The widow, Mary EVANS

[garlands]

Morgan,
Sorry for bringing this one up again. I'd completely forgotten that I'd started last year. Your filing system is obviously very much better than mine.
George

[Morganllan]

No problem, George 

I think this is going to be almost impossible to solve, unless you can find a connection with Morris David. Basically looking for an early 18th century marriage of a woman called Mary marrying a Mr Evans, which is tricky without the info on later marriage certificates, e.g. Father's name, which would hopefully be Bride's maiden name.

You could try looking at Wills on National Library of Wales site, perhaps starting with Evans, Morris, and David surnames in Llandyfaelog Parish.

http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=487

[garlands]

Morgan,

Thanks.

I have trawled the Wills for other branches of the family - quite successfully in some instances - so I'll follow-up your suggestion on these other names.

George

[Morganllan]

Good luck and let us know how you get on 

If no luck there, try neighbouring Parishes:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CMN/Llandefaelog/

[garlands]

A search of the 'Wills' threw up nothing in Llandyfaelog for EVANS, nor in any of the adjacent parishes except for Carmarthen, which had one 'possible' and one 'unlikely'.
1. George EVANS of the parish of St Peter, Innkeeper, 1754. Wife Mary, son William and daughter Anne.
2. John EVANS of the parish of Trelech-ar-Bettws, Gentleman, 1752. First wife Rebecca, daughters Hannah and Ann. Second wife Mary, daughter Margaret.
I now need to find the marriage of George EVANS and the second marriage of John EVANS and, eventually, the baptisms of their respective wives to see if either of their widows would have been of a suitable age to be having children in 1758.

[garlands]

Morgan,
In the period 1727-1756, I have found 10 marriages of a male EVANS to a female whose Christian name is Mary. Only one of the marriages was in Llandyfaelog, 2 were in Llangunnor and the other 7 were in Carmarthen. I have eliminated 4 of them because they were either too early or they appear to have been still producing children up to or after 1757.
I now need to know if anyone out there is descended from one of the remaining EVANS lines. Should I start a new topic for this?
George

[Morganllan]

That is unnecessary as anyone who comes across one of your existing threads will reply. 

It is very tricky with these early records with common names, as the records have not been fully digitised, and we can't be sure which was Mary's original Parish.

[garlands]

I have managed to find 6 ladies who might have become 'my' Mary EVANS. Unfortunately, none is from Llandyfaelog, so they are only 'possibles'. If any one is descended from these ladies, it would help me to eliminate some (or all) of them. They are:-
1.  Mary REES m John EVAN, Carmarthen, 07 Feb 1741
2.  Mary DAVID m David EVAN, Carmarthen, 24 Nov 1744
3.  Mary THOMAS m John EVAN, Carmarthen, 12 Feb 1745
4.  Mary THOMAS m David EVANS, Carmarthen, 09 May 1752
5.  Mary DAVID m David EVAN, Carmarthen, 26 May 1752
6.  Mary DAVID m George EVAN, Llangunnor, 30 Oct 1753; children Mary, 04 Dec 1753 and Thomas, 28 Apr 1755
The only marriage I've found in Llandyfaelog is
Mary THOMAS m John EVANS, 17 Oct 1727
Maybe this is 'my' Mary, which would be marvellous, but would she still be having children in 1758?
Any help would be much appreciated.