Hi Phil I have in my tree at least three pilots, all living at Briton Ferry, although describing themselves as "Port of Neath". My great grandfather (father's maternal line) was Lewis Reynolds born 20th December 1840, died 14th March 1924. He was also described ranging from hobbler via sailor, seaman and mariner to master mariner at various times. His father was also Lewis Reynolds, baptised 26th March 1815 and died 10th February 1867 as a result of an on board accident. Lewis junior married Margaret Phillips, whose father William Phillips was also a pilot. I have noticed other Phillips pilots in the same area who are possibly related, but I've not looked into that yet. There are also some Williams pilots who have cropped up on the same census pages. I don't have any specific information regarding their licenses or vessels. Regards Richard Gwynn Swansea Glam FHS 8154 -----Original Message----- From: PRode18115@aol.com [mailto:PRode18115@aol.com] Sent: 21 June 2011 12:23 To: glamorgan@rootsweb.com Subject: [GLA] Bristol Chnnel pilots (Cardiff) Now back to the serious stuff. Other than family history I have a huge interest in the Pilots of the Bristol channel and the boats they used, mainly Cardiff based. I have spent a long time going through the records of the Cardiff pilots held at the Glamorgan records office and have really only just scratched the surface. There are a huge amount of documents.( A new job stopped my regular visits to the records office) If anyone has a Licensed Channel pilot in their family tree I would be interested to know about them. The trade seems to have been kept within certain families, in most of the ports along the Bristol Channel. A large proportion of the Cardiff Pilots seem to have originated in West Wales. Others from Gloucester and Bristol. Regards Phil T.C.M.

>From my main database Lewis Reynolds born 1814 was pilot onboard the CSP Lewis reynolds 1837 was onboard the Pioneer Lewis Reynolds 1841 was onboard the CSP, ITA and Phoenix William Phillips was Pilot on the Black Swan pilot boat of Neath >From my database Pilots taken from trade directories REYNOLDS Lewis Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.14 Trade Directory 1852 also PHILLIPS George Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.20 PercyButcher&Co-1873/74 PHILLIPS John Pilot 16 Railway Terrace Briton Ferry Glamorganshire - JWright-1899/90 PHILLIPS John Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.17 PercyButcher&Co-1873/74 PHILLIPS Thomas Pilot 20 George Street Llanelly Carmarthenshire - JamesDavies&Co-1897 PHILLIPS William Pilot - - - Neath Neath Harbour 1915/20 PHILLIPS William Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.10 Trade Directory 1852 PHILLIPS William Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.28 PercyButcher&Co-1873/74 PHILLIPS William Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.13 Trade Directory 1852 Also WILLIAM Griffith Pilot - - - Neath Neath Harbour 1920 WILLIAM Griffith Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed NeathNo.22 Trade Directory 1852 WILLIAM Williams Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed NeathNo.27 Trade Directory 1852 WILLIAMS Charles Pilot 199 Neath Road Briton Ferry Glamorganshire - PercyButcher&Co-1873/4 WILLIAMS Charles Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed NeathNo.19 Trade Directory 1852 WILLIAMS Charles Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.26 PercyButcher&Co-1873/74 WILLIAMS Charles Pilot 3 Bute Esplanade Cardiff Glamorganshire - Cardiff CL-1877 WILLIAMS Charles Pilot 13 Stuart Square Cardiff Glamorganshire - Cardiff CL-1873 WILLIAMS Daniel Pilot - - - Neath Neath Harbour 1915/20 WILLIAMS Daniel Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.15 Trade Directory 1852 WILLIAMS David Pilot - - - Neath Neath Harbour 1920 WILLIAMS David Pilot Millicent Street Cardiff Glamorganshire Mary Pilot Boat No.3 Cardiff CL-1868 WILLIAMS David Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.23 PercyButcher&Co-1873/74 WILLIAMS Elijah Pilot 44 Lower Oxford Street Swansea Glamorganshire Licensed Swansea No.1. JWright-1899/90 WILLIAMS Evan Pilot - Penarth Glamorgranshire - Cardiff CL-1867 WILLIAMS Griffith Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.15 PercyButcher&Co-1873/74 WILLIAMS James Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.18 PercyButcher&Co-1873/74 WILLIAMS John Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.20 Trade Directory 1852 WILLIAMS John Pilot - - - Licensed Llanelly JamesDavies&Co-1897 WILLIAMS Lewis Pilot 7 Ritson Street Briton Ferry Glamorganshire - JWright-1899/90 WILLIAMS Lewis Pilot 9 Ritson Street Briton Ferry Glamorganshire - JWright-1899/90 WILLIAMS Lewis Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.23 Trade Directory 1852 WILLIAMS Lewis (1st) Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.10 PercyButcher&Co-1873/74 WILLIAMS Lewis (2nd) Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.19 PercyButcher&Co-1873/74 WILLIAMS Leyson Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.24 Trade Directory 1852 WILLIAMS Thomas Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.18 Trade Directory 1852 WILLIAMS Thomas (1st) Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.6 PercyButcher&Co-1873/74 WILLIAMS Thomas (2nd) Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.14 PercyButcher&Co-1873/74 WILLIAMS William Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.16 Trade Directory 1852 WILLIAMS William Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.17 Trade Directory 1852 WILLIAMS William Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.21 Trade Directory 1852 WILLIAMS William Pilot - - - Licensed Llanelly JamesDavies&Co-1897 WILLIAMS William (1st) Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.7 PercyButcher&Co-1873/74 WILLIAMS William (2nd) Pilot - Neath Glamorganshire Licensed Neath No.8 PercyButcher&Co-1873/ Regards Bryan www.swanseamariners.org.uk