William Williams, Blaen Penal, Ceredigion, Wales

This chart shows the relationships s of William Williams, Ffynonwen, BlaenPenal, married 1869 with his forebears, spouse and relatives

John Williams 1728-1806 hymn writer Blaenau Pennal⁰¹

                                                                                               
                                                                                                   
          John    |     Mary                                                  Daniel^22,25 Anne^31a    Mary³⁸    
        Williams  md   Hughes^{12 35}  then  Jane⁰²                                   Jones md Williams  Davies^{39 32}   
     b abt  1816  | b abt 1818    b abt 1834⁰³                     b Aberayron, Cdgn c1802^{38 21}|  b 1815³¹  b Llandewi
                 |d abt 1854⁰⁴      md abt 1855⁰⁴                                                     |           Cdgn,1813³⁸
Blaenau Pennal    | md 1832⁰³     bd 12 dec 1892⁰⁹                                                                 d 24Jy'87.³⁹      | m 1845³¹    md23My1837³⁹
d 27 My 1871 BP⁰⁸  |lived- Ffynonwen                                                          | d 1855³¹   Cellan
                  |                                                                        |             
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|          |       |           |                |       |           |                   |    +4 others ³¹       |
William⁰⁶ Jane^{07 27} Richard¹² Elisabeth ⁰⁷    Margret⁰²     Ann⁰⁷     William Williams  - md Catherine Jones²⁴        Daniel
b c 1837 b 1839  b 1843      b 1847       b 1849    b 1851      b c 1837          | b1850³⁸ Aberaeron         b 1851^{26 28 38}          @Frongoi                                                                 |  c Aberayron??    d Lundy I,1871³¹
           | children of Jane husband unkown                                                        |   md 1869 Aberayron bd Aberaeron³¹
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Margaret W ⁰²      John ^{02 27}        Mary⁰²       Sarah Jane⁰⁹
b 1858          b 1867           b 1868        b 1870 d 1872      

99 Sarah Jane Williams - Birth q to Dec 1870 - Aberayron 11b 39
33 Daniel Jones & Anne Williams marriage Q to Mar 1839 Aberayron 27-9 - HR 26Mr06
34 Daniel Jones & Mary Davies marriage Q to Dec 1856 Aberayron 11b-109 - HR 26Mr06
35 IGI JOHN WILLIAMS Spouse:MARY HUGHES Marr: 06 Aug 1831 Lledrod, Cdgn - HR 27mr06

       
01 Assumed relationship only -- John Williams the hymn writer has the right name, place of residence and religious interests ONLY - no other proven family relationship
02 1871 census Ffynonwen, Blaenpenal: John 55 farmer, Jane wife 37, Mgt dau unm 23, gndch: Mgt 13, John 4, Mary 3 - HR Jne 05
03 1832 per BlaenPennal marriage entry in http://www.dyfedfhs.org.uk/copi.htm (there are Daniel and Jenkins "surnames", too) ===The Peniel Church, (Calvinist) Blaen Pennal has registers 1783-1997  SN 619657 also Blaen-afon Bontnewydd 1880-1997
04 - assumption, based on circumstance of chidren, and grave inscriptions

05 1881 census includes: Frongoy (next to Ffynonwen) Jane Williams hd wid., farmer 12 acrees b BP Margaret Wms niece un 22 gen servt - Ffynonwen: Richard William & spouse Maryper ELJames ltr 12mr2006
06 1881 census lists the family: 179 Bow Road, London, Head: William WILLIAMS, dairyman, born (Blaen) Pennal, aged 44 [therefore b.1837]. Wife: Catherine WILLIAMS, aged 31 [ b 1846] Daur Anne C., b St Luke's Middlesex, aged 9. Son: John R., b Bow, aged 7. Son: Daniel J., b Bow, aged 5 Son: William T[Thomas] ., b Bow, aged 2. Son: David J., b Bow, aged 3 months.

07 1861 census, Fynonwen, Jane, Elizabeth, Ann etc.; details on file - HR June 2005
08 per NBI - transcribed from parish register - probably no headstone
09 per NBI - headstone: In memory of Jane W Frongoi this ph, d 7 Dec 1892age 60 also Sarah Jane W, dau, d 1872 - 1 yr
12 - 1851 census; @Fynonwen:John 35 labourer b BP; Mary wife 33 b Lledrod & son/dau: Jane 12, Richard8,Mary6, Eliza2, Ann baby. - HR 21Mr2006 also free BMD Q to Jun 1843 Aberayron 27 9 seea drovers page

21 PER MI Henfynw (ref31) and Reg Davies welshmariners web: Daniel Jones:b 1807cc 42314 Kew ref 124/5&6 sailed on Eigen 1857 & St.Cyrans 1868-9

22 Catherine Jones' father was Daniel - per Shirley Williams 1998
23 - ignore - IGI info: CATHRINE JONES, Chr: 15 SEP 1846 Bettws Lleucu, Cardigan, Wales - parents Daniel Jones & Hannah batch c083121
24 Marriage cert: Wm Wms 30yrs batch Ag Lab res Ffynon Wen, BlaenPenal father John, Farmer; 10Aug1869 Catherine Jones 21 spinst -- Albert St Aberayron father Daniel Jones, Carrier md in the Tabernacle per Calv Meth - Thos Green, witness John Hugh Jones Benjamin Evans - William Griffiths reg'rar HR copy 31Mr05

25 photo of Daniel Jones aged 50 - 70, seated, caption "Daniel Jones and Capt Daniel Jones, grandfather and uncle of DJ Williams" - Shir.Williams-Jackson 2002 via Ian Reekie
26 IGI: Daniel Jones, birth: 11 Jan 1838 Aberaeron, Cardigan, Wales par'ts Daniel J Jones, Mary Margaret Davies md 17 Feb 1830 Henfynwy, Cdgn - this entry is suspect HR 24Mr2006
27 IGI 1 b 22 FEB 1866 Blaenpenal, Cardigan, par'ts Evan Williams, Jane W +also+ Honah Williams bapt 28 Sep 1851 Henfynyw Independent, Neuadd-Lwyd, Cardigan, par'ts John W & Jane - 111HR 25 Mr2006

28 PER MI Henfynw (ref31) and Reg Davies welshmariners web:Jenkin Jones:b 1840 CC 21833 Kew ref 122/6 sailed on Cornwall 1871 also sailed on Laura 1868-1869

31 - Henfynw cemetery grave #549 Daniel Jones Albert St., Aberaeron d 24 Jy 1887 (79); Anne his wife, d 1 Feb 1855 (39); Daniel son, 21 Mar 1850 (5);Mary dau 18 Aug 1850 (4); Mary dau 19 Dec 1858 (5); William son d 21 Dec 1858 (5), Jenkin, son, Master of "Cornwall", Abertawe, who drowned near Ynys Lundy 19 Mar 1871(31) [ Q mar1871 - 49 Aberayron 11b41] smal gavestone #548 Dl. Jones / 1887; small gravestone #550 A.J. 1855 D. & M.J. / 1850; more information about Daniels's marine careeer is known.
30 - JONES Jenkin Aberaeron b 1840 cc# 21833 died 19/03/71 Capacity: om60 OC65 CGN Kew ref: 122/26 C/378/Cornwall/1870-1. Drowned by foundering of ship (ship run down) off Lundy Island on 19 March 1871. (Shipping Gazette 21 March 1871). [MI at Henfynyw churchyard, CGN: Jenkin Jones, master of the 'Cornwall', Swansea, who drowned near Lundy Island, 19 March 1871. - David Jones]. [Jenkin Jones, Castell, Llandyssiliogogo parish, CGN, MM, died 19 March 1871 at sea. Admon 20 September 1871 to Anne Jones, widow, relict, <£100, (NPC)]. bbper web search 6my 2006 http://www.welshmariners.org.uk/search.php. see a barque Cornwall page for more info on the vessel

31a- The Ann Williams entry is probably incorrect see 39

31- The wooden barque Cornwall was a vessel of 487 registered tons, built at London (builders unknown) in 1849, owned by Tremellen & Co. of Swansea and registered at that port. She was on a voyage from Sombrero in the Windward Islands to Gloucester with a cargo of guano and in thick fog off Lundy when she was struck by the steamer Himalaya, outward bound from Newport with a cargo of railway rails. Five crew members from the barque managed to clamber onto the steamer shortly after the impact, but the rest were lost as the Cornwall sank very rapidly. You could obtain further details on the vessel from the West Glamorgan Record Office (westglamarchives -- --swansea.gov.uk), as they hold the statutory shipping registers for the port of Swansea. I trust that this information will be of use to you. email 26 Sep 2006 - Dr. David Jenkins, Senior Curator, National Waterfront Museum, SWANSEA. see a barque Cornwall page for more info on the vessel

33 newspaper - "The Cambrian" newspaper index # E42 Under: SHIPS AND SHIPPING, SHIPWRECKS, SOUTH WALES dated24 March 1871 states: 'CORNWALL', OF SWANSEA, STRUCK BY THE 'HIMALAYA' & SUNK OFF LUNDY. CAPT.JENKIN JONES, OF ABERAYRON, & 10 CREW LOSE LIVES. Thanks to Allen Blethyn, Port Talbot 28 July 2006

32 - Llandewi Aberarth cemetery #557 Mary Jones, 8 Albert St, Aberaeron d 25 Dec 1904 (93); [ free BMD - qDec04 - 93 Aberayron 11b32] Margaret Davies, Penffordd, Aberarth, ei chwaer, 9 Jan 1914 (90); Also 1901 census 8 Albert St: Mary Jones 88, wid, living on own means, b Cdgn, Aberarth; Margaret Davies sister Unm, 76, do, b Aberarth.

36 Marriage Certif pg 22 #44 17th May 1905. Daniel Jenkin Williams 29 yrs batchelor Calvinistic Methodist Minister, Arthur St Montgomery, father William Williams deceased Dairyman, md Elsie Leonora Edwards 22 yrs spinster 12 Newport Rd Cardiff, father John Edwards independent means. Md at Great Frederick St Chapel - rites of Calvinitsic Methodists by certif, Richard J. Rees, minister, witness David Williams M.G. Collier - J Lindsley Registrar. copy made 17 May 1905.
38 1861 census ref RG 9/4192 - parish Llandewi-Aberarth - Town of Aberayron page 6 - at 8 Albert St
Daniel Jones head 59? carrier b Cellan Cardiganshire; Mary Jones wife md 48 b Llandewi???; Catharine Jones dau 11 scholar b Aberayron; Daniel Jones son unm 10 scholar b Aberayron - per DHMR 04 Aug 2005

39 - probably corerect, because on names in 32 - A marriage Daniel; Jones & Mary Davies 23 May 1837 - Cellan Cdgn -- IGI-7004809-09-0538168 - pr HR 05Aug 2005 - also listed in the Cdgn Grooms index, Dyfed FHS

89 A Daniel Jones or James married either Mary Thomas or Mary Jones in Lampeter, Cardiganshire in Q to March 1866 - vol 11b page 64 (per Ancestry.com website)

189 The Aberaeron Club (benefit society) have records 1795-1849: at: National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services Ref NLW MSS 616-17D

399 An obituary (from Shirley Jackson via Ian Reekie) states John Edwards was b in Cowbridge (vale of Glamorgan). He died 9 Sep 1907 aged 78; prob born 1829. In IGI: b 03Nov 1826, Cadoxton-juxta-Barry parents Phillip and Anne (poss ties in with #499 below) or b 21 Jun 1825 Michaelstone, Fedw (?) Glam parents Morgan Edwards, Mary Rowland, neither look promising. But a Morgan Edwards, Coachbuilder is in Slater's 1850 directory (but not 1857)

499 A written family record (uspecified site) of a gravestone states: in memory of Catherine Wife of Richard Williams of Blanhonihan {Blaenhonddan Cadoxton-juxta-Neath} in Neath P[arish, Glamorgan]. This parish who died June 19th 1797 aged 36 years. Also Jane daughter of the above died March 3rd 1792 aged 1 year. Also the above named Richard Williams died Feb 23rd 1806 aged 53 years.

777 http://www.dyfedfhs.org.uk/register/sacindex.htm lists schools - Calvinistic in Blaenpennal is Brynsaran

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