Dear Bettye, Many thanks for your reply, of course you did give the comprehensive information below, and I am eternally grateful,but,DOH! I can't seem to get my head around it and make the connections. I will look at the will again and see what I can do about it :0) Thank you so much, you are so good and patient with me. Kindest Regards, Carol. ---------------------------------------- > From: lki59595@bigpond.net.au > To: manxie55@hotmail.co.uk; dyfed@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Dyfed] BATINE surname query > Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:55:53 +1100 > > Dear Carol, > > I can't tell you the origin of the surname, and I thought, obviously > incorrectly, I had given you plenty of clues to follow with the article by > Major Jones "Lloyds of Hendre and Cwmgloyne" in which it is stated that the > nine children of Evan Williams of Trellyffant, Nevern who died in 1803 and > his wife Anne daughter of Evan Llewelin of Llandre included No. 7 "Elizabeth > Williams, baptised in 1770, married Thomas Batine of Llanwnwr, Llanwnda > parish. She died on 25 July 1853 and her husband on 21 February 1855, both > aged 84. One of their seven children, namely Bridget Batine, married on 29 > July 1828 John Williams (died 1869 aged 68) of Felindre near St. > Nicholas........."- > > Thomas Batine married Elizabeth Williams in 1802 at Nevern. His Will is > easily accessible on The National Library of Wales - pre 1858 Wills > site...year 1855. > > Thomas Batine, Gentleman, left a comprehensive Will in which his daughter > Elizabeth played a major role, but he also mentioned Bridget Williams of > Granston, a granddaughter Ann Clement James, other James grandchildren but > not my name, and his daughter Eleanor James. The last item in the Will is > a statement by John James, Eleanor's husband that Elizabeth's surname is > shown incorrectly in the Will, and that she is at that time Elizabeth > SAMBRUCK. > > Please go on-line and check it out for yourself. Someone may be able to > give you more information about these families. or you could perhaps chase > them through census entries. > > Under Llanwnwr, Llanwnda, Major Jones wrote "1789 Thomas Griffith, Esq. gave > a lease of Llanwnwr (minerals excepted), and certain rooms reserved to > lessor) to William Batine of Barrett's Hill, Steynton, gent for the lives of > William's wife Dorothy and their children, Thomas and Mary Batine. > Thomas Batine the son remained there till his death in 1855. The family of > Mortimer (from Trehowel) came to live there......." > > I'm sorry....I had William Batine's will abstract in my hand only the other > day, but it has disappeared into my boxes, but you can also look at it on > the website. > > Bettye Kirkwood, Australia. > > ---- Original Message ----- > From: "Carol Lloyd" > To: > Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 12:44 PM > Subject: [Dyfed] BATINE surname query > > >> >> Dear List, >> I have had such a great deal of help from you in the recent past with my >> JAMES/JOHN/LLOYD and connected families from Pembroke, and I am loathe to >> ask again, but, I do have a question to ask if I may? >> >> Where can I find the Parents/Siblings of Eleanor BATINE who married John >> JAMES, Farmer of Pencnwc Farm, in the parish of Dinas in 1839? >> I am intrigued by her surname? >> >> I have tried googling the name BATINE and it appears that it is Spanish in >> origin, would anyone know if that is correct please? >> >> Many thanks for any help offered, >> Kindest Regards, >> Carol Lloyd >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Tell us your greatest, weirdest and funniest Hotmail stories >> http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ >> >> ================================ >> Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DYFED-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > _________________________________________________________________ Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/