged 9 [RG 9/4174/51].

iii. ANN(E) SANDBROOK, born 1853/4 at Whitechurch. She was living with her parents in the 1861 Census, aged 7 [RG 9/4174/51]. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 18 [RG 10/5539/72]. She is probably the Anna Sandbrook who married in 1877 to David Watts Thomas [Cardigan, June 1877, 11b 22]. David Watts Thomas died in 1888, aged 38 [Cardigan, September 1888, 11b 5].

iv. ELIZABETH SANBROOK, born 1855/6 at Whitechurch. She was living with her parents in the 1861 Census, aged 5 [RG 9/4174/51]. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 16 [RG 10/5539/72].

v. THOMAS SANDBROOK, born 1857/8 at Whitechurch. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, aged 3 [RG 9/4174/51].

vi. SARAH SANDBROOK, born 1859 at Whitechurch [Cardigan, June 1859, 11b 1]. She was living with her parents in the 1861 Census, aged 2 [RG 9/4174/51]. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 12 [RG 10/5539/72].

vii. ANNA SANDBROOK, born 1862 at Whitechurch [Newcastle Emlyn, December 1862, 11b 19]. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 10 [RG 10/5539/72]. She was living with her parents in the 1881 Census, aged 19 [RG 10/5426/73].

viii. MARTHA SANDBROOK, born 1862/3 at Whitechurch. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 8 [RG 10/5539/72]. She was living with her parents in the 1881 Census, aged 17 [RG 10/5426/73].

ix. JOHN SANDBROOK, born 1864/5 at Whitechurch. He was living with his parents in the 1871 Census, aged 6 [RG 10/5539/72]. He was living with his parents in the 1881 Census, aged 15 [RG 10/5426/73].

f. ANNE PICTON, bapt. 18 January 1829 at Gwndwn, Bridell, aged 6 weeks. She was living with her parents in the 1841 Census, aged 13 [HO 107/1447/1/7]. She was not living with her parents in the 1851 Census, and could be traced immediately. An Ann Picton married in 1853 [Cardigan, September 1853, 11b 19].

g. JACOB PICTON, bapt. 18 December 1831 at Bridell, aged 10 weeks. He is not recorded as living with his parents in the 1841 Census, which suggests he was dead by that date.

h. SIMON PICTON, bapt. 12 October 1833 at Gwndwn, Bridell, aged 6 weeks. He was living with his parents in the 1841 Census, aged 6 [HO 107/1447/1/7]. Simon Picton died in 1841 [Cardigan, September 1841, 27 18].

vi. JOHN PICTON, of Maesgwyn(ne), Whitechurch, was born in 1793 at Whitechurch. He was on the register of the members of Penygroes Chapel, Whitechurch, in 1818 and was a deacon, treasurer and Sunday school teacher at Penygroes [E. T. Lewis, North of the Hills, 1972, p. 269]. John Picton of Ty’r bwlch was trustee to Stephen Morris of Penlan fach, Whitechurch, in his will dated 30 August 1825 and proved on 24 January 1826. He married Hannah (Anna) Lewis on 1 December 1829 at Whitechurch [Witnesses: John Evans and Simon Evans]. He was living at Ty’r bwlch Farm, Whitechurch, in 1831 and at Maesgwyn Farm, Whitechurch, by 1850, when he was an executor of the will of his cousin, John Picton of Marianogfach, Meline. He would appear to have taken over Maesgwyn farm from Thomas Marsden, when he emigrated to Centerville, New York State, around 1844. John Picton was a witness to the marriage of David Morgan of Mynachlogddu and Rachel David of Meline on 23 June 1824 at Meline. David Davies of Tyllwyd, Meline, was buried on 29 January 1828, aged 81 [check for will at NLW].

John Picton took over the farm at Maesgwyn from the Marsden family, and it would be interesting to know when this occurred. However, the Marsden family must have arrived at Maesgwyn after 1786, as the Land Tax Return of that year shows the occupier of Maesgwyn to be Thomas Thomas, who also farmed Treowen. The owner of Maesgwyn in 1786 was a widow Morgans. Thomas Thomas was a witness to the will of Margaret Picton of Whitechurch in 1787. John Picton was a farmer at Ty’r bwlch, aged 45, in the 1841 Census [HO 107/1448/28/5].

The Tithe Map for Whitechurch in the TNA, under reference IR 30/54/136 and the accompanying Schedule under IR 29/54/136, shows John Picton as the occupier of both Ty’r bwlch and Maesgwyn farms when the Schedule was made on 21 March 1839. It would be useful to confirm all the Marsden families living at Whitechurch in 1839. The fields listed below, together with their acreages, comprised the farm of Ty’r bwlch in the 1839 Tithe Schedule, giving a total area of just over 30 acres. This produced an annual rent charge of £2:10s:3d. Examination of the Tithe Map shows that Ty’r bwlch farm backed on its west side to a large extent of moorland (common) which rises up in the south to the Prescelli Hills. The Tithe Map was surveyed at a scale of 8 chains, which is equivalent to a scale of 10 inches to 1 mile. The Tithe Map is endorsed by Owen Lloyd, Land Surveyor, Cardigan, 1841 and signed off on 13 April 1842. It was received and stamped by the Church Commissioners in London on 8 August 1842. Ty’r bwlch farm adjoined Tycanol Farm, then owned by Stephen Morris and formerly by Thomas Picton, along most of its northern boundary. John Picton was still a farmer at Maesgwyn in the 1851 Census, aged 57, the farm then comprising 64 acres and employing 3 labourers [HO 107/2481/214]. His wife, Anna Picton, was aged 42, and was born at Penrith.

As John Picton was a tenant farmer, any surviving records of the farm should belong with Elizabeth Bowen, as the landowner, and she needs to be identified. A search should be made to see if Manorial Records exist for this part of Wales for this period. James Bowen, Esq., was the owner-occupier of the mansion house at Whitechurch in 1786. In 1839 the Misses Margaret, Elizabeth, Frances and Joyce Bowen were the owner-occupiers, with 219 acres to their name. The last of the sisters died in 1856. After that a clergyman, the Rev. Evan Thomas, lived at the house [Historic Houses of Pembrokeshire, p. 224].

TY’R BWLCH FARM, FIELD AREAS IN 1839

Landowner	Occupier	Schedule	Field Area, Ty’r bwlch Farm
		Number	Acres	Roods	Perches
Elizabeth Bowen	John Picton	203	4	1	18
“	“	204	3	1	32
“	“	205	4	0	30
“	“	206	1	2	30
“	“	207	2	3	30
“	“	208	2	0	37
“	“	209	-	2	35
“	“	210	2	3	16
“	“	211	2	3	29
“	“	212	2	3	3
“	“	213	-	1	20
“	“	214	1	1	34
“	“	215	1	1	7
“	“	216	1	1	25
		Total	30	2	6

By the time of the 1871 Census Ty’r bwlch farm seems to have changed entirely, and the property is recorded as occupied by David Bowen, aged 20, a shopkeeper, born at Whitechurch [RG 10/5539/74]. Was he related in any way to Elizabeth Bowen, the owner of the land in 1839? Check for his birth entry in BMD online, and the 1861 Census.

The corresponding field data for Maesgwyn farm in the same Tithe Schedule are as follows. The land of Maesgwyn farm practically encircles Penygroes Chapel, so John Picton almost could not fail to be nonconformist.

FIELD AREAS, MAESGWYN FARM 1839

Landowner	Occupier	Schedule	Field Area, Maesgwyn Farm
		Number	Acres	Roods	Perches
Thomas Lloyd	John Picton	144	2	0	25
(Haverfordwest)	“	145	2	1	25
Lord of the Manor	“	146	2	1	15
“	“	147	1	1	26
“	“	148	-	3	17
“	“	149	1	2	38
“	“	150	-	1	20
“	“	151	3	1	0
“	“	152	3	0	16
“	“	153	3	2	32
“	“	154	4	0	31
“	“	155	1	2	27
“	“	156	1	1	4
“	“	157	2	1	12
“	“	158	4	2	19
“	“	159	3	2	29
“	“	160	4	1	29
“	“	161	4	3	18
“	“	162	3	3	31
“	“	163	3	2	17
“	“	164	3	3	5
“	“	165	2	1	6
“	“	166	2	2	25
		Total	64	1	13

This area in the 1839 Tithe Map is in precise agreement with the figure given in the 1871 Census for the farm of Maesgwyn. Maesgwyn was owned by Thomas Lloyd, who is described in the Schedule as Lord of the Manor. Again he should be identified to see if any further records survive. John Picton was living at Maesgwynne, Whitechurch, in the 1861 Census, aged 67, a farmer of 63 acres [RG 9/4174/47]. His wife, Hannah Picton, aged 52, born at Penrith, was living with him. John Picton was living at Maesgwyn, Whitechurch, in the 1871 Census, aged 78, a farmer of 64 acres [RG 10/5539/72]. His wife, Anna Picton, was aged 63, born at Penrith. John Picton died on 13 February 1875, aged 82, and was buried at Penygroes Chapel, Whitechurch [Cardigan, March 1875, 11b 2]. He left a will, which was proved by his widow, Anna Picton, the sole executrix, on 20 April 1875. The value of his estate was under £1,000. Hannah [Anna] Picton, his wife, died on 23 September 1879 at Maesgwyn, aged 71, and was buried at Penygroes Chapel [Cardigan, September 1879, 11b 3]. She left a will which was proved by Stephen Picton of Coedcefnlas Uchaf, farmer, the sole executor, on 24 July 1880. The value of her estate was less than £200. John and Hannah Picton were the parents of:

a. ANNE PICTON, born January 1831 and bapt. 12 March 1831 at Penygroes Chapel, aged 6 weeks. She was living with her parents in the 1841 Census, aged 11 [HO 107/1448/28/8]. She was living with her parents in the 1851 Census, aged 20, born at Whitechurch [HO 107/2481/214]. She was not in the 1861 or 1871 Census Returns for Wales. An Anne Picton married in 1852 to Howell Evans or Philip Evans [Carmarthen, March 1852, 11a 654].

b. STEPHEN PICTON, born March 1833 and bapt. 4 May 1833 at Penygroes Chapel, aged 5 weeks. He was living with his parents in the 1841 Census, aged 8 [HO 107/1448/28/8]. Stephen Picton was living with his parents in the 1851 Census, aged 18, born at Whitechurch [HO 107/2481/214]. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, aged 28 [RG 9/4174/47]. He was a farmer’s son, living with his parents in the 1871 Census, aged 38 [RG 10/5539/72]. Later Stephen Picton was a farmer, living at Coedcefnlas Uchaf, Whitechurch, in 1879. The occupier of Coedcefnlas Ucha[f] in the 1871 Census was Louisa Griffiths, aged 36, farming 100 acres [RG 10/5536/75]. The farmer of Coed Cefnlas Isaf [sic.] in the 1839 Tithe Map of Whitechurch was Stephen Morris. The marriage of Stephen Picton to Louisa Griffiths is recorded in 1871 [Cardigan, June 1871, 11b 14].

Stephen Picton was living at Coedcefnlas Ucha in the parish of Whitechurch in the 1881 Census, aged 48 [RG 11/5426/77]. He was a farmer of 87 acres, employing 2 boys. Also living with him was his wife, Louisa Picton, aged 45, born at Cilgerran. Stephen Picton was living at Coedcefnlas Ucha in the 1891 Census, with his wife, Louisa Picton, aged 58 and 55 respectively [RG 12/4542/133]. Louisa Picton died on 5 April 1900, aged 64, and was buried at Penygroes Chapel [Cardigan, June 1900, 11b 1]. Stephen Picton was living at Coedcefnlas Ucha in the 1901 Census, a widower and farmer, aged 68 [RG 13/5134/131]. Stephen Picton of Coedcefnlas Uchaf farm in the parish of Whitechurch died on 13 May 1914, aged 81, and was buried at Penygroes Chapel [Cardigan, June 1914, 11b ]. Probate of his estate was granted to David Davies, farmer, his son-in-law, and was valued at £2048:10s. Stephen and Louisa Picton were the parents of:

i. ELIZABETH ANNA PICTON, born 1874 at Whitechurch [Cardigan, June 1874, 11b 2]. She was living with her parents in the 1881 Census, aged 6 [RG 11/5426/77]. She was living with her parents in the 1891 Census, aged 16 [RG 12/4542/133]. She was living with her father in the 1901 Census, aged 26 [RG 13/5134/131]. Elizabeth Anna Picton married in 1903 to David Davies [Cardigan, September 1903, 11b 13]. He was the executor of his father-in-law’s estate in 1914.

c. MARY PICTON, born July 1835 and bapt. 1 September 1835 at Penygroes Chapel, aged 4 weeks. She was living with her parents in the 1841 Census, aged 5 [HO 107/1448/28/8]. She was living with her parents in the 1851 Census, aged 15 [HO 107/2481/214]. She died in 1858, aged 23 [Cardigan, December 1858, 11b 1] [Glyn Picton MSS, NLW].

d. THOMAS PICTON, born 1839 at Whitechurch [Cardigan, March 1839, 27 47] . He was living with his parents in the 1841 Census, aged 2 [HO 107/1448/28/8]. He was living with his parents in the 1851 Census, aged 12 [HO 107/2481/214]. He was buried at Penygroes Chapel on 23 June 1858, aged 19 [Cardigan, June 1858, 11b 5].

e. SIMON PICTON, born 1841 at Whitechurch [Cardigan, September 1841, 27 48]. He was living with his parents in the 1851 Census, aged 10 [HO 107/2481/214]. He was living at Cardigan in the 1861 Census, aged 19, born at Whitechurch, an ironmonger’s assistant to Lewis James [RG 9/4175/95]. He was an accountant, living with his parents at Whitechurch in the 1871 Census, aged 29 [RG 10/5539/72]. Simon Picton married Anne George in 1877 [Cardigan, December 1877, 11b 11]. Anne and Simon Picton were visiting her father, Evan George, and his family in the 1881 Census at Baily in the parish of Llandygwydd [RG 11/5429/51]. Simon Picton was aged 39 and Anne Picton was aged 29, born at Llandygwydd. Evan George was a farmer of 230 acres.

Simon Picton was living at 26 High Street, Aberdare, in the 1891 Census, a colliery clerk aged 49, together with his wife, Anne Picton, aged 39 [RG 12/4442/65]. He is recorded at 26 High Street, Aberdare, in the 1901 Census, aged 59, a colliery cashier [RG 13/5034/6]. He was living at Ivy Green, Hirwaun, Glamorganshire in 1926. Simon Picton died in 1927, aged 86. Simon and Anna Picton were the parents of:

i. THOMAS PICTON, born 1879 at Aberdare [Merthyr Tydfil, June 1879, 11a 482]. He was living with his parents in the 1881 Census, aged 2 [RG 11/5429/51] and also in 1891 Census, a scholar aged 12 [RG 12/4442/65]. He was not living with his parents in the 1901 Census and is probably the Thomas Picton, living at Cross Clarach, in the parish of Clarach, Cardiganshire, a boarder and an undergraduate, born at Hirwaun, Glamorganshire, aged 21 [RG 13/5154/12]. He was perhaps studying at The University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

ii. NORMAN PICTON, born 1884 at Aberdare [Merthyr Tydfil, December 1884, 11a 573]. He was living with his parents in the 1891 Census, a scholar aged 6 [RG 12/4442/65] and in the 1901 Census, aged 16 [RG 13/5034/6]. He moved later to Ardrossan in Scotland. Norman Picton married and was the father of:

a. OWAIN PICTON, born

b. JAMES PICTON, born

c. JOHN PICTON, born

iii. AENID PICTON, born 1888 at Aberdare [Merthyr Tydfil, March 1888, 11a 615]. She was living with her parents in the 1891 Census, a scholar aged 3 [RG 12/4442/65]. She was living with her parents in the 1901 Census, aged 13 [RG 13/5034/6]. She was a sometime Lecturer at Liverpool University, and died in 1953.

f. ELIZABETH PICTON, born 1844 at Whitechurch [Cardigan, March 1844, 27 48] and she was buried at Penygroes Chapel on 21 January 1847, aged 3 [Cardigan, March 1847, 27 42] [Glyn Picton MSS, NLW].

g. JOHN PICTON, born 1845 at Whitechurch [Cardigan, December 1845, 27 51]. He was living with his parents in the 1851 Census, aged 5 [HO 107/2481/214]. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, aged 15 [RG 9/4174/47]. He was a farmer’s son, living with his parents at Maesgwyn farm in the 1871 Census, aged 25 [RG 10/5539/72]. John Picton was a farmer at Maesgwyn(ne) farm in the 1881 Census, aged 36, born at Whitechurch, unmarried [RG 11/5426/74]. John Picton married Esther Morris in 1881 [Cardigan, December 1881, 11b 17]. John Picton was living at Maesgwynne, Whitechurch, in the 1891 Census, a farmer aged 45, together with his wife, Esther Picton, aged 40, born at Llanboidy [RG 12/4542/130]. There were no children recorded as living with them in this Census, so it would appear all three of their sons had died within a month of each other, probably of some epidemic. John Picton was living at Whitechurch in the 1901 Census, aged 56, a farmer [RG 13/5134/133]. Also living with him was his wife, Esther Picton, aged 49, born at Llanglydwen, Carmarthenshire. John Picton of Maesgwyn, Whitechurch, died on 10 August 1914 and was buried at Penygroes Chapel, Whitechurch, on 11 August 1914, aged 68. Probate of his estate was granted to his widow, Esther Picton, and to his son, Elwy Picton, on 6 January 1915 and was valued at £1333:8s:4d. His wife, Esther Picton, was buried at Penygroes Chapel, Whitechurch, on 30 March 1919, aged 67. John and Esther Picton were the parents of:

i. OSWALD JOHN PICTON, born 1884 [Cardigan, March 1884, 11b 3] and he died on 18 April 1890, aged 6, and was buried at Penygroes Chapel [Cardigan, June 1890, 11b 1].

ii. THOMAS MORRIS PICTON, born 1885 [Cardigan, June 1885, 11b 4] and he died on 17 April 1890, aged 5, and was buried at Penygroes Chapel [Cardigan, June 1890, 11b 1].

iii. GWION HENRY PICTON, born 1886 [Cardigan, September 1886, 11b 1] and he died on 5 May 1890, aged 4, and was buried at Penygroes Chapel [Cardigan, June 1890, 11b 1].

iv. ELWY PICTON, born 1892 at Whitechurch [Cardigan, March 1892, 11b 1]. He was living with his parents in the 1901 Census, aged 9 [RG 13/5134/133]. He was joint executor of his father’s estate in 1915. Elwy Picton, late of Maesgwyn, died on 18 August 1972, aged 80, and was buried at Penygroes Chapel. He is probably the last Picton to have any direct association with Penygroes Chapel, Maesgwyn farm, and the parish of Whitechurch, thus ending a Picton association with the parish stretching back over at least 320 years.

h. HANNAH (ANNA) PICTON, born 1849 at Whitechurch [Cardigan, September 1849, 27 44]. She was living with her parents in the 1851 Census, aged 1 year and 9 months [HO 107/2481/214]. She was living with her parents in the 1861 Census, a scholar aged 11 [RG 9/4174/47]. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 21 [RG 10/5539/72]. 1881, 1891 Census.

i. MARGARET PICTON, born 1852 at Whitechurch [Cardigan, June 1852, 11b 3]. She was living with her parents in the 1861 Census, a scholar aged 9 [RG 9/4174/47]. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 18 [RG 10/5539/72]. Margaret Picton married David Rees in 1880 [Cardigan, December 1880, 11b 26]. David Rees, aged 40, a farmer of 84 acres, was living at Treclyn in the parish of Eglwyswrw with his wife, Margaret Rees, aged 28, born at Whitechurch, and two servants [RG 11/5425/38]. David Rees was living at Treclyn in the parish of Eglwyswrw in the 1891 Census, a farmer aged 49 [RG 12/4542/125]. Also living with him was his wife, Margaret Rees, aged 38, born at Whitechurch. David Rees was living at Treclyn farm in the parish of Eglwyswrw in the 1901 Census, a farmer aged 60 [RG 13/5134/126]. Also living with him was his wife, Margaret Rees, aged 48, born at Whitechurch. David and Margaret Rees were the parents of:

i. H. PICTON REES, born 1881 at Eglwyswrw [March, June or September 1881 Quarters, probably]. He was living with his parents in the 1891 Census, aged 9 [RG 12/4542/125]. He was living with his parents in the 1901 Census, a farmer’s son aged 19 [RG 13/5134/126].

ii. ANNA ANN REES, born 1885 at Eglwyswrw [Cardigan, June 1885, 11b 2]. She was living with her parents in the 1891 Census, aged 6 [RG 12/4542/125]. She was living with her parents in the 1901 Census, aged 15 [RG 13/5134/126].

iii. KEZIAH MARY REES, born 1889 at Eglwyswrw [Cardigan, September 1889, 11b 1]. She was living with her parents in the 1891 Census, aged 1 [RG 12/4542/125]. She was living with her parents in the 1901 Census, aged 11 [RG 13/5134/126].

vii. JACOB PICTON, born 1797/8 at Whitechurch. The date for his baptism has yet to be established and it is unclear without further research if it would be in the parish registers for Whitechurch or at Penygroes Chapel. If the parish registers of Whitechurch look complete for those years, and the entry is missing, then it is very likely he was baptised at Penygroes Chapel. The early registers there are clearly deficient.

Jacob Picton was a witness to the marriage of his brother, Thomas Picton, at Whitechurch in 1811. Jacob Picton of Llanboidy married Mary Lewis of Llanwinio on 1 November 1821 at St. Brynach Church, Llanboidy [Witnesses: William Evans and Jason Thomas].[20] Mary Lewis was bapt. 29 October 1800, the daughter of Thomas and Mary Lewis of Ysgarddangoed farm in the parish of Llanwinio. Jacob Picton became a farmer at Duffryn Pwdrin farm, Cymfelin Mynach, owned by the Lloyd family of Bronwydd. Some of the previous history of Duffryn Pwdrin farm is included below. The various spellings of Duffryn Pwdrin farm are given as written in the original Bronwydd manuscripts. Duffryn Pwdrin is the name used on the 1839 Tithe Map.

On 18 June 1803 there was an agreement between John Jones of Haverfordwest and John Thomas of Diffrin Pedrin for a lease for three lives of Diffrin Pedrin and Gellyogof in the parish of Llanboidy, at a rent of £38, six couples of fat hens at Shrovetide and planting eighteen young ash trees annually [Bronwydd MSS No. 1968].[21] John Jones then went on to contract for the redemption of land tax on a number of his properties, including Dyffrin Pedrin in the parish of Llanboidy, on 22 September 1803 [Bronwydd MSS No. 1942]. Bronwydd MSS No. 1850, dated 8 October 1812, is a lease agreement between Abraham Leach of Corston, Esq., Mary Lloyd of Bronwydd, widow, William Harry of Nantlledfron in the parish of Clydey, farmer and John Thomas of Duffryn Pedryn in the parish of Llanboidy, Gent, of the farm of Nantlledfron in Clydey. This lease establishes that the occupier of Dyffryn Pwdrin in 1812 was John Thomas.

Another important series of transactions for the Picton family begins with Bronwydd MSS No. 1969 of 20 May 1818, between John Thomas of Dufryn Pedryn in the parish of Llanboidy and Mary Lloyd of Bronwydd, widow. This concerns the surrender of a lease of Blaendifrin Pedrin and Gellogof in the parish of Llanboidy.[22] The 1839 Tithe Map will need to be re-examined to determine if Blaendyffryn Pwdrin is a separate farm from Dyffryn Pwdrin. Then, of considerable interest, are two further documents, Bronwydd MSS Nos. 1875 and 1879, both dated 25 June 1818. One concerns bidders for a lease of Dyfrin Pedrin, with a note of the letting of the same to Owen Picton. There is also an agreement between Mary Lloyd of Bronwydd, Owen Picton of Lanrhyd [Glanrhyd] in the parish of Trelech a’r Bettws and David Davies of Tyllwyd in the parish of Meline, farmers, for a lease of Dyffryn Pedryn in the parish of Llanboidy.

Thus it could be that Owen Picton of Trelech signed the lease, but his younger brother, Jacob Picton, was actually installed to farm the property. David Davies was a cousin to Jacob Picton. Jacob Picton was a tenant farmer at the 95 acre Dyffryn Pwdryn [Pedryn] Farm at Cwmfelin Mynach in the parish of Llanboidy from at least 1822. However, as Land Tax Returns do not survive for Carmarthenshire at all, it will be necessary to conduct research in the Estate Records of the Lloyd family of Bronwydd at the NLW.

In 1839 Thomas Lloyd, Esq., owned other land in Llanboidy, including Waun Gwn, occupied by John Evans (26 acres 3 roods 11 perches); Part of Tycoed, occupied by (?) (58 acres 1 rood 19 perches); Quarry, occupied by Henry Evans (125 acres 2 roods 0 perches) and Porth Twyll Cottages, Gardens and Slung (?), lately occupied by John Phillips and now occupied by William Phillips (1 acre 2 roods and 31 perches).

Bronwydd MSS Nos. 6889-6901 concern Presentments at the Courts Leet and Courts Baron of the town and corporation of Newport, 30 June 1818 to 29 September 1864, and MSS Nos. 6674-6689 concern Presentments the Courts Leet and Courts Baron of the Barony of Kemes, 1 May 1817 to 25 October 1853 and could be of interest in relation to the above leases. Bronwydd MSS Nos. 6621 to 6624 concern Rentals of Chief Rents in the Barony of Kemes, including the town of Newport, 1825 to 1827; MSS Nos. 6411-6420 concern Rentals of Chief Rents and Enclosure Rents in the Barony of Kemes, 1843 to 1848 Bronwydd MSS Nos. 4436-4443 concern Schedules of Deeds belonging to the Bronwydd Estate, 1847-1849.

The area of the parish of Llanboidy was 10,666 acres 3 roods and 17 perches according to the Tithe Schedule of 14 March 1839.[23] The survey was made at a scale of 6 chains or 13.33 inches to 1 mile. Jacob Picton was a tenant farmer of 98 acres 3 roods and 17 perches of land at Duffryn Pwdrin farm [spelt thus], Tithe Schedule numbers 1338 to 1370. The actual rent-charge arising from the Land Tax was payable to two parties for Duffryn Pwdrin. The land numbered 1338 to 1349 was taxable to Richard Price; the land numbered 1350 to 1354 paid tax to Ernest Augustus, Earl Vaughan and Lisburne, lands numbered 1355 to 1370 again paid tax to Richard Price. A Table of their individual areas and utilisation in 1839 is given below.

THE EXTENT OF DUFFRYN PWDRIN, LLANBOIDY, 1839

Tithe Map Number	Field Name (if any)	Field Type	Field Area
			Acres	Roods	Perches
1338	Homestead	-	2	0	9
1339	Homestead	-	0	0	33
1340	Homestead	-	0	0	25
1341	Hill	Wood	1	0	0
1342	Park Landur	Pasture	3	3	24
1343	Park y Skybur	Arable	3	1	32
1344	Park uch Laur ty	Pasture	5	3	0
1345	Park y Lan	Pasture	6	2	27
1346	Park Llaine	Pasture	5	3	22
1347	Park Carregwen	Arable	5	1	12
1348	Park’r Ewen	Arable	3	0	30
1349	Park Gwastad	Pasture	3	3	26
1350	Llan fach	Pasture	2	3	0
1351	Park Gwair	Pasture	3	0	0
1352	Park Gwmcoed	Pasture	2	2	30
1353	Waun Gellyogog	Meadow	2	0	10
1354	Waun Arw	Moor	1	2	22
1355	Park Pwll y Ficca Issa	Pasture	5	0	28
1356	Park Pwll y Ficha Ucha	Pasture	5	1	24
1357	Park Stickle	Arable	3	2	20
1358	Park Cefu	Pasture	4	0	14
1359	Park Gwair	Meadow	3	1	0
1360	Park Maur	Meadow	4	2	13
1361	Park Llain Grory	Pasture	3	3	37
1362	Park y Bank	Arable	4	3	18
1363	Park Penrallt	Pasture	3	3	28
1364	Allt Ucha	Pasture	2	0	0
1365	Allt Cannol	Pasture	1	1	38
1366	Allt Issa	Pasture	1	0	0
1367	Allt Issa	Arable	1	0	34
1368	Cottage and Garden	-	0	0	36
1369	Burgage	-	0	1	3
1370	Garden	-	0	0	22
		Total	98	3	17

Duffryn Pwdrin formed part of the hamlet of Gellyogol, and there were six hamlets overall within the parish of Llanboidy in 1839. The owner of the farm was Thomas Lloyd of Bronwydd (1788-1845). Thomas Lloyd of Bronwydd was succeeded by his eldest son, Sir Thomas Davies Lloyd (1820-1876).[24] On his death he was succeeded by Sir Marteine Lloyd (1851-1933), who donated the first tranche of Bronwydd MSS to the National Library of Wales in 1933.

Jacob Picton was probably still at the farm in 1843, as the inscription on the tombstone of his son, Thomas Picton, in the graveyard attached to Ramoth Chapel, says he was from Duffryn Pwdrin. Further research at either the Carmarthenshire Record Office or the National Library of Wales in the Bronwydd MSS may give further details of when Jacob Picton occupied Duffryn Pwdrin farm, and when his wife’s parents were at Ysgarddangoed. This research should also help tie down when Jacob Picton migrated from Whitechurch to Llanboidy, to become a tenant farmer at Dyffryn Pwdrin.

On 3 September 1847 there was an agreement between Thomas Davies Lloyd of Bronwydd, Esq. and Jonah David of Rhyd y gath in the parish of Llanfyrnach, blacksmith, for a demise of land, being part of Dyffryn Pwdryn in the parish of Llanboidy [Bronwydd MSS No. 1896]. This could be nothing more than the leasing of a small amount of the farmland at Duffryn Pwdrin so that a blacksmith’s forge could be set up at Cwmfelyn Mynach. More significantly there is a list, dated 20 March 1848, from Thomas Davies Lloyd to a number of tenants on his estate in Cemais giving them notice to quit [Bronwydd MSS No. 6468-6479]. Bronwydd MSS No. 6395-6406 concern Chief Rents and Enclosure Rents in the Barony of Kemes, 1850-1862. Bronwydd MSS 3119 to 3179 concern agreements for the letting of various farms belonging to the Bronwydd Estate in the Counties of Pembroke, Cardigan and Carmarthen, 1871-1927.

Jacob Picton was living at Dyffryn Pwdrin farm in the parish of Llanboidy in the 1841 Census, a farmer, aged 45, with his wife Mary Picton, aged 41 [HO 107/1382/11/50]. Jacob Picton was living at Monk Mill, Llanwinio, in the 1851 Census, aged 53, a miller and owner of 13 acres, born at Whitechurch in Pembrokeshire, and employing 1 labourer [HO 107/2474/362]. Also living there were his wife, Mary Picton, aged 51, born at Llanwinio, and their children Stephen Picton (25), Anne Picton (23), Martha Picton (14), Owen Picton (12) and John Picton (10), all born at Llanboidy. An examination of the Tithe Map Schedule for the parish of Llanwinio [IR 29/47/67], made on 6 June 1848, showed that Jacob Picton was occupying two pieces of land only, Field Nos. 1606 and 1607 on the corresponding Tithe Map [IR 30/47/67], which contained the Mill (not named). The combined total area was only 3 acres 0 roods and 12 perches, and this land was owned by William Phillips.

Sourounding the Mill were the fields which belonging to Ysgraddaugoed Farm, which was occupied by William Phillips and owned by Sophia Thomas. This was a farm of some . In the 1851 Census William Phillips was living at Esgarddaugoed Farm, a farmer aged 34, born at Llanboidy [HO 107/2474/361]. Also living with him were his wife, Anna Phillips, aged 35, born at Llanboidy and their children: James Phillips (15); Edward Phillips (13); Mary Phillips (11); Martha Phillips (8) and Catherine Phillips (3), all born at Llanwinio. A William Phillips married an Anne Lewis on 1 September 1835 at Llanboidy [Witnesses: ]. William Phillips was living at Pencnuck Farm in the parish of Llanboidy in the 1861 Census, a farmer of 170 acres, aged 48, born at Llanboidy [RG 9/4146/22]. Also living with him were his wife, Anne Phillips, aged 49, born at Llanboidy and their children: James Phillips (22); Edward Phillips (20); Mary Phillips (18); Martha Phillips (16); Catherine Phillips (13) and William Phillips (8).

In the 1871 Census William Phillips was still living at Pencnuck Farm, a farmer aged 60, born at Llanboidy [RG 10/5505/28]. Also living with him were his wife, Ann Phillips, aged 62, born at Llanboidy and their children, Edward Phillips, aged 30 and Catherine Phillips, aged 22. In the 1881 Census William Phillips was living at Pencnwc, Llanboidy, a farmer of 120 acres, aged 67, born at Llanboidy [RG 11/5402/25]. Also living with him were his wife, Anne Phillips, aged 70, born at Llanboidyand their children, Edward Phillips, aged 40; Catherine Phillips, aged 31and John James Jones, their grandson, aged 14, all born at Llanboidy. Neither William Phillips nor Anne Phillips seem to be living at the time of the 1891 Census. There are two possible death entries for William Phillips [Carmarthen, December 1887, 11a 505, aged 80; Carmarthen, September 1889, 11a 499, aged 82]. Likewise there are two possible death entries for Anne Phillips [Carmarthen, March 1885, 11a 612, aged 81; Carmarthen, September 1889, 11a 501, aged 85]. These first entry of each of these two looks the more probable death entry.

In the 1851 Census, Duffryn Pwdrin farm was occupied by Mary Evans, a widow aged 66, a farmer of 96 acres, born at Kilrhedyn, Pembrokeshire [HO 107/2475/34].[25] In the 1861 Census Dyffryn Pwdrin [Pwdryn] farm was occupied by Joshua Evans, a farmer of 95 acres, aged 45, born at Kilrhedyn, and his wife, Ketura Evans, aged 32, born at Llangan [RG 9/4146/26]. Also living with them were their two sons, Daniel Evans, aged 7, born at Llanboidy and David Evans, aged 4, born at Llanboidy. They also had one male and one female servant living in. Their marriage is probably the one recorded in Narberth Registration District between Joshua Evans and Keturah William [Narberth, December 1852, 11a 997]. This marriage certificate would give the name of his father, which could be useful to know.

Name	Age	1851 Census Number	Occupation	Place Name
John Davies	72	20	Ag. Lab.	Danylodge
Joseph Davies	27	21	Ag. Lab.	Pengraig
Thomas Walters	57	22	Ag. Lab.	Bronhaul
Benjamin Powell	81	23	Ag. Lab. (Pauper)	Bronhaul
Levi Gibbon	48	24	Pauper, fiddler	Dan y Bryn
William Edwards	23	25	Mason	Tan y Bryn
Jacob Picton	53	26	Miller	Monk Mill
Theophilus Grey	33	27	Ag. Lab.	Bryn
William Edwards	68	28	Mason	Trygw
John Phillips	60	29	Farmer of 27 acres	Bwmyor
John James	22	30	Ag. Lab.	Llechclawd Vach
Shadrach Morris	61	31	Weaver	Penygraig
James James	48	32	Tailor	Fronavallen (?)
Thomas John	67	33	Ag. Lab.	Rhydwen

The neighbouring

Jacob Picton, a miller, died on 5 July 1853 at Felyn minch [Cwmfelyn Mynach], Llanwinio, aged 55, from consumption, according to his death certificate. Anne Evans of Castell, Llanwinio, was present at his death. This debilitating illness could also help explain why he had given up farming at Duffryn Pwdrin by the time of the 1851 Census. Jacob Picton was buried in the churchyard attached to Ramoth Chapel, Cwmfelin Mynach, on 5 August 1853, aged 58 [Carmarthen, September 1853, 11a 323][26] and a tombstone survives there to his memory, alongside similar ones to two of his sons.[27]

A Mary Evans was a miller and a widow living at Cwmbach Mill in the parish of Llanwinio in the 1861 Census, aged 59, born at Llanboidy [RG 9/4145/60]. Also living with her were her two children, Sarah Evans, aged 20, a mill labourer, born at Llanwinio and Rees Evans, aged 24, an agricultural labourer, born at Llanwinio. There was no Minister given at Moriah Independent Chapel in the 1861 Census [RG 9/4145/80].

Mary Picton was a farmer of 15 acres at Monk Mill, Llanwinio, in the 1861 Census, aged 60, living with her two youngest sons, Owen Picton, aged 23, a miller, and John Picton, aged 21, a farmer’s son, and a house servant, Elizabeth Morgans, aged 17, born at Llangan [RG 9/4145/82]. The immediate neighbours of Mary Picton in the 1861 Census of Llanwinio were as follows:

Name of Property	Head of Household	Age	Occupation	Place of Birth
Vrondeg	Rees Reynolds and family	52	Carpenter	Henllan, Pembs.
Dan Lodge	Mary Davies	53	Spinning and knitting stockings	Llanboidy
Pengraig	Roger Rogers and family	51	Ag. Lab.	Llanboidy
Shop	Jonah Davies and family	45	Blacksmith	Llanboidy
Monk Mill	Mary Picton and family	60	Farmer of 15 acres	Llanwinio
Bryn	Anna John and daughter	69	Ag. Lab.’s wife	Mydrim
Bryn	Levi Edwards and family	35	Mason	Llanwinio
Ramoth Baptist Chapel Schoolroom	No entry	-	No entry	-
Trefyw	Levi Edwards and family	29	Mason	Llanwinio
Bwrnfrer	Thomas William and family	36	Carpenter	Clydey, Pembs.
Pengraig	Eser Rogers and wife	35	Ag. Lab.	Llanwinio
Vron Ffallen	James James and wife	59	Tailor	Llanwinio

Mary Picton, a widow, was still a farmer of 16 acres at Monk Mill, Llanwinio, in the 1871 Census, aged 70, with her youngest child, John Picton, aged 29, a miller, still living with her and a servant, Anne Morris, aged 17 [RG 10/5504/68]. Mary Picton was living at the Mill, Llanwinio, in the 1881 Census, a farmer of 12 acres, together with her son, John Picton, a widower aged 39, a corn miller [RG 11/5401/110]. Mary Picton was still living at the time of the 1891 Census, a widow and retired farmer, aged 92, at Monk Mill, Llanwinio, with her youngest son, John Picton and his family [RG 12/4520/110]. Mary Picton died on 18 October 1891 at Cwmfelin Mynach, aged 93, and was buried at Ramoth Chapel on 28 October 1891 [Carmarthen, December 1891, 11a 802]. Jacob and Mary Picton were the parents of:

a. THOMAS PICTON, born August 1822 and bapt. 12 October 1822 at Penygroes Chapel, Eglwyswen, aged 7 weeks. He probably died young, as he is followed by Thomas Picton, born around 1830/1.

b. MARY PICTON, born February/March 1824 at Llanwinio and bapt. 14 August 1824 at Penygroes Chapel, Eglwyswen, aged 5 months. She was living with her parents in the 1841 Census, aged 17 [HO 107/1382/11/50]. Mary Picton, daughter of Jacob Picton of Dyffryn Pwdryn, a farmer, married David Evans, a shoemaker, son of Ebenezer Evans, a miller, of Cwmfelyn Old Meeting House, at Llanboidy church on 28 October 1847 [Witnesses: (?); Narberth, December 1847, 26 967]. David and Mary Evans were living at Tynewydd bach, Llanboidy, in the 1861 Census, with their family [RG 9/4146/25]. David Evans was a cobbler aged 35, born at Llanwinio, and his wife was aged 37, born at Llanboidy.

In the 1871 Census David and Mary Evans had moved to Glamorganshire, and were living at Hirwaun Road, Aberdare, aged 45 and 47 respectively, he was a clog maker [RG 10/5404/63]. Mary Evans, a widow aged 57 and a housekeeper, born at Llanboidy, was living at 1 Prospect Place, Aberdare, in the 1881 Census [RG 11/5320/60]. Mary Evans, a widow aged 67, born at Llanboidy, was living at 3 Prospect Place, Aberdare, in the 1891 Census [RG 12/4443/38]. 1901 Census. As well as her three children, a Jacob Picton was living with her as a boarder, aged 28, an engineer, born at Llanfyrnach. David and Mary Evans were the parents of:

i. DAVID EVANS, born 1851/2 at Llanboidy. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, aged 9 [RG 9/4146/25]. He was living with his parents in the 1871 Census, a farmer’s man aged 19 [RG 10/5404/63]. He was living with his mother at Aberdare in the 1881 Census, an ore miner aged 29 [RG 11/5320/60].

ii. (H)ANNA(H) EVANS, born 1855/6 at Llanboidy. She was living with her parents in the 1861 Census, aged 5 [RG 9/4146/25]. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 16 [RG 10/5404/63].

iii. EBENEZER EVANS, born 1858/9 at Llanboidy. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, aged 2 [RG 9/4146/25]. He was living with his parents in the 1871 Census, a butcher aged 12 [RG 10/5404/63].

iv. STEPHEN THOMAS EVANS, born 1861 at Llanboidy [Carmarthen, December 1861, 11a 589]. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, aged 2 months [RG 9/4146/25]. He was living with his parents in the 1871 Census, a scholar aged 10 [RG 10/5404/63]. He was living with his mother in the 1881 Census at Aberdare, an ore miner aged 20 [RG 11/5320/60].

v. JOHN REES EVANS, born 1866/7 at Aberdare. He was living with his parents in the 1871 Census, aged 4 [RG 10/5404/63]. He was living with his mother in the 1881 Census, an ore miner aged 14 [RG 11/5320/60]. He was living with his mother in the 1891 Census, a coal miner aged 24, born at Aberdare [RG 12/4443/38].

vi. SOPHIA EVANS, born 1872/3 at Aberdare. She was living with her mother in the 1881 Census, a scholar aged 8 [RG 11/5320/60]. She was living with her mother in the 1891 Census, a domestic servant aged 18, born at Aberdare [RG 12/4443/38].

c. STEPHEN PICTON, born 27 December 1825 at Eglwyswen (information on tombstone). He was living with his parents in the 1841 Census at Dyffryn Pwdrin farm, located just to the west of the hamlet of Cwmfelin Mynach in the parish of Llanboidy, aged 15 [HO 107/1382/11/50/]. He was living with his parents at Monk Mill in the parish of Llanwinio in the 1851 Census, aged 25, born at Llanboidy and employed on their farm [HO 107/2474/362].

Stephen Picton, a farmer of Cwmfelin [Mynach], Llanwinio, aged 25, the son of Jacob Picton, a miller, married Eliza Rees,[28] the daughter of James Rees, a farmer of Dyffryn Broydyn [spelt thus in the marriage register] on 3 July 1851 at Ramoth Baptist Chapel, Cwmfelin Mynach, in the parish of Llanwinio [Witnesses: James Evans and Thomas Nicholas]. There is a farm called Dyffryn Boidryn in the parish of Llanboidy, located about 1 mile north of Cwmfelyn Mynach, which is how the name of the hamlet is spelt today. The border between the two parishes of Llanboidy and Llanwinio bisects the hamlet of Cwmfelin Mynach, with Ramoth Chapel lying to the east in the parish of Llanwinio, and the farm of Dyffryn Pwdrin lying to the west of Cwmfelin Mynach and in the parish of Llanboidy. Eliza Rees was only aged 18 at the time of her marriage.

On 8 December 1820 a bond was drawn up between Mary Lloyd of Bronwydd, Co. Cardigan, widow, and John Howells of Dyffryn Broydyn in the parish of Llanboidy, gent., for 340 pounds plus interest [Bronwydd MS No. 2091].

It may be worth noting that in the 1851 Religious Census of Wales that the parish of Llanwinio had three Chapels [The Religious Census of Wales, A Calendar of the Returns Relating to Wales, Volume I, South Wales, Eds. I. G. Jones and D. Williams, University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1976, pp. 355-356]. Cwmbach Chapel was a Calvinistic Methodist Chapel where John Williams of Caerchedydd was the Steward.[29] Moriah Chapel was an Independent Chapel, and the Minister was J. Davies of Glandŵr, St. Clears [N.B. This information is incorrect in the 1851 Census; John Davies was actually Minister of Glandŵr Independent Chapel in the parish of Llanfyrnach, which lies just in the County of Pembrokeshire, see pp. 483-484].[30] Moriah Chapel was a branch of Glandŵr, and as such its records were kept with those of Glandŵr Chapel. Ramoth Chapel at Cwmfelin Mynach was a Baptist Chapel, and the Minister in 1851 was William Enoc[h] Jones, who lived at Cwmfelin Mynach. In 1840 Ramoth Chapel had about 90-100 members.

It is, perhaps, worthy of note also that in 1851 John Williams was also the Minister of Bethlehem Independent Chapel in the parish of St. Clears [p. 338] and that William Davies was Minister of the Independent Chapel of Rhydyceisiaid in the parish of Llangynin [p. 337]. There is no guarantee, of course, that because Jacob Picton, his father, clearly worshipped at Ramoth Chapel, Llanwinio, that his son, Stephen Picton, did likewise. Bethlehem Chapel itself is situated in the village of Pwll-Trap, about a mile to the west of the centre of St. Clears, and less than a mile from the farm at Gorse Gandrill, which lies further west still. It would be worth checking the 1851 Census for the entries relating to Bethlehem and Rhydyceisiaid Chapels. John Davies was the Minister at Glandŵr Chapel in the parish of Llanfyrnach, in the 1861 Census, aged 57, born at Llanarth in Cardiganshire [RG 9/4181/38]. He was unmarried, and it would look like he was a younger brother to William Davies of Rhydyceisiaid. John Davies was still the Minister at Glandŵr Chapel in the 1871 Census, aged 67, born at Llanarth [RG 10/5544/102]. There was no Minister living at Bethlehem, St. Clears, in the 1871 Census [RG 10/5494/15]. John Evans, a clergyman, was living at Clare Brook, St. Clears, aged 73, born at Abernant [RG 10/5494/11]. It could be that no Census Return for Llangynin survives for 1871.

Rhydyceisiaid Chapel in the parish of Llangynin was closely associated with Bethlehem Chapel at Pwll-Trap in the parish of St. Clears.[31] In the 1861 Census William Davies was the Independent Minister living at the Chapel House [Rhydyceisiaid] in the parish of Llangynin, aged 68, born at Llanarth in Cardiganshire [RG 9/4138/20].[32] His wife, Sarah Davies, aged 52, was living with him, born at Llangan in Carmarthenshire.[33] Frances Howells, the daughter of his wife, was aged 20, born at Llangan, was living there, as was also a student of divinity, Owen Jones, aged 16, born at Trelech. Of course, the 1861 Census of St. Clears is missing – which is unfortunate in trying to locate the Minister of Bethlehem, John Williams. It is, perhaps, worth recalling the letters from Thomas Picton of Hoboken, New Jersey, to Owen Picton of Glanrhyd in Trelech were deposited by Mrs Williams of Mount Pleasant in the parish of Llangynin, in 1956.

The 1861 Census for Llanwinio shows no Independent Minister residing in the parish [to be checked].

Stephen Picton and his family moved from Cwmfelin Mynach in the parish of Llanwinio to the parish of St. Clears around 1852, and settled at the farm of Gorse Gandrill in that parish from at least January 1853 to around 1865. On modern OS maps the farm is spelt as Gorsgandrill, and is situated about a mile west of St. Clears, past the growing village of Pwll-Trap, and about 100 yards north of the main A40 road from St. Clears to Haverfordwest, down an unmade track off the main road. On the 1838 Tithe Schedule the homestead of the farm is not named, but a field is known and spelt as Corse Gandrill.

Unfortunately the 1861 Census for St. Clears has not survived. Stephen Picton is not indexed in the 1861 Census index for Carmarthenshire, which is available online. This helps to provide confirmatory evidence that he and his family have to be living at Gorse Gandrill. This is an old farm and did have a well going down some 20 feet originally, which was probably the reason the farm was settled there. The farm was visited in May 2005, and this fact emerged in conversation with the occupier, who was in the process of refurbishing and modernising the farmhouse.

On the Tithe Map Schedule of St. Clears, dated 24 April 1838, the farm and fields of Corse Gandrill were owned by John Williams. Unfortunately there are no names given on the Tithe Map itself, and only one of the fields is named as Corse Gandrill [sic.]. Could he be the John Williams, Minister at Bethlehem Chapel, St. Clears, in 1851? The farm was rented out to Thomas Lewis [IR 29/47/9 and IR 30/47/9]. John Williams owned no other land in the parish of St. Clears, according to the 1838 Tithe Schedule list.

The 1841 Census Return of St. Clears shows Thomas Lewis, aged ‘50’, living there with his wife, Elizabeth Lewis (aged ‘45’), and their children, John Lewis (aged 15) and David Lewis (aged 12) [HO 107/1382/1/24]. The Table below shows the field plots that made up the farm of Corse Gandrill in 1838, although it is not named as such on the Tithe Map or Schedule. The name is given to one of the fields but not to the house itself, but this practice is not uncommon on Tithe Maps. Further research can be carried out to see if any records relating to the farm and the land survive. It may be best to revisit the farm, armed with this new information and a picture of the map of the farm and talk again to the current owner.

THE EXTENT OF CORSE GANDRILL, ST. CLEARS, 1838

Landowners	Occupiers	No.	Name	State of Cultivation	Area
John Williams	Thomas Lewis	119	Park y berllan	Pasture	3	3	28
“	“	120	Allotment		-	1	9
“	“	121	Park Carlies (?)	Pasture	4	0	7
“	“	122	Park yr uchew	Pasture	3	1	8
“	“	124	Park bach	Arable	1	2	23
“	“	125	Homestead		-	3	36
“	“	126	Park main	Pasture	4	0	5
“	“	127	Allotment		2	0	15
“	“	130	Allotment		5	1	4
“	“	131	Corse gandrill	Pasture	3	3	10
“	“	132	Park y Wain	Arable	8	2	6
“	“	490	Cottage and Garden		-	-	20
“	“	503	Park r Hall	Arable	3	5	34
Total					42	0	8

The area of the fields is given in acres, roods and perches. Four roods make 1 acre and 40 perches make 1 rood.

In the 1871 Census Cosecandrill [spelt thus] was occupied by John Hurlow, aged 28, an agricultural labourer, born at Warren, Pembs., together with his wife, Sarah Hurlow, aged 27 [RG 10/5494/12].

By November 1866, at the time of the birth of their daughter Anne Picton, Stephen and Mary Picton were living at Troed-y-rhiw farm in the parish of Llangynin, where they probably lived until the whole family emigrated to the USA in 1870. In the 1861 Census of Llangynin Troed-y-rhiw Farm was occupied by David John and his family [RG 9/4138/24]. The farm was 198 acres and employed 2 men and 2 boys. David John was 37 years of age [born 1823/4], and was born at Casbysar or Castysarn (?), Carmarthenshire. He was living with his wife, Sarah John, 6 children and also Sarah John, his aunt, a widow aged 87, a retired farmer’s wife, born at St. Clears and Elizabeth Harris, his mother-in-law, a widow aged 64, born at Llangynin. Their eldest child, Phoebe John, aged 16, was born at Llangynin in 1845 [Carmarthen, September 1845, 26 510]. David John married Sarah Harries in 1844 [Carmarthen, December 1844, 26 723]. Could he be the son of Thomas John, who was living there in the Tithe Schedule of 1838?[34] Examination of the 1841 and 1851 Census Returns for Llangynin is the next step, as well as the 1844 marriage entry. By the time of the 1871 Census David John and his family had moved, of course, and were living at Lower Court Farm in the parish of Llanvihangel Abercowin, a 233 acre farm [RG 10/5496/59]. David John was a farmer aged 47, employing 3 labourers, and was born in Carmarthenshire. He was living at the same place in the 1881 and 1891 Census Returns, aged 57 and 67 respectively.

The Tithe Schedule for Llangynin [Llanginning] is at IR 29/47/52, dated 27 June 1838, and the Tithe Map is at IR 30/47/52, and was surveyed by Goode and Philpott, Surveyors of Haverfordwest. The Tithe Map was drawn at a scale of 6 chains [13.33 inches to the mile]. The total area of the parish of Llangynin was 3270 acres 1 rood and 6 perches, of which about 2850 acres was titheable; the roads and churchyards accounted for some of the remainder. In 1838 the farm of Troed-y-rhiw was owned by John Thomas Beynon and occupied by Thomas John. The family home was No. 368 on the Tithe Map, and the total area of the farm was just over 194 acres. Its general shape is quite long but not too wide, running basically west to east. The farmhouse lies towards the eastern boundary. Thomas John also occupied land owned by Edward West, with a total area of 42 acres 1 rood and 22 perches [Field Nos. not noted from the Tithe Schedule]. The chapel of Rhydycaesiaid also lies within this parish. The 1841 and 1851 Census Returns of Llangynin need to be examined for Troedyrhiw.

THE EXTENT OF TROED-Y-RHIW, LLANGYNIN, 1838

Landowner	Occupier	No.	Name	State of Cultivation	Area
John Thomas Beynon	Thomas John	216	Park Mountain	Arable	10	2	3
“	“	217	Park y Bear	Pasture	5	1	15
“	“	218	Park Mountain Issa	Pasture	12	3	3
		272	Park Ffordd	Pasture	6	0	0
		273	Park Quarie	Arable	10	3	25
		345	Park Quarie Issa	Arable	9	1	14
		350	Cottage and Garden		-	-	20
		351	A Small Field		-	2	30
		352	A Small Field		-	2	30
		353	Fron Gelin	Pasture	7	0	20
		354	Park dan Fron Fawr	Pasture	1	3	0
		355	Fron Fawr	Arable	10	2	4
		356	Park hen Eglias	Pasture	7	2	20
		357	Park Aine	Arable	5	2	20
		358	House, &c.		-	2	1
		359	Park Blaen Ffynnon	Arable	5	2	5
		360	Park y Fion	Pasture	9	0	24
		361	Park Sheg	Arable	7	3	0
		362	Heol Cas	Pasture	1	1	5
		363	Moor Gerw	Moor	8	2	5
		364	Park Ffynnon Ucha	Pasture	6	0	0
		365	Park Cerrig	Pasture	4	0	10
		366	Park yr Ordd	Pasture	4	0	25
		367	Park Moy	Meadow	2	1	15
		368	Homestead		1	2	24
		369	Park Ffynnon Issa	Pasture	3	3	24
		370	Park Glâs	Pasture	8	2	6
		371	Park dan Cais House	Pasture	3	2	7
		372	Gwertodd	Arable	7	1	12
		373	Field	Arable	4	1	15
		374	Park Gwartheg	Arable	5	2	20
		375	Park y Fallens	Pasture	6	1	26
		388	Croft Mawr	Meadow	4	1	24
		259	Gwain Llan Avon	Meadow	4	0	12
		422	Park y Tump	Arable	8	0	20
Total					194	1	1

John Thomas Beynon owned the following properties within the parish of Llangynin.

Landowner	Occupiers	Field Numbers on Tithe Map	Area
John Thomas Beynon	Thomas Lewis	113, 223-228, 230-235, 251-264, 647	171	1	27
“	Thomas John	As above	194	1	1
“	Rachael Watt	221-222, 265-271 (271 is Homestead)	32	2	13
“	Dinah David	337-344, 346-349 (339 is Homestead)	30	3	11
“	James Kerr		156	0	21
Total			585	3	33

The neighbouring farms to Troed-y-rhiw farm were the following:

Landowner	Occupiers	Field Numbers on Tithe Map	Area
John Thomas Beynon	Thomas Lewis	113, 223-228, 230-235, 251-264, 647	171	1	27

By 1870 the whole Picton family had made the decision to emigrate to America. The economic circumstances in Carmarthenshire at this time need to be studied further, and local newspapers of the time could help. The Minister at Bethlehem Chapel, St. Clears, from 1869 to 1895 was the Revd. R. Morgan. The Picton family would have travelled probably by train to the port of Liverpool, perhaps going from St. Clears station via Carmarthen to Swansea and then either via the Central Wales Line to Shrewsbury, or down to Newport and up to Chester or Crewe and on to Liverpool. A little research needs to be conducted to confirm whether all these lines had been built by 1870, in particular the Central Wales Line from Swansea to Shrewsbury.

Stephen Picton sailed first to America in the steamship R.M.S. Cuba of 1534 tons, captained by Edwin Ramsay Moodie, which left from Liverpool and called also at Queenstown in Ireland.[35] Stephen Picton took his two eldest children, Elizabeth Picton and James Picton, and they all travelled as steerage passengers. His age was given as 45 and the two children were 20 and 14 respectively, and, of course, they were all from Wales. They arrived in America at New York on 19 May 1870. There is an oil painting of the R.M.S. Cuba in the present ship the Queen Elizabeth II.

Eliza Picton followed in the Abyssinia, 2075 tons, with all the younger children, as steerage passengers. This vessel likewise sailed from Liverpool and Queenstown and arrived at New York on 17 August 1870.[36] This was a newly built ship, having been constructed in 1870. It was later sold in 1880. The following information comes from the Illustrated London News of 3 December 1870.

The screw steam-ship Abyssinia is one of the latest additions to the fleet of the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company, popularly known as the Cunard Company. This noble vessel, of 3500 gross register tonnage, and with 600-horse power engines, was built very recently by Messrs. James and George Thomson, of the Clyde Bank Foundry, Glasgow, especially for the postal service between Great Britain and the United States. Her dimensions are 360 ft. length of keel, 42 ft. breadth (moulded), and 35 ft. 6in. in depth. Her engine-power was indicated by the Admiralty trial at 3150 horses, and her speed at 15 knots per hour. She has accommodation on the spar-deck for about 120 first-class passengers, the dining-saloons and sleeping-apartments for whom are very well lighted, heated, and ventilated, and for whose comfort and security neither trouble nor expense has been spared. On the spar-deck, too, are the kitchens, sculleries, pantries, ice-houses, bakery, and butchery, as well as the lavatories. The Abyssinia is provided with a male and female hospital and a dispensary. She is furnished with two sets of Normanby’s distilling apparatus, capable of producing 2000 gallons of fresh water each day. On the main and lower decks is accommodation for about 1000 third-class passengers, or, if need were, for a Regiment of two Battalions of soldiers. These decks, also, are admirably lighted, heated, and ventilated. In her holds the Abyssinia has a capacity of 80,000 cubic feet; and she can carry 1200 tons of coals in her bunkers. This vessel, like the other ships of the Cunard Company, has been built under special inspection; and the iron and other material used in her construction are of the same quality as those of the Russia. The hull is divided into eight water-tight compartments. In her general arrangement and equipment this vessel, with her sister ships the Algeria and Parthia, will fully maintain the well-earned reputation of the Cunard Company. It will be remembered that when the present Government agreed to renew the Cunard contract, last year, Mr. Burns, acting for that company, intimated that several new ships would be immediately contracted for in order to carry out the postal service in the manner in which it had been done by that company for the last thirty years, and that these new vessels would be ready for service during the currency of the present year. To redeem this pledge, four powerful steamships were contracted for, of which the Abyssinia is the representative type.

The family tradition is that Stephen and Eliza Picton and their family settled at a Welsh settlement north-east of Hiawatha in Brown County, Kansas. They stayed with friends until they found work. Stephen Picton and his son, James Picton, got work on the farm of David Evans. Stephen Picton can be found at Hiawatha, in Irwin township, Brown County, Kansas, the 1870 US Census, aged 45, when the Census was taken on 1 June 1870. Brown County, Kansas, in 1870 consisted of the five townships of Augusta, Claytonville, Irwin, Lachnane and Walnut Creek. The following is a list of people who gave Wales as their country of origin, and who were living at Hiawatha in Irwin township in the 1870 Census. There were 375 occupied homesteads in Irwin township, Hiawatha, at that date, containing 387 families. The total population of Irwin township was 2,300 people. The Census started on the 9 July 1870 and finished on 5 August 1870; clearly the enumerator took some time to get around everywhere. They are all listed in the 58 pages of the 1870 US Census. This research information does not support the family story that there was a strong Welsh community at Hiawatha in 1870; but it could be worth looking at the later Census Returns of 1880 and 1900 to see if it grew.

WELSH INHABITANTS OF HIAWATHA/IRWIN TOWNSHIP, KANSAS, 1870

Name	Age	Property Number	Occupation	Place of Birth	Census Page Number
David Evans	51	55	Farmer	Wales	9
Ann Evans	46	55	Keeping House	Wales	9
Sarah Evans	20	55		Wales	9
William Evans	17	55		Wales	9
Letitia Evans	17	55		Wales	9
John Evans	16	55		Wales	9
Mary Ann Evans	14	55		Wales	9
Jane Evans	12	55		Wales	9
David Evans	9	55		Wales	9
Margaret Evans	7	55		Wales	9
Ellen Evans	6	55		Wales	9
Frances Evans	4	55		Wales	9
Deciamus (?) Morgan	23	55		Wales	9
Bokwit (?) Howells	50	55		Wales	9
Steven Picton	45	55		Wales	9
Edwin Oliver	26	55		Wales	9
John Guyls	37	70	Cattle broker	Ohio	12
Laura F. Guyls	21	70		Ohio	12
Eleta Guyls	1	70		Kansas	12
Daniel Samuel	54	70	Farmer	Wales	12
James Picton	14	70		Wales	12

David Evans emigrated to the USA on the S.S. City of Paris, which sailed from Liverpool and arrived at New York on 26 April 1869, captained by James Kennedy. The ship’s passenger list records: David Evans, aged 49, a miner; Ann Evans, aged 46, wife; Sarah Evans, aged 19; John Evans, aged 15; Mary A. Evans, aged 13; Jane Evans, aged 12; David Evans, aged 7; Margaret Evans, aged 6; Eleanor Evans, aged 4 and Thomas Evans, aged 2. Thomas Evans, aged 40, a miner, was also with them. The two children, William and Letitia Evans, seem to be missing from the list. David Evan’s obituary notice of 1903 agrees with the 1870 Census Return that he had three sons and seven daughters.

Daniel Samuel, a farmer of 100 acres, aged 45, was living at Llwyneyfarthwch farm, Llanelly, in the 1861 Census, born at Llanelly [RG 9/4113/79]. Also living with him were his wife, Margaret Samuel, aged 47, born at Llanelly and a large family: William Samuel, aged 21; Thomas Samuel, aged 17; Ann Samuel, aged 15; Margaret Samuel, aged 13; Mary Samuel, aged 10; Elizabeth Samuel, aged 9; Jonathan Samuel, aged 6 and David Samuel, aged 3. He is the only Daniel Samuel of approximately the right age recorded in the 1861 Census Returns for Wales. Daniel Samuel was living at Maesurdanen Fach farm, Llanelly, in the 1851 Census, a farmer of 55 acres, aged 35, born at Llanelly [HO 107/2468/144]. Also living with him was his wife, Margaret Samuel, aged 31, born at Llanelly, and their children William Samuel, aged 11; John Samuel, aged 9, Thomas Samuel, aged 7; Ann Samuel, aged 5; Margaret Samuel, aged 3 and Mary Samuel, aged 8 months.

THE WELSH IN PADONIA TOWNSHIP IN 1880

The 1880 Census for Padonia Township, Brown County. District 14, records 13 families with Welsh ancestry. These are the heads of the families with their ages.

WELSH INHABITANTS OF PADONIA TOWNSHIP, BROWN COUNTY, KANSAS, 1880

[Date of Arrival information is taken from 1900 US Census Return for Padonia township]

Name	Age	Property Number	Occupation	Place of Birth	Census Page Number	Date of Arrival in USA	Parish of Birth (Wales)
William Samuel	40	12	Farmer	Wales	2	Absent
Mary Samuel	26			New York	2
David Evans	61	14	Farmer	Wales	2	Not given, born May 1819
Ann Evans	57			Wales	2
Sarah Evans	30			Wales	2
John Evans	26			Wales	2
Jane Evans	21			Wales	2
David Evans	19			Wales	2
Margaret Evans	17			Wales	2
Elenor Evans	16			Wales	2
Frances Evans	12			Wales	2
Evan Williams	39	16	Farmer	Wales	2	Absent
Neur (?) Williams	40			Wales	2
Elenor Williams	9			Wales	2
Thomas Williams	3			Kansas	3
Peter Lewis	44	16	Farmer	Wales	3
Henry Harris	24	16	Boarder	Wales	3
Peter Pennak (?)	25	16	Boarder	Wales	3
Morgan Walters	32	17	Farmer	Wales	3	1872; born August 1847
Hannah Walters	30			Wales	3
John Walters	12			Wales	3
Sarah Walters	9			Wales	3
Mary Ann Walters	3			Kansas	3
David Walters	1			Kansas	3
Lewis Morgan	61	18	Farmer	Wales	3
Sarah Morgan	53			Wales	3
John Morgan	27			Wales	3
David Morgan	24			Wales	3	1873; born July 1855
Rees Morgan	22			Wales	3
Daniel Morgan	20			Wales	3
Anna Morgan	18			Wales	3
Isaac Morgan	17			Wales	3
Sarah Morgan	8			Wales	3
William Evans	28	44	Farmer	Wales	6	Not given; born January 1851
Clara Evans	25			New York	6
David R. Evans	67	55	Farmer	Wales	7	Absent
Sarah Evans	63			Wales	7
Mary Evans	30			Wales	7
Maggie Evans	28			Wales	7
Queenie Evans	24			Wales	7
David Evans	22			Wales	7
William Evans	20			Wales	7
Evan Evans	7		Grandson	Kansas	7
William Bowen	46	63	Farmer	Wales	8	Absent
Sarah Bowen	37			Wales	8
Rhys W. Bowen	13			Wales	8
Sarah A. Bowen	11			Wales	8
David D. Bowen	8			Kansas	8
Isaac Bowen	5			Kansas	8
William Bowen	3			Kansas	8
John Bowen	7/12			Kansas	8
John D. Evans	75	68	Farmer	Wales	8	Absent
Rachael Evans	59			Wales	8
Maggie Evans	31			Wales	8
Thomas Evans	28			Wales	8
Elias Evans	20			Wales	8
Daniel Samuel	62	86	Farmer	Wales	10	Absent
Margaret Samuel	63			Wales	10
Thomas Samuel	38			Wales	10
Elizabeth Samuel	30			Wales	10
David Samuel	28			Wales	10
Stephen Picton	59	87	Farmer	Wales	10
Elizabeth Picton	48			Wales	11
James Picton	24			Wales	11
Margaret Picton	17			Wales	11
Thomas Picton	16			Wales	11
Richard C. Picton	14			Wales	11
Ann Picton	12			Wales	11
John R. Picton	11			Wales	11
Sarah Picton	9			Kansas	11
David Picton	6			Kansas	11
Frances Picton	4			Kansas	11
Owen Picton	9/12			Kansas	11
Thomas Parker (?) or Thomas D. Jones	38	100	Farmer	Wales	12	Absent
Anne Parker (Jones)	31			Wales	12
Rachel Parker (Jones)	8			Kansas	12
Richard Parker (Jones)	4			Kansas	12
Letitia Parker (Jones)	2			Kansas	12
Timothy Jones	48	101	Farmer	Wales	12	Absent
Mary Jones	40			Wales	12
Anna Jones	19			Wales	12
Mary Jones	17			Wales	12
Sarah Jones	15			Wales	12
Paul Jones	13			Wales	12
Harry Jones	12			Wales	12
Margaretta Jones	12			Wales	12
Rachael Jones	9			Wales	13
Elizabeth Jones	4			Kansas	13
Ellen Jones	3			Kansas	13

David Jones 27

David Bowen from Wales, aged 33, a farmer, born October 1866, was living at Padonia township in the 1900 Census. John Bowen from Wales, aged 34, born July 1865, was living at Padonia township in the 1900 Census. He entered the USA in 1888. He had a wife, Anne Bowen, aged 33, born in Wales in November 1866. They had three children, all born in Kansas from 1890 onwards.

David Evans and the Bowen Family of Plasyparke, Trelech

DAVID EVANS, farmer and stock raiser of Section 32, P. O. Hiawatha, was a native of South Wales, born 30 May 1819, in County of Carmarthen. This is confirmed by the 1900 US Census, which gives the month of his birth as May 1819. His wife, Ann Evans, formerly Bowen, was born in January 1822. Their children from the 1900 Census were Sarah Evans, born September 1849; Maggie [Margaret] Evans, born March 1863 and David Evans, born October 1862 [the last two entries are difficult to read from the online original – a copy of the original document may be better to read]. Here Mr. Evans received a common school education, and was afterward engaged in agricultural pursuits there.

David Evans of Pernwern farm, Cenarth, son of James Bowen, farmer, married Anne Bowen, daughter of John Bowen of Plasyparke in the parish of Trelech a’r Bettws on 6 July 1847 at Rock Chapel [Capel y Graig] in Trelech. Where they lived between 1847 and 1869 has yet to be established. Their eldest daughter, Sarah Evans, was born on 30 September 1849 at Honey Corse in the parish of Llansadurnen, Carmarthenshire. The 1851 Census entry for Honey Corse in the parish of Llansadurnen is peculiar [HO 107/2472/482]. It mentions a farm of 170 acres, but the occupiers of this address were seven farm servants, including a David Evan, aged 28, born at Pendine.

There is a David Evans, aged 31, a farmer, born at Llangendeirne, living with William Bowen, a farmer, aged 62, born at Llanegwad, at Cwnryris farm in the parish of Llanegwad, Carmarthenshire in the 1851 Census [HO 107/2471/214]. Also living with him was his wife, Sarah Evans, aged 27, born at Llangendeirne, and their two children, Sarah Evans, aged 1, born at Llansadurnen and William Evans, aged 2 months, born at Llansadurnen. This is the only entry in the 1851 Census for Wales of a Sarah Evans, born at Llansadurnen. It could be worth purchasing the birth certificate of the William Evans, born in 1851, to confirm if the mother’s maiden name was Anne Bowen. The coverage of births is very poor at this time [January 2006] for 1851 births in FreeBMD, so a search will have to be made of the indexes.

There is David Evans living at Pontgareg farm, Cenarth, in the 1861 Census, a farmer of 90 acres, aged 34, born at Cenarth [RG 9/4179/35]. Also living with him was his wife, Anne Evans, aged 32, born at Trelech.

In June 1869, David Evans came to the United States, and became a resident of Brown County, Kansas, and purchased over one thousand acres of land in Padonia Township. This he improved, but has since disposed of nearly one-half of it, leaving him a fine improved farm of 500 acres. Mr. Evans was the founder of what is known as the Welsh Settlement of Padonia Township, consisting of ten families, all of whom came to this country through his influence, and constitute the best citizens and substantial farmers of this township. He has been connected with the Baptist church for more than thirty years, and was one of the first members of the First Baptist Church at Hiawatha, and has served in the capacity of Deacon ever since he came to this State. Mr. Evans is one of the enterprising men of Brown County, and always takes a prominent part in the advancement of its best interests [W. G. Cutler, History of the State of Kansas, Brown County, Part 23, Padonia township, 1883, published by A. T. Andreas, Chicago].

David Evans and family were living at District 14 of Padonia in Brown County in the 1880 US Census. David Evans was aged 61, a farmer, born in Wales. Stephen Picton and family were likewise living in the same District. David Evans was living at District 32, Padonia, Brown County, in the 1900 US Census, aged 81. Unfortunately the year of his arrival in America is not recorded, as it should have been. He was not to be found in the 1910 US Census, so presumably had died between 1900 and 1910. David Evans, 84 years old, and a Brown county pioneer, died Monday evening, 22 June 1903, at his country home north-east of Hiawatha. Mr. Evans was born in Wales in 1819 and was married to Miss Annie Howell in 1846 [This marriage is not indexed on FreeBMD]. To them were born seven daughters and three sons. In 1860 he came to Brown County, purchased several tracts of land near Hiawatha and became a most successful farmer. He was a good representative of the great English speaking class to which he belonged. With him duty was always the most imperative question of life, consequently he had a high sense of honour. His industry was without intermission while his strength held out. He was a man of peace, choosing often to suffer wrong rather than be involved in strife. He talked little, except with his most intimate friends, who found him very intelligent and interested in all the great events of his time. In the later years he was patient, tender and considerate of those nearest to him and was cheerful to the last. He was a member of the Baptist church for nearly 50 years and was largely instrumental in the building of the Bethel Baptist church north of town. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at 3 p. m., Rev. Mr. Bruner conducting the services. Burial was made in the Hiawatha cemetery.

Miss Sarah Evans was born at Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, on 30 September 1849, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Evans. She died at her home 4 miles north of Hiawatha, on 8 February 1933, aged 83 years, 4 months, 8 days [Llanelly, March 1849, 26 664; December 1849 Quarter is missing from FreeBMD – search other index]. Miss Evans removed to America, and Brown County with the family in 1869. They settled on the homestead, in Padonia township 4 miles north of Hiawatha, which has been the home for over 60 years. Miss Evans united with the Baptist church in Wales, with her father, mother, one sister, joined the Hiawatha Baptist church by letter, 3 January 1871; taking letters to help organize Bethel church, 2 November 1895. Miss Evans was one of 10 children, 2 of which survive her: Miss Margaret Evans, of the home, Mrs. A. J. Haggett, of Kansas City, Mo. Having been reared in the fine christian home of Deacon and Mrs. Evans, she being grown, she was eager, willing to lend any assistance to any who would seek aid, she soon became a ministering angel to all in the community; we soon learned to call her "Aunt Sallie." In the early days her assistance was valuable when the physicians lived in remote towns, traveled only by horseback, carried saddlebags, also in the days when prayer meetings were held in the families homesteads Miss Evans was active in all church enterprises. She loved her bible, her church, lived an exemplary life. Her father’s home was the headquarters of all the clergymen who called, his family shared in its beneficiaries, influences. Funeral services were held at the home at 10:30
a. m., Friday, Feb. 10, in charge of Rev. James P. Blackledge, of the Hiawatha Baptist church. By request of Miss Evans, no songs were sung. Rev. Blackledge spoke from Phillipians 3:20-21. For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ; who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things to himself. The body bearers were John Lewis, Robert Cornelison, Thomas McCoy, George Barnes, Ralph Heatley, Roy Wilson. Burial in the Hiawatha cemetery.

Liverpool, England & Queenstown, Ireland to New York 27 May 1891; RMS Teutonic.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Calling, Country of which they are citizens (Nationality), Last Residence, Intended destination or location, Date and cause of Death, Location of Compartment or space occupied, Number of pieces of baggage, Transient or in transit or intending protracted sojourn. (Since there were no deaths on the voyage, that column was omitted below).

1025 Sarah A. Evans, 30, F, Farm Serv't. Welsh, Llwycurn, Hiawatha, Kan. 2nd Cabin Rms. 1 permanent.

1026 Margaret John, 20, F, Farm Serv't. Welsh, Llwycurn, Hiawatha, Kan. 2nd Cabin Rms. 1 permanent.

1027 David Evans, 61, M, Farmer, U.S.A. Kansas, Hiawatha, Kan. 2nd Cabin Rms. 2 permanent.

Carmarthenshire Archives Service Davies collection of Morgan family deeds and papers

Reference code(s): GB 0211 DAVIESTRELECH

Held at: Carmarthenshire Archives Service

Title: Davies, Trelech, Collection

Short Title: Davies collection of Morgan family deeds and papers

Creation date(s): 1808-1911

Level of description: Fonds

Extent: 27 items

Name of creator(s): N. Howell Davies

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history: N. Howell Davies, of Trelech a'r Betws, Carmarthenshire, accumulated papers and deeds of the Morgan family. The Rev. Hector Davies Morgan (died c. 1839) of Castle Heddingham, Essex, was married to Frances Morgan and had four children. The eldest was Thomas Morgan (fl. 1839-1877), a Cardigan solicitor, whose only daughter, Jane Evans Morgan, married Elliot Lloyd Price of Castlepiggin. Thomas appears to have been succeeded by Charles Evans Davis Morgan-Richardson. The relationship of the family to the depositor is not known.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract: Deeds and documents relating to properties in Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire, including Gilvach and Penrhiw farms and other properties in Trelech a'r Betws, Carmarthenshire, and properties in Cardigan, Cardiganshire, 1808-1911; and copies, 1880, of wills of the Morgan family (1839-1876).

Davies, J. and Thomas, H.M. Hanes pedair ysgol: Pen-y-bont, Trelech, Alma, Penrhiwlas, Llandysul, Gwasg Gomer (1975) 137 p., plate: p., ill., 1 map, 1 port. [ISBN: 0850882885] .Available for lookups on the South/West Wales Lookup Exchange.

Carmarthenshire Archives Service Brunel White collection of Oakley family deeds

Reference code(s): GB 0211 BRUWHI

Held at: Carmarthenshire Archives Service

Title: Brunel White Collection of Carmarthenshire Deeds

Short Title: Brunel White collection of Oakley family deeds

Creation date(s): 1673-1891 (accumulated [20th century])

Level of description: Fonds

Extent: 53 items

Name of creator(s): Oakley family of Carmarthen; Evans family of Towy Castle and Cwmcloch

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history: John Oakley (died c. 1712) was an alderman of the county borough of Carmarthen. He was succeeded by his grandson, John Oakley (fl. 1712-1734). They had dealings with the Rev. Henry Rogers (fl. 1708-1734), rector of Trefilan and later Llanfihangel Ystrad parishes, Cardiganshire. William Evans (died c. 1833) of Towy Castle was vicar of Llandyfaelog and in 1794 married Mary Lewis, daughter of Rees and Elizabeth Lewis of Cwmcloch, Tre-lech a'r Betws. Towy Castle was inherited by his grandson, William Rees Evans (fl. [1820]-1852), who later moved to Cwmcloch.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract: Deeds and documents, 1673-1891, including deeds of the Oakley family of Carmarthen and others, 1673-1818, relating to properties in the county borough of Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, and the parish of Trefilan, Cardiganshire; deeds of the Towy Castle and Cwmcloch estates, 1769-1886, relating to properties in Trelech a'r Betws, Llanwinio, Llandyfaelog, Llangyndeyrn and Abergwili.

GB/NNAF/O9292

Panthowell estate, Trelech-ar-Bettws

Panthowell, Carmarthenshire

After I read the Evans obits that you found online, googled "Welsh Community" Brown Kansas - and found a Nebraska - Ohio Welsh connection. There was a Welsh Community in Richard County, Nebraska, which is just across the state line from Brown County, Kansas. The community started shortly after the Civil War - which ended in 1864. So the timing was right to communicate with those who came to Brown County. This community was from Ohio - how I wish they were from New York!

Or do you know some Pictons from Ohio too?

Some of the Picton descendants including Owen's and Appleoffs lived in that County. In the town of Falls City, Nebraska. Here's what I found.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nerichar/stories/legends.html#welsh2

STORY OF THE PROSPERITY OR A STUDY OF A WELSH COLONY

No colony in south-eastern Nebraska ever played a more important part in the development of a new Country than did the Welsh, who came to Richardson County from Pomeroy, Ohio, in the first three or four years following the Civil War. They settled in a community known as Prairie Union north-east of where is now located Stella, and about ten miles west of the Missouri River. Preceding the Ohio Welsh there came here from Wisconsin three Welsh families, David Thomas and David Higgins, who came together in 1859, and Daniel Davis who came in 1863. The Wisconsin Welsh made the entire journey by ox-team. There was a big colony of Pomeroy Welsh, who had come over from the old country to work in the coal mines. As they had been here but a comparatively short time they did not enlist in the Civil War, as did their neighbours, so many of whom were away from home that the miners were paid higher wages than usual. During any time of idleness they discussed opportunities for investment in land and the best place to go. Alex McGechie, a Scotchman, and some of his Welsh friends heard wonderful stories, from returning soldiers, of the country about Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain in Tennesee and made a journey of investigation, but decided that section was better adapted to mining.

Within the very next few years there came (to Nebraska in 1867) from Pomeroy the following twelve famiilies, making many in the settlement from the same place: David N. Jones, Alex McGechie, John M. Lewis, Richard Morris, Jonah Jones, Edmund Williams, David N. Jones, David R. Jones, Samuel Brimble, James Evans, Robert Roberts, David Phelps and John Owens. All were Welsh except Mr. McGechie. The trip was made by water, as Pomeroy was on the Ohio, and Aspinwall in this State was made the landing point. At the time Mr. McGechie and others came, six weeks were spent on the boat. During two weeks of this time the boat was laid up on a sandbar and three times on the journey the cargo was unloaded. Of the above men named there is but one survivor today, 1917, Alexander McGechie, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, who was ninety years of age in April 1917. Mrs. JOHN M. LEWIS, who, at the age of eighty-five died at her home in Shubert in 1915, was the last surviving woman of the pioneers who founded the settlement. David N. Jones, the last surviving head of a Welsh family among the settlers, died in 1909 at his home seven miles northeast of Stella. He was born in Wales in 1832, came to America in 1837, and had lived continuously on the same farm since coming here. These pioneers prospered and their families were an honor to the community. Most of them, perhaps all, were of a devout religious nature; anyway two Welsh churches were founded in this community. Prairie Union and Penuel; the latter, during its existence, being about two miles northeast of the former. The homeseekers were quiet, peace-loving men. They stuck together like a band of brothers, helping each other until new machinery made the necessity less. The roads at first were scarcely more than a trail or path and often the grass was tall and wet, or the path was filled with dust. Along most of the streams, now covered with a good growth of timber, in those early days of the Welsh settlement there was not a tree, owing to the very frequent prairie fires.

Elizabeth Picton obtained work at a hotel. By the late summer of 1870 they had raised enough money to pay for the passage of the rest of the family, and had bought 160 acres of land. Stephen Picton paid ten dollars an acre [$1,600] in July 1870 to William H. Tarr for the 160 acre farm. That year he built a large one-room log cabin, with a loft for sleeping. For an account of this family see “The Family Tree of Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Picton, Their Family and Descendants, 1825-1976”, 150 pp. by Owen S. Picton. Each year a Picton Family reunion is held at Hiawatha, Kansas on the first Sunday in August, to which the descendants of Stephen and Eliza Picton are invited. The information in the above booklet has been supplemented by Owen Picton on his website [2004].

The big adventure for Eliza Picton and the rest of the family began with a 14 day transatlantic crossing. They arrived at Ellis Island in New York. They then caught a special train heading west and eventually arrived at St. Joseph, Missouri, where they were met by Stephen and James Picton. From St. Joseph they rode on the Grand Island Railroad to Hiawatha. There they met Elizabeth Picton, and walked the eight miles to their new home. William H. Tarr had taken out the first patent on this land on 17 May 1854 [records of the Register of Land office at Iowa Point, Kansas]. In July 1870 William H. Tarr sold some of the land to Stephen Picton for $1,600.[37]

Stephen Picton signed US citizenship papers on 3 February 1872 at the District Court of Brown County, Kansas. He farmed with oxen until 1876, when he bought a horse. On 20 September 1879 he was one of 36 delegates to the Brown County Republican Convention [Grant W. Harrington, The Annals of Brown County, Kansas, 1903] and the same book states that on 29 August 1891 he was a delegate from Padenia Township to the Brown County Peoples Party County Convention. In 1882 the Picton family built a new and bigger house. Stephen Picton kept an account book in which he recorded all his expenditure. The house burnt down in the early 1900s, and another one was built on the same location.

In 1895 the Picton family and others in the neighbourhood organised the foundation of the Bethel Baptist Church, about a mile and a half from their home. This was dedicated on 11 August 1895 but disbanded in June 1931.

In 1886 Stephen and Eliza Picton went back to Wales. They left home on 7 May 1886 and returned on 18 September 1886 in the ship S.S. Baltic, captained by George Barton and owned by the White Star Line. This ship sailed from Liverpool and Queenstown, Ireland. They spent 305 dollars on the trip. A print survives of this vessel rescuing the crew of the sailing ship Assyria in the Atlantic. Stephen Picton’s favourite pastime was singing. They had joined the Baptist Church at Hiawatha, about 8 miles away.

Stephen Picton died on 18 October 1896 near Hiawatha, Kansas, aged 70, just a year or so after the dedication of the church. Eliza Picton was living at District 32, Padonia township, Brown County, Kansas, in the 1900 Census, aged 70 [born June 1830 in Wales], with two of her children, John and Frances Picton, and two grandchildren, Fred and Stephen Picton. Eliza Picton, died on 20 May 1906 after a long illness and was cared for by her daughter, Frances Picton. Stephen and Eliza Picton have a family plot in the Hiawatha cemetery. There is a full description of all the American descendants of this branch down to the date of its publication in a 148 page booklet produced by Owen S. Picton of Blair, Nebraska, in 1976, updated via his website, and the family hold reunions of descendents of Stephen and Eliza Picton at Hiawatha. The children of Stephen and Eliza Picton were:

i. ELIZABETH PICTON, born 13 August 1851 at Dyffryn Boidyn, Llanboidy, which was where her mother’s parents lived at this time. Stephen Picton was described as a farmer at Monk Mill, Llanwinio, on her birth certificate. Elizabeth Picton emigrated to Kansas in 1870 with her father and brother, James Picton – but as yet she cannot be located in the 1870 US Census Returns. Elizabeth Picton married William White Joslin on 30 March 1873 at the residence of Senator Morrill, Hiawatha, Kansas. William White Joslin was born on 14 September 1844 at Tawstock in the County of Devon. William Joslin died on 8 April 1899 in Kansas. William and Elizabeth Joslin were the parents of:

a. JAMES JAY JOSLIN, born 1873 in Kansas. He married Edna Franklin [or Earl] and they were the parents of:

i. JAMES JOSLIN, Jr.

ii. THEODORE F. JOSLIN. He married Ruth ----- and lived at Hollywood, California, but they had no children.

b. EDWARD WHITE JOSLIN, born 18 December 1875 at Hiawatha, Kansas. He married Nellie or Ellen Crawford. They were living at Center township, Stevens County, Kansas, in the 1900 Census. Edward W. Joslin was aged 24 and Nellie Joslin was aged 24, born in June 1876. Edward Joslin was variously a grocer or banker. Nellie Joslin died on 15 August 1903. Edward Joslin died on 27 November 1918 at Hugoton, Stevens County, Kansas during the 1918 influenza pandemic, aged 42. Edward and Nellie Joslin were the parents of:

i. WILLIAM R. JOSLIN, born June 1888. He was living with his parents in the 1900 Census, aged 11. William Joslin died in 1968. He was the father of:

a. JOANN JOSLIN

ii. ROBERT W. JOSLIN, born 17 April 1900 at Salina, Kansas. He was living with his parents in the 1900 Census, aged 1 month. He died on 20 July 1920 at Hugoton, Stevens County, Kansas, in a farm accident.

iii. MARIAN JOSLIN, born 12 February 1902 at Salina, Kansas. She married to William Harvey Andrews [born 9 January 1902] on 3 February 1926 at Los Angeles, California. They lived at Pasadena, California, and he was ice-President of a bank. William H. Andrews died on 24 December 1969 at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Pasadena, California. William and Marian Joslin were the parents of:

a. RICHARD JOSLIN ANDREWS

b. JOHN WILLIAM ANDREWS

Edward White Joslin remarried to Ethel Belle Winzle [born 24 August 1887 at St. John, Stafford County, Kansas, the daughter of Theodore Henry Winzle and Maud Kirk] on 28 December 1903 or 1905 at Mead City, Mead County, Kansas. He had been elected to the Kansas Senate, but died in 1918 before he could take office. After his death Ethel Joslin moved a number of times and came to Covallis, Oregon. Ethel Joslin died on 2 August 1984 at Lake Chelan, Chelan County, Washington State. Edward and Ethel Joslin were the parents of:

iv. JAMES CECIL JOSLIN, born 18 March 1907, Hugoton, Stevens County, Kansas. He married Claire Zarembra in 1924. He remarried to Elsie Victoria White on 19 February 1947 at Las Vegas, Nevada. They lived at Glendale, California where he owned a fleet of trucks. James Joslin died on 11 February 1991. James and Claire Joslin were the parents of:

a. GARY JAMES JOSLIN

v. HAROLD WINZEL JOSLIN, born 9 November 1910 at Hugoton, Stevens County, Kansas. He married Helen B. Schrader [born 18 August 1912] on 31 March 1935 at Berkeley, Alameda County, California. They lived at San Anselmo, California. Harold Joslin died in 1983. Harold and Helen Joslin were the parents of:

a. ROBERT WILLIAM JOSLIN

b. JANET SUE JOSLIN

vi. CHARLES LESLIE WOODROW JOSLIN, born 22 February 1913 at Hugoton, Stevens County, Kansas. He worked his way through college at Corvallis and married Mary Woodcock. He studied to become a teacher, but left and acquired a drugstore and a soft drinks botling plant. Charles Joslin married Mary Leone Woodcock on 12 February 1938 at Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon. Charles Joslin died on 13 May 1983 at Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon and is buried at Sunset Memorial Park, Coos Bay. Mary Joslin/Woodcock was born on 27 December 1913 at Corvallis and died on 21 June 1996 at Coos Bay. She is buried alongside her husband.

a. HELEN LOUISE JOSLIN, she is studying to be a professional genealogist. Her daughter is Lisa Curtis, living at Corvallis, Oregon, in 2005. She took a degree in nursing and put her husband through graduate school in Texas. He is an optometrist at Corvallis.

b. LESLIE ANN JOSLIN

c. PATRICIA LEE JOSLIN, born 21 July 1946 and died 23 July 1946 at Corvallis, Oregon. She is buried at Crystal Lake Cemetery, Corvallis.

vii. RICHARD PHILLIP JOSLIN, born 13 May 1915 at Hugoton, Stevens County, Kansas. He married Kathryn Bounds on 3 June 1938. Richard and Kathryn Joslin were the parents of:

a. TOM JOSLIN. He was unmarried and a fisherman at Seatle, Washington State.

viii. GWENDOLYN EULENE JOSLIN, born 17 August 1918 at Hugoton, Stevens County, Kansas. She married, firstly, Jack Curzon, at Denver, Colorado. She married, secondly, Edward Philip Ferris [born 5 March 1916] on 17 July 1939 at Spokane, Washington State. Edward Ferris died on 4 December 1963 at Chelan, Washington State, and was buried at the Holy Cross Cemetery, Spokane. Edward and Gwendolyn Ferris were the parents of:

a. EDWARD GEORGE FERRIS

c. CHARLES WESLEY JOSLIN, born 25 August 1878 at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. He married Jenny E. Mortensen in 1922 at Spokane, Washington State. Jenny Joslin died in 1941 at Spokane and was buried in Glenwood Cemetry, Spokane. Charles Wesley Joslin died on 29 January 1951 and was likewise buried at Glenwood Cemetery, Spokane. Charles and Jannie Joslin were the parents of:

i. CHARLES MORTEN JOSLIN, born at Spokane, Washington State. He was a professional engineer. He married Margaret B. Holl on 9 June 1945 at Spokane. Charles and Margaret Joslin were the parents of:

a. RICHARD MORTEN JOSLIN, born at Spokane.

b. NANCY ANN JOSLIN

c. GAIL EVALYN JOSLIN, born at Spokane.

d. WINIFRED WALLACE JOSLIN, born 1879 at Hiawatha, Kansas. She never married and lived in California, where she died on 3 January 1957.

e. ROBERT RAYBURN JOSLIN, born 1881 at Hiawatha, Kansas. He married Mary Henderson. Robert Joslin lived in California and died on 28 December 1955. His wife, Mary Joslin, died on 3 March 1955.

ii. MARY PICTON, born 30 January 1853 at Gorse-gandrill, St. Clears [Carmarthen, June 1853, 11a 514]. She emigrated to Kansas in 1870. She married William Dunsmore Hatch, son of George and Jeanette Hatch [born at Pinkerton in Canada], on 30 January 1878 at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. They lived at Hiawatha until 18 February 1898, when they moved to Alaska, because of the gold rush, but they were living back in Hiawatha in the 1900 Census, aged 57 and 48 respectively. William D. Hatch died in 1923 near Cargill in Canada. Mary Hatch died on 25 June 1926, aged 73, and was buried at Hiawatha Cemetery. William and Mary Hatch were the parents of:

a. GEORGE STEPHEN HATCH, born 19 March 1880 and died on 1 September 1881 at Hiawatha, Kansas.

b. MARGARET ELLEN HATCH, born 22 October 1881 at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. She was living with her parents in the 1900 Census, aged 18. She married Lloyd Alpha Huff [born 25 August 1876 at Hiawatha, Kansas] on 25 May 1903 at Denver, Colorado. Lloyd Huff died on 10 June 1962 at Denver. Margaret Huff died on 5 September 1970 at Denver, Colorado. Lloyd and Margaret Huff were the parents of:

i. CLIO IDA HUFF, born 5 March 1904. She was a school teacher. She married Walter T Cast in December 1948 at Anchorage, Alaska. Walter and Clio Cast were the parents of:

a. MARY M. L. CAST

ii. MARY DELSA HUFF, born 22 August 1905 at Denver, Colorado. She was a school teacher at Denver. She married Ben W. Frindley on 20 November 1941 at Denver.

iii. WILLIAM LLOYD HUFF, born 21 December 1910 at Denver, Colorado. He was an electrician and lived at Atwood, Kansas. He married Dolores Wolfrom.

c. WILLIAM DUNSMORE HATCH, Jr., born 22 October 1882 at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. He was living with his parents in the 1900 Census, aged 17. He died about 1944 and is buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Seattle, Washington State.

d. THOMAS JEFFERSON HATCH, born 18 January 1885 at Hiawatha, Brown Couhnty, Kansas. He was living with his parents in the 1900 Census, aged 15. He married Hazel Fender and died in September 1935. He is buried at Hood River, Oregon. Thomas and Hazel Hatch were the parents of:

i. CLIFFORD HATCH

ii. DONALD HATCH

e. EDWARD RICHARD HATCH, born March 1887 at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. He was living with his parents in the 1900 Census, aged 13. He married Edna Cannady, who was born at New York. Edward Richard Hatch died on 21 April 1945 at Gig Harbor, Washington State. Edward and Edna Hatch were the parents of:

i. FLORENCE HATCH, born 6 February 1910. She worked in a hospital at St. Joseph, Missouri.

ii. MARGARET HATCH, born 11 April 1914. She married and had three children.

f. EMMA HINDS HATCH, born 26 October 1890 at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. She was living with her parents in the 1900 Census, aged 9. She married Joseph Aurelian Herbert [born 18 October 1883 at Des Moines, Iowa; the son of James Herbert and Mettie McMartin] on 13 November 1913 at Denver, Colorado. Joseph A. Herbert died on 26 April 1940 at Kremmling, Colorado and was buried at Sulfur Springs Cemetery, Colorado. Emma H. Herbert died on 15 March 1976 at Medford, Oregon and is buried at Traid Cemetery, Trail, Oregon. Joseph and Emma Herbert were the parents of:

i. ETHEL MARY HERBERT, born 12 October 1914 at Port Huron, Michigan. She married Richard Bodmar Wayman on 21 May 1930 at Craig, Colorado. Richard and Ethel Wayman were the parents of:

a. MILDRED RUTH WAYMAN

b. WILLIAM JAMES WAYMAN

ii. JOSEPH AURELIAN HERBERT, Jr., born 14 October 1916 at Crest, Colorado. He lived in Colorado and Oregon and worked as a cook, at a service station and in a sawmill. He also served in the US Army.

iii. THOMAS LaVERNE HERBERT, born 7 May 1918 at Craig, Colorado. He married Vera Dorothy Noler [born 6 October 19xx] on 22 September 1946 at Cordova, Nebraska. He lived at Steamboat Springs, Colorado, where he owned and operated a service station. He served in the USAF. Thomas and Vera Herbert wee the parents of:

a. JUDITH ANN HERBERT

b. KATHY JO HERBERT, born 18 December 19xx at Steamboat Springs, Colorado. She died on 18 December 1953 at Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

c. JANET GEORGEANNE HERBERT, born at Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

iv. RUTH LYLE HERBERT, born at Mount Harris, Colorado. She married Elwyn Carson Dodson [born 26 October 1919 at Wayne, Nebraska] on 28 august 1945 at Compton, California. Elwyn Dodson was a plant operator for the Pauling Co. and served in the US Navy from 1942 to 1945. Elwyn C. Dodson died on 13 March 1966 and was buried at Logan National Cemetery. Elwyn and Ruth Dodson were the parents of:

a. KENNETH NORMAN DODSON

b. JAMES ELWIN DODSON

c. BETTY RUTH DODSON, born 29 July 19xx at Denver, Colorado. She died on 24 May 1958 at Denver, Colorado.

d. MARILYN KAY DODSON

e. GEORGE D. DODSON

v. NORMAN HARRIS HERBERT, born at Mount Harris, Colorado. He served for 7 years in the US military. Norman Harris Herbert married Elaine Weeks and they were the parent of:

a. LINDA KAY HERBERT, born in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

Norman Harris Herbert remarried to Margaret Mary Hansen Williams. They were living at Steamboat Springs, Colorado, in 1975. Norman and Margaret Herbert were the parents of:

b. HOWARD WAYNE WILLIAMS HERBERT

c. JOHN GERALD HERBERT, born in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

vi. DONALD PICTON HERBERT. He married Dorothy Alice Case at Meford, Oregon. They were living at 5215 Glen Echo Way, Central Point, Oregon, OR 97502, in October 1979. He worked in a sawmill and for the National Park Service. It was through writing to him that I was introduced to Owen Picton of Blair, Nebraska, the family historian of this branch of the Picton family.

vii. GLEN ARTHUR HERBERT, born in Craig, Colorado. He was adopted by L. V. Shutt and Irma F. Carpenter and renamed Robert Carlos Shutt. They lived in Dove Creek, Colorado. He was in the US Army and the US Navy. He married to Evelyn June Estes (born 7 April 1933), daughter of John Estes and Mertie L. Swanger, on 28 March 1950 at Northdale, Colorado. Glen Arthur Herbert/Shutt and Evelyn June Estes were the parents of:

a. EMIL ROBERT SHUTT

b. IVAN LAVERNE SHUTT

c. DONALD EDWARD SHUTT

d. MILDRED ANN SHUTT

viii. BYRON LLOYD HERBERT, born at Denver, Colorado. He married Ruth Elizabeth Huber Tarbell and they were the parents of:

a. JOHN LLOYD TARBELL HERBERT, born at Medford, Oregon. He was the son of Ruth Tarbell by a previous marriage.

b. DOROTHY HERBERT, born at Medford, Oregon.

Byron Lloyd Herbert remarried to Margaret Thompson and they were the parents of:

c. RICHARD LEE HERBERT

g. ELIZA PICTON HATCH, born 11 July 1895 at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. She was living with her parents in the 1900 Census, aged 4. She married to Byron Charles Mitchell at Fairbanks, Alaska. He was born about January 1885 in Kansas. Byron Mitchell was a butcher, and died in 1935 at Topeka, Kansas, where he was buried. Eliza Picton Mitchell died on 5 November 1951 at Virginia Mayo Hospital, Seattle, Washington State. Byron and Eliza Mitchell were the parents of:

i. DOROTHY MITCHELL, born 13 March 1916 at Fairbanks, Alaska. She married Leo George Hardy around 1934 at Fairbanks, Alaska. Dorothy Mitchell died on 7 November 1962 at Fairbanks, Alaska. Leo and Dorothy Mitchell were the parents of:

a. RONALD GENE HARDY

b. RAYMOND CHARLES HARDY

ii. ROBERT JOHN MITCHELL, born 2 November 1918 at Fairbanks, Alaska. He married Mary Maureen Ludvigson [born 3 March 1924] on 20 January 1945 at Fairbanks, Alaska. He was in the USAF from 1943 to 1945. Robert and Mary Mitchell were the parents of:

a. GREGORY CHARLES MITCHELL

b. JANNELLE LOIS MITCHELL

c. JUDITH LOUISE MITCHELL

iii. JAMES PICTON, born 28 July 1855 at Gorse-gandrill, St. Clears [Carmarthen, September 1855, 11a 540]. He emigrated to Kansas and was living at Hiawatha in the 1870 Census, aged 14, taken on 1 June 1870. He was living with his parents in the 1880 Census, aged 24. He died around 1926 in Brown County, Kansas, aged 70. James Picton married Jennie Richards (born October 1862), who died in November 1901. Probate of his estate was granted on 25 June 1926 at Hiawatha, Kansas. James and Jennie Picton were the parents of:

a. RALPH GEORGE PICTON, born 22 February 1890 at Vista, Nebraska. He married Martha Gookoff (born 29 June 1897 at Orel, Russia) on 2 February 1920 at Vladivostok, Russia. He lived at Port Orchard, Washington, and had military service with the US Army in 1918 at Vladivostok, Russia. Ralph Picton died on 29 February 1936, aged 46, and was buried at Sunset Cemetery, Port Orchard, Washington State. Ralph and Martha Picton were the parents of:

i. DAISY MARGARETTA PICTON, born 31 May 1921 at Okhotsk, Russia. “In 1923 my parents were mining for gold in Okhotsk, Siberia, when the Red Army came down from the hills and shot all the White Russians along the waterfront. Somehow my parents and I escaped into a rowing boat along with several others. There was a schooner in the bay called the ‘Ruby’ from Hudson Bay, and it brought the family to the USA three months later”. She married, firstly, Graydon Charles Gaudy in 1940 and, secondly, Everett Johnson Dow on 29 June 1946 at Port Orchard, Washington. She had three sons by her first marriage and two by her second.

a. ANTHONY CHARLES GAUDY

b. PAUL MYRON DOW, born at Oakland, California

c. MILTON CHARLES DOW, born at Oakland, California

ii. KATHERINE MARTHA PICTON, born 29 February 1924 at Black Diamond, Washington. She married Frank Joseph Kucher (born 1922 at Douglas, Arizona) on 2 January 1943 at San Rafael, California. She had two sons and two daughters:

a. GLEN LEE KUCKER, born in Los Angeles, California.

b. DOUGLAS WADE M. KUCHER, born 10 May 1952 at Los Angeles, California. He died on 22 June 1952.

c. GAIL LYNN KUCKER

d. LAUREN GAYE KUCKER, born in Los Angeles, California.

iii. VICTOR RALPH PICTON, born 2 January 1931 at Georgetown, Washington. He died on 9 November 1952, aged 21, and was buried at Sunset Cemetery, Port Orchard, Washington.

b. NINA PICTON, born about 1892, she died aged 13.

c. GERTRUDE JANET PICTON, born 23 August 1893 in Nebraska. She married Gordon Parker on 1 March 1924, and died on 17 June 1959 at Los Angeles, California.

d. VERNA FRANCES PICTON, born 1 April 1897 in Nebraska. She married Edward Rebant on 19 October 1930, and died in November 1968.

e. LONA ANNA PICTON, born 2 June 1899 at Tablerock, Nebraska. She married Leo Schaffer Frye [born 17 February 1899, the son of Rufus Penn Frye and Lulu Millman] on 25 December 1921 at Oklahoma City. He was a credit manager for John A. Brown and a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association. Lona Frye died on 10 November 1971 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Leo and Lona Frye were the parents of:

i. GEORGE EDWIN FRYE, born at Kansas City, Missouri. He died shortly after birth and was buried at Moriah Ceretery, Kansas City, Missouri.

ii. VERNA LOU FRYE, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was an interior designer and married to Charles Lee Townsend. He was a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Oklahoma, and served in the US Marine Corps, 1953-1955. They were the parents of:

a. JENNIFER LEIGH TOWNSEND, born in Des Moines, Iowa.

b. SARAH ELIZABETH TOWNSEND, born in Des Moines, Iowa.

c. MARGARET ANNE TOWNSEND, born in Ames, Iowa.

iii. ROBERT LEO FRYE, born at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He became a Doctor on the staff at the Mayo Clinic after service in the US military and at the NIH, Bethesda, Maryland. He married Margaret Ellen Dearmond at Oklahoma City and they then lived at Rochester, Minnesota. They were the parents of:

a. DAVID OREN FRYE, born at Nashville, Tennessee.

b. PAUL RUSSEL FRYE, born at Baltimore, Maryland.

c. PHILLIP TODD FRYE, born at Washington, D.C.

d. MARK ANDREW FRYE, born at Rochester, Minnesota.

e. CYNTHIA ALLISON FRYE, born at Rochester, Minnesota.

f. EDNA FAYE PICTON, born 18 June 1901 at Tablerock, Nebraska. She married Ray Frederick Gustavus Appleoff [born 23 April 1899] on 15 February 1922 at Hiawatha, Kansas. He was a farmer and a chicken hatchery operator. They lived at Hamlin, Kansas and Falls City, Nebraska, but retired to Sun City, California. Ray Appleoff died on 2 April 1979 at Sun City, California. Edna Appleoff died on 3 January 1987 at Falls City, Richardson County, Nebraska. Ray and Edna Appleoff were the parents of:

i. RICHARD RAY APPLEOFF, born 21 March 1923 at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. He married Bernice Elizabeth Robertson (born 1 November 1917 at Barrellsville, Maryland, daughter of Walter Garfield Robertson) on 18 June 1944 at Baltimore, Maryland. He was a building contractor and then a real estate salesman. Richard Ray Appleoff died on 13 March 1993 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Richard and Bernice Appleoff were the parents of:

a. RICHARD BRUCE APPLEOFF

b. MARK WALTER APPLEOFF, born at Falls City, Richardson County, Nebraska. He is married.

ii. ROBERT GUSTAVUS APPLEOFF, born 23 June 1924 at Hamlin, Kansas. He married Mildred Vivian Hinton on 5 January 1947 at Hamlin, Kansas. He worked as a retailer in the electrical appliances area. Robert G. Appleoff died on 25 September 1991. Robert and Mildred Appleoff were the parents of:

a. CONNIE FAY APPLEOFF

b. SANDY SUE APPLEOFF, born at Falls City, Richardson County, Nebaska.

c. DOUGLAS RAY APPLEOFF, born Falls City, Richardson County, Nebraska.

iv. JACOB PICTON, born 8 March 1857 at Gorse-gandrill, St. Clears [Carmarthen, March 1857, 11a 599] and died on 14 March 1857, aged 6 days [Carmarthen, March 1857, 11a 381]. There is a strong story in the Picton family [Owen S. Picton, personal communication] that there were two sons called Jacob Picton, both of whom died young.

v. PHOEBE PICTON, born 9 February 1858 at Gorse-gandrill, St. Clears [Carmarthen, March 1858, 11a 609]. She emigrated to Kansas in 1870 with her mother. Phoebe Picton married Joseph Brooks on 2 February 1880 at Adam Schilling’s residence at Hiawatha. Joseph and Phoebe Brooks were living at Illinois township, Nemaha County, Kansas, in the 1900 Census, aged 54 and 42 respectively. Phoebe Brooks died on 10 January 1935, aged 76, and was buried at Hiawatha Cemetery, Kansas. Joseph Brooks was born on 8 April 1846 at Quebec, Canada, and died on 30 April 1917 and was buried at Hiawatha. Joseph and Phoebe Brooks were the parents of:

a. FRANK STEPHEN BROOKS, born 14 June 1880 at Hiawatha, Kansas. He was living with his parents in the 1900 Census, aged 20. He married Stella Hurtle at St. Joseph, Missouri. He remarried to Daisy Reger on 21 April 1910 at Fairbury, Nebraska. Daisy Reger was born on 22 May 1886 at Fairbury, Nebraska. Frank Brooks died on 13 July 1945. Frank and Daisy Brooks were the parents of:

i. DOROTHY WINIFRED BROOKS, born 26 September 1912 at Fairbury, Nebraska. She married Robert Ray Beat (born on 7 November 1913 at Portland, Oregon) on 19 September 1940 at Portland, Oregon. Robert and Dorothy Beat were the parents of:

a. BARBARA JOYCE BEAT

b. BERTHA BELL BROOKS, born 18 September 1885 at Corning, Kansas. She was not living with her parents in the 1900 Census.

c. BESSIE MAY BROOKS, born 17 July 1887 at Corning, Kansas. She was living with her parents in the 1900 Census, aged 12. She married Lewis Napoleon Morgan on 7 March 1917 at Kansas City. Lewis Napoleon Morgan was born on 19 December 1885 at Mineral Ridge, Ohio. They farmed near Hiawatha, Kansas, and moved there when they retired. She left an account of the early pioneering days of the Picton family, as she recalled being told them by her mother, in 1957. This was published in the local newspaper, the Hiawatha Daily World, on 17 August 1957 and it was read at the family reunion held at Hiawatha in that year. Lewis N. Morgan died on 8 October 1961 at Hiawatha, Kansas. Bassie May Morgan died on 7 September 1965 at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. Lewis and Bassie Morgan were the parents of:

i. MARLYN KAY MORGAN

vi. JACOB PICTON, born 26 December 1859 at Gorse-gandrill, St. Clears [Carmarthen, December 1859, 11a 625]. He died on 15 April 1861 at Gorse-gandrill, aged 1 [Carmarthen, June 1861, 11a 391].

vii. MARGARET PICTON, born 28 October 1861 at Gorse-gandrill, St. Clears [Carmarthen, December 1861, 11a 578]. She emigrated to Kansas in 1870 with her mother, and was living with her parents in the 1880 US Census, aged 17. She married Stephen John [born 8 December 1851 at Llwynan, St. Clears] on 20 May 1883 at Hiawatha. Margaret John died on 5 February 1925 in Brown County, Kansas, aged 63. Stephen John died on 23 May 1926, aged 74. Stephen and Margaret John were the parents of:

a. STEPHEN PICTON JOHN, born 17 October 1886 at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. He married Lottie May Schober on 1 February 1918 at Powhatan, Kansas. He was a farmer near Powhatan, Kansas. Lottie Schober was born on 1 February 1895 at Baker, Kansas. Stephen Picton John died on 3 November 1959 at Hiawatha, Kansas. Lottie John died on 30 January 1976.

b. MARTIN LUTHER JOHN, born 13 December 1887 at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. He married Zatha Amelia Hays on 12 December 1921 in Missouri. Zatha Amelia Hays was born on 19 September 1902 at Sparks, Kansas. He was a farmer near Hiawatha, Kansas. Martin Luther John died on 8 March 1964. Martin and Zatha John were the parents of:

i. BARBARA ANN JOHN, born at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. She married Paul Leroy Kiefer (born at Pomona, Kansas) at Kansas City, Missouri. She was a nurse and housewife. They moved to Raymondville, Texas. Paul Keifer had been married before to Margaret Bauman, but on 27 May 1943 a tragic accident took the life of Margaret Kiefer and two of their children. Paul and Barbara Kiefer were the parents of:

a. LEROY PAUL KIEFER, stepson.

b. JOHNNY LEE KIEFER

c. PAUL DANA KIEFER

d. JUDITH ANN KIEFER

e. BARBARA ELLEN KIEFER

f. DIANA SUE KIEFER

g. KATHERINE ZAY KIEFER

h. CYNTHIA KAY KIEFER

ii. PRISCILLA CHLOE JOHN, born 5 March 19xx at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. She was a court reporter. She married Melvin George Sexauer (born 23 August 1924 at Pittsberg, Pennsylavania) on 23 December 1944 at Oakland, Cakifornia. Melvin George Sexauer died on 1 January 1961 at Oakland, California. Priscilla Sexauer died in 1993. Melvin and Priscilla Sexauer were the parents of:

a. BRUCE TOLBER SEXAUER

b. PAMELA MARIE SEXAUER

c. GAYLE SANDRA SEXAUER

c. TUDOR GUINNIN JOHN, born 29 April 1889 at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. He was a land owner and farmer near Hiawatha. He married Cleda Stoltenberg on 26 April 1922 at Kansas City. She was born on 30 September 1899 at Sioux City, Iowa. Tudor G. John died on 20 May 1945 at Hiawatha, Kansas. His widow, Clara John, died on 4 February 1979 at Long Beach, California. Tudor and Cleda John were the parents of:

i. VIRGIL STEPHEN JOHN, born 6 February 1923 at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. He raised cattle and farmed. He married Doris Joan Lundy (born 4 May 19xx at Shubert, Nebraska) on 12 March 1944 at Hiawatha, Kansas. Doris John died on 20 August 1964 at Hiawatha, Kansas and Virgil John died on 7 December 1992 at Hiawatha, Kansas. Virgil and Doris John were the parents of:

a. GWENDOLYN KAYE JOHN

b. MARTHA LYNN JOHN

c. CYNTHIA LYNN JOHN

Virgil Stephen John remarried to Phyllis Jean Bruning Coy on 2 April 1966. Phyllis Jean Bruning Coy was born on 2 February 1926. She died on 19 February 1998. Virgil Stephen John and Phyllis Jean Bruning Coy had the following children:

d. VERNIE COY, the son of Phyllis Jean John by a previous marriage.

ii. MARGARET PEARL JOHN, born at Hiawatha, Brown Coiunty, Kansas. She married Charles E. Martin (born at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) at Hiawatha, Kansas. She was a physical therapist and worked for the Los Angeles school system. They lived at Long Beach, California. Charles Martin was an attorney in the military, and he died on 26 April 1991 at Long Beach, California. Charles and Margaret Pearl Martin were the parents of:

a. JOHN EDWARD MARTIN

b. MICHAEL TUDOR MARTIN

viii. THOMAS (HINES) PICTON, born 23 June 1863 at Gors-gandrill, St. Clears, as Thomas Picton [Carmarthen, Birth not yet in the June or September 1863 Quarter Indexes of BMD Online]. He emigrated to Kansas in 1870 with his mother, and was living with his parents in the 1880 US Census, aged 16. Thomas Hines Picton married Nellie Florence Sibbald [born 9 April 1871]. Thomas Hines Picton died on 6 March 1922 at Minneapolis, Minnesota, aged 58, and was buried at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nellie Florence Picton, his wife, died on 22 November 1918 and was buried at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis. Thomas Hines and Nellie Picton were the parents of:

a. BYRON SIBBALD PICTON, born 22 July 1894 at Kansas City, Missouri. He married Ella Melville Clark [born 31 July 1895] on 18 June 1919 at Decatur, Missouri. He was in insurance and during World War I saw military service with the signal corps. According to the records at Ellis Island he returned from Liverpool, England, on the S.S. Orduna on 5 December 1917. He lived at 619 East 36^th Street, Minneapolis. They lived at Toledo, Ohio, but moved later to Carmel, California. In the 1930 Census Byron Picton was living at Washington township, Lucas County, Ohio, aged 35, with his wife, Ella Picton, aged 32. Byron Picton died on 14 August 1969 at Toledo, Ohio, aged 75, and was buried at Cypress Lawn Cemetery, Colma, California. Ella Melville Picton died on 25 September 1970 at Toledo, Ohio, and was buried at Cypress Lawn Cemetery, Colma, California. Byron and Ella Picton were the parents of:

i. THOMAS CLARK PICTON, born 4 February 1921 and died 4 April 1921 at Toledo, Ohio.

ii. DEAN CLARK PICTON, born 7 March 1922 at Toledo, Ohio. He was living with his parents in the 1930 Census, aged 8. He served in the US Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Infantry Division in the Second World War, 1944-1946. He married Bebe Edwards on 27 May 1944 at Toledo, Ohio. Dean and Bebe Picton were the parents of:

a. KATHRYN ANN PICTON, born 25 February 19xx at Paris, Texas. She married James J. Quinn on 14 May 1965 at Lansing, Michigan. They had three children, but were divorced in 1976.

b. THOMAS WAYNE PICTON, born 5 June 1947 at Chicago, Illinois. He married Marguerite M. Brennan on 27 January 1967 at New Haven, Connecticut. Thomas and Marguerite Picton are the parents of:

i. DAVID BRENNAN PICTON, born 16 July 19xx at New Haven, Connecticut.

c. KENNETH CLARK PICTON, born 24 October 1949 at Toledo, Ohio.

d. JOHN BYRON PICTON, born 29 June 19xx at Toledo, Ohio. He is retarded and lived at Elwyn Institution, Elwyn, Pennsylvania.

b. FRANCES VIRGINIA PICTON, born 18 August 1896 at Kansas City. She married on 23 October 1916 to William Alfred Kernohan [born 7 November 19xx at Cambridge, Massachusetts] at Minneapolis. They lived at Minneapolis until 1933, and then at Los Angeles, California. Frances Kernohan died on 5 March 1955 at Lynwood, California, and was buried at Inglewood Cemetery, Inglewood, California. William Kernohan died on 10 August 1968 at San Pedro, California and was buried at Inglewood Cemetery, Inglewood, California. William and Francis Kernohan were the parents of:

i. ROBERT WILLIAM KERNOHAN, born 5 November 1917 at Minneapolis, Minnesota. He lived at Minnesota until 1933, but in California since that date. He served in the US Army, 1942-1943 and the US Navy from 1943-1946. He married Norma Jean Tachovsky (born 7 October 1914 at Wilber, Nebraska) on 30 November 1946 at Las Vegas, Nevada. Robert and Norma Jean Kerohan were the parents of:

a. PATRICIA JEAN KERNOHAN

b. BRUCE ALAN KERNOHAN

ii. BEVERLY JANE KERNOHAN, born 25 August 1919 at Minneapolis, Minnesota. She married Roy Franklin Willick (born 16 November 1915 at Los Angeles, California) on 17 February 1939 at Los Angeles. Roy Franklin Willick died 25 September 1969 at Downey, California. He was a Vice-President of Standard X-Ray Products. He was buried at Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, California. Roy and Beverley Willicj were the parents of:

a. JUDITH FRANCES WILLICK

b. JANICE LYNN WILLICK

c. MARIANNE ELLEN WILLICJ

iii. THOMAS RICHARD KERNOHAN, born at Minneapolis, Minnesota. He lived at Minneapolis until 1933. He served in the US Navy from 27 July 1942 to 1 October 1945. Afterwards he a a deskman with Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. He married Betty Lou Beery (born 27 May 1924 at Kansas City) on 23 June 1943 at Glendale, California. Betty Lou Kernohan died on 6 February 1959 at Whittier, California, and was buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California. Thomas and Betty Kernohan were the parents of:

a. KATHRYN LYNN KERNOHAN

b. LARRY RICHARD KERNOHAN

c. RALPH ROBERT KERNOHAN, married to Helen Lucille Grooms.

c. JOHN KENT PICTON, born 10 August 1899 at Minneapolis. He married Jean Miller [born 30 October 1906 at Ione, Oregon] on 6 February 19xx at Longview, Washington State. They were living at Portland, Oregon, in the 1930 Census, aged 28 and 23 respectively. John Picton was a warehouseman at Vancouver and saw military service in the US Tank Corps in World War I. John Kent Picton died on 10 July 1964 at Vancouver, Washington, aged 64, and was buried at Rose City Cemetery, Portland, Oregon. His wife, Jean Picton, died in 1975. John and Jean Picton were the parents of:

i. SHIRLEY ANN PICTON, born 3 May 19xx at Portland, Oregon. She was living with her parents in the 1930 Census at Portland, Oregon. She married on 3 October 1947 to James Henry Loos at Vancouver, Washington State. He served with the US Navy from 1944 to 1946. They lived in Portland, Oregon. James and Shirley Loos were the parents of:

a. RONALD KENT LOOS

b. EDWARD HENRY LOOS

c. NANCY SUZANNE LOOS, born at Portland, Oregon.

ix. RICHARD COBDEN PICTON, born 25 April 1865 at Gors-gandrill, St. Clears [Carmarthen, June 1865, 11a 723]. He emigrated to Kansas in 1870 with his mother. He was living at Hiawatha in the 1880 Census, aged 14. He married Henrietta Prewitt. Richard Cobden Picton died around 1903, aged 38. John Rees Picton, his brother, was appointed guardian of his children on 23 May 1903 after the death of his wife. Richard and Henrietta Picton were the parents of:

a. FRED ROY PICTON, born 4 January 1890. He was living with his grandmother at District 32, Padonia township, in the 1900 Census, aged 10. He was a farm labourer in the 1910 Census at District 31, Padonia Township. He married Ellen Hamilton and had a grocery store at Kansas City. Fred and Ellen Picton were living at District 46, Kansas City, in the 1930 Census, aged 40 and 43 respectively. Fred Roy Picton died on 3 December 1939, aged 49. His wife had children from a former marriage, and Ellen Picton died on 17 September 1964 at Kansas City. They had no children of their own.

b. WILBER STEPHEN PICTON, born 28 April 1892. He was living with his grandmother at District 32, Padonia township, in the 1900 Census, aged 8. He died on 21 August 1913, aged 21, and was buried at Hiawatha, Kansas. The ‘Brown County World’ newspaper for 29 August 1913 stated that “Wilbur Picton of Fort Worth, Texas, died from pneumonia at Omaha, Nebraska, and his father and brother came from Texas for the funeral”.

x. ANNE (MAY) PICTON, born 20 November 1866 at Troedyrhew farm in the parish of Llanginning (Llangynin),as Anne Picton [Carmarthen, December 1866, 11a 671]. She emigrated to Kansas in 1870 with her mother. She was living at Hiawatha in the 1880 Census, aged 12. Annie May Picton married John Philip Bowen on 19 July 1890 at Hiawatha, Kansas. John Bowen purchased 160 acres of land 8 miles north of Hiawatha, or two miles east of Reserve, Kansas. John and Annie Bowen were living at Padonia township, Brown County, Kansas, in the 1930 US Census, aged 64 and 63 respectively. Annie May Bowen died on 13 February 1939 in Brown County, Kansas, aged 72. John Philip Bowen died on 19 April 1947 near Reserve, Kansas. John and Anne Bowen were the parents of:

a. ETHEL MARY BOWEN, born 21 October 1890 at Reserve, Kansas. She died on 28 March 1891 at Reserve, Kansas.

b. RICHARD PICTON BOWEN, born 13 July 1892 at Reserve, Kansas. He farmed around Hiawatha and Leona, Kansas. He married Louise Jennie Bowen [born 20 June 1902 at Oskaloosa, Kansas], the daughter of Samuel Bowen and Eldora Zimmerman, on 9 October 1921 at Fairview, Kansas. Richard and Louise Bowen were living at Padonia township, Brown County, Kansas, in the 1930 US Census, aged 37 and 27 respectively. Richard Picton Bowen died on 9 January 1984 at Hiawatha, Kansas. Jennie L. Bowen died on 1 August 1994 at Hiawatha, Kansas. Richard and Jennie Bowen were the parents of:

i. MARY JANE BOWEN, born 10 July 1923 at Hiawatha, Kansas. She was living with her parents in the 1930 US Census, aged 6. She married William Benson Walker [born 16 May 1911] on 26 September 1953 at Angola, Indiana. He was a builder and contractor and also served with the 2nd Armoured Division. William B. Walker died on 3 March 1972 at Mobile, Alabama. Mary J. Walker died on 18 January 2000. William and Mary Walker were the parents of:

a. LYNNE MARIE WALKER

b. RICHARD BENSON WALKER

ii. JOHN RICHARD BOWEN, born 19xx/8 at Falls City, Richardson County, Nebraska. He was living with his parents in the 1930 Census, aged 2. He was a salesman for Continental Oil. He married Kathryn Flanders at Highland, Kansas. They lived at Springfield, Missouri. John and Kathryn Bowen were the parents of:

a. JOHN MICHAEL BOWEN

b. KENNETH DALE BOWEN

iii. SAMUEL DALE BOWEN, born at Leona, Kansas, and lived near Hiawatha, Kansas. He was a dairy farmer and also served in the US Navy. He married Lois Jean Moser at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. Samuel Dale and Lois Bowen were the parents of:

a. JANET LOREE BOWEN

b. BARBARA ANN BOWEN

c. ROBERT DALE BOWEN, born at Hiawatha, Kansas.

d. CAROLYN KAY BOWEN, born at Hiawatha, Kansas.

c. STEPHEN GEORGE BOWEN, born 16 September 1894 at Reserve, Kansas. He married Vera Cornelia Swaim [born 10 January 1901 near White Cloud, Kansas] on 11 January 1919 at Reserve, Kansas. They were farmers, who lived on the original Bowen Farm Church. Stephen George Bowen died on 17 March 1980 at Hiawatha, Kansas. Vera Bowen died on 27 March 1976 at Hiawatha, Kansas. Stephen and Vera Bowen were the parents of:

i. ELIZABETH ANN BOWEN, born 22 April 1920 at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. She married Clarence Eugene Wilson [born 4 January 1914 at Hiawatha, Kansas] on 12 April 1941 at Hiawatha, Kansas. He was a farmer and served in the US Army in World War II. Elizabeth Ann Wilson died on 23 October 1994 at Hiawatha, Kansas. Clarence and Elizabeth Wilson were the parents of:

a. PATRICIA ANN WILSON

b. JANE ELLEN WILSON

ii. MARJORIE MARIE BOWEN, born 6 September 1923 at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. She married George Marion Wilson [born 12 November 1917], brother to Clarence Eugene Wilson, on 23 November 1941 at Hiawatha, Kansas. He was a farmer, and died at Topeka, Kansas. George and Marjorie Wilson were the parents of:

a. MARIAN SUE WILSON

b. STEPHEN ROY WILSON

c. DAVID RAY WILSON

iii. MARY LOU BOWEN, born at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. She married Harvey Emerson Heisler [born 10 August 1923] on 9 March 1946 at Hiawatha, Kansas. Harvey Emerson Heisler was killed on 7 February 1952 when he was accidentally electrocuted in a construction accident at Weslaco, Texas. Harvey and Mary Lou Heisler were the parents of:

a. JOHN MICHAEL HEISLER COTTON

She remarried to Norman Clark Cotton at Hiawatha, Kansas and they moved to Salem, Oregon. He was a Gas Company employee and served in the US Air Force. Norman and Mary Lou Cotton were the parents of:

a. JOHN MICHAEL HEISLER COTTON

b. DIXIE ANN HEISLER COTTON

c. DEBRA KAY COTTON

iv. DONALD MARVIN BOWEN

d. MANSEL JOHN BOWEN, born 8 January 1897.

e. BUELAH ELIZA BOWEN, born 6 February 1898 at Reserve, Kansas. She married Ernest Watkins [born 4 March 1891] on 6 February 1921 at Hiawatha, Kansas. Ernest Watkins died on 23 November 1978 at Hiawatha, Kansas. Buelah Watkins died on 30 September 1994 at Hiawatha, Kansas. Ernest and Buelah Watkins were the parents of:

i. RUTH IRENE WATKINS, born at Hiawatha, Kansas.

ii. ESTHER ANN WATKINS, born at Hiawatha, Kansas.

f. FRANCES MARY BOWEN, born 31 July 1901 at Reserve, Kansas. She married Clarence Raymond Goodwin on 16 August 1922. Clarence Goodwin died on 22 September 1942 near Hiawatha, Kansas. She remarried to Charles Albert Roeder on 27 November 1948 at the Catholic Church, Hiawatha, Kansas. He was born on 31 October 1902 at Melo, Iowa. He was still living in 2002, aged 100. Frances M. Goodwin died on 24 March 1988 at Hiawatha, Kansas. Clarence and Frances Goodwin were the parents of:

i. RAYMOND EUGENE GOODWIN, born near White Cloud, Kansas. He was an electrician living at Hiawatha, Kansas and then at San Dimas, California and Weslaco, Texas. He married Betty Lee Dunn (born 17 April 1926 at Falls City, Richardson County, Nebraska) on 27 September 1947 at Troy, Kansas. Betty Goodwin died about 1973 at Aberdeen, Washington State.

He remarried to Yetive Peggy Deninski on 17 November 1962 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Yetive Peggy Deninski was born on 4 February 1918 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Yetive Goodwin died on 27 May 2000 at Weslaco, Texas.

ii. CHARLES ROBERT GOODWIN, born near White Cloud, Kansas. He was employed by Continental Airlines, living and flying at several stations in the USA and the Micronesian Islands for the Company. He married Velma Peters at Reserve, Kansas. They are living at Kansas City, Missouri. Charles and Velma Goodwin were the parents of:

a. ROBERT DALE GOODWIN. He married Kathleen Katy Miesner. Robert and Kathleen Goodwin were the parents of:

i. MATTHEW DEAN GOODWIN

b. MARY DELL GOODWIN

iii. MARVIN KEITH GOODWIN, born near Hiawatha, Kansas. He served for 4 years in the US Navy and then became an air traffic controller with the Federal Aviation Authority. He married Sonja Lee Hill (born 14 March 19xx) at Chadron, Nebraska. He remarried to Joan Sylvestor Smith, born at Kansas City. Marvin and Joan Goodwin were the parents of:

a. DAVID LEE SMITH GOODWIN

b. MICHAEL KEITH GOODWIN, born at Kansas City, Missouri. He served 4 years in the US Army and is still active in the Reserves.

g. HARRY RAYMOND BOWEN, born 31 July 1904 at Reserve, Kansas. He died on 4 October 1904 at Reserve, Kansas.

h. THOMAS PHILIP BOWEN, born 12 October 1905 at Reserve, Kansas. He married to Edna May Long [born 19 September 1904 at Vashon Island, Washington State] on 10 February 1926. Thomas P. Bowen died on 24 August 1995 at Hiawatha, Kansas. Edna M. Bowen died on 15 August 1990 at Hiawatha, Kansas. Thomas and Edna Bowen were the parents of:

i. HILLIS DUANE BOWEN, born at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. He lived at Lenexa, Kansas and operated a flour milling plant. He married Mary Beth Nottingham at Hiawatha, Kansas. HIllis and Mary Beth Bowen were the parents of:

a. TERRY DUANE BOWEN

b. BETH SUZANNE BOWEN

c. KAREN RAE BOWEN

d. KATHERINE KRISTINE BOWEN

ii. PHILIP DELAYNE BOWEN, born near Reserve, Kansas. He was an accountant living at Kansas City and afterwards at Norman, Oklahoma. He married Marjorie Ellen Peterson (born at Fargo, North Dakota) at Kansas City, Missouri. Philip and Marjorie Bowen were the parents of:

a. SUSAN MARIE BOWEN

b. JENNIFER LYN BOWEN

iii. RONALD STEPHEN BOWEN, born near Reserve, Kansas. He served for eight years in the Kansas National Guard. He was a High School teacher and football coach at Washburn High School, Topeka, Kansas. He married Mary Lou Barnett (born at Rexford, Kansas) in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Atchison, Kansas. They now live at Holton, Kansas. Ronald and Mary Lou Bowen were the parents of:

a. CINDY LOU BOWEN, born 22 September 19xx at Winfield, Kansas. She died on the same day.

b. DAMON STEPHEN BOWEN

c. MELISSA LYN BOWEN

d. ANDREA JO BOWEN

e. HEATHER DIANN BOWEN

i. PAUL HOWARD BOWEN, born 11 August 1909 at Reserve, Kansas. He died in June 1910 at Reserve, Kansas.

j. FLORENCE ELIZABETH BOWEN, born 21 April 1911 at Reserve, Kansas. She married Leonard Riley Futscher [born 19 November 1907 at Rulo, Nebraska] on 3 August 1927 at Hiawatha, Kansas. Florence E. Futscher died on 19 January 1998 at Hiawatha, Kansas. Leonard and Florence Futscher were the parents of:

i. DONNA JEAN FUTSCHER, born near Reserve, Kansas. She married Dewey Franklin Pyle (born at Hamlyn, Kansas) at Reserve, Kansas. Dewey and Donna Pyle were the parents of:

a. ANN RENE PYLE

b. MARK NEIL PYLE

c. CYNTHIA KAY PYLE

d. GARY FRANKLIN PYLE

e. PENNY SUE PYLE

f. GLEN DEWEY PYLE

g. NANCY JEAN PYLE

h. JILL MARIE PYLE

ii. SHIRLEY JOAN FUTSCHER, born 31 May 19xx at Hiawatha, Kansas. She died on 30 July 1931 at Dawson, Nebraska.

iii. HARLAN NEIL FUTSCHER, born 16 October 19xx at Hiawatha, Kansas. He served in the US Military. He was a diesel mechanic working for P.I.E. of Denver, Colorado and other companies before opening his own shop for road trucks. He married Edna Mae Corbet (born at Hiawatha, Kansas) at Hiawatha, Kansas. She became the manageress of the Hiawatha Inn at the Best Western Motel, Kansas. Harlan and Edna Mae Futscher were the parents of:

a. DENISE ANNETTE FUTSCHER

b. TRESA KAY FUTSCHER

c. JANELLE EILEEN FUTSCHER

d. COREY NEIL FUTSCHER, born at Glendale, Colorado.

iv. BEVERLY JOY FUTSCHER, born at Hiawatha, Kansas. She married Robert Michael Wadsworth (born at Omaha, Nebraska) on 21 November 1953 at San Diego, California. He became President of R. M. Wadsworth Corporation. He served in the US Military and they lived at Glendale, California. Robert and Beverly Wadsworth were the parents of:

a. DEBRA KAY WADSWORTH

b. DIANE KIM WADSWORH, born 20 July 19xx at Glendale, California. She died on 22 July 1956 at Glendale, California.

c. DAVID MICHAEL WADSWORTH, born at Glendale, California.

d. LORI DIANE WADSWORTH, born at Glendale, California.

e. HARLEY JAMES DAVIDSMEYER WADSWORTH

f. JOSHUA ROBERT DAVIDSMEYER WADSWORTH

v. MARILYN KAY FUTSCHER, born at Hiawatha, Kansas. She married Titus Roy Wapato (born at Kalispel, Montana) at Glendale, California. He served in the USAF and then worked in insurance. Titus and Marilyn Wapato were the parents of:

a. LISA KAY WAPATO, born at Glendale, California.

b. LEE MICHAEL WAPATO, born at Burbank, California.

xi. JOHN REES PICTON, born 19 January 1869 at Troedyrhew farm in the parish of Llanginning (Llangynin), Carmarthenshire [Carmarthen, March 1869, 11a 748]. His father, Stephen Picton, was a farmer at Troed y rew, Llangynen at this time. The parish of Llangynin lies east of the parish of Llanboidy. Troed-y-rhiw, as it is spelt on modern OS maps, lies about a mile north east of Llangynin parish church, up a dead-end road. John Rees Picton emigrated to Kansas in 1870 with his mother. He was living at Hiawatha in the 1880 Census, aged 11, born in Wales. John Rees Picton died on 12 April 1940, aged 70, and is buried at Mout Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha.

The valuable fact that the Picton family were then living at Troed-y-rhiw in the parish of Llangynin would show that the distance from there to Ramoth Chapel in the parish of Llanwinio was at least 4 miles, whereas to St. Clears it would be about only 2 miles. If the Picton family transferred their allegiance to a nearer Chapel, then the only nonconformist chapel in Llangynin is Rhydyceisiaid, an Independent Chapel which has a long history and was associated with Glandwr, in the parish of Llanfyrnach in earlier times. As Ramoth Chapel was a Baptist Chapel, there was a Baptist Chapel called Sion at St. Clears, not too far away. This begs the question as to whether herein lies the explanation that the Picton family emigrated from St. Clears, which has been a story handed down in America. St. Clears was not where they were living - but where they worshipped. It would be interesting to know if any of the records of Sion Baptist Chapel at St. Clears survive. This Chapel was built in 1848, and the records are held with Salem Chapel at Llanfihangel Abercowin, a neighbouring parish to St. Clears.

Alternatively there is a story within the Picton family in the United States that Stephen Picton and his family attended Bethlehem Chapel at St. Clears, an Independent Chapel dating back to 1765, and rebuilt in 1785 and 1833. It was later a Congregational Chapel. It lies about one mile to the west of St. Clears. Its early records of baptisms and burials, 1748 to 1837 are at the TNA, and its Minute Books and Membership Lists, 1909 to 1953, are at the Carmarthen Record Office [Acc 7162], but it is not known whether any earlier records survive (2004). A letter would need to be sent to the Chapel itself.

He was living with his mother in the 1900 Census, aged 31. John Rees Picton married Eliza Jane Landis on 17 February 1904 at Kansas City. They were living at Padonia township, Brown County, Kansas, in the 1930 Census, aged 61 and 57 respectively. John Rees Picton died on 12 April 1940 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. Eliza Jane Picton [born 20 June 1872] died on 2 April 1933 and was buried at Mount Hope, Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas John Rees and Eliza Picton were the parents of:

a. SEWARD LANDIS PICTON, born 13 March 1905 at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. He was living with his parents in the 1930 Census, aged 25. He married Lenore or Laverne Wesley [born 12 October 1914] on 24 July 1937 at Olathe, Kansas. They had no children. Seward Landis Picton died on 2 February 1967 at Topeka, Kansas, aged 61. Lenore Picton died 31 January 1965 at Topeka, Kansas. They were both buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha, Kansas.

b. ALBERT REES PICTON, born 29 June 1906 at Hiawatha, Kansas. He was living with his parents in the 1930 Census, aged 23. He was living near Hiawatha, Kansas, in 1979, a farmer. Albert Rees Picton died on 7 February 1986 at Sebetha, Kansas, and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha, Kansas.

c. EVERETT VERNON PICTON, born 17 July 1907 at Hiawatha, Kansas. He was living with his parents in the 1930 Census, aged 22. Everett Vernon Picton married Ruth Esther Hinton [born on 20 March 1917] on 8 November 1936 at Hiawatha, Kansas. He was a farmer near Hamlin, Kansas. Everett V. Picton died on 24 November 1989, aged 82. Everett and Ruth Picton were the parents of:

i. ELEANOR JANE PICTON, born 1 March 19xx at Hiawatha, Kansas. She married Gary Grant Stover [born on 13 March 19xx] on 3 September 1960 at the Church of the Brethren, Morrill, Kansas. She was a registered nurse and he was a farmer near Morill, Kansas. Gary G. Stover died on 8 June 1984. Gary and Eleanor Stover were the parents of:

a. JAYNE DIANN STOVER, born 5 June 19xx at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas.

b. RHONDA LYNNE STOVER, born 28 October 19xx at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas.

c. GRAIG GRANT STOVER, born 30 December 19xx at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas.

ii. JOHN VERNON PICTON, born 11 June 19xx at Hamlin, Kansas. He married Wylene Carol Fritz on 18 June 1961 and they lived at Dawson, Nebraska. He is an auto-body shop owner. Their marriage ended in divorce. They have an adopted daughter, Carol Wylene Picton.

d. WALDO CULP PICTON, born 23 February 1909 at Hiawatha, Kansas. He ever married, and farmed by himself at Hamlin, Kansas. He was living with his parents in the 1930 Census, aged 21. Waldo Culp Picton died on 6 November 1978 at Brown County, Kansas, and was buried on 8 November 1978 at Mount Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha, Kansas.

e. FRANCES LUELLA PICTON, born 8 January 1911 at Hiawatha, Kansas. She was living with her parents in the 1930 Census, aged 19. She married Donald William Martin [born on 13 July 1912] on 11 January 1936 at Kansas City. He was a car mechanic. Frances Luella Martin died on 2 July 1987 at Hiawatha, Kansas. Donald and Frances Martin were the parents of:

i. JEANETTE SUE MARTIN, born 19 February 19xx at Marysville, Marshall County, Kansas. She married Kenneth Elmer Froeschner [born on 15 September 19xx at St. Louis, Missouri] on 27 December 1962 at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. They are living at 14300 Mines Road, Livermore, CA 94550 [2006]. Her father, Donald Martin, was 93 in 2005 and living at Hiawatha, Kansas. Kenneth and Jeanette Froeschner are the parents of:

a. TROY ALAN FROESCHNER, born 29 September 19xx at Livermore, Alameda County, California.

b. ANDREW GEORGE FROESCHNER, born 11 October 19xx at Livermore, Alameda County, California

c. ADRIAN MICHELE FROESCHNER, born 2 December 19xx.

d. TRISTAN MARIAN FROESCHNER, born 30 March 19xx.

ii. ANITA LOUISE MARTIN, born 26 August 19xx at Horton, Kansas. She married Lee Price Solter on 5 September 1964 at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. Lee and Anita Solter are the parents of:

a. JOHN ARTHUR SOLTER

f. LYLA FAY PICTON, born 25 July 1912 at Hiawatha, Kansas. She was living with her parents in the 1930 Census, aged 17. Lyla Fay Picton married James Harold Starrett [born on 28 April 1912] on 25 November 1933 at Chicago. He worked in the US Department of Agriculture. James Starrett died in September 1994. Lyla F. Starrett died on 8 March 1996. James and Lyla Starrett were the parents of:

i. JAMES ROBERT STARRETT, born 20 March 19xx at Chicago, Illinois.

ii. ROGER ALAN STARRETT, born 1 October 19xx at Chicago.

iii. GARY DEAN STARRETT, born 10 January 19xx.

xii. SARAH MARY PICTON, born 9 August 1871 at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. She was aged 9 in the 1880 Census, living at Hiawatha. She married John G. Davies of Hitchcock, Nebraska, on 1 December 1893. Sarah Davies died on 27 September 1894, aged 23, in childbirth, and was buried at Hiawatha, Kansas. Thus they had no children.

xiii. DAVID PICTON, born 26 August 1873 at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. He was aged 6 in the 1880 Census of Hiawatha. He was killed by a shot-gun carried by one of his elder brothers whilst out hunting on 6 August 1880, aged 6. The incident was described in the Hiawatha Dispatch, dated 12 August 1880: “One of Mr. Picton’s sons, taking a shot-gun out, as was his habit going about the farm, and a little brother about 6 years old was following him. Either while taking the gun from its place in the barn, or while climbing through a fence (it has been reported either way), the hammer caught upon something. The gun discharged and the little six year old boy was pierced through the breast with the lead, killing him instantly”.

xiv. FRANCES PICTON, born 23 February 1876 at Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. She was aged 4 in the 1880 Census of Hiawatha. She was living with her mother in the 1900 Census, aged 24 [the 1900 Census says she was born in July 1876]. She married Robert Watson Caudel on 24 June 1913 at Los Angeles, California. They were living at District 248 of Los Angeles, California, in the 1930 Census, both aged 48. Frances Caudel died on 25 October 1950, aged 74, and Robert Caudel died in 1953, both at Compton, California. They did not have any children.

xv. OWEN PICTON, born 14 September 1879 near Hiawatha, Kansas. He was aged 9 months in the 1880 Census of Hiawatha. He married Martha (Mattie) Biddle (born 28 December 1879 at White Cloud, Kansas) on 18 March 1902 at Hiawatha, Kansas. He was a farmer and a member of Zion Methodist Church, Hiawatha. They were living at Irving township, Brown County, Kansas, in the 1930 Census, both aged 49. Owen Picton died on 12 March 1931 at Missouri Methodist Hospital, St. Joseph, Missouri, aged 51. He had been injured burning corn stalks on the farm, was taken to the hospital, but died from a diphtheria epidemic which swept through the hospital. He was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha, Kansas. Mattie Picton died on 17 July 1964, aged 83, and was buried with her husband. Owen and Mattie Picton were the parents of:

a. MARJORIE ALICE PICTON, born 5 December 1903 at White Cloud, Kansas. She married John Wesley Reese [born 17 December 1901] on 6 June 1923 at Hiawatha, Kansas. John W. Reese died on 17 March 1976 at Falls City, Nebraska and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha, Kansas. Marjorie A. Reese died on 3 April 1993 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha, Kansas. John and Marjorie Reese were the parents of:

i. RUTH ALICE REESE

ii. JOHN WESLEY REESE, Jr., born 23 February 1930.

b. CLARIBEL RUTH PICTON, born 10 September 1905 at White Cloud, Kansas. She married Paul William Bruning [born 20 June 1897] on 28 August 1928 at Hiawatha, Kansas. Claribel Ruth Bruning died on 1 May 1974, aged 68, and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha, Kansas. Paul W. Bruning died on 24 May 1979 at Topeka, Kansas, and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha, Kansas.

c. SAMUEL HENRY PICTON, born 16 December 1908 between Hiawatha and White Cloud, Kansas. He was living with his parents in the 1930 Census, aged 21. He married Martha Eliza Roesch [born 2 December 1907] on 11 September 1935 at Falls City, Nebraska. They started life together in a 3-room apartment in the house with his mother on the farm nine and a half miles north-east of Hiawatha. On 20 February 1941 they moved to a farm south-west of Falls City, Nebraska. On 19 August 1949 they moved to 1423 McLean, Falls City, after a tornado had destroyed some of the farm buildings and damaged the house. He was a farmer and school custodian and a member of the Lutheran Church. Samuel Henry Picton died on 22 July 1984 at at Clarkson Hospital, Omaha, aged 75. Martha E. Picton died on 3 July 1987 at Clarkson Hospital, Omaha, aged 79. Both are buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha. Samuel and Martha Picton were the parents of:

i. OWEN SAMUEL PICTON, born 29 December 19xx at Falls City Hospital, Nebraska, and baptised at Mount Zion Methodist Church, Hiawatha, Kansas. Owen Picton was a computer programmer and computer systems analyst. He graduated with a B.S. degree (major in maths and minor in physics) from Midland Lutheran College, Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska, in May 1960. He was a computer programmer and systems analyst. Owen Picton resided at Route 3, Blair, Nebraska. Owen Picton lived in later years at 8165 County Road P35, Blair, Nebraska, NE 68008, and then (2004) at 123 County Road 16 BVLD, Scribner, NE 68057.

Owen Picton married Dianne Schrader, daughter of Lyle L Schrader and Marjory Ilene Lillian Cook, on 26 May 1963 at St Marks Lutheran Church, Bloomfield, Nebraska. Dianne Schrader was born on 8 August 1940 in her grandmother’s home at Bloomfield, Nebraska and was baptized on 27 October 1940 at Bloomfield, Knox County, Nebraska. She graduated from Bloomfield High School in May 1958. She graduated as a Registered Nurse from the Immanuel Hospital School of Nursing, Ohama, Nebraska, on 2 August 1963 and with a B.S. degree in nursing from the University of Omaha, Nebraska, on 1 June 1964. She worked as a registered nurse in Nebraska. She graduated with a Master of Divinity degree from Wartberg Seminary in June 1994 in Dubuque, Iowa and was ordained on 13 November 1994 into the First Lutheran Church, Blair, NE. She was pastor at St. Pauls Lutheran Church, Uehling, Nebraska and St. Johns Lutheran Church, Scribner, Nebraska, from November 1994 to August 2002. Dianne Picton died on 30 November 2002 at Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska, aged 62, and was buried on 5 December 2002 in St. Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dodge County, Nebraska.

Owen Picton remarried, on 24 September 2004, to a Methodist pastor, Lila Taylor [born 13 December 19xx at Broken Bow, Nebraska] at the United Methodist Church at Mullen, Nebraska. She is the pastor of Mullen and Tyron United Methodist Churches. They moved across the state and are now living at the Sandhills, Nebraska: PO Box 496, Mullen, Nebraska, NE 69152 [Tel: 001 308 546 2875; email picton@htcnet.com]. Brian Picton Swann had occasional correspondence with Owen Picton over many years, since December 1979. Owen and Dianne Picton are the parents of:

a. DAVID DEAN PICTON, born 23 April 19xx at Omaha, Nebraska. He graduated with a BA degree in physics and computer science from Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, in 1987. He is a computer programmer and lives at 8165 County Road P35, Blair, Nebraska, NE 68008-6540 [2004; Tel: 001 402 426 5876]. He married Cindy Ann Swanstrom at St. John Lutheran Church, Dodge County, Nebraska, in 2002. They visited England in February/March 2004 with their father. David and Cindy Picton are the parents of:

i. MARTHA ABIGAIL PICTON, born 2 October 20xx at Immanuel Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska.

b. STEPHEN OWEN PICTON, born 22 January 19xx at Blair, Nebraska. He graduated with a B.S. degree in maths and computer science from Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois. He married Kelly Ann Bishop on 3 July 19xx at First Presbyterian Church of La Grange, Illinois. They are living currently in Chicago [2004; email address: spicton1@juno.com]. Stephen and Kelly Picton are the parents of:

i. ZACHARY STEPHEN PICTON, born 27 July 20xx at Loyola Hospital, Maywood, Chicago.

ii. ANNA SUSAN PICTON, born 7 April 20xx at Loyola Hospital, Maywood, Chicago.

ii. MARY CAROL PICTON, born 16 January 19xx at Falls City, Nebraska. She married Dudley A. Syre (born 24 August 19xx) on 24 August 1962 at St. Pauls Lutheran Church, Falls City, Nebraska. She has a B.A. degree from Midland Lutheran College, Fremont, Nebraska in May 1962. Her husband was a physician (ear, nose and throat specialist) at the University of Nebraska Medical School and a Lieutenant in the US Navy Reserves. They live at Council Buffs, Iowa. They have no children and were living [2005].

iii. DOROTHY MAE PICTON, born 19 June 19xx at Falls City, Nebraska. She married on 7 October 1952 to Allan Keith Tubach (born 5 April 19xx) at St. Pauls Lutheran Church, Falls City, Nebraska. She is a graduate of the Immanuel Hospital School of Nursing, Ohama, Nebraska and has a B.Sc. degree in Nursing from Dana College, Blair, Nebraska in 1971. She was a registered nurse in Nebraska, but graduated as an attorney of law from Creighton University, Omaha, in 1984. Her husband was an artist and Art Director of Omaha World Herald newspaper. They were living in 2004. Allan and Dorothy Tubach are the parents of:

a. LISA MARIE TUBACH, born 7 February 19xx at Omaha, Nebraska. She graduated with a MA in Art from Michigan University and is currently teaching art at Huntingdon University, Alabama [2004].

d. ANN(E) PICTON, born 1827/8 at Llanboidy [check RG 8/103]. She was living with her parents in the 1841 Census, aged 13 [HO 107/1382/11/50]. She was living with her parents in the 1851 Census, unmarried, aged 23 [HO 107/2474/362]. She is probably the Ann Picton married in 1862 [Carmarthen, December 1862, 11a 980] to either Henry John or Joshua Davies.

e. THOMAS PICTON, born 1830/1. He was living with his parents in the 1841 Census, aged 11 [HO 107/1382/11/50]. Thomas Picton died on 23 October 1843, aged 14, and his gravestone stands in the graveyard attached to Ramoth Baptist Chapel at Cwmfelin Mynach alongside his parents. His tombstone says he was from Dyffryn Pedryn in the parish of Llanboidy. His death entry cannot be traced immediately in FreeBMD and so might be sought in the Carmarthen Register Office.

f. DAVID PICTON, born 1833. He was living with his parents in the 1841 Census, aged 7 [HO 107/1382/11/50]. He was not living with them in the 1851 Census. David Picton is buried at Ramoth Chapel, Cymfelin Mynach, beside his parents, and his tombstone says he died on 10 April 1854, aged 21 [Carmarthen, September 1865, 11a 388 (?)].

g. MARTHA PICTON, born 1836/7 at Llanboidy. She was living with her parents in the 1841 Census, aged 5 [HO 107/1382/11/50]. She was living with her parents in the 1851 Census, a scholar aged 14 [HO 107/2474/362]. She is probably the Martha Picton who married Griffith Havard in 1858 [Carmarthen, December 1858, 11a 982]. Griffith Havard was living at St. Issels, Pembrokeshire, in the 1861 Census, a Baptist Minister aged 35, together with his wife, Martha Havard, aged 25, born at Llanboidy [RG 9/4151/108]. In the 1881 Census Griffith Havard was a chemist, living at 6 St. John Street, Llangan, Carmarthenshire, aged 54 [RG 11/5404/89]. Also living with him was his wife, Martha Havard, aged 44, born at Llanboidy. In the 1891 Census Griffith Havard was living at Llangan East, a chemist aged 67, and his wife, Martha Havard, was aged 54 [RG 12/4523/76]. Griffith Havard died in 1894, aged 73 [Narberth, December 1894, 11a 611]. Martha Havard was living at Llangan East in the 1901 Census, a widow aged 63, born at Llanboidy [RG 13/5118/171]. Griffith and Martha Havard were the parents of:

i. ISAAC RICHARD HAVARD, born 1859/60 at St. Clears. He was living with his parents in the 1861 Census, aged 1 [RG 9/4151/108].

ii. MARGARET HAVARD, born 1874/5 at Little ----- . She was living with her parents in the 1881 Census, aged 6 [RG 11/5404/89].

iii. DAVID PICTON HAVARD, born 1879 at Whitland [Narberth, June 1879, 11a 368]. He was living with his parents in the 1881 Census, aged 2 [RG 11/5404/89]. He was living with his parents in the 1891 Census, aged 18 [RG 12/4523/76]. A David Picton Havard died in 1894, aged 15 [Narberth, September 1894, 11a 505].

h. OWEN PICTON, born 1838 at Cwmfelin Mynach, Llanboidy. His birth was not registered in 1838 in the central indexes at the FRC, even though civil registration had come into existence in July 1837. It might be worth checking the local registry index at Carmarthen. He was living with his parents in the 1841 Census, aged 2 [HO 107/1382/11/50]. Owen Picton was living with his parents in the 1851 Census, a scholar aged 12 [HO 107/2474/362], and with his mother in the 1861 Census, aged 23, a miller at Monk Mill in the parish of Llanwinio, born at Llanboidy [RG 9/4145/82].

Owen Picton married Mary Davies on 7 November 1867 at Ramoth Chapel, Llanwinio [Witnesses: ; Carmarthen, December 1867, 11a 1131]. He was a farmer, aged 29, living at Cwmfelin Mynach and she was aged 25, the daughter of Lewis Davies of Trefblaiddead in the parish of Llanboidy. He became a corn miller, and was living at Blaiddbwll Mill in the parish of Llanfyrnach, in the 1871 Census, a miller aged 32, born at Llanboidy [RG 10/5544/91]. His wife, Mary Picton, was aged 28, born at Llanboidy.

Owen Picton was living at Cwmfelin Mill, Llangan East, in the 1881 Census, a corn miller aged 42 [RG 11/5404/85]. Mary Picton, his wife, was living with him, aged 37 born at Llanboidy, and also at the house was her sister, Elizabeth Davies, aged 40 born at Llangan. In the 1891 Census Owen Picton was living at Vicar’s Mill, Llandissilio West, a miller aged 52, together with his wife, Mary Picton, aged 45 [RG 12/4522/65]. Owen Picton is recorded in the 1901 Census at Vicar’s Mill, Llandissilio West, Carmarthenshire, as a corn miller, aged 62, with his wife, Mary Picton, aged 56 [RG 13/5117/157]. There is a mortgage deed relating to Owen Picton of 9 Brodog Terrace, Fishguard, a retired miller, in 1906 [Pembrokeshire RO, D/VJ/14/60]. Owen Picton died on 9 September 1909 at Brodog Terrace, Fishguard, aged 71, and was buried in Hermon Baptist Chapel Cemetery, Fishguard. His wife, Mary Picton, died on 22 February 1918 at 16 Brodog Terrace, Fishguard, and is also buried in Hermon Baptist Chapel Cemetery. Probate of her estate was granted on 31 July 1918 to Elizabeth Picton, spinster, and was valued at xxxxx. Owen and Mary Picton were the parents of:

i. MARTHA PICTON, born 5 March 1868 at Blaiddbwll Mill, Llanfyrnach [Newcastle Emlyn, March 1868, 11a ]. She was living with her parents in the 1871 Census, aged 3 [RG 10/5544/91]. She was living with her parents in the 1881 Census, aged 13 [RG 11/5404/85]. She was living with her parents in the 1891 Census, aged 22 [RG 12/4522/65]. Martha Picton married William Davies in 1898 [Narberth, June 1898, 11a 1391]. She was not living with her parents in the 1901 Census and was probably married to William Davies. There is no evidence for her death between December 1898 and June 1901, according to a search of FreeBMD. William and Martha Davies were the parents of:

a. OWEN PICTON DAVIES, born 1898 at Llandissilio [Narberth, December 1898, 11a 1095]. He was living with his grandparents at Vicar’s Mill, Llandissilio West, in the 1901 Census, aged 2 [RG 13/5117/157].

ii. JACOB PICTON, born 1869, probably at Blaiddbwll Mill, Llanfyrnach [Newcastle Emlyn, June 1869, 11b 16]. He was living with his parents in the 1871 Census, aged 2 [RG 10/5544/91]. He was living with his parents in he 1881 Census, aged 12 [RG 11/5404/85]. He was a boarder, living at 3 Prospect Place, Aberdare, in the 1891 Census, an engineer, aged 22, born at Llanfyrnach [RG 12/4443/38]. He was living with his cousin, Mary Evans, and her family. Mary Evans was aged 69, a widow, born at Llanboidy. Also living with her were two of her children, John Rees Evans, aged 24, a coal miner, born at Aberdare and Sophia Evans, aged 18, a domestic servant, born at Aberdare.

In the 1881 Census Mary Evans was living at 1 Prospect Street, Aberdare, a widow aged 57, born at Llanboidy [RG 11/5320/60]. Also living with her were her children David Evans, a coal miner aged 29, born at Llanboidy; Stephen Evans, a coal miner aged 20, born at Llanboidy; John Rees Evans, aged 14, born at Aberdare and Sophia Evans, aged 8, born at Aberdare. A lodger, Thomas Evans, a colliery haulier aged 18, born at Llanwinio, was also living with the family. David Evans was living at Tynewydd bach in the parish of Llanboidy in the 1861 Census, a cobbler aged 35 [RG 9/4146/25]. Also living with him was his wife, Mary Evans, aged 37, born at Llanboidy and their children David Evans, aged 9; Anna Evans, aged 5; Ebenezer Evans, aged 2 and Stephen Evans, aged 2 months.

He could be the Jacob Picton living and boarding at 2 Hornton (?) Street, St. Margaret, Kensington, London, in the 1901 Census, a draper and buyer, aged 32, born in Wales [RG 13/21/116]; but is more likely to be the Jacob Picton, who married Margaret Ann Richards in 1899 [Narberth, March 1899, 11a 1315]. Jacob Picton was living at 26 Cemetery Road, Aberdare, in the 1901 Census, aged 32 born at Llanfyrnach [RG 13/5034/50]. Also living with him was his wife, Margaret Ann Picton, aged 26, born at Llandisilio and as a boarder, his younger brother, David Picton, aged 21, a collier, born at Cwmfelin.

iii. ANNE PICTON, born 1871, probably at Blaiddbwll Mill, Llanfyrnach [Newcastle Emlyn, September 1871, 11b 17]. She was living with her parents in the 1881 Census, aged 9 [RG 11/5404/85]. She was not listed as Anne Picton in Wales in the 1891 Census. She was living with her parents in the 1901 Census, aged 28 [RG 13/5117/157]. Family tradition says that she may have moved to Cardiff, and Lewis Picton may have stayed with her before he went to sea.

iv. ELIZA(BETH) PICTON, born 10 April 1873 at Blaiddbwll Mill, Llanfyrnach [Newcastle Emlyn, June 1873, 11b 19]. Her father was described as a miller and farmer on her birth certificate. She was living with her parents in the 1881 Census, aged 7 [RG 11/5404/85]. She is probably the Elizabeth Picton, aged 19, living as a boarder and dressmaker at the Post Office in Llanstephan in the 1891 Census in the family of William and Elizabeth Elias [RG 12/4516/129]. She was living with her parents in the 1901 Census, a dressmaker aged 26, born at Llanfyrnach [RG 13/5117/157]. She was granted probate of her mother’s estate in 1918. She remained a spinster and kept house for her brother, Benjamin Picton, at Fishguard. She died on 25 March 1951 at Brodog Terrace, Fishguard, and was buried in Hermon Baptist Chapel Cemetery, Fishguard.

v. ESTHER PICTON, born 1875 at Felinficer in the parish of Egremont, [Newcastle Emlyn, June 1875, 11b 21]. She was living with her parents in the 1881 Census, aged 6 [RG 11/5404/85]. She was a domestic servant at Rhosygwaundin farm in the parish of Llanycefn, aged 16, in the 1891 Census [RG 12/4522/51]. She was not living with her parents in the 1901 Census. John Llewellyn, aged 58, born at Egremont, and his family were tenants there. She married Llewelyn Evans on 5 December 1903 at Llanelly Register Office [Witnesses: Lewis Picton and xxxx; Llanelly, December 1903, 11a 1786]. Esther Evans died in 1955 at 44 Afon Road, Llangennech. Llewelyn and Esther Evans were the parents of:

a. RHYS OWEN EVANS, born 1905 at Llangennech [Llanelly, December 1905, 11a 1206]. He died in 1967 at Morriston, near Swansea. He was always referred to as Picton, but did not have that name officially on his birth certificate.

b. MARY JANE EVANS, born 1906 at Llangennech [Llanelly, September 1906, 11a 1212]. She died in 1990 at Llanelly.

c. LEWIS PICTON EVANS, born 1908 at Llangennech [Llanelly, . He died in 1976 at Llanelly.

d. MARTHA ANN EVANS, born 1910 at Llangennech [Llanelly, March 1910, 11a 1267]. She died in 1998 at Llanelly.

e. ELIZABETH MARGRETTA EVANS, born 1911 at Llangennech [Llanelly, ]. She died in 1989 at Carmarthen. She was the mother of Catrin Evans [now Unwin].

f. DAVID LLOYD LLEWELLYN EVANS, born 1913 at Llangennech [Llanelly, ]. He died in 1971 at Swansea. His wife died in October 2005, aged 92.

vi. LEWIS PICTON, born 6 August 1877 at Cwmfelin Mill, Llangan, Carmarthenshire [Narberth, September 1877, 11a 844]. He was later of Spokane, Washington State, USA. He was living with his parents in the 1881 Census, aged 3 [RG 11/5404/85]. He was living with his parents in the 1891 Census, aged 14 [RG 12/4522/65]. He ran away to sea on a sailing ship out of Cardiff, when aged about 14, bound for Argentina with a shipload of coal. The ship went on to the Far East and eventually back to Argentina, where it picked up a cargo of hides and bones for Britain. The maggots and the smell made for a very unpleasant trip. He later shipped out on a coal-fired steamer as a coal passer, and later as a fireman. He was in China at the time of the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 and could not be located in the 1901 Census for either Wales or England.

His ship eventually arrived at Seattle, where he and his mates were involved in an altercation at a saloon, which led to considerable property damage. He could not go back to the ship as the law were waiting to lock them up in jail. Instead he stowed away on a ship going to Alaska to take miners to the Yukon gold rush. After the ship sailed he turned himself over to the Captain, and as he was an experienced seaman they put him to work. He spent over a year in Alaska at various jobs and struck up a friendship with a conductor on the Yukon Railway, whose brother was in charge of trains on the Cascade Division of the Great Northern Railway. It was a tough job getting trains up the East Slope of the Cascade Mountains by a system of switch backs, and keeping train crews was difficult. When Lewis Picton came back to Seattle from Alaska by ship he had no difficulty getting a job as a fireman with the Great Northern Railroad, which must have been around 1904/5. He lived at Spokane from 1905 to 1908 [Ellis Island manifest, below].

A year or two later he made a trip back to Wales to visit Lisa and Benjamin Picton. On 11 September 1908 the Ellis Island ship manifest lists Lewis Picton returning to the USA; he was a locomotive fireman, aged 31, married, with a scar on his right cheek. He had last stayed at Fishguard. He sailed on the S.S. Lusitania, which began her voyage from Liverpool and also called at Queenstown [Class BT 27/576 covers departures from Liverpool for the last part of August and the first part of September 1908]. It should be possible from the BT records in the PRO to find the Lusitania’s manifest for this voyage – which will give the day and place of his departure from England. As they were married in August 1908, this voyage looks like the return of them both after their marriage in Pembrokeshire. His new bride, Grace Rees Picton, followed on 16 January 1909 on the Lucania, which also sailed from Liverpool, and she arrived at Ellis Island, New York, on 25 January 1909 [BT 27/606 and BT 27/607 cover departures from Liverpool for January 1909].[38]

His younger brother, David Picton, had introduced him to his future wife, Grace Rees Owen [born 4 August 1882], a school teacher in Fishguard. They must have kept in touch by letter, as a year or so later he went back to Wales and they were married on 29 August 1908 at Saron Baptist Chapel, Letterston, Pembrokeshire. He then returned to the USA and she followed him later to Levenworth, WA. They lived there for a few years until Lewis Picton was transferred to Spokane. Lewis Picton was living at Hillyard, Spokane, in the 1910 Census, aged 32, with his wife, Grace R. Picton, aged 27, and also in the 1930 Census. He worked for 34 years as a fireman and engineer. In his last years he was engineer on the “Empire Builder” between Spokane and Wenatchee, a plum assignment. He brought the first diesel locomotive from the east into Spokane in the late 1920s. Lewis Picton died in 1948 and his wife, Grace Rees Picton, died on 18 July 1979. Lewis and Grace Picton were the parents of:

i. OWEN JOHN PICTON, born 1911. He was living with his parents in the 1930 Census, aged 19. He married Priscilla M. and they were the parents of:

a. VAUGHN R. PICTON. He is the father of:

i. MARK PICTON, Captain in the USAF [2002].

b. PENELOPE PICTON

ii. MORFYDD (MARGARET) LOUISE PICTON, born 1914. She was living with her parents in the 1930 Census, aged 15. She married L. Barnaby.

iii. MARY ELIZABETH PICTON, born 1918. She was living with her parents in the 1930 Census, aged 11. She married E. Montgomery. They were the parents of:

a. JOHN L. MONTGOMERY. He is married and has children.

b. DAVID MONTGOMERY. He is married, has children and lives at Issaquah, WA, USA.

iv. LEWIS REES PICTON, born 1923. He was living with his parents in the 1930 Census, aged 6. He married Glenda G(arrett). and they were the parents of:

a. LEWIS GARRETT PICTON, born 19xx. He married Ellen Moe on 17 February 1996 and they live at Manson, WA, USA. They are the parents of:

i. LLEWELLIN H. PICTON

ii. TRISTAN W. PICTON

b. DANIEL REES PICTON, born 1956. He lives at Post Falls, ID, USA.

c. MORGAN OWEN PICTON, born 1958. He married Kathy W. and they live at Manson, WA, USA. They are the parents of:

i. MORGAN L. PICTON

ii. EVAN W. PICTON

iii. GARRET J. PICTON

d. GRACE E. PICTON, born 1965. She married Elsen Olrun and they live at Anchorage, Alaska. They have two children.

vii. DAVID PICTON, born 14 October 1879 at Cwmfelin Mill, Llangan, Carmarthenshire [Narberth, December 1879, 11a 794]. He was living with his parents in the 1881 Census, aged 1 [RG 11/5404/85]. He was living with his parents in the 1891 Census, a scholar aged 11 [RG 12/4522/65]. He was not living in Carmarthenshire in the 1901 Census, but was living with his older brother, Jacob Picton, at 26 Cemetery Road, Aberdare, a collier aged 21 [RG 13/5034/50]. David Picton married Ellen Evans of Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire. There is a marriage of a David Picton at Merthyr Tydfil in 1903 [Merthyr Tydfil, June 1903, 11a 1193]. David Picton died in 1960. David and Ellen Picton were the parents of:

a. OWEN PICTON, born 1904 [Merthyr Tydfil, June 1904, 11a 856].

b. HENRY JOHN PICTON,

c. LEWIS PICTON, born 1907 [Merthyr Tydfil, September 1907, 11a 854].

d. JACOB GLYNDWR (GLYN) PICTON, born 1912. He was a Reader at the University of Birmingham. He wrote an article on the Picton Family published in Pembrokeshire Historian, Volume 1, 1958. He did much research on the Picton families, and his research material, in four folders, is now deposited at the National Library of Wales. Some correspondence and papers is also at Birmingham University Library, where he was a Reader in Industrial Economics [NRA 31923]. He received the CBE.

He married Rhiannon Mary Jones, daughter of Arthur Morgan Jones. Glyn and Rhiannon Picton were the parents of:

i. ARTHUR GWYNFOR PICTON, born 1943.

ii. EIRA MYFANWY PICTON, born 19xx. She married Alan Roger Davis and they have at least one daughter:

a. RUTH ELINOR DAVIS, born 1973.

e. BENJAMIN PICTON, born

viii. BENJAMIN PICTON, born 14 October 1881 at Cwmfelin Mill, Llangan [Narberth, December 1881, 11a 829]. He was living with his parents in the 1891 Census, a scholar aged 9 [RG 12/4522/65]. He was living with his parents in the 1901 Census, a miller’s carter aged 19 [RG 13/5117/157]. He remained a bachelor and died on 20 February 1942 at Brodog Terrace, Fishguard, aged 60, and was buried in Hermon Baptist Chapel Cemetery, Fishguard.

i. JOHN PICTON, born 1841 at Llanboidy. His birth entry is not recorded in the central civil registration indexes at the FRC. He was living with his parents in the 1841 Census, aged 2 months [HO 107/1382/11/50]. He was living with his parents in the 1851 Census, a scholar aged 10 [HO 107/2474/362]. He was living with his mother in the 1861 Census, aged 21, a farmer’s son [RG 9/4145/82]. John Picton was living with his mother, Mary Picton, aged 70, still farming 16 acres, at Monk Mill, Llanwinio, in the 1871 Census, a miller, aged 29, born at Llanboidy [RG 10/5504/68]. He was probably the John Picton who married in 1877 to either Margaret Evans or Margaret Harries [Carmarthen, September 1877, 11a 943]. His first wife was dead by 1881 and she is probably the Margaret Picton who died in 1878, aged 31 [Newcastle Emlyn, June 1878, 11b 18]. John Picton was living with his mother, Mary Picton, aged 80, a farmer of 12 acres at the Mill in Cwmfelin Mynach, Llanwinio, in the 1881 Census, a widower and corn miller, aged 39, born at LLanboidy [RG 11/5401/110].

John Picton remarried in 1884 to Mary Harries (could she be related to his first wife?) [Carmarthen, March 1884, 11a 1025]. John Picton was living at Monk Mill, Llanwinio, in the 1891 Census, a corn miller aged 50, together with his wife Mary Picton, aged 43 [RG 12/4520/110]. His mother, Mary Picton, was then also living with them, aged 92. John Picton was living at Llanwinio in the 1901 Census, a corn miller and farmer, aged 59, born at Llanboidy [RG 13/5116/102]. Also living with him was his wife, Mary Picton, aged 51, born at Llanwinio. John Picton died on 14 July 1906, aged 65, and was buried at Ramoth Chapel, Cwmfelin Mynach. His wife, Mary Picton, died on 27 December 1919, aged 70, and was buried likewise at Ramoth Chapel. John and Mary Picton were the parents of:

a. JOHN EVAN PICTON, born 1877 at Llanwinio (?) [Newcastle Emlyn, September 1877, 11b 19]. He was living with his parents in the 1891 Census, aged 13 [RG 12/4520/110]. He was not living with them in the 1901 Census.

b. ANNE PICTON, born 1884 at Llanwinio [Carmarthen, December 1884, 11a 900]. She was living with her parents in the 1891 Census, aged 6 [RG 12/4520/110]. She was living at Llanwinio in the 1901 Census, aged 16, a general domestic servant, with John Howells, a farmer aged 42,and his family at Waunrhyddu [RG 13/5117/33].

c. JACOB PICTON, born 1887 at Llanwinio [Carmarthen, March 1887, 11a 894] and buried at Ramoth Chapel, Cwmfelin Mynach, on 23 March 1887, aged 0 [Carmarthen, March 1887, 11a 644].

d. MARY JANE PICTON, born 1888 at Llanwinio [Carmarthen, June 1888, 11a 949]. She was living with her parents in the 1891 Census, aged 2 [RG 12/4520/110]. She was living with her parents at Llanwinio in the 1901 Census, aged 12 [RG 13/5116/102]. She became Mary Picton-Evans, living at 18 Grevill Place, London, NW6 [Glyn Picton MSS, NLW].

e. THOMAS PICTON, born 1890 at Llanwinio [Carmarthen, March 1890, 11a 1022]. He was living with his parents in the 1891 Census, aged 1 [RG 12/4520/110]. He was living with his parents at Llanwinio in the 1901 Census, aged 11 [RG 13/5116/102].

viii. MARY PICTON, born ca 1782/3 at Whitechurch. Mary Picton was married on 25 June 1808 at Whitechurch to John Davies of Penalltydre in the parish of St. Dogmells [Witnesses: (?)]. She cannot yet be traced in the 1851 Census. She was living in 1853. Mary Davies was living at Penrallt, St. Dogmells, in the 1861 Census, a widow aged 78, a farmer of 66 acres, born at Whitechurch [RG 9/4176/72]. Also living with her and her children was a grandchild, Lewis Davies, aged 18, a carpenter, born at St. Dogmells. Check Lewis Davies in the 1851 Census. Mary Davies was not living in Wales in the 1871 Census and is probably the Mary Davies who died in 1867, aged 84 [Newcastle Emlyn, June 1867, 11b 16]. The earlier Census Returns for St. Dogmells should be examined. John and Mary Davies were the parents of:

a. MARY DAVIES, born 1808/9 at Whitechurch. She was living with her mother in the 1861 Census of St. Dogmells, aged 52 [RG 9/4176/72].

b. DAVID DAVIES, born 1812/3 at St. Dogmells. He was living with his mother in the 1861 Census, aged 48 [RG 9/4176/72].

c. JOHN DAVIES, born 1822/3 at St. Dogmells. He was living with his mother in the 1861 Census, aged 38 [RG 9/4176/72].

d. ANNE PICTON, bapt 31 May 1752 at Whitechurch. She married ----- Walters [name and date of marriage yet to be established, but may well have been at Whitechurch (marriage register from 1759 to 1799 missing)] and was to receive £16:16s:0d within six months of her father’s death, according to his will, written in 1789. Lewis Walters of Bayvil left a will in 1807 [SD 1807/88].

6. JACOB PICTON, bapt. 8 April 1716 at Whitechurch. He was joint executrix and was to receive one third of his father’s estate according to his will (1733). He married Margaret Griffith on 15 October 1741 at Eglwyswrw [articles of marriage dated 14 April 1741]. He was the lessee of Pencnuck Vawr, Eglwyswrw, on 25 January 1754 from Thomas Lloyd of Bronwydd, Co. Cardigan, Esq. at a rent of £25 per annum, with heriot of best beast or 10s, 8 hens and 80 eggs at Shrovetide [Bronwydd MSS II, No. 1979]. Inscribed on a slate tablet set in the wall of the main entrance to St. Christiolus Church, Eglwyswrw is a plaque which reads Jacob Picton, John Tubol, 1756. Perhaps they were both churchwardens in this year, and the entrance was rebuilt. Jacob Picton was a witness to the marriage of John Gilbert and Sarah James on 6 April 1762 at Whitechurch and to the marriage of his eldest daughter, Mary Picton, in 1764. Was Sarah James a descendant of the James families at Whitechurch, the elder children of Catherine Picton who died in 1678/9? Jacob Picton was the lessee of Cwmeog in the parish of Nevern, on 6 February 1777, also from Thomas Lloyd of Bronwydd and David William of Nevern and Lettice, his wife [Bronwydd MSS, II, No. 1820]. This property had been acquired by the Lloyd family around 1740. David William was the tenant in the 1786 Land Tax Return; perhaps in 1777 Jacob Picton was a sub-lessee. Jacob Picton was still in possession of Pencnwckmawr in 1795. Jacob Picton was Mayor of Newport from 1782 to 1784, and it is difficult to see it could be any other person [Dillwyn Miles, The Ancient Borough of Newport in Pembrokeshire, 2nd Edition, Cemais Publications, Haverfordwest, 1998, p. 43], perhaps because he owned land in Newport, as mentioned in his will.

Jacob Picton of Penycnwc Mawr in the parish of Eglwyswrw left a will, dated 9 August 1795 and proved on 15 May 1801 [SD 1801/44]. The will was witnessed by Thomas Watkins of Eglwyswrw, James Evans of Pantygarn and Enoch Thomas of Nantgwyn. Jacob Picton appointed David Griffiths of Pantgwyn, William Davies of Llwyngorras and the testator’s nephew, Thomas Picton of Whitland, Gent., to be trustees of the trusts within his will. William Davies, gent., of Llwyngorras in the parish of Nevern, was buried on 16 January 1826, aged 88. His wife, Martha Davies, was still living in 1840. The will refers also to Jacob Picton’s land at Parkyslade in Newport, to be inherited by his daughter Sarah Mathias. A codicil to the will was dated 12 April 1798. Jacob Picton’s goods were valued at £422 10s 0d. Jacob Picton was buried on 12 May 1801 at Eglwyswrw, aged 86. On the Tithe Schedule of Eglwyswrw, drawn up on 7 March 1838, Pencnwc Mawr was occupied by Joseph Hughes and owned by Thomas Lloyd of Bronwydd, Esq. The area of the farm was 165 acres 3 roods and 31 perches; Plot Nos. 188 to 216 on the Tithe Map. The farm lay to the west of the village centre of Eglwyswrw, and not too far from the border of the parish with the neighbouring parish of Meline. Jacob and Margaret Picton were the parents of:

a. MARY PICTON, bapt. 7 August 1743 at Eglwyswrw. She married John Griffiths on 8 March 1764 at Eglwyswrw [Witnesses: Jacob Picton and William David]. John Griffiths was the tenant to Mr. Probert of Blaengavren in the parish of Eglwyswrw in the 1786 Land Tax Records of that parish. John Griffiths continued as tenant in 1791 [owner, Margaret Probert]; 1801 [owner, Margaret Probert] and 1810 [owner, John Rees]. By 1820, however, John Rees was both the owner and tenant of Blaengavren. Mary, the wife of John Griffiths of Llangafren is mentioned in the will of her father in 1795. There is a tombstone in Eglwyswrw church to John Griffiths of Blaengavren in the parish, who died on 11 December 1819, aged 82. Mary Griffiths, his wife, died on 14 November 1831, aged 90. John Griffiths of Eglwyswrw left a will proved in 1820 [SD 1820/16]. John and Mary Griffiths were the parents of:[39]

i. JOHN GRIFFITHS, born ca 1776 and buried at Eglwyswrw on 4 December 1816, aged 40.

b. ELIZABETH PICTON, bapt. 8 December 1745 at Eglwyswrw. She married John Hughes of Clawddcarn, St. Dogmells, yeoman, on 14 March 1765 at Eglwyswrw [Witnesses: David Evan and Thomas David]. Elizabeth Hughes died on 28 December 1822 and her husband, John Hughes, died on 20 December 1825 and was buried at St. Dogmells. John Hughes of St. Dogmells left a will, proved in 1826 [SD 1826/19]. John and Elizabeth Hughes had the following children:

i. MARGARET HUGHES. She married Daniel Evan.

ii. JOSEPH HUGHES. He was to inherit the lease of Penycnwc Mawr under the will of his grandfather, Jacob Picton.

vii. CALEB HUGHES, born 13 June 1776 at New Mill, Nevern. He is probably the Caleb Hughes living at Pendre in the parish of Newport, a farmer of 13 acres, aged 75, in the 1851 Census, born at St. Dogmells [HO 107/2481/71]. His wife, Magdalen Hughes, was living with him, aged 79, born at Blaenpenuel, Montgomery. Caleb Hughes died in 1858 [Cardigan, June 1858, 11b 4].

viii. JOSHUA HUGHES, born 13 June 1776 at New Mill, Nevern. He is probably the Joshua Hughes, aged 75 in the 1851 Census, living at Llandyfriog and born at St. Dogmells [HO 107/2481/341]. His wife, Judith Hughes, aged 84, was living with him and three grandchildren.

c. DIANA PICTON, bapt. ? She married Thomas Harry of Eglwyswrw on 20 August 1771 at Eglwyswrw [Witnesses: Lewis Myles and Lewis Harry]. Thomas Harry of Nevern left a will proved in 1822 [SD 1822/18]. Thomas and Diana Harry were the parents of:

i. MARY HARRY

ii. MARGARET HARRY

d. SARAH PICTON, bapt. 13 November 1754 at Eglwyswrw. She married Thomas Mathias of Newport on 13 October 1774 at Eglwyswrw [Witnesses: James Mathias, David Mathias and David Thomas]. She was living in 1795, as she is mentioned in her father’s will to inherit his land at Parkyslade in the parish of Newport. Thomas Mathias was owner and occupier of Parkyslade in the 1786, 1810 and 1830 Land Tax Returns for Newport, but the property is also known just as Slade. Thomas Mathias of Newport left a will proved in 1833 [SD 1833/44]. Sarah Mathias of Newport, Pembrokeshire, left a will proved in 1842 [SD 1842/150; Cardigan, June 1842, 27 31]. Thomas and Sarah Mathias were the parents of:

i. JOHN MATHIAS

ii. A son.

iii. THOMAS MATHIAS

iv. WILLIAM MATHIAS. A William Mathias was living at Nantyr Helin Fach in the parish of Eglwyswrw in the 1851 Census, a farmer of 80 acres, aged 70, born at Bridell [HO 107/2481/207]. Also living with him was his wife, Elizabeth Mathias, aged 65, born at Monington. Also living with them were their children Elizabeth Mathias, aged 35, born at Steynton; Daniel Mathias, aged 32, born at St. Dogmells; Margaret Mathias, aged 26, born at Bridell; George Mathias, aged 24, born at Bridell; William Mathias, aged 22, born at Bridell and Martha Mathias, aged 20, born at Bridell.

e. THOMAS PICTON, bapt. 21 November 1758 at Eglwyswrw. He was a witness to the marriage of David Griffith and Frances Mathias on 20 May 1773, and of Benjamin Joseph to Margaret Mathias on 21 August 1775, both at Eglwyswrw. He was probably the Thomas Picton, who was a witness at the wedding of his cousin, Mary Picton, to David Prichard in 1777 at Moylgrove. He was buried at Eglwyswrw on 14 February 1782, when he would have been aged 23.

f. MARGARET PICTON, bapt. 11 November 1763 at Eglwyswrw. She was buried at Eglwyswrw in April 1766.

7. WILLIAM PICTON, bapt. 26 August 1718 at Whitechurch. He was to receive £20 when he reached the age of 21 under his father’s will [1733]. He married Rebecca ----- and was living at Meline by 1751. He was a witness to the marriage of Thomas Rees and his daughter, Elizabeth Picton, on 26 October 1786 at Eglwyswrw. He obtained a lease for three lives of a messuage and lands called Nantrelygen Voch in the parish of Eglwyswrw, from Ann Lloyd of Bronwydd, Cardigan, widow, on 2 June 1783 [Bronwydd MSS, II, No. 1539]. William Picton paid Land Tax on the property of Vrianog in the parish of Meline, in 1786. The property was owned by Thomas Williams Esq. of Treloddin.

In the 1794 Land Tax Return William Picton was still a tenant of Thomas Williams at Vrianog; but in 1796 ‘the widow Picton’ was the tenant at both Vrianog and Western Vrianog Vach. Rebecca Picton was still the tenant at Mirianog Vach in the 1810 and 1815 Land Tax Returns for Meline. Her burial should thus be recorded in the Meline parish register after 1815. William Picton of Meline, farmer, left a will dated 2 September 1793 and an attempt was made to prove this on 24 August 1799, when administration of the will was granted to his widow, Rebecca Picton. However this entry was struck through and was instead granted on 14 September 1799 to the sole surviving executor, John Picton [SD 1799/204; Witnesses: James Bowen and Matthew Bowen], but, presumably, was dead before 1796. James Bowen could have been the James Bowen, Esq., who was living at the mansion house in Whitechurch in 1786. William and Rebecca Picton were the parents of:

a. WILLIAM PICTON, bapt. 9 June 1751 at Meline. He was a witness at the marriages of his sister Anne Picton in 1783, and of William Griffith of Nevern to Martha Thomas at Meline on 18 January 1790. He was a farmer at Eglwyswrw in 1793, when he was to receive one shilling under his father’s will. He was the tenant at Western Vrianog Vach in 1796, and also in 1810 and 1815. He could be the William Picton who was a joint tenant with John Picton, his younger brother, of Vrannogfach, Meline, in 1824 [Vrannogfach is presumably the same place as Miarianogfach]. William Picton of Nantyr Helygon fach was buried at Eglwyswrw on 29 April 1829, aged 78. His wife, Sarah Picton, was buried at Eglwyswrw on 14 May 1825, aged 87. It would be useful to check the Land Tax records for Eglwyswrw from 1786 to 1829 to see how long he had lived in the parish, assuming that he had land in Eglwyswrw as well as Meline. They appear to have not had any children. The Tithe Schedule for Eglwyswrw, dated 7 March 1838, is in Class IR 29/54/28 and the corresponding Tithe Map is in IR 30/54/29. This showed that there were two farms, Nantyr Helygen Isaf Farm and Nantyr Helygen Uchaf farm. Nant Helygen Isaf was occupied by William Mathias and had an area of 83 acres, 2 roods and 2 perches. Nantyr Helygen Uchaf was occupied by William Evans and had an area of 170 acres, 1 rood and nineteen perches. Both farms were owned by Thomas Lloyd, Esq., of Bronwydd.

Thomas Lloyd of Bronwydd owned some considerable amount of land in Eglwyswrw in 1838. The total area of the parish was 3664 acres, 3 roods and 33 perches and he owned 1341 acres, 1 rood and 31 perches of it – 36% of the total land in the parish. Thomas Lloyd had the following tenants:

Owner	Occupier	Name of Farm	Field Numbers	Area
				Acres	Roods	Perches
Thomas Lloyd	William Mathias	Nant Helygen Isaf	695-721	83	2	2
Thomas Lloyd	William Evans	Nant Helygen Uchaf	671-694	170	1	19
Thomas Lloyd	Rowland Watkins			10	0	28
Thomas Lloyd	Dorothy Symmons			7	0	27
Thomas Lloyd	Himself			195	1	19
Thomas Lloyd	William Davies			74	1	9
Thomas Lloyd	Joseph Hughes	Pencnwc Mawr	188-216	165	3	31
Thomas Lloyd	John Thomas			41	0	30
Thomas Lloyd	William Thomas			37	3	26
Thomas Lloyd	Maria Bowen			33	0	20
Thomas Lloyd	Rowland Watkins			10	1	21
Thomas Lloyd	John Evans			7	3	32
Thomas Lloyd	William Daniel			112	0	10
Thomas Lloyd	Henry Morgan			63	3	11
Thomas Lloyd	Rees Daniel			61	0	10
Thomas Lloyd	William Evans			178	1	19
Thomas Lloyd	John John			90	1	37
Total				1341	1	31

b. ELIZABETH PICTON, bapt. 25 March 1753 at Meline. She probably died young.

c. MARY PICTON, bapt. 8 May 1755 at Meline. She married David Prichard [David ap Richard] of Moylgrove, farmer, on 8 July 1777 at Meline [Witnesses: Thomas James and Thomas Picton]. She was to receive one shilling under the will of her father in 1793. David Richard, a farmer of Trefaes ucha, Moylgrove, left a will dated 13 April 1818 and proved in 1820 [SD 1820/36]. The witnesses were Matthew Bowen, Joseph Griffith and Enoch Thomas. The will mentions leasehold lands called Llwynygwydd in the parish of Moylgrove. Mary Richard of Trivline (?) was buried on 23 July 1813, aged 57. The Tithe Schedule for Moylgrove is in Class IR 29/54/89 and the corresponding Tithe Map is in IR 30/54/89. David Richard was buried on 18 April 1820 at Moylgrove, aged 74. David and Mary Richard were the parents of:

i. DAVID RICHARD, mentioned in his father’s will, 1818, as his executor. He was the leasehold tenant of Llwyngwydd in the 1831 Land Tax Return. In the 1801 Land Tax Return William Richard was the tenant.

ii. ELIZABETH RICHARD, mentioned in her father’s will, 1818.

iii. RACHEL RICHARD, mentioned in her father’s will, 1818.

iv. MARY RICHARD, mentioned in her father’s will, 1818.

d. ANNE PICTON, bapt. 10 January 1758 at Meline. She married Richard Jones of Llandyfriog, in the County of Cardigan, a farmer, on 1 July 1783 at Meline [Witnesses: William Picton and Owen Picton]. Further work would require examination of the parish registers and Land Tax Returns for Llandyfriog. Anne Jones was to receive one shilling under her father’s will of 1793.

e. ELIZABETH PICTON, bapt. 15 September 1758 at Meline. She married Thomas Rees, Gent. on 26 October 1786 at Eglwyswrw [Witnesses: William Picton, John Rees, John Rees]. Thomas Rees may have been proprietor and tenant of another part of Vrianog in 1786. Elizabeth Rees was to receive one shilling under her father’s will of 1793. A Thomas Rees of Meline, left a will proved in 1804 [SD 1804/48] and 1808 [SD 1808/50].

f. RACHEL PICTON, bapt. 21 September 1760 at Meline. She married Thomas David of Whitechurch, farmer, on 4 October 1785 at Meline [Witnesses: John William and Thomas Thomas]. She was to receive one shilling under the will of her father in 1793. Thomas David of Whitchurch left a will proved in 1816 [SD 1816/4]; Thomas David of Eglwyswrw left a will proved in 1818 [SD 1818/6].

g. OWEN PICTON, bapt. 27 July 1763 at Meline. He was a witness to the weddings of his sister, Anne Picton, in 1783, of John William of Llanfair Nantgwyn and Mary Evan, widow, on 26 April 1784 (both at Meline) and of Edward Thomas to Mary John on 2 November 1785 at Eglwyswrw. He was to receive half of his father’s estate, according to his will of 1793, after the death of his mother, and to be joint co-executor. He died in April 1799, probably unmarried, according to the administration relating to his father’s will, granted in September 1799 to his brother, John Picton. His burial is not recorded in the parish register transcripts for Meline for 1799.

h. JOHN PICTON, bapt. 16 September 1766 at Meline. He became a Deacon of Brynberian Calvinistic Methodist Chapel in the south part of the parish of Nevern. He was to receive half of his father’s estate, according to his will of 1793, after the death of his mother, and to be joint co-executor. He married Elizabeth Jones, by licence, on 20 October 1836 at Meline, when he would have been aged 70 [Witnesses: Enoch Rees and Maurice Lewis]. John Picton is in the 1841 Census as a farmer, aged 74, living at Meline, along with his wife, Elizabeth Picton, aged 43 [HO 107/ /5]. John Picton was living at Mirianogfach in the parish of Meline in the 1851 Census, a farmer of 45 acres employing 2 labourers and one woman, aged 84, born at Meline [HO 107/2481/182]. Also living with him was his wife, Elizabeth Picton, aged 52, born at Cenarth, Carmarthenshire. The three servants were Margaret David, aged 22, born at Nevern; John David, aged 27, born at Mynachlogddu and John Evan, aged 17, born at Whitechurch.

John Picton died on 17 October 1852, aged 86, and was buried at Brynberian Chapel in the parish of Nevern. He left a will, dated 19 July 1850, and proved on 4 February 1853 [SD 1853/35]. The will was witnessed by Simon Evans, Minister of Penygroes Chapel, and John Picton of Maesgwyn(ne) in Whitechurch, his cousin. Probate of his estate was granted to Henry Phillips of Glanduad farm in the parish of Meline, executor of the will, along with David Lewis of Rhosmaen Isaf in the parish of Meline. The Tithe Map for Nevern is in the TNA under reference IR 30/54/97 and the accompanying Schedule under IR 29/54/97. John Picton left all his estate to his wife, Elizabeth Picton, for the term of her life, and thereafter to Brynberian Chapel. His widow, Elizabeth Picton, died on 21 January 1861, aged 54. She was then living with her niece Lydia Davies, wife of Daniel Davies of Droyfanewydd, Meline, to whom she bequeathed her estate, valued at under £300 pounds. Probate of her will was granted to her executrix on 20 February 1861.

There are deaths of people called Lydia Davies in 1862 [Cardigan, March 1862, 11b 1] and in 1864 [Cardigan, March 1864, 11b 6 and 11b 3]. There are later deaths of a Lydia Davies in 1885, aged 63 [Cardigan, March 1885, 11b 5] and in 1890, aged 67 [Newcastle Emlyn, September 1890, 11b 15]. Daniel Davies was living at Droifa in the parish of Meline in the 1861 Census, a labourer aged 33, born at Nevern [RG 9/4174/19]. Also living with him was his wife, Lydia Davies, aged 28. born at Eglwyswrw, and Rachel Harries, a lodger aged 12, born at Whitechurch. A Daniel Davies possibly married Lydia Hopkins in 1856 [Bridgend, June 1856, 11a 639].

With the death of John Picton in 1852, this branch of the Picton family became extinct. We have a picture of John Picton’s tombstone in the Chapel graveyard at Brynberian in the parish of Nevern.

j. MARGARET PICTON, bapt. 1 August 1769 at Meline. She married David Luke of Mynachlog-ddu, farmer, on 1 November 1792 at Meline [Witnesses: Thomas Griffith and David James]. She was to receive one shilling under the will of her father in 1793. David Luke of Penrydd, Pembrokeshire, left a will in 1834 [SD 1834/26].

8. MARY PICTON, bapt. 3 July 1721 at Whitechurch. She was to inherit £20 at the age of 21, under the will of her father (1733).

9. JAMES PICTON, bapt. 2 May 1724 at Whitechurch and buried there in 1724.

[1] J. Glyn Picton, The Pictons of Poyston, The Pembrokeshire Historian, Volume 1, 1959, pp. 41-49.

[2] After 1760 he transferred to Delph in Yorkshire, where his baptisms were recorded in the same document, NLW MS 5460.

[3] Around 1707-1709, there were two parties in the Henllan church - the High Calvinists, with Lewis Thomas as their leader, and the Liberal Calvinists, which later became the Arminianists and the Unitarians, under the leadership of Daniel Owen. The following was recorded in an old edition of the magazine Yr Mofynnydd "Owen would call the Thomas Lewis party "Antimoniaid" and Lewis would call Daniel Owen's followers "Neomaniaid". If they were calling each other insulting names, it was no wonder they lost their temper". In my opinion this was more of a sign that people knew the meaning of labels rather than insulting behaviour.

[4] Arminian: Relating to the doctrines of Jacobus Arminius (1560-1609) a Dutch Protestant theologian who rejected Calvinist Doctrine of predestination. His teachings had a considerable influence on Methodism. Unitarian: a person, especially a Christian, who asserts the unity of God and rejects the doctrine of the Trinity. A member of a church or religious body maintaining this belief, and typically rejecting formal dogma in favour of a rationalist and inclusivist approach to belief.

[5] For instance, in the parish of Mynachlogddu the estimated number of households rose from 20 in 1563, to 48 in 1670 and to 83 in 1801.

[6] In May 2004 the church was disused, had been sold off, and mains electricity was being laid in. This church though is a Victorian rebuild of an earlier building on the same site. The closure of the church is not surprising, as it stands in total isolation on the minor road in the north of the parish, amongst the scattered series of farms and houses which make up the parish. It has no obvious population nucleus, and probably never has had one, unlike the neighbouring parishes of Nevern and Eglwyswrw.

[7] Gaps occur in this early Glandwr Register for certain years, notably no entries exist for the years between 1791 and 1803, and 1809 to 1814 inclusive. Frequently the entries are jumbled up; with those for Penygroes, which are less frequent, being interdispersed between those for Glandwr. Sometimes the Penygroes entries are kept in a separate section on the page. It gives the impression that the Minister kept the entries up-to-date as he went about his business between the two centres. Frequently the places of residence of the various families are given, and with more work a detailed picture of the catchment area of Glandwr and Penygroes could be established. It was certainly extensive, particularly for Glandwr. A church register of Glandwr, including baptisms and register of members, 1746 to 1794 is at the NLW, MS 4759E, i-ii. The Clwydwenfro Documents, NLW MS 11614E contains undated membership lists of Glandwr and Rhydyceisiaid; Clwydwenfro Documents, NLW MS 11076A has membership lists of Rhydyceisiaid Chapel, 1803-1817.

[8] The inventory included his horse, saddle and bridle (£1:9s:6d); ewes, lambs and other dry sheep (£4:15s:9d); 2 young horses (£1:9s:0d); 4 old cows (£2:12s:0d); 9 young cattle and calves (£2:9s:6d); 4 work horses, 1 old mare and 1 colt and 4 other young colts (£2:9s:6d); 1 plow [plough] and other implements of husbandry (5s:6d); 1 old cupboard and other household stuff (£1:9s:6d); corn in the stonde [stand] (5s:0d); hay in the haggard (7s:0d); pigs and geese (5s:0d).

[9] These earliest Land Tax Returns combine the parishes of Whitechurch and Llanfair Nantgwyn. A complete Table of the owners and occupiers of the properties in the 1786 Return is given at the end of this account, together with the tax payable on each property.

[10] This raises the remote possibility that Thomas Picton and James Bowen could be distantly related, as the second wife of Owen Picton (d. ca 1636) was an Elizabeth Bowen. A lot of research into the Bowen families will need to be done to confirm or refute this hypothesis.

[11] There are baptismal entries in the register for Penygroes and Glandwr [RG 4/3915] for Bridget, daughter of Thomas Thomas, Treowen, bapt. 13 January 1789 and Mary, daughter of Thomas Thomas, Treowen, bapt. 2 November 1789.

[12] The article by Francis Jones entitled ‘Pontfaen’ in the NLW Journal, Volume XX (2), 1977 pp. 177-203 should be examined. Although there is a parish church for Pontfaen, it is not listed as a separate parish return in the Tithe Map Schedules in Class IR 29/54 at the TNA, which covers Pembrokeshire.

[13] Abraham Leach (1729-1811) of Corston in the parish of Castlemartin was the eldest surviving son of Henry Leach of Loveston (1700-1787). Both became wealthy individuals and had extensive property interests across Pembrokeshire. A good account of the Leach family is given by Roland Thorne, The Leach Family of Castlemartin [The Pembrokeshire Historian, Volume 7, 1981, pp. 29-51]. Henry Leach owned Pontfaen in the 1786 Land Tax Return. The will of Abraham Leach, made on 5 October 1809, mentions lands in the parishes of Monkton, Llawhaden, Nash, Cosheston, East Williamston (Begelly), St. Mary Pembroke, Tenby and Whitechurch. He also had additional leasehold properties.

[14] Town Historian: Town Clerk, Centerville Town Historian, Centerville, NY 14715. Ms. Florence Pixley, Town Clerk, RD 1, Box 3083, Farmersville Stat., NY 14060 [Phone: 716-567-8478]. Town of Centerville, Town Hall, 9469 County Road 3, Centerville, NY 14029 [Phone 585 567-8425; Fax 585 365-2928].

[15] Schedules and notes of deeds and documents relating to some Carmarthenshire Unitarian Chapels are at NLW MS 4457. Notes by George Eyre Evans relating to this Chapel for 1818 to 1907, including information on the services held there and the deaths of members of the Chapel, are at NLW MS 13532A.

[16] He appears in the 1861 Census as William Picton Davies.

[17] William Bowen married Sarah Davies on 8 March 1831 at Llanfyrnach parish church. They were living at Kilrhedyn in the 1851 Census. William Bowen’s parents were John Bowen and Margaret Morris.

[18] The Land Tax Returns for Pembrokeshire are grouped by year and by Hundred, which makes it difficult to conduct an extended search over a number of years rapidly.

[19] The records of Penygroes Baptist Chapel, baptism and burials, 1818-1837, are at the TNA under Class RG 4/3773. Some earlier entries are under those for Glandwr Baptist Chapel, 1785-1824, RG 4/3915.

[20] Thomas and Mary Lewis must have moved to Ysgardaugold Farm in the parish of Llanwinio between 1793 and 1795. They had the following children: (1) John Lewis, bapt. 1 April 1787 at Weinberry, Llanboidy; (2) Frances Lewis, bapt. 12 February 1790 at Weinberry, Llanboidy; (3) David Lewis, bapt. 24 September 1793 at Bwmper, Llanwinio; (4) Levi Lewis, bapt. 1795 at Ysgardaugold, Llanwinio; (5) William Lewis, bapt 11 August 1797 at Ysgardaugold, Llanwinio; (6) Mary Lewis, bapt. 29 October 1800 at Ysgardaugold, Llanwinio; (7) Martha Lewis, bapt. 15 October 1803 at Ysgardaugold, Llanwinio; (8) Thomas Lewis, bapt. 29 April 1805 at Ysgardaugold, Llanwinio. It could be useful to trace the marriages of the brothers and sisters of Mary Lewis, and the deaths of her father and mother. The Nonconformist Chapel where these entries occur must be re-identified [Glandwr Chapel (?)]. Did William Phillips, the occupier of Ysgarddaugold farm in the 1848 Tithe Schedule of Llanwinio, marry into the Lewis family?

[21] There are baptismal entries in the early register for Glandŵr [RG 4/3915] of Margaret, daughter of John and Phoebe Thomas, Dyffryn, bapt 1 February 1804 at Glandŵr; Thomas Evans of Pil Bach near Dyffryn Breydyn, buried 16 May 1807 at Glandŵr and William, son of John Howell, Dyfryn, bapt. 25 November 1824 at Glandŵr. It is unclear if the baptismal entries relate to the Duffryn Pwdrin, or more likely to Duffryn Broidyn in the parish of Llanboidy, but the burial entry shows that travel from Duffryn Pwdrin in the parish of Llanboidy to Glandŵr in the parish of Llanfyrnach, a distance of about 4 miles, was perfectly feasible in the first half of the 19th century. The Minister was common to both Chapels.

[22] Presumably Blaendifrin Pedrin is either part of, or adjacent to, Duffryn Pwdrin farm. Blaen means ‘top’ in Welsh, or uppermost.

[23] A useful book on the subject is Roger J. P. Kain and Richard P. Oliver, The Tithe Maps of England and Wales, Cambridge University Press, 1995, 873 pp.

[24] Dillwyn Miles, in his book, The Lords of Cemais, Cemais Publications, 1997, pp. 65-76, describes briefly the lives of these three owners of the title and land of Cemais. The Lloyd family inherited the estate and title through the marriage of Anne Owen to Thomas Lloyd of Penpedwast in the parish of Meline. Sir Thomas Davies Lloyd saw it as an opportunity, if not a duty, to try and re-establish the ancient Barony of Cemais and to transform his home at Bronwydd, in the parish of Llangynllo in Cardiganshire into a “romantic Rhineland Castle”, in the medieval style then so fashionable amongst the Victorian ruling classes. When Sir Marteine Lloyd succeeded to the Bronwydd Estate in 1877 it covered 7,946 acres, yielding over £7,500 a year. However, his father had died leaving mortgage debts of £94,000.

[25] Also living with Mary Evans were her children Joshua Evans, aged 30; David Evans, aged 27; Rachel Evans, aged 23 and Samuel Evans, aged 20. Clearly her eldest son had taken over the farm by 1861.

[26] Ramoth Baptist Chapel in the parish of Llanwinio was first constructed about 1776, and was an offshoot of the Chapel at Rhydwilym in the parish of Llandysilio, until 1796. In 1796 it had about 33 members, and by 1840 about 90 to 100. Births from 1779 to 1828 are in RG 8/103. The present Chapel was built in 1823. A booklet has been written about the history of the Chapel, Nansi Evans, Eglwys y Bedyddwyr Ramoth, Cwmfelin Mynach, 1795-1995, Cwmfelin Mynach: Ramoth, 1995, 16pp. Nansi Evans (01994) 448392.

[27] Levi Gibbon (1807?-1870), ballad-writer and singer, was born at Cwmfelin Mynach, Llanboidy. He was described as tall and strong, with jetblack hair and beard. Thirty-five of his ballads are known to have been printed, the majority of them dealing either with contemporary social problems or with the adventures of lovers. At his best, for instance in his religious ballads or those which relate his personal experiences, he writes with restraint and sincerity, but on the whole he pays little regard to craftsmanship and too often exceeds the limits of good taste. He was blind (according to one of his ballads, from the age of twenty-five) and was accompanied to the South Wales fairs by his daughters, one member of the group singing the ballad and another playing the fiddle. He suffered considerable hardship as a result of his blindness, and there is evidence that he and his family were afforded relief at Carmarthen workhouse in February 1844. He died at Blaen-y-waun in the parish of Llanwinio parish on 1 August 1870, at the age of sixty-three. His wife, Ann Gibbon, died on 30 January 1897, aged 92. Both are buried in the same grave in the Baptist graveyard at Ramoth Chapel, Cwmfelin Mynach [Jnl. Welsh Bibliog. Soc., vii, 2 (70-2); B. B. Thomas, Baledi Morgannwg; Diary or Jnl. of a Llanboidy policeman, 1844 (manuscript in private hands); Gen., 1891, 286, 1897, 50; Pembrokeshire County Guardian, 22 February, 18 May 1906; personal knowledge].

[28] Eliza Rees was baptised on 19 June 1833 at either Llanboidy or Llanvihangel in Carmarthenshire. In the 1841 Census James Res was living at Panthowel farm, Trelech a’r Bettws, a farmer, aged ‘40’ with his wife, Elizabeth Rees, aged ‘35’ and children James Rees, aged 15, Anne Rees, aged 14, Mary Rees, aged 13, John Rees, aged 3 and Maria Rees, aged 2. The 1851 Census of Llanboidy records the following family living at Duffryn Boidyn: Elizabeth Rees, widow, aged 48, born at Llanwinio, a farmer of 210 acres employing 4 labourers. The children living with her were James Rees, aged 26 born at Llanvihangel; Sarah Rees, aged 19, born at Llanvihangel; Eliza Rees, aged 17, born at Llanvihangel; Richard Rees, aged 15, born at Llanboidy; John Rees, aged 13, born at Trelech; Bariah Rees, aged 11, born at Trelech; Margaret Rees, aged 9, born at Trelech, and Hannah Rees, aged 7, born at Trelech [HO 107/2475/36]. James Rees is presumably mentioned in the 1841 Census for Llanboidy. There are four candidate entries for his death: Carmarthen, December 1843, 26 376; Carmarthen, June 1844, 26 397; Carmarthen, December 1844, 26 370 and Carmarthen, June 1847, 26 533. The Register Office at Carmarthen should be able to sort these out, depending on the age at death on the certificates - and any references to Llanboidy / Cwmfelin Mynach / Duffryn Boidryn on the death certificates. Elizabeth Rees, formerly of Dyffryn Broidyn, Llanboidy parish, died on 8 October 1873, aged 71, and was buried at Rhydyparc Unitarian Chapel, Eglwys Fair a Churig [Narberth, December 1873, 11a 539, age given as 75].

[29] Births and baptisms for Cwmbach Chapel, Llanwinio, 1799 to 1837, are at the TNA under Class RG 4/3831.

[30] The book by E. T. Lewis, Llanfyrnach Parish Lore, Haverfordwest, should be consulted as well as the book by T. E. Lewis, J. T. Jones and H. Lewis, From Efailwen to Whitland, Comprising the History of the Parishes of Cilymaenlwyd, Henllanfallteg, Llanboidy, Llandisilio, Llandewi Velfry and Whitland, 2 Volumes, Clunderwen, 1976 [ISBN 0902126059]. A history of Rhydyceisiaid has been written by William Davies and David Griffiths, Pumed jiwbili eglwys Annibynnol Rhydyceisiaid, 1707-1957: stori'r achos, Abertawe, 1957, 55p.

[31] Births and baptisms for Rhydyceisiaid Chapel, Llangynin, for 1820 to 1837 are at the TNA under Class RG 4/4022. A Schedule is with the Carmarthen Record Office, under a deposit from Mr. W. Williams, solicitor, CRO 4565. There are also the the Clwydenfro Documents, NLW MS 11614E, which contain undated membership lists of Glandŵr and Rhydyceisiaid Chapels and other information concerning this Chapel, such as certificates of the registration of deaths, 1844-1874. There are also Membership Lists of this Chapel, 1803 to 1817, in NLW MS 11076A.

[32] This was next door to a property also called Glandŵr, but this presumably is a different property from the Chapel of that name in the parish of Llanglydwen, as it was occupied by John Hughes, a blacksmith aged 41, and his family.

[33] Possible marriage entries from the IGI Index include: William Davies married to Sarah Morris on 11 October 1832 at St. Peters, Carmarthen; William Davies married to Sarah Williams on 17 October 1834 at St. Peters, Carmarthen; William Davies married to Sarah Lewis on 27 September 1833 at Newchurch, Carmarthenshire.

[34] The following death entries could relate to Thomas John: Carmarthen, June 1843, 26 369; Carmarthen, December 1844, 26 383; Carmarthen, December 1844, 26 384; Carmarthen, March 1846, 26 402; Carmarthen, June 1846, 26 389; Carmarthen, June 1846, 26 390; Carmarthen, March 1847, 26 503; Carmarthen, March 1849, 26 420; Carmarthen, September 1849, 26 731; Carmarthen, December 1850, 26 385; Carmarthen, December 1851, 26 410; Carmarthen, March 1854, 11a 371; Carmarthen, March 1857, 11a 377; Carmarthen, March 1858, 11a 508.

[35] RMS = Royal Mail S(teams)hip. RMS Cuba was built in 1864 and was a vessel in the Cunard Line, founded in 1839 by Samuel Cunard [British Reg. No. 50357]. The Cunard Line merged with the White Star Line in 1871. The vessel was built at Glasgow by Tod & McGregor for Cunard and was registered at Liverpool, it was an iron passenger screw steam ship, and made its maiden voyage to New York via Queenstown on 3 December 1864. It usually took about 10 to 11 days to make the transatlantic crossing. It was later sold in 1876 to David Brown and Sons of London and rebuilt as a 4-masted iron ship and given the name Earl of Beaconsfield. In 1877 it sailed from London to Hudson’s Bay in 78 days. It was wrecked near Withernsea on a voyage from Calcutta to Hull on 6 November 1887. It was 338.2 feet long and 42.4 feet broad.

[36] Three useful books for tracing emigrants to New York include: "Ellis Island: Tracing Your Family History through America's Gateway" by Loretto Dennis Szucs; "They Came in Ships" by John Philip Colletta and "They Became Americans: Finding Naturalization Records and Ethnic Origins" by Loretto Dennis Szucs.

[37] All the living children of Stephen and Eliza Picton signed a deed giving the land to their mother, Eliza Picton, after Stephen Picton’s death. After her death on 20 May 1906 the land was sold to Margaret John on 11 September 1906. On the 25 February 1907 the land was sold to Phoebe Brooks and on 20 January 1936 it was sold on to David Davies, the owner in 1976.

[38] Board of Trade Passenger Lists, Outwards (BT 27), 1890-1960, contain the names people leaving the United Kingdom from ports within England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland for final destinations outside of Europe and the Mediterranean Sea. Some vessels dropped off and picked up passengers in European or Mediterranean ports en route and these entries can be picked up in the records. The information given in the lists usually includes age, occupation, and (from 1922) a UK address of each passenger. There is no indication as to how long he/she intended to stay abroad but from the 1930s entries include the abbreviation “T” if the visit was for the purpose of tourism.

[39] William Griffiths of Glandwr Ganol may be another child, born in 1771.

1. William Phillips, Blaentrefle, died June 14 1901, aged 70 Also Margaret Phillips, wife of the above, died Aug. 4 1913, aged 72 (second wife)	2. Mary wife of William Phillips, Castle Mawr, Llanwinio, died Jan 20 1881, aged 50 years (first wife) Also Hannah, daughter of the above, died April 21 1878, aged 16 years
3. James, son of the above, died Oct. 20 1883, aged 26 years Also John, son of the above died Sept 13 1888 aged 24 years	4. Anna Phillips, Dyffryn, Llanboidy parish died April 14 1858 aged 72 years
5. John, son of Rees and Amy of Blaentrefle, died March 7 1861 aged 22 years	6. Benjamin Jones, Lamb, Blaenwaun, Llanboidy, died Sept. 16 1887 aged 69 years
8. Esther, daughter of Rees and Amy Phillips, Blaentrefle, died May 14 1858 aged 16 years	10. Rees Phillips, father of William Phillips, Blaentrefle, died Nov. 12 1883 aged 84 years Also Amy, his wife, died Dec 25 1884 aged 76 years
11. Anna Evans, daughter of John Evans, Vronscawen, Llanboidy parish, died March 6 1823 aged 6 years.	12. John Evans of Ffynonlas, late of Vronscawn, Llanboidy parish, died Dec, 26 1846 aged 70 years
13. Benjamin Griffith, Bank, parish of Llanboidy, died Sept. 27 1838, aged 64 years Also, Phebe his wife, Feb 28 1858 aged 85 years Also, 3 of their children - Thomas, Mary and Ann	14. John Evans, Colston, Laugharne. Born Jan 2 1839. Died May 30 1881
15. Lewis son of James & Mary Evans of Danyrhendy, parish of Llanwinio (late of Castle Lloyd in the parish of Laugharne) Died June 8 1872 , aged 21 years	16. Hannah, daughter of James and Mary Evans, Fronisaf in the chapelry of Eglwysfair. Died Nov. 14 1855 aged 16 months
17. James Evans, Danyrhendy, parish of Llanwinio. Born Jan 1804. Died April 21 1881	Also Mary Evans relist of above Born Dec 7 1809. Died April 2 1886.
18. Rees Davies, Rhyd. Died Feb 23 1827, aged 70 years Also Esther his wife, died June 27 1822 aged 57 years Also, Margaret, daughter of Rees & Esther Davies died Nov. 27 1820 aged 25 years	19. Rev. David Phillips, Pantymaen parish of Llanwinio (The First Minister) Died June 11 1825 aged 74 years Also Lucy Phillips, wife of the above, died July 21 1800 aged 50 years
20. John Rees Dyffrynbroidyn, Llanboidy. Died Feb. 16 1892 aged 54 years	21. Elizabeth Rees, formerly of Dyffrynbroidyn, Llanboidy parish, died Oct. 8 1873 aged 71 years. Also, James R. Jones, grandson of the above, died Aug. 28 1889 aged 29 years
	22. Sarah William wife of David William Llwyngarreg, Llanwinio parish died Sept. 11 1852 aged 47 years
23. Thomas Phillips, Rhydcarlleon, parish of Llanwinio. Died Jan. 9 1843 aged 36 years	24. Esther, wife of Joseph Walters, Rhydodyn in this parish. Died June 1788 aged 60 years
25. James Phillips formerly of Rhydgoch, Llanwinio. Died Feb. 7 1845 aged 77 years	26. Theophilus Phillips, Rhosgoch, Eglwys Cwmin parish. Died Sept 16 1850 aged 89 years
27. Mary wife of Phillip Jones Rhydyparc. Died Nov. 7 1882 aged 54 years	Also Thomas son of Phillip and Mary Jones Rhydyparc. Died March 25 1855 aged 20 years
28. Mary, wife of James Phillips, Blaentrefle, Llanwinio, Died Aug 20 1848 aged 73 years	Also James Phillips, Blaentrefle, died July 4 1859

WHITECHURCH
LANDLORDS	TENEMENTS	PLACES	TAX ASSESSMENT
James Bowen, Esq.	In his own possession	Whitechurch (House)	13s : 9d
Revd. John Higon	In his own possession	Tythe	15s : 2d
Widow Morgans	David Morris	Tygwyn	17s : 1d
James Bowen, Esq.	Mary Griffith	Dyffrynmawr	10s : 0d
James Davies, Gent.	In his own possession	Coedcewnlas	8s : 4d
James Bowen, Esq.	Theophilus Thomas	Penlan	8s : 10d
William Jones, Esq. and Mary Morris, widow	In his own possession	Cilcam	9s : 2d
Owen Thomas, Gent.	William Davies	Clynmeredyth	8s : 1d
William Jones, Esq.	Mary Morris, widow	Clynmaen	8s : 0d
Henry Leach, Esq.	James Morris	Pontfaen	6s : 5d
John Bowen, Esq.	David Morris	Coedcewnlas isha	5s : 0d
Griffith Gwyn, Gent.	John Philip	Penrallt	4s : 1d
Widow Morgans	Thomas David	Tyddynwrth y felin	3s : 2d
Edward James, Gent.	Thomas Owen	Brirallt	3s : 4d
John Tucker, Esq.	Mary Morris, widow	Treowen	4s : 4d
James Bowen, Esq.	John Picton	Tyrbwlch	3s : 0d
Owen Thomas, Gent.	George Philip	Cilcambach	3s : 10d
James Bowen, Esq.	John James	Velindre	3s : 0d
James Bowen, Esq.	David John	Pantydery Mill	2s : 1d
Widow Morgans	Thomas Thomas	Maesgwynn	3s : 4d
Widow Morgans	Thomas Thomas	Treowen	0s : 10d
		Total	£7 : 2s : 10d

LLANFAIR NANTGWYN
LANDLORDS	TENEMENTS	PLACES	TAX ASSESSMENT
James Bowen, Esq.	In his own possession	In part of tythe	8s : 8d
James Haries, Gent.	In his own possession	In part of tythe	2s : 10d
William Williams, Esq.	Lettice Harry	Trefach	8s : 10d
James Bowen, Esq.	In his own possession	Pantyderi	19s : 7d
Thomas Jones, Gent.	In his own possession	Cymmych	8s : 10d
James Bowen, Esq.	Griffith Jenkins	Cidigill ucha	8s : 7d
Stephen Lewis	Daniel Evans	Pishtill meigan	7s : 0d
John Jones, Gent.	Thomas David	Penrallt	4s : 4d
Thomas Lloyd, Esq.	David Bowen	Pistill meygan	1s : 0d
James Bowen, Esq.	Thomas Jenkin	Birth lwyd	1s : 8d
John Jones, Gent.	Thomas James	Cwm meygan	2s : 2d
William Jones, Esq.	David Morris	Blaenrangell	4s : 0d
William Williams, Esq.	John Philip	Clynerness	2s : 4d
James Bowen, Esq.	Thomas Harry	Bwlchymeglwyd	2s : 8d
James Bowen, Esq.	Evan Owen	Fynnonwen	2s : 6d
John Jones, Gent.	Thomas David	Neyodd	1s : 5d
Walter Rice, Esq.	David Morris	Llanveigan	7s 0d
John Harries, Esq.	John Philip	Part of Man ucha	0s : 10d
James Bowen, Esq.	Margaret John, widow	Trecwn	0s : 10d
Thomas Jones, Gent.	David Richard (?)	Cidigill isha	7s : 0d
Thomas Jones, Gent.	Thomas David	Blaenwein	4s : 4d
		Overall Total	£12 : 8s : 8d

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See also ORIELTON and SPENCE-COLBY. Schedule (1954+suppl.), 221+1p. Annual Report 1948-49, p.58; 1965-66, p.52. National Library of Wales Journal, 9 (1955-6) pp.106-108.

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Below information is research in progress and provided by

Brian Picton Swann

See also ORIELTON and SPENCE-COLBY. Schedule (1954+suppl.), 221+1p. Annual Report 1948-49, p.58; 1965-66, p.52. National Library of Wales Journal, 9 (1955-6) pp.106-108.

Carmarthenshire Archives Service Davies collection of Morgan family deeds and papers

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Carmarthenshire Archives Service Brunel White collection of Oakley family deeds

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Panthowell estate, Trelech-ar-Bettws

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