Descendants of Ffrancis of Thornton House, Steynton

Generation No. 1

1. FFRANCIS¹ ANDREW was born in Of Woodston & Priory, Stainton, and died Abt. 1696 in Steynton, Pembrokeshire. He married MARGARET SMYTH 1666 in Steynton, Pembrokeshire. She died Bef. 1696.

Notes for FFRANCIS ANDREW:

Francis Andrew was probably the grandfather of the John Andrew who married Ann Ferrior. Their daughter Mary Andrew married at Steynton in 1780, William Feild of Burton. William was reputed to be the first shipbuilder in Milford Haven having been appointed by His Maj. the King in the year 1800.

Francis Andrew was of Thornton House dating from about 1618. It was a three-storyed house about two miles north of Milford first mentioned in 1618 with John Scone of Thornton, yeoman; in 1623 David Baten, yeoman is of Thornton. Francis Andrew, described as 'gent' whose father was a farmer, lived at Thornton and his family was succeeded by the Crymes family who lived at Thronton at the beginning of the 19th century. (Source: "Historic House of Pembrokeshire and their Families" by Major Francis Jones))

More About FFRANCIS ANDREW:

Inventory dated: 1697

Occupation: 1697, Husbandman

Will proved: 1697, St. David's Ecclesastical Court

More About FFRANCIS ANDREW and MARGARET SMYTH:

Marriage: 1666, Steynton, Pembrokeshire

Children of FFRANCIS ANDREW and MARGARET SMYTH are:

i. WILLIAM² ANDREW, b. of Woodston and Priory, Stainton; d. Bef. 4 August 1697, Steynton.

More About WILLIAM ANDREW:

Fact: Believed died unmarried and without issue

Occupation: Yeoman/Husbandman¹

Will proved: 1697, Steynton

2. ii. JOHN ANDREW, b. of Woodston & Priory, Stainton, Pembs..

iii. JANE ANDREW.

iv. LAURA ANDREW.

More About LAURA ANDREW:

Inherited: 1697, The sum of £2 from the will of her brother William¹

v. GOLLY ANDREW.

More About GOLLY ANDREW:

Inherited: 1697, The sum of £2 from the will of his brother William¹

3. vi. ELIZABETH ANDREW.

vii. MARY ANDREW.

4. viii. DAVID ANDREW.

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN² ANDREW (FFRANCIS¹)² was born in of Woodston & Priory, Stainton, Pembs..

More About JOHN ANDREW:

Fact: 1697, Sole executer to the will of his brother William³

Inherited: 1697, All the good, cattle? & chattles together with the lease of Woodston and Priory plus a acre of land at Newton in the parish of Llanstadwell

Children of JOHN ANDREW are:

5. i. FRANCIS³ ANDREW, b. of Priory, parish of Stainton, Pembs.; d. 1770.

6. ii. JOHN ANDREW, b. of Old Hays and Mount Misery, Steynton.

3. ELIZABETH² ANDREW (FFRANCIS¹) She married MR PHILIPPS.

Child of ELIZABETH ANDREW and MR PHILIPPS is:

i. ISSUE³ PHILIPPS.

4. DAVID² ANDREW (FFRANCIS¹) He married ?.

Child of DAVID ANDREW and ? is:

i. ISSUE³ ANDREW.

More About ISSUE ANDREW:

Inherited: 1697, 2 lambs from the will of William Andrew

Generation No. 3

5. FRANCIS³ ANDREW (JOHN², FFRANCIS¹)⁴ was born in of Priory, parish of Stainton, Pembs.⁴, and died 1770⁴. He married MARGARET⁴.

Notes for FRANCIS ANDREW:

Francis was possibly a son of John Andrew - BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE SUBSTANTIATED.

Abstract of the Will of Francis Andrew of Priory, Steynton

Will made 29 March 1770

Will proved 6 October 1770

To wife Margaret Andrew 100 pouns and yearly sum of 28 pounds

To son Francis Andrew all real and personal estate and effects

To daughter Mary Rowand, wife of John Rowand of Bristol, 200 pounds

To daughter Dorothy Havard, wife of Thomas Havard of Haverfordwest, 200 pounds

More About FRANCIS ANDREW:

Will: 28 March 1770⁴

Will proved: 6 October 1770⁴

Children of FRANCIS ANDREW and MARGARET are:

i. WILLIAM⁴ ANDREW⁴, b. Abt. 1729⁴.

More About WILLIAM ANDREW:

Baptism: 25 April 1719⁴

ii. MARY ANDREW⁴, b. Abt. 1730⁴.

iii. MARY ANDREW⁴, b. Abt. 1738⁴.

iv. DOROTHY ANDREW⁴, b. Abt. 1739⁴.

v. FRANCIS ANDREW⁴, b. Abt. 1743⁴; m. MARY ANDREW (WIDOW)⁵.

6. JOHN³ ANDREW (JOHN², FFRANCIS¹)⁶ was born in of Old Hays and Mount Misery, Steynton. He married ANNE FERRIOR⁶ 4 June 1751 in Steynton, Pembrokeshire, daughter of JOHN FERRIOR and MARGARET REES. She was born Bet. 1712 - 1755 in of Steynton, Pembs.⁶.

Notes for JOHN ANDREW:

John Andrew was almost certainly a grandson of Francis Andrew, Gent of Thornton House, Steynton whose will was proved in 1696. John was possibly the son of Francis's son, John Andrew - BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE SUBSTANTIATED.

He is possibly the same 'John Andrew' mentioned in the Land Tax for 1786 for Steynton or it might be his son, yet another 'John Andrew' :

Note from Bettye Kirkwood in Australia

"Old Hays, Steynton, in the 1786 Land Tax for Steynton is almost obliterated on my copy, but it seems to be near Castle Hall and various Pills. (Old Hays ..probably two separate fields or farms....

Landlord obliterated but looks like a capital "c"..no tenant shown...payment one shilling and one penny three farthings, other part shows landlord's surname as Andrew with tenant David Jordan?..payment 2-1/2d.).

The 1801 return reads: Thornton, Pill, Pill, Mount Misery, Old Hay, Gaudelope(?), Castle Hall, Castle Pill, Castle Pill Mill.....so as these are not alphabetical, I presume they were as the recorder passed through the district. For Old Hay, Jno. Andrew is landlord and Randall is the tenant (no first name). The same Jno. Andrew is at Mount Misery and landlord is Sir William Hamilton." Old Hay was located between Priory and Steynton, approximately on the site of the cemetary.

Possibly the same "John Andrew" from St. Martin, Haverfordwest whose will was proved in 1760.

Notes for ANNE FERRIOR:

Anne's mother, Margaret Rees, was living at Old Hays, Stainton when she died in 1758. She was either living with her daughter and son-in-law John Andrew or it is possible that Old Hays was previously Ferrior property.

A relative of Anne's is reputed to have been the Col. Ferrier who led the last charge at the Battle of Waterloo. He was perhaps a nephew or great nephew.

More About ANNE FERRIOR:

Date born 2: Aft. 1713

More About JOHN ANDREW and ANNE FERRIOR:

Marriage: 4 June 1751, Steynton, Pembrokeshire

Children of JOHN ANDREW and ANNE FERRIOR are:

i. MARY⁴ ANDREW, b. 1752, Steynton, Pembrokeshire; d. 1829; m. WILLIAM FEILD, 1 June 1780, Steynton, Pembs.; b. 1740, Burton, Pems. Wales; d. 1827, Hubberston, Pembs..

Notes for MARY ANDREW:

STEYNTON

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From Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833)

STEYNTON, or STAINTON, a parish in the hundred of RHÔS, county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 2 miles (N.N.E.) from Milford, containing 2984 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on the turnpike road from Milford to Haverfordwest, extends to the shore of Milford Haven, by which it is bounded on the south; and Hubberston Pill, an inlet from the haven, is navigable for small craft, at high water, for a considerable distance within its limits. In the southern part of it is situated the borough, market, and seaport town of Milford, described under its appropriate head, and comprising the chief portion of the population: in the western part of it is 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. Bolton Hill, an ancient seat formerly belonging to a family of that name, is situated in the northern part of the parish. and near an abrupt and lofty eminence called Bolton Beacon. While Cromwell lay at Haverfordwest, two of his soldiers entered this mansion, with the intention of plundering it, and Bolton, who had concealed himself, was denied by his wife to the soldiers, who, nevertheless, suspecting that he was in the house, one of them took up his child, and pretended to throw it on the fire, on which the father rushed from his concealment, and killed the ruffian on the spot: his comrade escaped, and Bolton, on reflection, deemed it prudent to inform Cromwell of all that had occurred, observing to that general, that the man he had killed had only one eye: the latter replied, "The fellow was a great rascal, and you have saved me the trouble of having him executed." Castle Hall, the seat of the Hon. R. Fulke Greville, in the south-eastern part of the parish, was originally built by John Zephaniah Holwell, whose sufferings in the black hole at Calcutta are well known: it is a spacious mansion. and the grounds are extensive and well laid out. The parish is about six miles in length from north to south, and from a mile and a half to two miles in breadth from east to west, and is wholly enclosed and in a good state of cultivation. Culm is found within its limits, and a mine which had been worked for many years, for the supply of the neighbourhood, has been reopened on Lord Kensington's estate. Great facilities are afforded for the conveyance of the produce of the mine by the navigable creek called Hubberston Pill, and by the main haven. The small village of Pill, distant about a quarter of a mile from the town of Milford, is within the parish. The living is a discharged vicarage, with the rectory of Johnston consolidated, in the archdeaconry and diocese of St.David's, and in the patronage of the King, as Prince of Wales. The vicarage is endowed with the whole of the great and small tithes of a portion of the parish: the remainder are appropriated to Mrs. Anne Wright, whose family, the Jordans, sold another portion, which now forms part of the income of the incumbent of St. Mary's, Haverfordwest. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, or, as it is stated in the Monasticon, to St. Kewel, and formerly dependent upon Pill priory, is an ancient and venerable structure, with a lofty tower, which, from its elevated situation, is seen from every part of the surrounding country: the interior consists of a nave, chancel, and two aisles, separated by series of massive columns and pointed arches. This edifice was garrisoned with a small number of troops during the parliamentary war in the reign of Charles I. There is a place of worship for Presbyterians. A school is about to be established at a place called Sodston, for children of either sex,

with an endowment of £30 per annum by Mr. and Mrs. Devonald, chargeable on certain lands in this parish. Richard Budd, about the year 1633, in consideration of having been saved from shipwreck by taking refuge within Tenby pier, bequeathed to the churchwardens of Tenby the sum of £1. 6. 8 (two marks), to be distributed in bread to the poor of that parish: the payment of this sum is charged upon the estate of St. Botolph's, in this parish; but it does not appear that he was ever the owner of that property.

At the head of Prix Pill stood Pill castle, the capture of which is recorded by Fenton: there are no remains of this fortress, but in digging near the site, about seventy years ago, at a place called Cwm, a human skull with an iron ball in it was found; and a tradition is extant that a pond near the spot, now called Deadman's Lake, derived that name from its having been deeply tinged with the blood of the slain on that occasion. Near the head of Hubberston Pill are the remains of Pill priory, founded in the year 1200 by Adam de Rupe, for monks of the order of Tyrone, who afterwards became Benedictines: the priory, which was dedicated to St. Mary and St. Budoc, flourished till the dissolution, at which time its revenue was estimated at £67. 15.: the site and buildings were granted, in the 38th of Henry VIII., to Roger and Thomas Barlow, and are now the property of the Hon. Fulke Greville. The ruins, which are very small, consist chiefly of some fragments of the walls: the low entrance gateway leading into the garden is still

remaining, but the arch above it fell down in 1826. At Butter hill, formerly a grange belonging to the priory, there is a family of the name of Roch, who are said to be descended from Adam de Rupe, founder of the priory. There are in the parish several ancient encampments, here called Rhâths: one of these

is near the priory; another near Thornton House, the neat residence of the Rev. A. Crymes; and a third, called Old Castle, near the town of Milford; but not one of them is of sufficient importance to require particular notice. Near the ruins of an ancient chapel, dedicated to St. Catherine, a silver coin of Domitian was dug up, about thirty years ago. In 1818, a celt was dug up near St. Botolph's, where also there are some remains of a Druidical altar, called by the country people the Long Stone. Sir William James, Bart., the celebrated naval commander in the East India Company's service, in commemoration of whose achievements the ornamental tower on Shooter's Hill, near London, was erected by his widow, was born at Bolton Hill mill, in this parish. The average annual expenditure for the support of the poor amounts to £461.

Notes for WILLIAM FEILD:

William was reputed to be the first shipbuilder in Milford Haven having been appointed by His Maj. the King in the year 1800. His son Richard Feild succeeded to the business on coming of age. On his death the business reverted back to the Government and merged into the Great Pembroke Dock Yard.

(Source: Laura A. Childs Neely).

ON THE DEATH OF TWO CHILDREN FROM SMALLPOX. By W Feild, c.1793

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I had two pretty blossoms

To claim my future care,

In looks they were most beautiful

And as a statue fair.

They grew in grace and lovliness

For a few sunny years

And proved to be a blessing

The lovely little dears.

No rosebud ever opened,

In fragrance could compete

With these two beautious blossoms

They were so Heavenly sweet.

I watched them in their progress

And proud I felt to tell,

My other little flowers

Their playmates, growing well.

But standing o'er their tiny bed

Alas!, I'm grieved to say

That both my pets were withering

And fading fast away.

When spring and summer flowers

Their scent around has shed.

I wnt to see my blossoms

And found that one was dead.

I strictly watched the others

In the little dead childs room,

But soon it joined its brother

In the same lamented tomb.

But there their aerial tendrils

With dust refused to stay.

And on the wings of angels

To Heaven were borne away.

They flourish now in splendour

Nor want a gardeners care,

For God the GREAT CREATER

Watches o'er my blossoms there.

W. Feild, c. 1793

HUBBERSTON

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From Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833)

HUBBERSTON, a parish in the hundred of RHÔS, county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 1 mile (W. by N.) from Milford, on the turnpike road from Haverfordwest to Haking, or Old Milford, containing 1013 inhabitants. This parish is situated on a creek or inlet of Milford Haven, at the upper end of which are the remains of a religious establishment, formerly called Pill priory, built upon a pill which separates this parish from that of Steynton, and which, though it has obtained the name of Hubberston priory, is locally

within the latter parish. Botolphs, the seat of Anthony Innes Stokes, Esq., an elegant modern mansion, erected on the site of some of the conventual buildings of the priory, though not within this parish, closely borders upon it, and is equally remarkable for the style of the building and the beauty of its situation, commanding a pleasing view of the haven, and of the adjacent country. Boat-building is carried on to a considerable extent at Haking, or Old Milford, and affords employment to a few of the inhabitants of this place, which is now included within the boundaries of the new contributory borough of Milford. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of St. David's, rated in the king's books at £6. 2. 8. 1/2, and in the patronage of the Crown. The church, dedicated to St. David, is a small, ancient, and venerable structure, in the early style of English architecture, with a lofty square embattled tower: in the chancel are three elegantly canopied recesses, probably for the officiating priests, or perhaps appropriated to the dignitaries of the priory on particular occasions. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists; and a spacious building has been left by its late proprietor for the free use of

ministers of every denomination. Mr. George Roch, in 1707, bequeathed a small rent-charge for teaching poor children, and for the relief of distressed housekeepers of the parish; and in 1752, Mr. James Allen

bequeathed £50 in money, to be invested in the purchase of land, and the produce to be annually distributed among the poor: these bequests produce about £6 per annum. The average annual expenditure for the maintenance of the poor is £184. 6.

More About WILLIAM FEILD:

Fact: Reputed to be the first shipbuilder in Milford (naval docks)

Occupation 1: Master Mariner of Burton

Occupation 2: 1800, Shipbuilderof Milford Haven

Marriage Notes for MARY ANDREW and WILLIAM FEILD:

Transcript of the Marriage entry for Mary Andrew and William Feild:

William Feild of the parish of Burton, shipwright and Mary Andrew of this parish were married in this church by Licence the 1st Day of June in the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty by me Matthew Davids (Vicar). The marriage was solomized by us : William Feild & Mary Andrew (both signed their names). In the prescence of John Andrew and David Lewis. (Ref: Pembrokshire Records Office REf: MF 46. Steynton HPR/3/9)

More About WILLIAM FEILD and MARY ANDREW:

Marriage: 1 June 1780, Steynton, Pembs.

ii. JOHN ANDREW⁷.

iii. MARGARET ANDREW⁷.

Endnotes

1. Will of William Andrew, proved 1697.

2. Mentioned in the Will of his brother William Andrew, proved 1697..

3. Will of William Andrew, proved 1697. Nat. Lib. of Wales Ref: SD/1697/152.

4. Andrew.FTW, Date of Import: 12 Jun 2002.

5. Kathleen Beard.

6. Andrew.FTW, Date of Import: 12 Jun 2002.

7. Kathleen Beard.