I don't know about Pembrokeshire men marrying Irish women, but I do have an ancestor who came from Ireland and settled in Pembrokeshire - in Hubberston. He wasn't a pirate but was in fact engaged in hunting pirates with the British Customs service!~ I am trying to secure this information by documentation, so would love to know if anyone has access to the parish records of Milford and could look up the birth of William Dobbin in 1796, son of William Dobbin and Elizabeth Sutton. I would love to know if the records state the birthplace of the William Senior? Cheers Philippa Cooper Message: 7 Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:21:33 +0100 From: "yvonne evans" <a.y.evans@homecall.co.uk> Subject: [Dyfed] Irish marriages To: <Dyfed@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <68DD666E87C14D11BFA47556B5E2C95E@YvonnePC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Hello, I wonder if anyone can assist me? I am looking for two different marriages for g.g.g. grandfathers in Pembrokeshire approx dates 1790's. I am unable to trace them after considserable searching in usual channels namely Parish Records and I.G.I. They were James James Castlebythe and John Oliver Dinas. Their respective children were christened in Little Newcastle and Dinas. As there are family stories that we have an Irish connection (Irish Pirates actually!) I wonder if one or two of these marriages could have occurred in Ireland. Was it usual for Pembrokeshsire men to marry Irish women and return with them to Pembs? I would have thought that their different religions would be a hindrance especially in Southern Ireland. I happen to know there was constant trading between Pembrokeshire and Ireland at this time Yvonne Evans

Dear Phillipa, I have found a couple of Dobbin records....you might already have them. They don't help in your search, I'm afraid. Mary Dobbin 1805 married Stephen Morris at Steynton..... and from Pembroke People by Richard Rose pge.450..."Katherine Dobbin, daughter of Lieutenant William Dobbin of the Diligence Revenue Cutter m. James McKain, Clerk of the Cheque, Dockyard, at Steynton on 4.1.1821. I don't think you are likely to get the birthplace of the father from a parish record entry, but Lieutenant William Dobbin seems important enough to have left a published obituary, if you know when he died,and surely there would have been a background check on him in his career records. Bettye Kirkwood, Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philippa Cooper" <pkcooper@aapt.net.au> To: <dyfed@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [Dyfed] DYFED Digest, Vol 4, Issue 236 > > > > I don't know about Pembrokeshire men marrying Irish women, but I do have > an > ancestor who came from Ireland and settled in Pembrokeshire - in > Hubberston. > He wasn't a pirate but was in fact engaged in hunting pirates with the > British Customs service!~ I am trying to secure this information by > documentation, so would love to know if anyone has access to the parish > records of Milford and could look up the birth of William Dobbin in 1796, > son of William Dobbin and Elizabeth Sutton. I would love to know if the > records state the birthplace of the William Senior? > Cheers > Philippa Cooper >