Dear Carol I know Brynhellan Farm below VERY well my mother was born there. We too are descended from said Stephen Morris through his daughter Martha Griffiths - her daughter Harriet married Henry James, their son Stephen Morris James was my great grandfather, he had 2 sons my granfather William Henry James and Victor James - the house is now owned by Victor's daughter who lives next door - which was also owned by the family. Stephen Morris is buried in the churchyard of the ruined Cwm-Yr-Eglwys. How are you connected. I will contact you off list over weekend as I have photos of the property and will email you all I have on this side of the family. I am now very excited! best wishes Melanie > > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:17:26 +1000 > From: "cj" <loracj@westnet.com.au> > Subject: [Dyfed] Brynhenllan Dinas Cross > To: <DYFED@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <E467692FD0A54E90AC328F4AB5EAB2F3@CORAL> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Good Morning Listers, > > Through the wonderful assistance of a lister from this mailing list, I have not only made a wonderful friend from the other side of the world, but she has also taken me through an almost virtual tour of where my ancestors walked. It is not enough just to say thankyou, for the time being just cannot believe how blessed I am. Some months ago I listed my interests from Pembrokeshire as being: Lewis, Davies & Howell - which at the time gave me grandfathers x 4/5, thanks to the wonderful help I received I am now able to claim another grandfather x 5, Stephen Morris. > > It would appear that Stephen Morris from Brynhenllan was my grandfather x 5, and owned a number of properties in the area, one in particular is now listed on Coastal Cottages of Pembrokeshire website as: 12720 Brynhenllan Dinas Cross a 300 year old detached farmhouse . Stephen Morris died in 1847 and his estate was dispersed to his wife and daughters Martha Griffiths & Anne Davies. > > I wonder is there anyone on the list who may know of this farmhouse and its' history or maybe connected to it in someway, either as family descendant or has any other information to build a bigger picture in our Family History Files. > > Our family has a house name plaque "Brynhenllan" that has been handed down through at least two generations that we know of, and is currently on a direct descendants home, and up till now we had no idea of it's significance. Now we wonder just how old this plaque really is, something to ponder on. > > Thank you all for your help both in the past and present. > > Have a good day - rgds Coral Jennings - hot Qld, Australia > Dyfed FHS Member 4663 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the DYFED list administrator, send an email to > DYFED-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the DYFED mailing list, send an email to DYFED@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of DYFED Digest, Vol 4, Issue 329 > ************************************* _________________________________________________________________ Chat to your friends for free on selected mobiles http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/174426567/direct/01/