WATKINS- POWELL - GRIFFITHS - JAMES - DAVIES -MERTHYR TYDFIL

[christine]

Hello I am from Cardiff
I have researched WATKINS family I am back to JENKIN WATKIN Farmer Blaenbargoed and Cwmbargoed farms which was near Fochriw when he Died 1829 Merthyr wife ANNE ( ANN ) children were THOMAS abt B1776 MARY abt B.1784 JOHN abt B1785 MARGARET abt B.1796 and EDMUND abt B.1791

EDMUND WATKINS farmer born abt 1791 his farm has been called Cwmbargoed. Also known as Ty Cenol. Tir Blaen Bargod, Tir Cwm Bargod on census forms. He died November 1864 buried with wife & two others at Saron Welsh Independent Troedyrhiw

EDMUND had a large family Wife MARGARET ( LLEWELYN )D.1862 children EDMUND abt b.1818. JENKIN, GREGORY, MARY, ANN, REBECCA, LLEWELLYN, JOHN, JANE, THOMAS, BARBARA, & ISAAC was still farming on 1891 census ISAAC and wife ELIZABETH son EDWARD E.21, MARGARET A 19, MARY E 17, JANET E 11, RACHEL M 7, RUTH J age about 5. ) IN 1901 CENSUS ALSO HAVE A GRAND-DAUGHTER GERTIE M JONES AGE 6
They used Ynysgon Chapel for childrens births.
1841 BLAEN BARGOED FARM also called BLAEN Y CWM FARM THOMAS WATKINS Died 1860 age 91 buried CEFN CEMETERY ( he was the Brother to EDMUND WATKINS at CWMBARGOED FARM next to his farm )
wife SARAH WATKINS Son THOMAS WATKINS B.1818 Bedwellty Monmouthshire daug. SARAH she married THOMAS HEAD daughter CHARLOTTE HEAD.
The father of EDMUND & THOMAS WATKINS WAS JENKIN WATKIN who left a WILL in 1830. Jenkin farmed Cwmbargoed Farm & BlaenBargoed Farm up to 1829 then sons took over
EDMUNDS sister MARY WATKINS abt b.1784 married THOMAS LLEWELLYN had daughter MARY LLEWELYN
Any extra information would be brilliant

Other Names included ( EDMUND POWELL father DAVID POWELL )- ENOCH DAVIES -( JAMES JAMES father Richard James a Mason )- (JOSEPH GRIFFITHS father John Griffiths a Tailor )- HERBERT ROBERT HARRIS-( MARGARET MORGANS father JOHN MORGANS a Farmer.)
Thank you Christine

[watkins]

Hi, being born in the East and having lived there all my life, I had no idea how common my maiden name of Watkins is in Wales - it's no wonder I am having trouble with my family tree (see Watkins Troedyrhiw).

Judging by the names mentioned in your message, I don't think our families are related, the farming side of our family came from my father's mother and her maiden name was Thomas (another popular surname in Wales!)

Sorry I cannot help you but I hope you get a good response to your request for information - good luck with your research.

[christine]

Thanks for contact.
All the best
christine

[davidc]

Hello Christine
We have just noticed your post about your research into the Watkins family of Cwmbargoed Farm and I think that we may be able to help you with some information.
Friends of Saron are a community group which has, since 2009, been working to rescue the abandoned graveyard of the former Saron Welsh Independent Chapel, Troedyrhiw, Merthyr Tydfil from over 30 years of neglect. Amongst our activities we are attempting (in the absence of the original) to create a burial record by photographing each headstone and transcribing all inscriptions. Our record for one of the headstones (badly weathered in places with some inscriptions obliterated by flaking off of the stone surface) reads as follows:-

EAST FACING SANDSTONE HEADSTONE WITH PEON TOP SWATHED WITH BRANCHES OF WEEPING WILLOW. THE INSCRIPTION HAS FLAKED AWAY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STONE. THERE APPEARS TO BE FOUR BURIALS IN THIS GRAVE. DETAILS OF THE BOTTOM TWO ENTRIES ARE MISSING.

IN
MEMORY OF
MARGARET THE WIFE OF
EDMUND WATKINS
OF CWYMBARGOED FARM IN THE
PARISH OF MERTHYR TYDFIL
WHO DIED JUlY 13 1862 AGED
68 YEARS
COFFIA DDYN W---------
FEL TYDI MYE----------
FEL---MAG
COFFIA -------- MA --------
ALSO OF THE AFORESAID EDMUND WATKINS
WHO DIED NOV 4 1----
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David