Hi,
I'm trying to find out some information about the wife of an ancestor of mine. Her name was Anne and she was married to a Joshua Salusbury of Denbigh, later of Gyffylliog.
I have recently come across some information which suggests that she might actual be the same Anne Salesbury who married Ellis Powell in Clocaenog in 1679.
Firstly though, some background:
I have, I believe anyway, traced my direct line back to a Joshua Salusbury, a mercer in Denbigh, and his wife Lucy Myddelton.
I currently have no birth or death dates for either.
They had at least 4 sons, John, William (? - d.1727), Foulk (? - d.1716) and another Joshua (? - d.1719?), my ancestor, who was also a mercer.
This Joshua married, firstly, a Dorothy by which he had at least 3 sons - John, Thomas (b.1683 - ?) and Foulk (b.1685 - ?).
Dorothy died in 1687 and it appears that Joshua then married Anne.
According to the Denbigh PRs they had 6 sons :
Twins William and Hugh who were born in Nov 1703. Hugh I think died straight away and William a month later.
David (b.1704, Denbigh - d.1771, Llanynys) - my ancestor.
Owen (b.1706, Denbigh - d.1783, Ruthin)
Roger (b.1708, Denbigh - d.1708, Gyffylliog)
Thomas (b.1710, Denbigh - d.1785, Gyffylliog)
Joshua died, I believe, in 1719. He lived in Gyffylliog at the time but he wasn't buried there. I'm still trying to find out where he was buried.
Most of the information above I found in the Denbigh and Gyffylliog PRs, a book called 'Chirk Castle Accounts A.D 1666 - 1753' and various wills found at NLW or the National Archives including:
The will of Jane Merton (nee Myddelton), 1691, of Llandyrnog, Joshua's aunt. (National Archives)
The will of William Salusbury, 1727, Of Denbigh, mercer, Joshua's brother. (NLW)
The will of Foulk Salusbury, 1716, of Ystrad Cynon, Denbigh, Gent, Joshua's brother. (NLW)
So back to the link.
I have come across 2 pieces of information which might suggest that this Anne was in fact the same Anne Salesbury who married Ellis Powell.
1) An entry in 'Chirk Castle Accounts A.D 1666 - 1753, for November 1720 which talks of giving Richard Powell 3 pounds to pass onto his mother, the widow of Joshua Salusbury.
The entry stipulates that this is the same Joshua Salusbury of Denbigh who was a mercer and died in 1719.
2) There is a bond in Joshua's name (actually spelt Joshuah) on the NLW wills database for 1720 in Gyffylliog. This bond has the names and signatures of Richard Powell of Clocaenog and Anne Salusbury.
I know this is not concrete proof so does anyone have any more evidence?
Is there a marriage for them in the Clocanenog PR or anywhere else? I guess the marriage would have been between 1696 (when Ellis Powell died) and 1703.
It's quite possible that this is a completely different Anne Powell who also had a son called Richard, from Clocaenog, from a previous marriage.
However if this is true then it makes me wonder if there was a connection between the 2 branches before Joshua and Anne were married.
I have hit a brick wall with Joshua and Lucy and I haven't been able to go back any further so if anybody has any information on this branch that would be great.
I'm also interested on getting more information on Anne and her Salesbury branch.
I've found the wills on NLW for her father Henry and her grandfather Hugh Salesbury and I can't seem to go any further than that, although I believe that on Hugh's will it mentions a brother, William ap John.
So it's possibly that John Salesbury was Hugh's father.
I know Heather (Hiraeth) is descended from the Salesburys of Clocaenog has done some research on them and Anne in particular, so I'm interested to know what she thinks.
Thanks
Paul Salisbury