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Good to hear from you... both of those email addresses are in use (Mathias was my maiden name, and is Welsh (Pembrokeshire)… I prefer the jennifercairnsATyahoo.com..   Would love to see the reunion photos. A Thomas T Jones descendant came and stayed twice, many years ago...  he had contacted me via a webpage I ran then, and he got in touch with the webmaster, i.e. me... and asked if I had heard of Glanbrechan, and if I knew anyone interested in local history !    Glanbrechan is the house where the Jones family lived, now just called Maesyfelin House. In the language of heaven, i.e. Welsh !, the prefix Glan means on the banks of a stream, and Brechan is the name of the stream !  It runs down into the Teifi/Teify which then goes on into Carmarthenshire.   I also have various interesting photos, which I will look for over the weekend, haven't read over them for ages... !  I may become mysteriously silent, but as it is Easter a lot is going on.... but will try not to be too long getting back to you.   best wishes... Jen

Dear Ian, what dates did your Thomas Jones, who died 1846, live in Llwyn Bobi. And where was he living when he died. I suspect that he may have moved into LB after Thomas T Jones had left for America. ALSO I had forgotten that Llwyn Bobi was, at that time, on land either owned by Elizabeth Jones of Glanbrechan; or both owned by the Powells of Nanteos. Your TJ may well have lived there, but I suspect it was after Thomas T Jones who went to Ohio lived there or possibly before. Where was your TJ living in 1841... and what date do your records show he moved in there, and how old was he when he died. 
Excuse the questions... but Thomas Jones was (and probably still is) a very popular name round here, all my ancestors are called David Evans!   Also the idea that Thomas T Jones, Agent lived there came with his descendant from Ohio, so there must be references somewhere over there. I suspect they both lived there, but at different times. cheers, J

Happy New Year Aly and Denny

Hope all is well with you. The photos I sent are on Page 1 of this correspondence.  I will try and look up more, but not at the moment as I am just preparing a talk on a local subject here, and I don't want to lose my concentration at the moment. I will try dig out more. Glanbrechan, now known as Maesyfelin House, or Ty Maesyfelin is still doing well. I do have photo of Elizabeth Jones's gravestone which I will send in a couple of days.

Cheers,
Jen

Yes, this is Dremddu, which is Creuddyn Bridge, usually seen now as part of Silian, but on the road to Felinfach aka Ystrad... Jen

Hi Deborah, As far as I can make out Rhosduon Tower fell into ruins and the remains were either used as walls or gate entrances etc. Blaenbydernin is alive and well - I drove past a few months ago. I managed to find the alleged picture of Rhosduon Tower, but it is very dubious, and I failed to note its provenance so I won't pass it on. Lloyd, Orbach and Scourfield in their book on Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (Buildings of Wales Series) describe Rhosduon Tower as a “castellated toy fort, long demolished”. (p 363)
Elsewhere it is described as being part of Blaenbydernin, BUT the adverts appear to be describing a separate residence from the farm and  Francis Jones also thinks it was a separate dwelling.
Not much help I’m afraid... Hwyl - Jen