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Williams, 'The Abbey', Kidwelly
« on: Tuesday 07 September 10 15:59 BST (UK) »
Please can anyone offer details re the house of William Williams [died 1854]. He is in Lady Street in Censuses of 1841 and 1851, but elsewhere is said to be of 'The Abbey' or 'Abbey House'.  What or where is this house - is it still there? Did he leave a Will, or did his wife - nee Mary Ann Humberstone Jones - leave a Will when she died in 1865? ???
All help welcomed ~ Phil

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Re: Williams, 'The Abbey', Kidwelly
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 08 September 10 01:25 BST (UK) »
Hello

There isn't a will in 1854 for William Williams of Kidwelly on the National Library of Wales index, which includes all pre-1858 Welsh wills for that area.

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Re: Williams, 'The Abbey', Kidwelly
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 08 September 10 01:28 BST (UK) »
Slater's Directory of 1868 mentions the Abbey House, Kidwelly.
The Misses Vaughan were living at the Abbey House then

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Re: Williams, 'The Abbey', Kidwelly
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 08 September 10 17:58 BST (UK) »
Thank you, Morganllan, for your observations about Kidwelly.  I knew there was no Will on the NLW record, but there might be at PCC - I shall have to check that, but Williams is a tough nut to crack.  Also as he died in Texas [probably on a trading trip] he might have left no Will.
The Misses Vaughan you found were the sisters of my namesake, Philip Vaughan, who married the daughter of Wm Williams in 1845; they lived in Abbey House for years - but where was it and is it still there?
Phil
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