« Reply #94 on: Thursday 10 September 15 06:54 BST (UK) »
Morning Mar, i don't know anything about education at that time either but somehow think that if mum Elizabeth could write that her daughter would have been able to too. As you say, maybe just a coincidence and the witness Elizabeth was a friend (the other witness wasn't a Davies or Thomas so could have been a friend of Thomas).
I assumed 'formerly of Llanfrynach' meant before he died rather than he'd moved elsewhere. I can't see a reason for mentioning it otherwise, not like he was 'Lord Mayor of' or something. Might explain why he's not buried there though?
Considering the family is Davies I'm surprised to have got back this far really, it's just that every bit of info solves one question but invites others
Have a lovely day; seems like we're having a last bit of summer, though the evenings are getting cool.
CARDIFF:Lord,Griffiths,Barry,Cope,Mahoney ~ PEMBROKESHIRE:Griffiths,Rees,Owen,Thomas ~ ESSEX:Lord,Foreman,Hatch ~ SOMERSET:Lord,Cox,Hockey,Linham,Bryant ~ STAFFORDSHIRE:Cope,Elks,Hackney,Gallimore,Davenport ~ SUFFOLK:Lord,Lockwood,Hatch,Rix,Foreman ~ IRELAND:Barry,Meany,Cummins,Grogan ~
PONTYPRIDD:Leigh,Brooks,Adams,Davies,Thomas ~ KENT:Leigh ~ CHESHIRE:Adams,Tudor,Illidge ~ DENBIGHSHIRE:Edwards,Bolas ~BRECON:Leigh,Thomas,Davies ~SOMERSET:Adams,Keitch,Bridge ~ABERGAVENNY:Minton ~ MERTHYR:.....