Thanks Bettye. I appreciate your time and kind response. That's good stuff that I didn't know! Some questions within your message- Best, Hal McCawley, 4178 Pindar Way, Oceanside, CA 92056 USA 760-941-4716 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance Kirkwood" <lki59595@bigpond.net.au> To: "Hal McCawley" <HalMac@cox.net>; "ANNE EVANS" <anneyvonne.evans@btinternet.com>; <dyfed@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [Dyfed] GEORGEs of Early 1700s Pembrokeshire.. > Dear Hal, > > My understanding is even the Baptists usually married in the recognised > established church to make everything legal.......and they sometimes moved > out of their own neighbourhood to do so.....others will correct me if I am > wrong. > 15 seems to be the earliest age for Baptist baptisms, or as an Adult...but > whether that was the practice at this particular time I don't know. [I reached a concensus of a min age of 13-15 as maturity/understanding and thereby est a bd of my gf Wm GEORGE as bef 1696] > > The marriage records show that a Thomas George married Margaret Hugh at > Llandissilio in 1772 but this information came from the Bishop's Transcripts > so probably nothing else was shown on the register. > > A Thomas George also married Matilda David at Llandewy Velfrey in 1685 > ...also from the BT's. > > The earliest William George shown on the Pre 1813 Marriages for Narberth > Hundred [I presume that Narberth is a larger civil district which includes several parish?] which covers all these areas, was in 1722 at Carew when he married > Catherine Leach [I don't have a hint as to the name of my gf William's wife, but the dates fit in perfectly! He is known to be in Pensylvania, USA in the late1720s] >and a John George married Sarah Beynon in 1727 at the same > place...they may have been brothers. [We could sure use some wills!!] > > I suggest you now have a few surnames which you can look up in The National > Library of Wales pre 1858 Wills site [I don't readily find their site, anyone have a URL?] on line in a suitable time frame...I > haven't looked myself...but it is worth a try. You might get some > understanding of the family.....I recently have seen a few Wills which > mentioned children who had gone to America..... to receive a bequest only if > they returned home! > Bettye Kirkwood, Australia. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hal McCawley > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 12:08 PM > To: ANNE EVANS ; dyfed@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Dyfed] GEORGEs of Early 1700s Pembrokeshire.. > > Thanks for responding. I just learned that Rhydwilym Chapel has record of > bapt for- > 22 Aug 1709: Rhydwilym [Baptist] Chapel, Pembrokeshire, Wales has bapt for a > William GEORGE of Landissillip Parish. [nlwenquiries@llgc.org.uk] > > 17 Aug 1712: Rhydwilym [Baptist] Chapel, Pembrokeshire, Wales has bapt for a > Thomas GEORGE of Narberth Parish.Narberth Parish. [ibid] > > What would have been the minimum age for a Baptist boy to have been bapt in > that era? > > Hal McCawley, 4178 Pindar Way, Oceanside, CA 92056 > 760-941-4716 > Researching GEORGE in Pembrokeshire, Wales > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ANNE EVANS > To: Hal McCawley ; dyfed@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 4:51 AM > Subject: Re: [Dyfed] GEORGEs of Early 1700s Pembrokeshire.. > > > Hello Hal and List, > If you contact the National Library of Wales Aberystwyth they hold a copy > of the Rhydwilym chapel Registers dating back to approx 1670's. However I > have studied these myself and was unable to find anyone with surname George > as early as the dates you are looking for i.e. 1720's approx. I may of > course have missed them. I do not think that this register is complete. > The email addresss you need is:- > enquiry@llgc.org.uk > Yvonne Evans > > > From: Hal McCawley <HalMac@cox.net> > To: dyfed@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, 18 November 2013, 22:45 > Subject: [Dyfed] GEORGEs of Early 1700s Pembrokeshire.. > > > Greetings from America. > I am researching for my grandfather William GEORGE reportedly b > 1690-1710 in Pembrokeshire and perhaps bapt at Rhydwilym Chapel. He > reportedly migrated to America in 1720s. I know nothing of his spouse, > parents or siblings. > Could you tell me if these church records are still extant and how I > might view them? In parish records, Books, Internet.. > Also, what would have been the minimum age for a Baptist boy to have > been bapt in that era? > I appreciate your assistance. > Hal McCawley, 4178 Pindar Way, Oceanside, CA 92056 > 760-941-4716 USA > Researching GEORGE in Wales and Pennsylvania, USA > >