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Re: Can't see a Baptism for Evan Rees, Swansea.
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 25 September 14 18:51 BST (UK) »
William Watkins, born 1800 in Neath (Not Codoxton Juxta Neath)

He was a tanner and married Ann Abraham in 1833 in Merthyr Tydfil

He had three children, Lucy 1828, Catherine 1823 and William 1835

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Re: Can't see a Baptism for Evan Rees, Swansea.
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 25 September 14 21:01 BST (UK) »


Could it be this one? (I'm not sure where exactly Whitchurch is...)

Glamorgan Baptisms Transcription
First name(s)    WILLIAM
Last name    WATKINS
Birth year    1799
Baptism year    1799
Baptism day    6
Baptism month    Jan
Baptism place    WHITCHURCH
Father's first name(s)    James
Mother's first name(s)    Ann
County    Glamorganshire
Country    Wales
Record set    Glamorgan Baptisms
Category    Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Record collection    Births & baptisms
Collections from    Great Britain

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Re: Can't see a Baptism for Evan Rees, Swansea.
« Reply #11 on: Thursday 25 September 14 21:09 BST (UK) »
Could it be this one? (I'm not sure where exactly Whitchurch is...
Romilly.

There's a Whitchurch in Cardiff.
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:.....

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Re: Can't see a Baptism for Evan Rees, Swansea.
« Reply #12 on: Thursday 25 September 14 21:49 BST (UK) »
No that's not him

Now that I remember I think I glimpsed some people with the surname Rees in the Neath parish registers. I doubt there are your ancestors, but I will check when I go next time, which I estimate will be next week or the week after