John VAUGHAN
(-)
Dorothy VAUGHAN
(-1686)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Maurice JONES, Rector of Llandderfel

  • John JONES, Gent.
  • Andrew JONES
2. William ANWYL of Dolfriog, Gent.

Dorothy VAUGHAN 1 2

  • Married (1):
  • Married (2): By about 1645
  • Buried: 9 Jun 1686, Corwen, Merionethshire, Wales 3

  Research Notes:

Abstract of the Nuncupative Will of Dorothy Anwill of Vedw-lwyd in the County of Llanycil, Widow, written 24 May 1686, inventory taken 26 Jun 1686, proved 29 Jun 1686/7.

First she leaves & bequeaths £5 each to her nieces Dorothy Jones of Llanyckill, Dorothy Jenkins, Dorothy Hughes and Dorothy Williams.

Item. Leaves & bequeaths to her daughter Elizabeth Williams, widow, her biggest brass pan.

Item. Leaves & bequeaths to her daughter Jane Hughes the least brass pan.

Item. Leaves & bequeaths to her son John Jones, Gent. all the -------- (fold in the paper) and all the oatmeal in the smallest chest.

Item. Leaves & bequeaths all the rest and residue of her goods, rights and credits, cattles and chattels, to her son Andrew Jones [who she named as Executor of her last will and testament.]

Witnesses: John Jones, Gent., Cadwaladr John Pierce, Robert Jones 4

  Marriage Information:

Dorothy married Maurice JONES, Rector of Llandderfel. (Maurice JONES died in 1641.)

  Marriage Information:

Dorothy also married William ANWYL of Dolfriog, Gent., son of Morris Lewis ANWYL of Nantmor, Gent. and Elizabeth WILLIAM, by about 1645. (William ANWYL was born about 1608 in Beddelgert, Caernarvon, Wales and died between 31 May 1650 and 18 Oct 1650.)

Sources

1 Pedigrees of Anglesey and Caernarvonshire families, J. E. Griffith, p. 320. Griffith does not show her family name and gives her year of death as 1662 which is incorrect.

2 The Snowdonia Dendrochronology Project, House Histories and Research, Parc Houses and Barns, Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, Research by Margaret Dunn, p. 4.

3 Corwen Parish Registers, Burials.

4 SA / 1686 / 163 / W, Bangor Probate Records, held at the National Library of Wales (surname spelt Anwil in the library catalogue).

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