My g.g.grandfather Evan Davies was born about 1815, and according to the census he was born in St. Martins, Shropshire. He married Mary Woolam in Ellesmere, in 1837. He had 6 children, the eldest of whom was William born 1838, in St. Martins. In 1861 he was a lay preacher and coal mine owner. I would like to find his ancestors, but no Evan is in the St. Martins's PR of a suitable date. As he was a lay preacher he was probably baptised in a non-conformist church. The only baptism of an Evan of a suitable date I have been able to find is non-conformist in Holywell, the son of William, a miner of Moel y Crea, Halkin, on the. 25 February, 1815
Evan named his eldest son William, suggesting this was his father's name. There was a William Davies in the 1841 and 1851 censuses, married to Ann, born in Whittington, who would fit, but he was a carpenter. Could a miner become a carpenter?
I'd appreciate suggestions for Evan's parents.
Don Tomkinson