FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF
THOMAS AND MARGARET JONES


Hirnant valley

Hirnant


Thomas Jones was christened 5 August 1666 in Hirnant, Montgomeryshire, Wales, the son of Edward Jones and Gras ferch Thomas. He married Margaret.


Margaret died and was buried 3 July 1706 in Hirnant.


Margaret Jones burial

Burial record for Margaret Jones in Hirnant: "Margareta Jones sepulta Julius tertia die"



Thomas and Margaret had the following children:


*1. Jane, christened 14 June 1700 in Hirnant; married Evan Davies 30 April 1730 in Hirnant.


2. Elizabeth, christened 6 October 1701 in Hirnant.


3. William, christened 19 March 1704 in Hirnant.



SOURCES: Hirnant parish register; www.findmypast.com.
Hirnant church

Church in Hirnant



FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF
EDWARD JONES AND
GRAS VERCH THOMAS


Edward Jones was christened 20 September 1643 in Hirnant, the son of Morris Jones and Jane verch Morgan Thomas. Edward married Gras verch Thomas. 


Edward died and was buried 23 November 1687 in Hirnant.


Edward Jones burial

Burial record for Edward Jones in Hirnant: "Edwardus Jones sepultus fuit vicesimo tertio die Novemberis 1687"
(Edward Jones was buried the 23 die of November 1687)



Edward and Gras had the following children:


*1. Thomas, christened 5 August 1666 in Hirnant; married Mary.

Thomas Jones baptism

Baptism record for Thomas Jones in Hirnant: "Thomas the sonne of Edd Jones and Gras aph Tho was
christened the 5 day of August 1666"


2. Theodore, christened 1 February 1671 in Hirnant; "probably the Theodore Edward bp Hirnant 1670 son of Edward Jones of Hirnant & his wife Grace verch Thomas [Pritchard notes]; m by 1702 Sarah." ; children John, Edward, and Grace.




SOURCES: Hirnant parish register; www.findmypast.com; Families of Montgomeryshire, Wales, Bill Barker, 2001.
Hirnant

Hirnant


FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF
MORRIS JONES AND
JANE VERCH MORGAN THOMAS



Morris Jones was born in about 1620 of Hirnant. He married Jane verch Morgan Thomas (also called Jane Morgan), the daughter of Morgan Thomas ap Ieuan Vaughan.

Morris died in 1672, leaving an administration which mentioned his widow Jane Morgan. The bondsmen for the administration were Thomas Morris, weaver of Hirnant, and John Iwen of Oswestry in Shropshire.


Administration for Morris Jones

Bond and administration for Morris Jones of Hirnant, yeoman, 1672
Bond and administration for Morris Jones of Hirnant, yeoman, 10 April 1672

The condicon of this obligation is such that if the abovebounden Jane Morgan relict & administratix of the goods chattels & creddits of Morris Jones late which he held of the pish of Hirnant in the County of Mountgomry & dioices of St Asaph yeoman her late husband deceased doe make or cause to be made a true and pfect inventory of all singular the goodes chattels and credittes of the said deceased which have or shall come to the handes possession or knowledge of her the said Jane Morgan or into the handes and possession of any other person or persons for her and the same soe made doe exhibite or cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the Consistory Court of St. Asaph at or before the feast day of John the Baptist next after his goodes chattels and credittes at the tyme of his death which at any tyme after shall come to the handes or possession of the said Jane Morgan or into the hands and possession of any other person or persons for her doe well and truly administer according to lawe…

Sealed and delivered in the presence and sight of
Hugh Jones
Tho: Morris
John Evans

Jane signed her mark at the bottom of the administration.

Jane Morgan mark


An inventory was created for Morris:

Inventory for Morris Jones

Inventory of Morris Jones of Hirnant, yeoman, 1672


Nono die mensis Aprilis Anno Domini 1672 (9 April 1672)

A true and perfect inventorie of all the goodes cattle and chattels moveable & immoveable of Moris Jones of Hirnant in the County of Mountgomery and the diocese of St Asaph yeoman deaceased made and prized by the persons under named the day and yeare above written and is as followeth that is to say:
Imprimis Sixe beasts and one horse prized – 06-00-00
Item All tin brasse and pewter prized – 00-06-00
Item One iron pot one bason iron one freing pan one spit one paire of gobbarts one brandrat one plough one harrow & one iron chaine prized – 04-00-00
Item one table with appurtenance and one chaire prized – 00-05-00
Item five sheep prized – 00-10-00
Item one chest one standing bed & all the wooden stuffe there prized – 00-03-00
Item one ffeather bd two blankets & two sheet pr – 00-05-00
He laid in dept in the summe of 3li-10s beside the heriot to his land lord

Wittnesse names
The marke of Thomas Moris
The marke of William Morgan
The marke of Evan John
Matt: Jones



Morris and Jane had the following children:

1. Mary, christened 17 April 1641 in Hirnant.

*2. Edward, christened 20 September 1643 in Hirnant; married Gras verch Thomas; buried 23 November 1687 in Hirnant.

Edward Jones baptism

Baptism record for Edward Jones in Hirnant: "Edward the sonne of Moras Jonnes and Jane verch Morgan Thomas was bap the 20th of September"


3. Owen, christened 2 October 1646 in Hirnant.

4. Lowry, christened 22 February 1652 in Hirnant.


SOURCES: Hirnant parish register; www.findmypast.com; administration, bond and inventory of Morris Jones of Hirnant, 1672, National Library of Wales.