Evan Anwyl of Harlech, Gent.
(1702-1759)
Elizabeth Watkin
(-1794)
Solomon Griffith
(Abt 1741-1788)
Jane Anwyl
(1743-Aft 1794)
John Griffith of Hafod Owen
(1769-1835)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Rebecca Roberts

2. Deborah Astbury Jones

John Griffith of Hafod Owen 1

  • Born: 1769, Bodedern, Anglesey, Wales
  • Christened: 18 Nov 1769, Bodedern, Anglesey, Wales 2
  • Married (1): 26 Sep 1791, Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales 3
  • Married (2): 19 May 1830, Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales 4
  • Died: 5 Apr 1835, Hafod Owen, Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales 6
  • Buried: 9 Apr 1835, Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales 5

  Also called John Griffiths of Hafodonen.

  Research Notes:

John son of Solomon Griffiths, excise officer, and Jane his wife (baptismal record)

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John Griffith of Hafodowen died aged 65 years (burial record)

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Abstract of the Will of John Griffiths of Hafod Owen in the Parish of Amlwch in the County of Anglesey, written 28 Jan 1835, inventory taken 18 Aug 1835, will proved and probate granted 29 Nov 1836. 6

Appoints & ordains his wife Deborah Griffiths sole executrix of his last will and testament, to whom he gives & bequeaths all of his property.

Directs that his executrix shall pay £100 to his granddaughter Mary Roose of Paris in the parish of Amlwch, once she attains the age of twenty-one years or on the day of her marriage.

Directs that his executrix shall pay £100 to his granddaughter Hanah Roose of Paris at the age of twenty-one years or on the day of her marriage.

Directs that his executrix shall pay £100 to his granddaughter Rebecca Roose of Paris at the age of twenty-one years or on the day of her marriage.

Orders that, should his wife re-marry, all his property shall be bequeathed to his three natural & lawful children John Solomon Griffiths, Jane An: Griffiths and Elizabeth Griffiths, and his said children should then pay their mother £200.

Appoints George Palmer of Amlwch and Hugh Williams of Bettws Cemaes Trustees to the execution of his last will and testament.

(Signed)

Witnesses: Hugh Williams [of] Bettws, Morris Jones

The deceased died the 5th day of April 1835.

  Marriage Information:

John married Rebecca Roberts on 26 Sep 1791 in Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales. (Rebecca Roberts died between 1794 and 1830.)

  Marriage Notes:

John Griffith, singleman, miner, of Amlwch Anglesey, to Rebecca Roberts, widow, of Amlwch, Anglesey

Marriage Bond: 23 Sep 1791 (Bangor A 24/96)

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John Griffith of this Parish and Rebecca Roberts of this Parish

Married by Licence

Witnesses: Elias Roberts, Alan Jones

  Marriage Information:

John also married Deborah Astbury Jones, daughter of Thomas Jones and Elizabeth Lloyd, on 19 May 1830 in Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales. (Deborah Jones was born on 23 Oct 1803 in Mostyn, Flintshire, Wales, christened on 30 Oct 1803 in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales and died in 1873 in Hafod Owen, Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales.)

  Marriage Notes:

John Griffith of this Parish, widower, and Deborah Jones of this Parish, spinster

Married by Licence

Witnesses: Henry Jones, Joseph Jones

Sources


1 Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania, Thomas Allen Glenn, 1970, p. 52 [pedigree].

2 Bodedern Parish Registers, Baptisms.

3 Amlwch Parish Registers, Marriages, p. 80, no. 169.

4 Ibid., Marriages, p. 208, no. 622.

5 Ibid., Burials, p. 196, no. 1564.

6 B / 1836 / 4 / W, Bangor Probate Records, held at the National Library of Wales.


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