Descendants of Thomas Elliot of Steynton

Descendants of Thomas Elliot of Steynton

Generation No. 1

1. THOMAS¹ ELLIOT¹ was born in Of Steynton, Pembs.

Notes for THOMAS ELLIOT:

Thomas Elliot of Steynton is believed to have descended from the Elliot of Earewear/Amroth line but his parents cannot yet be substantiated. There are two main lines of decent that he could possibly have come down from, they are:

1) Thomas Elliot was possibly the same "Thomas Elliot" (b. abt 1584), who was the son of John Elliot of Narberth and his wife Jane Vaughan and who inherited "Summer HIl" in his father's will. This is the version shown on the Elliot pedigree at the National Library of Wales: MS 12379 B.

2) The Elliot of Hubberston & Laugharne (Ref: Pemb. Record Office HDX 803/2) pedigree shows Thomas Elliot of Steynton as being the son of John Elliot and Mary Carme. This is possible, although I don't believe that Philip Elliot, gent of Dublin and Philip Elliot, son of Thomas Elliot of Steynton are one and the same person. BUT ALL THIS STILL NEEDS TO BE PROVED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

More About THOMAS ELLIOT:

Living: 1625

Children of THOMAS ELLIOT are:

2. i. PHILIP² ELIOT, b. Abt. 1637, Steynton, Pembs.; d. 7 January 1677/78, Hubberston.

ii. ALICE ELIOT², b. Abt. 1638, Steynton, Pembs.

More About ALICE ELIOT:

Baptised: 2 February 1637/38, Steynton, Pembs³

iii. MARGARET ELIOT⁴, b. Abt. 1645, Steynton, Pembs⁵.

More About MARGARET ELIOT:

Baptised: 7 April 1645, Steynton, Pembs⁵

iv. CATHERINE ELIOT⁶, b. Abt. 1647, Steynton, Pembs⁷.

More About CATHERINE ELIOT:

Baptised: 30 October 1647, Steynton, Pembs⁷

Generation No. 2

2. PHILIP² ELIOT (THOMAS¹ ELLIOT)⁸ was born Abt. 1637 in Steynton, Pembs.⁹, and died 7 January 1677/78 in Hubberston¹⁰. He married MARY¹¹ Bef. 1662. She died Aft. 1703.

Notes for PHILIP ELIOT:

Philip was the eldest child of Thomas Elliot of Steynton. (Source: Steynton Registers) His father, Thomas is believed to have been of the Elliot of Earwear(Amroth) line.

Philip is believed to have been the first Elliot to lease Annikell. It appears that the Elliot family came to Annikel before the 1670's. (Source: "Historic Houses of Pembrokeshire & their Families", Major Francis Jones).

It is strongly believed that Philip Elliot took over the lease of Annykell on the death of Nicholas Stokes in or about the year 1672.

It is believed that Philip Elliot was possibly related to Nicholas's wife Mary Tasker. A Philip Elliot was party to a Bond on the death of John Tasker of Rosemarket, along with William Tasker and Francis Tasker. This Bond was dated 1661 at Rosemarket. It is quite possible that Mary Tasker, wife of Nicholas Stokes, was the daughter of one of the Taskers of Rosemarket. Furthermore, Philip Elliot's

grandaughter, Florence Elliot later married Nicholas Stokes of Priory. This Nicholas of Priory was the grandson of Nicholas Stokes's (of Annykell) brother Anthony Stokes of Roch.

ANNIKELL, Steynton.

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A short distance NE from Tiers Cross, and near the road leading to Merlins Bridge and Haverfordwest, now a farmhouse. There are references to the place as early as 1326, but little is known about it, and by the 17th century it formed part of the Picton Castle estate. Lawrence Hore, husbandman, was living at Annikell in 1628. It was later tenanted by the Stokes family. There was a spring on the land, but in 1664 Nicholas Stokes husbandman failed to clear and scour the ditch so the water did not have a free passage to Necell, which led to his appearance in the Court of Great Sessions. By 1670 the Elliots came there and later had a lease from Picton Cast., but this was surrendered to Sir Richard Philipps in the 1760's, and the family moved to St. Botolphs. Annikell was later held by farming tenants.

(Source: "The Historic Houses of Pembrokeshire and Their Families", Major Francis Jones)

In his Will, Philip left, amongst other personel and household goods the following:

12 Cows, 1 Bull, 11 Oxon, 80 Sheep, 40 Lambs, 40 Swine, 20 Swine Piggs, 11 Horses and Mare. Twenty shillings to the poor of Hubberston.

The rooms in his property were described as :

The Little Parlor, Hall, Kitchen, Dairy, The Chamber, the Loft, the outer Loft, another Loft, outer Kitchen, outer Room and the Carthana?

More About PHILIP ELIOT:

Baptised: 5 February 1636/37, Steynton, Pembs.¹²

Fact 1: of Hubberston

Fact 2: Philip may well have been born before 1637 as the parish registers only started about that date.

Hearth Tax: 1670, Philip Elliot was liable for 3 hearths in Hubberston in the Hearth Tax for Pembrokeshire. It was the second largest property listed for Hubberston.

Inventory dated: April 1678

Will dated: 1677

Will proved: 1 August 1678, Value £230 10 9d

Notes for MARY:

In addition to the legacies to her family mentioned in her Will, Mary also left 20 shillings to the poor of Hubberston.

Summary of the Inventory dated 1703 of Mary Elliot of Hubberston

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Hall

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One long table, two forms, one side table, one elbow chair, one large Bible.

Parlour

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one table, six joint stools, one form, one cupboard, one bed with its furniture, cupboard carpet & cupboard cloths.

Ye Room Next to ye Hall

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Two settles, two side tables, one small round table, 4 joint stools, 2 trippetts of ??, old chairs with other wooden lumber, two spitts & irons, three brass potts, two skellets, seven brass pans, two cauldrons, four brass candlesticks & snuffers, one mortar and scales, brass ladle and scissors.

In addition there were many other numerous household effects two many to itemise but included were Wilver tankared beaker bowle cupp and 14 silver spoons.

Also:

117 sheep, 45 lambs, 6 pair Oxon, 10 cows, 4 young cattle, 9 horses and mares, 3 pair of wheels with ploughs, carts & yoaks, 1 limestone boate with her materials, quarried implements and share of Honey.

House at Hubberston Pill

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comprised of kitchen, Green Room, passing room, Brown Room, upper passing room, Red Room, upper Brown Room, Cellar ( with 2 barrels of ale). Again many numerous household items and furniture are listed.

More About MARY:

Died 2: Abt. 1703

Fact: Had a dwelling house at Hubberston Pill¹³

Fact 1: 1703, Will proved

Will dated: 26 August 1703

Witnesses to Will: Owen Phillips, John Phillips

More About PHILIP ELIOT and MARY:

Marriage: Bef. 1662

Children of PHILIP ELIOT and MARY are:

3. i. JOHN³ ELLIOT, GENT., b. Abt. 1662, Of Hubberston & Haking, Pembs.; d. 20 January 1733/34, Hubberston, Pembs.

4. ii. WILLIAM ELLIOT, b. Abt. 1667, of Annikell, Steynton, Pembrokeshire; d. 14 July 1724.

iii. THOMAS ELLIOT¹⁴, d. Aft. 1677.

iv. GEORGE ELLIOT¹⁵, d. Aft. 1703.

Notes for GEORGE ELLIOT:

In his mother's Will George inherited £30and her "feather bed and all its furniture next door in the lower chamber of my dwelling house in Hubberston".

v. MARY ELLIOT¹⁵, b. Of St. Bothox, Hubberston; d. Abt. 1715.

Notes for MARY ELLIOT:

In her mother's Will Mary inherited £30.

More About MARY ELLIOT:

Fact 1: Died a spinster

Fact 2: of St. Botolph's in the parish of Hubberston¹⁶

Will dated: 10 July 1715

Will proved: 5 January 1716/17, Estate valued at £238 9s 7d.¹⁷

5. vi. LETTICE ELLIOT, d. Aft. 1701.

vii. MARTHA ELLIOT¹⁸, d. Aft. 1677; m. JOHN FISHER¹⁹.

More About MARTHA ELLIOT:

Fact: Probably dead before 1703

6. viii. FRANCES ELLIOT, d. Aft. 1677.

Generation No. 3

3. JOHN³ ELLIOT, GENT. (PHILIP² ELIOT, THOMAS¹ ELLIOT)²⁰ was born Abt. 1662 in Of Hubberston & Haking, Pembs.²¹, and died 20 January 1733/34 in Hubberston, Pembs. He married JUDITH. She was born Abt. 1658, and died 19 March 1731/32 in Hubberston, Pembs²¹.

Notes for JOHN ELLIOT, GENT.:

In his mother's Will John inherited all the rest of his mother's goods, chattels, household stuff, implements of husbandry and personal estate.

Abstract of the will of Mr. John Elliot, Gent., of Hubberston

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Being aged and weak, he left 20 shillings to the poor of Hubberston.

Mentions his daughters:

To eldest daughter Martha Elliot £105.00

To daughter Florence Stokes £105 plus the house and the Hakin Stable, outhouses, garden and key? household goods and furnishings and shop goods together with the tenement commonly called Moses ?? and the cottages thereon.

He also mentions the children of Nicholas Cook; Elliot Cook, Nicholas Cook and Mary Cook - his grandchildren.

Also to Martha Elliot the capital lease also he lease of Kath. Millers house and hay.

He had at least two houses and he later refers to the Haking House, he also had a shop, possibly a drapers or a general shop as amongst it contents in the inventory were linen and woollen drapery, Manchester weare?, tobacco and also cash in ye shop.

Estate value at £819.8s 5d. Proved 1734.

More About JOHN ELLIOT, GENT.:

Burial: 22 January 1733/34, Hubberston Parish Church²²

Fact: 1703, Executor of his mother's Will

Will dated: 14 December 1733

Will proved: Bet. 1734 - 1735, His estate was worth £819.00

More About JUDITH:

Burial: 21 March 1731/32, Hubberston²²

Fact: Monumental stone in Hubberston Churchyard

Children of JOHN ELLIOT and JUDITH are:

i. MARTHA⁴ ELLIOT.

More About MARTHA ELLIOT:

Living: 1715, Unmarried

7. ii. MARY ELLIOT, d. Bef. 1723.

8. iii. FLORENCE ELLIOT, d. January 1775, Pill in the parish of Steynton.

4. WILLIAM³ ELLIOT (PHILIP² ELIOT, THOMAS¹ ELLIOT)^23,24 was born Abt. 1667 in of Annikell, Steynton, Pembrokeshire²⁵, and died 14 July 1724²⁵. He married ANNE HARRIES^26,27 Bef. 1704, daughter of JOHN HARRIES and JANE TRELEWELYN. She was born Aft. 1658 in of Porthiddy Fach, Llanrhian, Pembrokeshire, and died Abt. 1747 in of Anikell, Parish of Steynton.

More About WILLIAM ELLIOT:

Fact 1: 2nd husband of Anne Harries

Fact 2: of Annikel²⁸

Fact 3: 1704, also of Lower Haythog²⁹

Notes for ANNE HARRIES:

Anne Harries was the 2nd to youngest daughter of John Harries, esq., of Porthiddy Fach, Llanrhian parish and Jane Philipps of Trelewelyn.

Anne's other grandchildren as mentioned in her will are:

Anne Owen

John Owen

William Elliot Jack of Bristol

Lettice Elliot

NOTES FROM TONY JAMES (2003)

Pembrokeshire Great Sessions 1704

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In 1704 David HARRIES then of St Margarets in Westminister, Gent, stated that he was the son of John HARRIES of Porthidddy, gent, deceased, who was the son of David HARRIES of the same place, deceased. Siblings of David HARRIES were sid to be, James, George, Eleanor, Elizabeth, Ursula and Mary. Orator says that due to his wifes death he had to go to Holland.

He complains that his mother had entered into a conspiracy with William HARRIES of Tressissilt, John PERKIN of St Davids, David PERKIN of Llanrhian, Thomas WILLIAMS of Cwmwwdig, an unknown ELLIOT of Lower Haythog to whom his sister Ann HARRIES was married and others to defraud the orator of 2 capital messuages in Porthiddy Fawr and Fach, Trevacoon, Tremeredith and elsewhere one of which was in the tenancy of Richard THOMAS.

Result of casenot known but it obviously failed.

Richard Thomas to whom he refers had dided some 20 years before the case and was Richard Thomas JAMES(AKA)

The above identifies the ELLIOT of Lower Haythog.

I have recently seen a Benevolence for Charles I which included Steynton and Hubberston and nowhere there can I find an ELLIOT contributing, they maybe were out of the Country and perhaps avoided it when the tax man called!!

Also from the notes of George HARRIES the following

"The twice married Ann who died in 1747, she firstly married Rice SMITH of St Ishmaels with issue Rice a Clerk in Holy Orders and as a second marriage she wed William ELLIOT of Anikel, Steynton Psh by whom she had 6 children. Her will bears a seal

"Out of a ducal coronet a goats head"

More About ANNE HARRIES:

Fact 1: Widow of the Rev. Smith³⁰

Fact 2: 1704, of Lower Haythog

Fact 3: 1747, Anne's seal is described as : out of a ducal coronet, a goats head³¹

Will dated: 14 December 1737

Will proved: 25 April 1747

More About WILLIAM ELLIOT and ANNE HARRIES:

Marriage: Bef. 1704

Children of WILLIAM ELLIOT and ANNE HARRIES are:

9. i. MARY⁴ ELLIOT.

ii. ELIZABETH ELLIOT, d. 1718, Steynton, Pembs; m. REV. WILLIAM JONES³²; b. of St. Ishmael's, Pembs.

More About ELIZABETH ELLIOT:

Burial: 3 September 1718, Steynton, Pembs.³³

Fact: Died unmarried

10. iii. ELINOR ELLIOT, d. Bef. 1737.

iv. ANNE ELLIOT, b. Abt. 1704, Possibly Lower Haythog; d. 7 October 1730, Hubberston³⁴.

More About ANNE ELLIOT:

Burial: 9 October 1730, Hubberston³⁵

v. MARTHA ELLIOT, m. RICHARD SMITH, 12 May 1736, Hubberston Church, Pembs..

More About RICHARD SMITH and MARTHA ELLIOT:

Marriage: 12 May 1736, Hubberston Church, Pembs.

11. vi. REV. PHILIP ELLIOT, b. Abt. 1706, of Annikell & St. Botolphs, Pembs.; d. 20 December 1766, Hubberston, Pembs.

5. LETTICE³ ELLIOT (PHILIP² ELIOT, THOMAS¹ ELLIOT)³⁶ died Aft. 1701. She married JOHN HOWELL, son of WILLIAM HOWELL. He was born in of St. Botolph's, Hubberston, and died Aft. 1701.

Notes for LETTICE ELLIOT:

In her mother's Will Lettice inherited £30.

Child of LETTICE ELLIOT and JOHN HOWELL is:

12. i. MARY⁴ HOWELL, b. 1701, of St. Botolphs, Hubberston, Pembs.; d. 12 July 1770, of Hubberston, Pembs..

6. FRANCES³ ELLIOT (PHILIP² ELIOT, THOMAS¹ ELLIOT)³⁷ died Aft. 1677. She married FRANCIS PENDER (OR FENDER).

More About FRANCES ELLIOT:

Fact: Probably dead before 1703

Children of FRANCES ELLIOT and FRANCIS FENDER) are:

i. MARY PENDER(OR⁴ FENDER), m. RICE SMITH, Bet. 1703 - 1715.

More About RICE SMITH and MARY FENDER):

Marriage: Bet. 1703 - 1715

ii. MARTHA PENDER, m. THOMAS EYNON, Bet. 1703 - 1715.

More About THOMAS EYNON and MARTHA PENDER:

Marriage: Bet. 1703 - 1715

Generation No. 4

7. MARY⁴ ELLIOT (JOHN³, PHILIP² ELIOT, THOMAS¹ ELLIOT) died Bef. 1723. She married NICHOLAS COOKE 9 November 1721 in Hubberston, Pembrokeshire. He was born in of Neston, Cheshire.

More About NICHOLAS COOKE and MARY ELLIOT:

Marriage: 9 November 1721, Hubberston, Pembrokeshire

Children of MARY ELLIOT and NICHOLAS COOKE are:

i. ELLIOT⁵ COOKE.

ii. NICHOLAS COOKE.

iii. MARY COOKE.

8. FLORENCE⁴ ELLIOT (JOHN³, PHILIP² ELIOT, THOMAS¹ ELLIOT) died January 1775 in Pill in the parish of Steynton. She married NICHOLAS STOKES 18 December 1729 in Hubberston, Pembrokeshire, son of THOMAS STOKES. He was born in of Priory.

Notes for FLORENCE ELLIOT:

In the will of her father, Florence inherited £105 and the house and the Hakeing stable? one Kemps Garden (sic) and key (the household goods and furniture and shop goods accepted) together with the tenements commonly called Morses Tenement (the cottages thereon accepted) during the lease without payment of any rent for it: and this giving in consideration of the lease given to her elder sister.

Florence was 1st cousin to Rev. Philip Elliot of St. Botolophs and it was Florence's grandson, Anthony Stokes who purchased St. Botolophs from the Le Hunt family in 1826.

EXTRACT OF THE WILL OF FLORENCE STOKES (NEE' ELLIOT)

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FIorence Stokes of Pill, in the parish of Steynton,

" First, I release my eldest son Anthony Stokes. Chief Justice m H.M. Province of Georgia, and his son Nicholas Stokes, of all debts that may be due from them, also I give to the said Anthony Stokes £30 to buy his mouming, also I bequeath to the said Nicholas Stokes £100. Item, my youngest son Hugh Stokes all that messuage or building situated at Haking, parish of Hubbcrston, Co. Pembroke, commonly called the Brew House, with appurtenances which I hold, for the several Lesees of a Lease from the late John Barlow, Esq. All my Estate to him the said Hugh Stokes his executors subject ncverthelcss (berides rcnt reserved covenants) two annual or ycarly rent that is to say the sum of £lQ which I give yearly to my eldest daughter Jane Lort, wife of John Lort of Pankeston, Esq., her &u and assigns and a Uke sum of £10 ycariy to my youngest daughter Juditht3awcs, wife of Nathanicl Davies of Havcrfordwcst, surgcon, her heir. AU free of all Taxes arid Deductions parliamentary or othcrwise. Also I give to the said Hugh Stokes messuagc and lands in the said uider Lcase from William Stephens, Gent. under Lease from William Stephens, Gent. Also to the said Hugh Stoke all my messuage farm and tenement in the town and field of Pill aforesaid, which I hold by or under a Lease from Sir WilHam Hamilton and Catherine, his wife, to thc said Hugh Stokc subject to chargc. LO."toJn^.sald.eldcst.dau8ht" Janc Lort, and like sum of £10 to my "" ^^SS^S^TSS^^S^^ X^.^B.^"!'m^^ under a lease from Ann Jordan, widow, and all my estate toAeaM lugh Stokc his hdrs. Also I give my youngest daughter Judith Davies my farm called New House in the Parish of Walton West, Co. Pembroke, which I hold under a lease from Esther Price, late of Cilgwyn, Co. Carmarthen, widow. I do demize to my said daughters Jane Lort, Judith Davies and my son Hugh Stoke subject to their condition, and that every of them and the husbands of both and each of my said daughters shall rdinquish all and every claim supposed to be due to them or either of them from me as Administrix of the Estate and effects of their late father Nicholas Stoke if not shall forfeit they would otherwise have in my estate under my last will to the use of my said eldest son Anthony Stokes and his son Nicholas Stokes their heirs, and I do appoint icino i nrt ludith Davies and Hugh Stokes executors of this my last will. In Wiuiess I set my hand and seal 7 November, 1774. FLORENCE STOKES. Declared in the presence of William Cleavland, Margaret Jenkins, ;lizabeth Coshery. Admmistered 21 January. 1775. Wm. Thomas, Surrogate. ^

More About FLORENCE ELLIOT:

Burial: 16 January 1775

Notes for NICHOLAS STOKES:

Grandson of Anthony Stokes of Roch (d. 1672)

More About NICHOLAS STOKES and FLORENCE ELLIOT:

Marriage: 18 December 1729, Hubberston, Pembrokeshire

Children of FLORENCE ELLIOT and NICHOLAS STOKES are:

i. JOHN⁵ STOKES, b. 26 November 1730; d. 1734.

More About JOHN STOKES:

Burial: 12 April 1734

ii. JANE STOKES, b. Abt. 1732; m. JOHN LORT, ESQ., 15 June 1758, Hubberston Church, Pembs.; b. , of Prickeston³⁸.

More About JANE STOKES:

Baptised: 12 April 1732

More About JOHN LORT and JANE STOKES:

Marriage: 15 June 1758, Hubberston Church, Pembs.

13. iii. ANTHONTY STOKES, b. 17 April 1735; d. 1799.

iv. GEORGE STOKES, b. Abt. 1736; d. 1756.

14. v. HUGH STOKES, b. August 1738, of Pill in the parish of Steynton; d. December 1822.

vi. JUDITH STOKES³⁸, m. NATHANIEL DAVIES³⁸; b. of Haverfordwest.

More About NATHANIEL DAVIES:

Occupation: Surgeon³⁸

vii. MARTHA STOKES, b. 1740; d. 1741.

9. MARY⁴ ELLIOT (WILLIAM³, PHILIP² ELIOT, THOMAS¹ ELLIOT) She married (1) JOHN OWEN 7 January 1727/28 in Steynton, Pembrokeshire. He died 11 December 1731. She married (2) LEWIS COLE Aft. 1731.

Notes for MARY ELLIOT:

Mary is mentioned in an extract of the will of Mary Elliot (nee' Howell) dated 1769 thus:

"And whereas I resigned up the lease of Annikell to Sir Richard Philipps Barronet of Picton Castle in the County of Pembroke aforesaid who hath entered into Bond on the penalty of two hundred pounds to pay me or my Executors yearly during the natural life of my sister law Mary Cole now in the town and county of Haverfordwest the sum of ten pounds for and in consideration of my resigning the aforesaid lease for and during the life of my sister law Mary Cole. Now I give and equeath the said ten pounds yearly to be paid by the sair Sir Richard Philipps Barronet to my son Philip Elliot and my daugher Margaret Elliot equally between them and to the survivor of them during the life of sister Cole aforesaid and whatsoever my family may be intituled (entitled?) unto by virtue and under the Will of Mrs Lettice Eynon of Haskard deceased widowmy willis that it may be equally divided between my five children Philip Elliot, Lettice Voyle, Anne Row, Margrit Elliot and Mary Grant."

More About MARY ELLIOT:

Living: 1769, in Haverfordwest³⁹

More About JOHN OWEN:

Fact: 1st husband of Mary Elliot

More About JOHN OWEN and MARY ELLIOT:

Marriage: 7 January 1727/28, Steynton, Pembrokeshire

More About LEWIS COLE and MARY ELLIOT:

Marriage: Aft. 1731

Children of MARY ELLIOT and JOHN OWEN are:

i. ANNE⁵ OWEN.

ii. JOHN OWEN.

10. ELINOR⁴ ELLIOT (WILLIAM³, PHILIP² ELIOT, THOMAS¹ ELLIOT) died Bef. 1737. She married ?? JACK. He was born in of Bristol.

Child of ELINOR ELLIOT and ?? JACK is:

i. WILLIAM ELLIOT⁵ JACK.

11. REV. PHILIP⁴ ELLIOT (WILLIAM³, PHILIP² ELIOT, THOMAS¹ ELLIOT)⁴⁰ was born Abt. 1706 in of Annikell & St. Botolphs, Pembs.⁴¹, and died 20 December 1766 in Hubberston, Pembs⁴¹. He married MARY HOWELL 1726 in St. Thomas, Haverfordwest⁴², daughter of JOHN HOWELL and LETTICE ELLIOT. She was born 1701 in of St. Botolphs, Hubberston, Pembs.⁴³, and died 12 July 1770 in of Hubberston, Pembs.⁴³.

Notes for REV. PHILIP ELLIOT:

The Revd. Philip Elliot was the only son of William Elliot of Lower Haythog & Annikel and Anne Harries of Porthiddy Fawr. He made a good marriage with his 1st cousin Mary Howell, heiress of St. Botolphs bringing into the Elliot family a large estate. The lease of Annikel was surrendered in the 1760's and the family removed to St. Botolphs.

ST. BOTOLPHS Mansion, Steynton

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The earliest reference to this residence is in the will of William Howell of Hubberston Park 'to be buried in the Park chapel,...my sons William and David Howell, my daughters Rebecca and Jennet (to be kept at school till she can read the bible). To my son William Howell all my lands at Boothockes in the parish of Hubberston, and to be executor', will proved 14 November 1656. (ref. PCC Berkeley 385). Home to the Elliot, le Hunte and Stokes families '... a newly erected mansion built on the site of the old chapel of St. Budock by Mr. le Hunte, a gentleman of Ireland who, since the troubles in that country, has resided in Pembrokeshire where he possesses a valuable property inherited from an ancestor in the time of Charles I, who married an heiress in this county through none of it lies in the neighbourhood of his residence'. Fentons Tour 1811. General le Hunte acquired the mansion through the marriage of a forefather to a co-heiress of lloyd of Kilkiffeth..

The Elliots, in the person of the Revd. Philip Elliot, obtained St. Botolphs through his marriage to a cousin, Mary, daughter of John Howell, of St. Botolphs. Philip's son, Dr. George Elliot, MD, left two

sons who each married a daughter of Dr. John Coakley Lettsom, a fashionable 18th century doctor (vide: English Speaking Students of Medicine at the University of Leyden by R. W. Innes Smith).

Lewis (TDW) says that ' In the western part of Steynton parish is St. Botolph's, the seat of A L Stokes, Esq., by one of whose relatives it was purchased in 1826 from the representatives of General le Hunte. The present mansion was built in 1800, about a hundred yards to the west of the ancient edifice, and partly on the site of a monastery ... and part of the walls of the ancient monastery, which are still remaining,have been incorporated with the out-buildings of the modern mansion'.

The house was, in 1976 a hotel.

(Source: "The Historic Houses of Pembrokeshire and Their Families" by Major Francis Jones)

Lewis (1833) also states:

"St. Botolph's, the seat of A.I. Stokes, Esq., by one of whose relatives it was purchased, in 1826, from the representatives of General le Hunt, who purchased it, in 1803, from the family of the Elliots, to whom it had belonged for many years. The present mansion was built in 1800, about a hundred yards to the

west of the ancient edifice, and partly on the site of a monastery supposed to have been a cell to the priory of Pill, near the head of Hubberston Pill. In excavating the ground for the new building several stone coffins, containing bones, were dug up; and part of the walls of the ancient monastery, which are still remaining, have been incorporated with the out-buildings of the modern mansion."

In his mother's Will, Philip inherited the lease of Annikal and real and personal estate, goods and chattels.

Philip was the last Elliot to be in possession of Annikel as the lease was surrended in the 1760's by his wife, Mary Howell. Philip died in 1766 and his wife Mary in 1770. Sir Richard Philipps, Barronet of Picton Castle, entered into Bond on the penalty of two hundred pounds to pay to Mary or her Executors yearly during the natural life of her sister-in-law Mary Cole. The sum of ten pounds for and in consideration of her resigning the aforesaid lease for and during the life of her sister-in-law Mary Cole, she bequeath the said ten pouns yearly to be paid by the said Sir Richard Philipps to her son Philip Elliot and her daughter Margaret Elliot equally between them and to the survivor of them suring the life of sister Cole aforesaid.

Philip is mentioned in the Will of his friend Lettice Eynon of Hasguard, widow of Thomas Eynon. He was a co-executor to her will.

More About REV. PHILIP ELLIOT:

Baptised: 18 December 1706, Steynton, Pembs.⁴⁴

Burial: 23 December 1766, St. David's, Hubberston⁴⁵

Education: 24 May 1723, Admitted to University Coll. Oxford

Executor: 1757, To the Will of Lettice Eynon of Hasguard.⁴⁶

Fact 1: 1737, Sole Executor to his mother's will

Fact 2: 26 April 1730, Ordaned Deacon

Fact 3: Bet. 24 November 1743 - 20 December 1766, Rector of Rudbaxton - Presented by the King⁴⁷

Fact 1: Bet. 12 December 1739 - 20 December 1766, Rector of Treffgarne - Presented by Eleanor Jones of Haverfordwest, widow⁴⁸

Fact 2: M.A. Oxford

Fact 3: Married his first cousin

Inherited: 1747, The lease of Annikel together with her real and personal estate from his mother

Living: 1737, Hubberston

Will dated: 11 October 1765

Will proved: 10 September 1768

Notes for MARY HOWELL:

Mary was the only child and heiress of her father John Howell of St. Botolphs Mansion. Her mother was Lettice Elliot.

An interesting extract from Mary Howell's will:

"And whereas I resigned up the lease of Annikell to Sir Richard Philipps Barronet of Picton Castle in the County of Pembroke aforesaid who hath entered into Bond on the penalty of two hundred pounds to pay me or my Executors yearly during the natural life of my sister law Mary Cole now in the town and county of Haverfordwest the sum of ten pounds for and in consideration of my resigning the aforesaid lease for and during the life of my sister law Mary Cole. Now I give and bequeath the said ten pounds yearly to be paid by the said Sir Richard Philipps Barronet to my son Philip Elliot and my daugher Margaret Elliot equally between them and to the survivor of them during the life of sister Cole aforesaid and whatsoever my family may be intituled (entitled?) unto by virtue and under the Will of Mrs Lettice Eynon of Haskard deceased widow my will is that it may be equally divided between my five children Philip Elliot, Lettice Voyle, Anne Row, Margrit Elliot and Mary Grant."

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Not far from the Elf-Murco Refinery (originally built and operated by Amoco) there is a fine mansion which has a long and fascinating history. It was built on the site of St. Buttock's Chapel, named after a Celtic saint named Buttock or Buddock. The chapel was used for worship by the monks of Pill Priory, which was less than a mile away.

The old chapel was in ruins by the late Middle Ages, and the first mansion was built on the site during the 1500's. It was rebuilt in 1807 as a stately and elegant home; and since the original name was not suitable for use in refined circles, the mansion was renamed St. Botolph's. When Amoco was involved in the construction of the nearby refinery the company bought the house for use as an office and residence for key workers.

One night a worker was woken up by a strange sound which at first he could not identify. Then, when he was fully awake, he realised that the sound was that of a group of monks chanting and praying. Eventually the sound disappeared and the man went back to sleep. Nobody believed him when he related this to his colleagues in the morning; and indeed neither he nor anybody else at the time was aware that the site was once used as a place of worship by the monks of Pill Priory.

So far as we know, this is the only recorded instance of a ghostly haunting by monks in the mansion. However, there is another resident ghost which began to appear after the mansion was bought and converted into luxury flats by Mr and Mrs Beer. The ghost is female, and appears harmless and friendly, and some of her visitations are remembered by Mrs Merrl Lloyd, who was brought up in the mansion. (Source: "Pembrokeshire Ghost Stories")

More About MARY HOWELL:

Burial: 23 July 1770, St. David's, Hubberston, Pembs⁴⁹

Fact: Bef. 1769, Mary resigned up the lease of Annykell (Annikel) to Sir Richard Philipps, Barronet of Picton Castle

Fact 1: Married her first cousin

Fact 2: an only child, was heiress of St. Botolphs

Living: 1715, Mentioned in the will of her aunt, Mary Elliot⁵⁰

Will dated: 19 December 1769

Will proved: 12 June 1771

More About REV. ELLIOT and MARY HOWELL:

Marriage: 1726, St. Thomas, Haverfordwest⁵¹

Children of REV. ELLIOT and MARY HOWELL are:

i. SON⁵ ELLIOT.

More About SON ELLIOT:

Fact: Died young

ii. WILLIAM ELLIOT, b. August 1727; d. 29 June 1729.

More About WILLIAM ELLIOT:

Fact 1: Died young

Fact 2: William was a twin to his sister Anne⁵²

15. iii. ANNE ELLIOT, b. August 1727, possibly Annykel, Steynton; d. 11 January 1773, Penally, Pembs..

iv. JOHN ELLIOT, b. October 1729; d. 21 April 1731.

More About JOHN ELLIOT:

Fact: Died young

v. MARTHA ELLIOT, b. October 1731; d. 1733.

More About MARTHA ELLIOT:

Burial: 17 August 1733, Hubberston

Fact: Died young

16. vi. DR. GEORGE ELLIOT, b. 1733, Hubberston, Pembs.; d. 1799, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire.

vii. HOWELL ELLIOT, b. 10 September 1734, Hubberston, Pembs.; d. 1755, Hubberston, Pembs..

More About HOWELL ELLIOT:

Baptised: 1 October 1734, Hubberston Church

Burial: 21 November 1755, Hubberston Church

viii. PHILIP ELLIOT⁵³, b. 10 October 1735, of Hubberston; d. 22 October 1775, Hubberston, Pembs.

Notes for PHILIP ELLIOT:

In his will dated February 28th 1771, Philip leaves bequests to his dearly beloved brother and sister George Elliot and Margaret Elliot of the parish of Laugharne in the county of Carmarthensire. They are both named as joint executors. Likewise he appoints his brother George Elliot to be guardian of his sister Margaret Elliot spinster during the time she liveth unmarried but in case the said Margaret Elliot should ever marry the whole that he is possed off to be enjoyed by his brother George Elliot, soley. When he made his will Philip described himself as being in perfect health and mind and memory.

More About PHILIP ELLIOT:

Burial: 26 October 1775, Hubberston Church

Fact: Died unmarried

Inherited: 1768, £300 from his father's will

Will dated: 28 February 1771⁵⁴

Will proved: 1775

17. ix. LETTICE ELLIOT.

x. MARGARET ELLIOT, b. 1739; d. Abt. 1823.

Notes for MARGARET ELLIOT:

More About MARGARET ELLIOT:

Baptised: 12 December 1739

Burial: 30 August 1823, Laugharne Church, Carmarthenshire

Fac: 1771, Living at Laugharne with her brother George

Fact 1: 1771, A spinster

Fact 2: Died unmarried

Inherited: 1768, £200 from her father's will

18. xi. MARY ELLIOT.

12. MARY⁴ HOWELL (LETTICE³ ELLIOT, PHILIP² ELIOT, THOMAS¹ ELLIOT) was born 1701 in of St. Botolphs, Hubberston, Pembs.⁵⁵, and died 12 July 1770 in of Hubberston, Pembs.⁵⁵. She married REV. PHILIP ELLIOT⁵⁶ 1726 in St. Thomas, Haverfordwest⁵⁷, son of WILLIAM ELLIOT and ANNE HARRIES. He was born Abt. 1706 in of Annikell & St. Botolphs, Pembs.⁵⁸, and died 20 December 1766 in Hubberston, Pembs⁵⁸.

Notes for MARY HOWELL:

Mary was the only child and heiress of her father John Howell of St. Botolphs Mansion. Her mother was Lettice Elliot.

An interesting extract from Mary Howell's will:

"And whereas I resigned up the lease of Annikell to Sir Richard Philipps Barronet of Picton Castle in the County of Pembroke aforesaid who hath entered into Bond on the penalty of two hundred pounds to pay me or my Executors yearly during the natural life of my sister law Mary Cole now in the town and county of Haverfordwest the sum of ten pounds for and in consideration of my resigning the aforesaid lease for and during the life of my sister law Mary Cole. Now I give and bequeath the said ten pounds yearly to be paid by the said Sir Richard Philipps Barronet to my son Philip Elliot and my daugher Margaret Elliot equally between them and to the survivor of them during the life of sister Cole aforesaid and whatsoever my family may be intituled (entitled?) unto by virtue and under the Will of Mrs Lettice Eynon of Haskard deceased widow my will is that it may be equally divided between my five children Philip Elliot, Lettice Voyle, Anne Row, Margrit Elliot and Mary Grant."

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More About MARY HOWELL:

Burial: 23 July 1770, St. David's, Hubberston, Pembs⁵⁹

Fact: Bef. 1769, Mary resigned up the lease of Annykell (Annikel) to Sir Richard Philipps, Barronet of Picton Castle

Fact 1: Married her first cousin

Fact 2: an only child, was heiress of St. Botolphs

Living: 1715, Mentioned in the will of her aunt, Mary Elliot⁶⁰

Will dated: 19 December 1769

Will proved: 12 June 1771

Notes for REV. PHILIP ELLIOT:

ST. BOTOLPHS Mansion, Steynton

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sons who each married a daughter of Dr. John Coakley Lettsom, a fashionable 18th century doctor (vide: English Speaking Students of Medicine at the University of Leyden by R. W. Innes Smith).

The house was, in 1976 a hotel.

(Source: "The Historic Houses of Pembrokeshire and Their Families" by Major Francis Jones)

Lewis (1833) also states:

In his mother's Will, Philip inherited the lease of Annikal and real and personal estate, goods and chattels.

Philip is mentioned in the Will of his friend Lettice Eynon of Hasguard, widow of Thomas Eynon. He was a co-executor to her will.

More About REV. PHILIP ELLIOT:

Baptised: 18 December 1706, Steynton, Pembs.⁶¹

Burial: 23 December 1766, St. David's, Hubberston⁶²

Education: 24 May 1723, Admitted to University Coll. Oxford

Executor: 1757, To the Will of Lettice Eynon of Hasguard.⁶³

Fact 1: 1737, Sole Executor to his mother's will

Fact 2: 26 April 1730, Ordaned Deacon

Fact 3: Bet. 24 November 1743 - 20 December 1766, Rector of Rudbaxton - Presented by the King⁶⁴

Fact 1: Bet. 12 December 1739 - 20 December 1766, Rector of Treffgarne - Presented by Eleanor Jones of Haverfordwest, widow⁶⁵

Fact 2: M.A. Oxford

Fact 3: Married his first cousin

Inherited: 1747, The lease of Annikel together with her real and personal estate from his mother

Living: 1737, Hubberston

Will dated: 11 October 1765

Will proved: 10 September 1768

More About REV. ELLIOT and MARY HOWELL:

Marriage: 1726, St. Thomas, Haverfordwest⁶⁶

Children are listed above under (11) Rev. Philip Elliot.

Generation No. 5

13. ANTHONTY⁵ STOKES (FLORENCE⁴ ELLIOT, JOHN³, PHILIP² ELIOT, THOMAS¹ ELLIOT) was born 17 April 1735, and died 1799. He married ELIZABETH WEDGBROUGH. She was born in of Middlesex.

Notes for ANTHONTY STOKES:

ANTHONY STOKES H.M. CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE PROVINCE OF GEORGIA (1769.1782) by BOB OWEN, M.A., CROESOR

In October, 1956, I received interesting letters from a firm of Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, in Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A., requesting me to make researches on their behalf, respecting the birthplace and parentage of Anthony Stokes, Chief Justice of the Province of Georgia, 1769 - 82. They were on the point of publishing his life in an anthology of some of the Georgian Loyalists of the American Revolution. I instandy searched amongst my Pembrokeshire books and ~'1 "instantly searched amongst my Pembrolceshire bboks and pedigrees and discovered a great amount of material conceming the pedlgrees ana aiscoverea a great amount of material concerning the Anthony Stokes living in Roch, who sent his sons to Jesus College, Oxford, in the year 1721. The above provided a clue for me to make a thorough research amongst papers, deeds, documents and wills of Haverfordwest and its vicmity. I referred to all wills of the Stokes family during the i8th century, and amongst them, I exammed the will of FIorence Stokes of Pill, in the parish of Steynton, widow, who was the mother of the Anthony Stokes of Georgia, and because of its importance I give an extract from it: " First, I release my eldest son Anthony Stokes. Chief Justice m H.M. Province of Georgia, and his son Nicholas Stokes, of all debts that may be due from them, also I give to the said Anthony Stokes £30 to buy his mouming, also I bequeath to the said Nicholas Stokes £100. Item, my youngest son Hugh Stokes all that messuage or building situated at Haking, parish of Hubbcrston, Co. Pembroke, commonly called the Brew House, with appurtenances which I hold, for the several Lesees of a Lease from the late John Barlow, Esq. All my Estate to him the said Hugh Stokes his executors subject ncverthelcss (berides rcnt reserved covenants) two annual or ycarly rent that is to say the sum of £lQ which I give yearly to my eldest daughter Jane Lort, wife of John Lort of Pankeston, Esq., her &u and assigns and a Uke sum of £10 ycariy to my youngest daughter Juditht3awcs, wife of Nathanicl Davies of Havcrfordwcst, surgcon, her heir. AU free of all Taxes arid Deductions parliamentary or othcrwise. Also I give to the said Hugh Stokes messuagc and lands in the said uider Lcase from William Stephens, Gent. under Lease from William Stephens, Gent. Also to the said Hugh Stoke all my messuage farm and tenement in the town and field of Pill aforesaid, which I hold by or under a Lease from Sir WilHam Hamilton and Catherine, his wife, to thc said Hugh

Stokc subject to chargc. £LO."toJn^.sald.eldcst.dau8ht" Janc Lort, and like sum of £10 to my "" ^^SS^S^TSS^^S^^ X^.^B.^"!'m^^ under a lease from Ann Jordan, widow, and all my estate toAeaM lugh Stokc his hdrs. Also I give my youngest daughter Judith Davies my farm called New House in the Parish of Walton West, Co. Pembroke, which I hold under a lease from Esther Price, late of Cilgwyn, Co. Carmarthen, widow. I do demize to my said daughters Jane Lort, Judith Davies and my son Hugh Stoke subject to their condition, and that every of them and the husbands of both and each of my said daughters shall rdinquish all and every claim supposed to be due to them or either of them from me as Administrix of the Estate and effects of their late father Nicholas Stoke if not shall forfeit they would otherwise have in my estate under my last will to the use of my said eldest son Anthony Stokes and his son Nicholas Stokes their heirs, and I do appoint icino i nrt ludith Davies and Hugh Stokes executors of this my last will. In Wiuiess I set my hand and seal 7 November, 1774. FLORENCE STOKES. Declared in the presence of William Cleavland, Margaret Jenkins, ;lizabeth Coshery. Admmistered 21 January. 1775. Wm. Thomas, Surrogate. ^

It i<; inreresting to note t*lat an Anthony Stokes was one of the High Constables of Roose in the year 1621, and many of the old deeds refer to John Stokes, a gentleman Uving in Haverfordwest. Thomas Stoke of St. Mary, Haverfordwest, merchant, made his will in January 1789, and his son, Thomas, was the executor. Others were living c. 1716 in the Parish of Roch. In 1876, A. W. J. Stokes was living at St. Botolph's, Steynton, and John Stokes, Esq., of Cuffern, Haverfordwest, was made a County Maristrate for the County in 1872. A Stokes lived also in the town of Pembroke. Before I dwell on the story of Anthony Stokes, it would be interesting to note that a Lieut. Stokes from Pembrokeshire charted the ivhole of the west coast of South Island, New Zealind. The biggest fiord is caUed Milford Sound and the peak overlooking it is caUed Pembroke peak. I had that information from Mr. Vaughan, Lecturer in Chemistry

in Canterbury University, Ncw Zealand.

To return to Anthony Stokes. An obituary note of him was published in the " Gendeman's Magazine," Vol. 68, p. 349 (1799): " At his house in Kensington Square, in his 64th year, Anthony Stokes, Esq., one of the benchers of the Inner Temple, and his Majesty's uuct justice of Georgia, when that province was under the British rernment, where his strict integrity and unifonn loyalty to his "Ga"n^-^ -i'^ :onunfi"cc<l his^u^^^^(Llnn&^X^Mri'^A^^ he commenced his studies at the Inns of Courts. According to Alex A. Lawrence, of Georgia, the coat of arms displayed on his bookplate is identical with that of a family descended from a certam Peter de Stok Shn. A passSee ULte> D?^t0ff qfomfltions;bearsout_tbestatem^^^ of Nonnandy, who setded in Pembrokeshire during the time of King John. A passage in his Desultory Observatioas bears out the statement that Arithony was from Wales and also mdicates that he possessed a certam station in life. " When I was a student at the Temple," he says, " I brought up with me as footman, from the Principality, a young man that has been a barber and whose native language was a corrupt dialect of the Welsh." :S^o.^s^tu^^^^^^ Lawrence also stated: " If further evidence of Anthony's Welsh origin were desired, ' Tony Stokes' appears to have been prominent in a celebration at Savannah of the festival of the Patron Saint of Wales, around or during the time of the American Revolution. See the verse by James Rerriott, a Tory, published in the Gazette o! the State oi Georgia. May 29, 1783." He states also " of his early education there is no information beyond the remark in the same work that ' in my youth I had some classical education.' It is not until 1758 when he was 21, that a biographer catches up with Anthony. In January of that year he was admitted as a student at the Inns of Court in London. The admission register of Grays Inn described him as ' Anthony Stokes of St. Andrews, Holborn, Gentlm.' After a few months' study there he transferred to the Inner Temple where he completed his legal education." On May 9th, 1760, he was called to the bar and confirmed as an " utter Barrister," which means that he was one recently admitted and who was accustomed to plead outside the bar as distinguished from the benchers who were permitted to plead within the bar. "For some time afterwards," he tells us, "he went part of fhe Oxford Circuit, and from there down to the South Wales Grand Sessions." Progress at the English bar was necessarily slow and he could not await success. In 1759, while a student at the Inns, Stokes married Miss Elizabeth Wedgbrough, of Middlesex County. The first of their three children was born about the time he commenced the practice of law. After two-and-a-half years of struggle, Stokes decided to try his fortune in the West Indies. In December, 1762, he embarked for the Leeward Islands. After practising for three years at Antigua he moved to the neighbouring Island of St. Kitts. Prior to his departure, Stokes was appointed to His Majesty's Privy Council at Antigua but he did not take office as his commission arrived after he left. In his six-year sojourn in the West Indies he earned, he states in his Narrative, " an unblemished reputation as an 'honest man'"-a character he esteemed "before eveiy earthly consideration." In his V.iew o! the Constitution of the Mtish Colonies he tells us that he came into, " considerable practice as a Barrister of Law." He mentions only one case that he handled while he was in the Islands. Representing a candidate for the House, Stoke raised the novel question of the eligibility of the Governor and the members of his council to vote in an election of assembly-men, He maintained " with some warmth " that voting by those ofRcials in such a contest was unconstitutional and that it tended to influence elections. Stokes' contentions failed in the ass assembly. His three works are: A View of the Constitution of the British Colonies, in Nortb America and the West Indies. at the time the Civil War broke out on the Continent of America. In which Notice is taken of such Alterations as have happened since that time down to the present Period. With a Variety oi Colony Precedents, which are chieHy adapted to the British West India Islands. and may be useiul to those who have any 'mtercowse with the Colonies. (555 pp., London, 1783). A Narrative of tAe Officia/ Conduct of Anthony Sto&es, of the Jnner Temple, London, Barrister at Law. His Majesty's Chief Justice. and one of his Council of Georgia, and ot the Dangers and Distresses He underwent in the Cause o! Government: Some Copies of which are printed for the Inlormation of his Friends. (172 p.p. London. 1784). Desu/tory Observations on the Situation. Extent, Climate, Topulation, Manners. Customs, Commerce, Constitution, Government, Religion, etc., ol Great Britain, Occasionally Contrasted with those of other Countries in order to point out the BIessings which the English enjoy above all other Nations. (70 pp. with an index, London, 1792). The above publications throw much light upon Colonial and Revolutionary Georgia. His View of the Constitution ol the British Colonies is the only work published in the latter half of the i8th century that deals to any considerable extent with the province. The Narrative is one of the few eye-witness accounts, by either Patriot or Loyailist, or the revolt in Georgia. In DesuJtory Observations there are frequent allusions to the province as he saw and knew it. The writings of Stokes afford a partisan but interesting view of the era of the Revolution as seen through the eyes of a faithful servitor of the Crown. A study of the Chief Justice must inevitably focus itself on his relation to the struggle for American independence. " Another straw in the wind," said Lawrence, " is the fact that ic called his plantation near Savannah ' Pembroke'." " It is strange," he further expressed, " That in all his writings, Stokes never mentions his family background, etc., other than in Desultory Observations, where he says that he came from an old and honourable line; ^ There are no descendants of Anthony Stokes under that name, as he left no male line. He died at London, in 1799, and is buried there at St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington. Unfortunately. there is no register of the tombstones. Many of them have been destroyed or the inscriptions obliterafed by time and his grave was not discovered.

More About ANTHONTY STOKES:

Baptised: 20 May 1735

Burial: 1799, St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, London

Fact 1: Bet. 1769 - 1782, Chief Justice of the Province of Georgia

Fact 2: His plantation near Savannah was called "Pembroke"

Children of ANTHONTY STOKES and ELIZABETH WEDGBROUGH are:

i. NICHOLAS⁶ STOKES, b. Abt. 1760.

More About NICHOLAS STOKES:

Baptised: 30 October 1760

ii. ANO STOKES.

iii. ANO STOKES.

14. HUGH⁵ STOKES (FLORENCE⁴ ELLIOT, JOHN³, PHILIP² ELIOT, THOMAS¹ ELLIOT) was born August 1738 in of Pill in the parish of Steynton, and died December 1822. He married ELIZABETH BOWEN 1 December 1763, daughter of ANDREW BOWEN and ELIZABETH LORT. She was born November 1745, and died May 1819.

More About HUGH STOKES:

Land Tax: 1786, Hugh Stokes is shown as owner and living at Pill in the parish of Steynton

More About HUGH STOKES and ELIZABETH BOWEN:

Marriage: 1 December 1763

Children of HUGH STOKES and ELIZABETH BOWEN are:

i. ELIZABETH⁶ STOKES, b. Abt. 1766.

More About ELIZABETH STOKES:

Baptised: 4 February 1766

ii. MARTHA ANN STOKES, b. Abt. 1768.

More About MARTHA ANN STOKES:

Baptised: 16 March 1768

iii. ANTHONY STOKES, b. 10 April 1777, of St. Botolphs, Hubberston; d. Abt. 8 January 1840.

Notes for ANTHONY STOKES:

It is believed that Anthony Stokes purchased St. Botolophs.

The house was, in 1976 a hotel.

(Source: "The Historic Houses of Pembrokeshire and Their Families" by Major Francis Jones)

More About ANTHONY STOKES:

Baptised: 22 May 1777

19. iv. HUGH?? STOKES.

v. JOHN LORT STOKES, b. Abt. 1780.

15. ANNE⁵ ELLIOT (REV. PHILIP⁴, WILLIAM³, PHILIP² ELIOT, THOMAS¹ ELLIOT) was born August 1727 in possibly Annykel, Steynton, and died 11 January 1773 in Penally, Pembs.. She married THOMAS ROWE ESQ. 4 June 1754 in Hubberston, Pembrokeshire, son of WILLIAM ROWE and CATHERINE. He was born 1725 in of Penally Court, Penally, and died 1 June 1791 in Penally, Pembs⁶⁷.

Notes for ANNE ELLIOT:

Inscription at Penally

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Ann Rowe daughter of Rev. Phillip Elliott of St. Botolphs died 11 Jan. 1773 aged 46. Her husband Thomas Row died 1 June 1791 aged 64 and their son William died 23 Jan. 1794 aged 34.

(Source: Francis Green Paper, Haverfordwest Library)

More About ANNE ELLIOT:

Burial: 1773, Penally Church

Fact: Anne was a twin to her brother William⁶⁸

Inherited: 1768, £100 from the will of her father.

Memorial: St. Nicholas, Penally

Notes for THOMAS ROWE ESQ.:

Extract from Pembrokeshire County History Vol. 4... "John M. Griffiths, lesses of the prestigious Penally Court farm (440 acres) from the Picton Castle estate".... as per 1881 census return.

At the turn of the 17th century Court Leet became known as Penally Court Farm and stood where Penally Farm stands today. Fallowfield and Court House were both combined into Penally Court Farm. In 1618 the Court House was threatened by ingress of the sea. The 1786 Land Tax returns reveal Thomas Rowe as occupier of Court House. Thomas died in 1791. The present house at Penally Court Farm dates from 1858.

PENALLY COURT, Penally.

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The earliest known owner of this property was Lord Milford in 1786, with Thomas Rowe as tenant. Thomas Rowe died in 1791 aged 64, and by his wife Anne daughter of the Revd. Philip Elliott of Annikell, he had a son, Revd. Thomas Rowe who succeeded to Penally Court, and died in 1810. Thomas's son, George Rowe, became a doctor at Haverfordwest. In 1834 William Wakes was living at the Court. Now tenanted by Mr. Evans, and known as Penally Court Farm, the ruins of the old Court can still be seen.

(Source: "Historic Houses of Pembrokeshire and Their Families" by Major Francis Jones.)

Penally Court, which is situated in Marsh Road, Penally is now a caravan park (2000).

More About THOMAS ROWE ESQ.:

Baptised: 13 April 1725, at Carew⁶⁹

Burial: 1791, Penally Church

Fact: 1786, Tenant of Penally Court⁷⁰

Memorial: St. Nicholas, Penally

Marriage Notes for ANNE ELLIOT and THOMAS ESQ.:

Witnesses to the marrige of Anne Elliot and Thomas Rowe were Richard Smith; Dorothy Smith

More About THOMAS ESQ. and ANNE ELLIOT:

Marriage: 4 June 1754, Hubberston, Pembrokeshire

Wittnesses: Richard Smith; Dorothy Smith

Children of ANNE ELLIOT and THOMAS ESQ. are:

i. MARY⁶ ROWE, b. Abt. 1755; d. 1756.

More About MARY ROWE:

Baptised: 14 April 1755, Probably Penally⁷¹

Burial: 25 September 1756

Fact: Died an infant

20. ii. ANNE ROWE, b. Bef. 1758.

21. iii. MARY ROWE, b. 1758; d. 1844.

iv. WILLIAM ROWE, b. 1760; d. 23 January 1794.

More About WILLIAM ROWE:

Baptised: 5 February 1760, Probably Penally⁷¹

Fact: No more is known of William

v. BENJAMIN ROWE, b. Abt. 1765.

More About BENJAMIN ROWE:

Baptised: 31 January 1765, Probably Penally⁷¹

Fact: No more is known of Benjamin

22. vi. REV. THOMAS ROWE, b. 1768, Penally Court, Penally; d. 18 June 1810.

vii. ANNE ROWE, b. 1770.

More About ANNE ROWE:

Fact: Probably the Anne Rowe who married John Smith⁷²

16. DR. GEORGE⁵ ELLIOT (REV. PHILIP⁴, WILLIAM³, PHILIP² ELIOT, THOMAS¹ ELLIOT)⁷³ was born 1733 in Hubberston, Pembs., and died 1799 in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire. He married MARGARET GRANT⁷³ 14 December 1760 in Roch Church, Pembrokeshire⁷⁴, daughter of REV. GRANT and ELIZABETH DAVIES. She was born 1734.

More About DR. GEORGE ELLIOT:

Baptised: 10 July 1733, Hubberston ⁷⁵

Burial: 31 January 1799, Laugharne Church, Carmarthenshire⁷⁵

Fact 1: 1771, Described as 'gent' in the will of his brother Philip Elliot.

Fact 2: 1803, Sold St. Botolph's Mansion to Gen. Le Hunte

Inherited 1: 1771, £5 from the will of his mother

Inherited 2: Abt. 1768, St. Botoloph's Mansion⁷⁵

Living: February 1771, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire

Marriage Bond/Allegation: 15 October 1760, Between George Elliot & Margaret Grant

Memorial: Laugharne Church, Carmarthenshire⁷⁵

Occupation: Aft. 1760, Surgeon of Laugharne in Carmarthenshire⁷⁵

Will dated: 16 October 1795

Will proved: 26 April 1799

More About DR. ELLIOT and MARGARET GRANT:

Marriage: 14 December 1760, Roch Church, Pembrokeshire⁷⁶

Marriage Bond/Allegation: 15 October 1760, Bond between George Elliot & Margaret Grant

Children of DR. ELLIOT and MARGARET GRANT are:

23. i. GEORGE⁶ ELLIOT, b. 1761, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire; d. 17 October 1794, Calcutta, India.

24. ii. JOHN ELLIOT, b. 21 February 1764, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire.

iii. CHARLOTTE ELLIOT⁷⁷, b. July 1765, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire; d. 1788, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire; m. JOHN LAUGHARNE, 27 July 1785; b. of Laugharne, Carmarthenshire.

More About CHARLOTTE ELLIOT:

Baptised: 2 December 1767, Laugharne Church, Carmarthenshire

Burial: 8 November 1788, Laugharne Church, Carmarthenshire

More About JOHN LAUGHARNE:

Fact: Afterwards, Admiral

More About JOHN LAUGHARNE and CHARLOTTE ELLIOT:

Marriage: 27 July 1785

25. iv. DR. PHILIP ELLIOT, M.D., b. Abt. 1767; d. Aft. 1816.

26. v. ELIZABETH ELLIOT, b. Abt. 1774, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire.

27. vi. MARY ELLIOT, b. Abt. 1777; d. 1858, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire.

17. LETTICE⁵ ELLIOT (REV. PHILIP⁴, WILLIAM³, PHILIP² ELIOT, THOMAS¹ ELLIOT)⁷⁸. She married REV. JOHN VOYLE 12 January 1758 in Hubberston Church, Pembs., son of WILLIAM VOYLE and ELIZABETH GRANT. He was born in of Lawrenny, Pembs..

Notes for LETTICE ELLIOT:

More About LETTICE ELLIOT:

Fact: Bequeathed £5 in the will of her grandmother, Anne Elliot

Inherited: 1768, £200 from her father's will

More About REV. JOHN VOYLE:

Occupation: Rector of Lawrenny, Pembs.

More About REV. VOYLE and LETTICE ELLIOT:

Marriage: 12 January 1758, Hubberston Church, Pembs.

Children of LETTICE ELLIOT and REV. VOYLE are:

i. WILLIAM⁶ VOYLE, b. 1760.

Notes for WILLIAM VOYLE:

Nothing more is known of William.

More About WILLIAM VOYLE:

Fact: Abt. 1784, Went to Calcutta, India⁷⁹

ii. JOHN VOYLE, b. 1761⁷⁹; d. 1819⁷⁹.

Notes for JOHN VOYLE:

Like his uncle George Elliot of Laugharne William was a surgeon, and destined for India as a military surgeon in the Madras service. He was appointed an Assistant Surgeon on the 2 December 1789 but resigned on the 13 January following, never actually setting out for India, for reasons that are not known. After a life as surgeon to the local militia (1797-1809) and in privae practive in Haverfordwest he died there at the age of 57. (Source: "The Voyles and India")

More About JOHN VOYLE:

Occupation: Surgeon, also in private practice in Haverfordwest⁷⁹

28. iii. ELLIOT VOYLE, b. 1765; d. 1834.

iv. MOLLY VOYLE.

18. MARY⁵ ELLIOT (REV. PHILIP⁴, WILLIAM³, PHILIP² ELIOT, THOMAS¹ ELLIOT) She married REV. MOSES GRANT 16 May 1765 in Hubberston Church, Pembs., son of REV. GRANT and ELIZABETH DAVIES. He was born 1740 in of Roch, and died 20 June 1810.

Notes for MARY ELLIOT:

Mary inherited £100 in her father's will.

More About MARY ELLIOT:

Inherited: 1768, £100 from the will of her father.

More About REV. MOSES GRANT:

Education: Jesus College, Oxford

Occupation: Rector of Nolton & Vicar of Roch

More About REV. GRANT and MARY ELLIOT:

Marriage: 16 May 1765, Hubberston Church, Pembs.

Children of MARY ELLIOT and REV. GRANT are:

i. MARY⁶ GRANT, b. Abt. 1766; m. CHARLES RANKIN; b. of Richamond Lodge, ?.

29. ii. JOHN GRANT, b. Abt. 1772, of Nolton, Pembrokeshire.

iii. ELIZABETH GRANT, b. 1768, Nolton.

More About ELIZABETH GRANT:

Baptised: 7 March 1768, Nolton

Burial: 20 July 1768, Roch, Pembs

iv. HENRY GRANT, d. Abt. 1777.

More About HENRY GRANT:

Burial: 20 July 1777, Roch, Pembs

Generation No. 6

19. HUGH??⁶ STOKES (HUGH⁵, FLORENCE⁴ ELLIOT, JOHN³, PHILIP² ELIOT, THOMAS¹ ELLIOT) He married LYDIA MARY. She was born 23 November 1780, and died 24 November 1864.

Child of HUGH?? STOKES and LYDIA MARY is:

i. ADRIAN NICHOLAS JOHN⁷ STOKES, b. 4 August 1819, of St. Botolphs, Hubberston; m. (1) ELIZABETH; b. 1823; d. 15 April 1851; m. (2) FLORENCE MARY HENRIETTA HARRIES, 1852, St. David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire; b. of Llanunwas.

More About ADRIAN STOKES and FLORENCE HARRIES:

Marriage: 1852, St. David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire

20. ANNE⁶ ROWE (ANNE⁵ ELLIOT, REV. PHILIP⁴, WILLIAM³, PHILIP² ELIOT, THOMAS¹ ELLIOT) was born Bef. 1758. She married JOHN SMITH. He was born in of Penally, Pmbrokeshire⁸⁰.

More About ANNE ROWE:

Baptised: 25 March 1758, Probably Penally^81,82

Fact: It is possible that this Anne might have died young and that there was another Anne b. 1770 who married John Smith

Notes for JOHN SMITH:

Possibly a Smith of Jeffreyston and Lawrenny.

Child of ANNE ROWE and JOHN SMITH is:

i. ISSUE⁷ SMITH.

21. MARY⁶ ROWE (ANNE⁵ ELLIOT, REV. PHILIP⁴, WILLIAM³, PHILIP² ELIOT, THOMAS¹ ELLIOT) was born 1758, and died 1844. She married RICHARD HOOD, ESQ 1 June 1784 in St. Nicholas, Penally, Pembs, son of RICHARD HOOD and MARY ROWE. He was born 7 March 1757 in of Knowle, Lawrenny⁸³.

More About MARY ROWE:

Baptised: 25 May 1758, Probably Penally⁸⁴

Burial: 11 February 1844⁸⁴

More About RICHARD HOOD, ESQ:

Burial: 27 December 1790, Lawrenny, Pembs⁸⁵

More About RICHARD HOOD and MARY ROWE:

Marriage: 1 June 1784, St. Nicholas, Penally, Pembs

Children of MARY ROWE and RICHARD HOOD are:

i. ANNE⁷ HOOD⁸⁶, b. 1785; d. 23 August 1885⁸⁶; m. GEORGE GRIFFITHS⁸⁶; b. , of Charlton, Lawrenny, Pembs.⁸⁶; d. 12 September 1889, Lawrenny, Pembs.

More About GEORGE GRIFFITHS:

Occupation: Master Mariner⁸⁷

ii. FRANCES HOOD, b. 1787; d. 1813.

More About FRANCES HOOD:

Burial: 9 November 1813, Lamphey, Pembs/

iii. MARY HOOD, b. 1790; d. 1790.

More About MARY HOOD:

Fact: died an infant.⁸⁸

iv. RICHARD HOOD, b. 1791, Of Knowles Farm, Lawrenny, Pembrokeshire; m. ANNE GIBBON, 7 August 1827, Llanwaden; b. 1799, of Rogers Hook; d. 1858.

More About RICHARD HOOD and ANNE GIBBON:

Marriage: 7 August 1827, Llanwaden

22. REV. THOMAS⁶ ROWE (ANNE⁵ ELLIOT, REV. PHILIP⁴, WILLIAM³, PHILIP² ELIOT, THOMAS¹ ELLIOT) was born 1768 in Penally Court, Penally, and died 18 June 1810. He married PATTY CORNOCK 31 May 1795 in St. Florence, Pembrokeshire, daughter of CORNELIUS CORNOCK and ANN JONES. She was born Abt. 1769 in Tenby, and died 1831 in Gt. Hoaten, St. Ishmael's, Pembs⁸⁹.

Notes for REV. THOMAS ROWE:

Circa 14th century - Ruins of the Court House

Listed Grade 2 by CADW.

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'... the height of the surviving gable implies a building of considerable size. 'Some of the walls were supposed to have been 7ft. thick. Sadly, little surves to give any cohesive impression of the size or dignity of this ancient Court House estate. It had clearly been the core of the demesne.

A Court Leet was held there twice a year to deal with misdemeanors and disputes, at Easter and at Michaelmas. The Lord of the Manor, Thomas Bowen, held the Court House and Buildings and the land belonging to that house which amounted to about 80 acres value at £4. 1. 2.

At the turn of the 17th century it became known as Penally Court Farm and valued at £10. 6. 0. to the next Lord of the manor, John Philipps of Picton.

1786 Land Tax reveals Thomas Rowe to be the occupier. He died in 1791 aged 64, and his son the Reverend Thomas Rowe succeeded. He married Ann Elliot, sister to Lettice Elliot who had married the Rev. John Voyle.

After the death in 1820 of Reverend Thomas Rowe, his wife Margaret Cornock leased the farm to William Waters of Knightsonas well as Penhallway at a rent of £400 annually.

The Picton Castle Estate auctioned Penally Court at the Royal Gatehouse Hotel in Tenby in 1941; it was bought by Dr. Charles Mathias.

More About REV. THOMAS ROWE:

Baptised: 13 February 1768, Probably Penally⁹⁰

Burial: 21 June 1810, St. Nicholas, Penally⁹¹

Occupation 1: Bet. 7 August 1795 - June 1810, Rector of Yerbeston⁹²

Occupation 2: 1796, Curate of St. Nicholas, Penally⁹³

Notes for PATTY CORNOCK:

After the death of her husband in 1810, Patty leased Penally Court Farm to William Waters of Knightson as well as Penhallway at a rent of £400 annually. Patty's daughter, Anne Elliot Rowe, married a William Waters but I cannot say if this was the same person who leased Penally Court Farm, but I feel sure they must be related.

More About PATTY CORNOCK:

Baptised: 7 June 1769, St. Mary, Tenby⁹⁴

Burial: 3 August 1831, St. Ishmael's, Pembs.⁹⁴

Fact: Apparently an only child⁹⁵

Marriage Notes for REV. ROWE and PATTY CORNOCK:

Margaret Cornock and Rev. Thomas Rowe were married by Licence at the parish church at St. Florence. She was a spinster. Witnesses to the marriage were George Lock and Martha? Davies.

More About REV. ROWE and PATTY CORNOCK:

Marriage: 31 May 1795, St. Florence, Pembrokeshire

Wittnesses: George Lock & Martha? Davies

Children of REV. ROWE and PATTY CORNOCK are:

i. CORNELIUS CORNOCK⁷ ROWE⁹⁶, b. Abt. 1796.

More About CORNELIUS CORNOCK ROWE:

Baptised: 8 April 1796, St. Nicholas, Penally⁹⁷

Fact: No more is known of Cornelius

ii. ANNE ELLIOT ROWE, b. Abt. 1797; m. WILLIAM WATERS; b. 1798, of Knightson & Llanfihangel Abercowin, Carms.⁹⁸; d. 1857.

More About ANNE ELLIOT ROWE:

Baptised: 29 September 1797, Probably Penally⁹⁹

More About WILLIAM WATERS:

Baptised: May 1798

Burial: 9 February 1857

iii. THOMAS ROWE, ESQ., b. Abt. 1799, of Houghton; d. 1829, Hoaten (Gt. Hoaten??)¹⁰⁰.

More About THOMAS ROWE, ESQ.:

Baptised: 6 September 1799, St. Nicholas, Penally¹⁰¹

Burial: 5 December 1829, St. Ishmael's, Pembs.

Fact1: 1829, Probably the same Thomas Rowe who was witness to the marriage of Margart Rowe and Thomas Davies at St. Ishmael's

Fact2: No more is known of Thomas

Occupation: Justice of the Peace¹⁰²

iv. DR. GEORGE ROWE M.D., b. 1800, Penally Court, Pembs.; d. Abt. 1879; m. FRANCES STOKES, 22 October 1836, St. Mary's, Haverfordwest; b. 1807.

More About DR. GEORGE ROWE M.D.:

Baptised: 15 October 1800, Penally^102,103

Census: 1881, Occ. listed as Landed Proprietor & Surgeon¹⁰⁴

Fact 1: 1810, George succeeded to Penally Court on the death of his father.

Fact 2: 1836, On his marriage, George is described as a 'gentleman' of St. Thomas, Haverfordwest

Occupation: A Surgeon at Haverfordwest.

More About DR. M.D. and FRANCES STOKES:

Marriage: 22 October 1836, St. Mary's, Haverfordwest

v. DINAH ROWE, b. 1802; m. RICHARD SUMMERS.

More About DINAH ROWE:

Baptised: 1 September 1802, St. Nicholas, Penally^105,106

vi. BENJAMIN ROWE, b. 1803; d. 1803.

More About BENJAMIN ROWE:

Baptised: 2 November 1803, Probably Penally¹⁰⁷

Burial: 18 December 1803, St. Nicholas, Penally

Fact 1: Believed to be the unamed son buried on 18th Dec. 1803. No more is known of Benjamin

Fact 2: Died an infant

vii. MARTHA ROWE, b. Abt. 1805; d. 1806.

More About MARTHA ROWE:

Baptised: 15 January 1805, Penally¹⁰⁷

Burial: 15 January 1805, St. Nicholas, Penally¹⁰⁸

Fact: Died an infant

viii. WILLIAM ROWE, d. 1808, Penally.

More About WILLIAM ROWE:

Burial: 27 February 1808, St. Nicholas, Penally

ix. JOHN JONES ROWE, b. 1808, Penally; d. June 1810, Penally.

More About JOHN JONES ROWE:

Baptised: 11 May 1808, St. Nicholas, Penally¹⁰⁹

Burial: 1 July 1810, St. Nicholas, Penally¹¹⁰

x. MARGARET ROWE, b. 1809, Penally, Pembs.^111,112; d. 4 April 1868, "Bicton", St. Ishmael's, Pembs¹¹³; m. THOMAS DAVIES, 27 August 1829, St. Ishmael's, Pembrokeshire¹¹⁴; b. 20 September 1809, Talbenny, Pembrokeshire¹¹⁵; d. Unknown.

Notes for MARGARET ROWE:

Margaret is buried at St. Ishmael's church in the parish of St. Ishmael's. When I visited in 2001 the churchyard was very overgrown. Just by pure luck I found Margarets tombstone propped up against a tree. If you go over the little bridge which goes over the stream that passes quicte close to the church you will find Margaret's grave just over the bridge on the the right hand side.

Details from the 1841 Census PRO Ref HO107 Piece 1449 Book 11 Folio 5 Page3)

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Margret Davies, 30

John Davies, 9

Thomas Davies, 8

Ellen Davies, 7

Robert Davies, 5

Elizabeth Davies, 3

Emma Davies, 1

All born in county of Pembrokeshire

Details from the 1851 Census for Little Hall, Talbenny, Pembs.

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Margaret is shown as head of the household, married, aged 40, a Cottager born Penally, Pembs. Also living at Little Hall were her sons Robert and Thomas Henry Davies and her daughters Elizabeth, Frances and Martha. Their father is not shown on the census at Little Hall. (PRO Ref: HO107/2477 Folio 251 Page 3 Schedule 8)

More About MARGARET ROWE:

Baptised: 15 August 1809, St. Nicholas, Penally¹¹⁶

Burial: April 1868, St. Ishmael's, Pembs.

Census 1: 1841, Living at Great Hoaten Farm (Anchor Hoaten), St. Ishmaels. Margaret's age is given as 30.

Census 2: 1851, Living at Little Hall, Talbenny. Her age was shown as 40.

Census 3: 1861, Living at Little Haven with her son Thomas Davies

Fact 1: Was literate

Fact 2: Inscription on her headstone states that she was late of Gt. Hoaten.¹¹⁷

Fact 3: Abt. 1849, Living at Giltons, Walwyn Castle

Fact 4: 1861, Census - Margaret is shown as a widow.

Fact 5: 1868, of Bicton, Sandy Haven - late of Gt. Hoaten¹¹⁸

Occupation: 1861, Retired Farmer¹¹⁹

Notes for THOMAS DAVIES:

Thomas was a farmer and farmed at Great Hoaten Farm, St. Ishmael's in the early 1840s and also Giltons in the parish of Walwyn's Castle in the late 1840s.

The 1841 census shows Thomas as aged 30, a farmer living at Great Hoaten Farm, St. Ishmaels. (Source: HO107 Piece 1449 Book 11 Folio 5 Page 3).

Thomas is NOT shown as deceased on his daughter Martha's marriage certificate in 1861.

More About THOMAS DAVIES:

Baptised: 15 October 1809, Parish Church, Talbenny, Pembs.¹²⁰

Census 1: 1841, Living at Great Hoaten Farm (Anchor Hoaten), St. Ishmaels. Thomas's age is given as 30.

Census 2: 1851, Thomas is not shown on the 1851 census for Rhos - presumed dead by this date.

Fact 1: Possibly connected to Gilterns (Giltons), Walwyns Castle

Fact 2: Was literate

Fact 3: 22 August 1829, of St. Ishmael's parish¹²¹

Occupation: 1829, Farmer^122,123

Marriage Notes for MARGARET ROWE and THOMAS DAVIES:

Margaret Rowe and Thomas Davies were married in th parish church of St. Ishmael's, Pembs. They were both of the said parish and were married by Licence. Both signed the register. They were both over 20 years old but under 21 thereby needing their parents consent to marriage.

Witnesses were: Dinah (Kain?) amd Thomas Rowe (believed to be the same Thomas Rowe who was Margaret's brother of Houghton)

The Marriage Allegation/Bond states Margaret's mother to be 'Martha Rowe' - it is believed that this was an error, her name being Margaret.

More About THOMAS DAVIES and MARGARET ROWE:

Marriage: 27 August 1829, St. Ishmael's, Pembrokeshire¹²⁴

xi. BENJAMIN ROWE, b. 1810, Penally; d. 1810.

More About BENJAMIN ROWE:

Baptised: 18 January 1810, St. Nicholas, Penally

Burial: 11 June 1810, St. Nicholas, Penally

Fact: Died an infant

23. GEORGE⁶ ELLIOT (DR. GEORGE⁵, REV. PHILIP⁴, WILLIAM³, PHILIP² ELIOT, THOMAS¹ ELLIOT)¹²⁵ was born 1761 in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, and died 17 October 1794 in Calcutta, India. He married (1) ? MCNAUGHTON. He met (2) MARCIMNISSA. He married (3) RACHEL DUNKIN 1792 in India.

Notes for GEORGE ELLIOT:

George was sent out to Calcutta in 1780 as a writer, which was a junior grade of merchant for the East India Company, and died there at the age of 33. The nature of his death caused something of a sensation at the time as he was struck by lightning.

George had a long liaison with an Indian, who bore him a daughter, Elizabeth. In his will he mentions ;a natice woman now a resident of Calcutta named Marcimnissa the mother of my three children.' The two other children were William Walter and Charlotte, also baptised and acknowledged. Such liaisons were common in an India almost empty o