Martin, Thank you for the information. Lots of oral history has come down through my family about MONS and GLAM, but nothing about BRE. I so appreciate the resources you've provided. A mile or so doesn't seem much distance, making me more comfortable with the idea that this is all the same family (BP is Llanfihangel Bryn Pabuan, and the dates are christenings): Charles Hammond married Margaret Williams 17th Nov 1757 at Llan Avan Fawr (Llanafan Fawr), both of competant age, signed by X for both. Children of marriage. 1758 Margaret Hamon, Llanafan Fawr 1763 David Hamon, BP (died in childhood?) 1767 David Hamon, BP 1771 Thomas Hamon, Llanafan Fawr 1774 Hannah Hamon, BP 1778 James Hamon, BP Hoping to connect this family, if possible and true, to my David Hamon, b abt 1809, BRE. Margaret On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Martin Briscoe <martin@mbriscoe.me.uk>wrote: > I think they are only just over a mile apart or at least not much more, > there is also a non-conformist chapel of some sort between them. > > Not sure if I have anyone with events at both churches but certainly some > are at one and some at the other. > > LBP is often not marked on maps and even COFLEIN does not have an entry for > the church. Best way to see them is to go to the Llanafan Fawr church on > COFLEIN then bring up their BETA mapping and follow the road to the North > East and you will see the church marked on the map. > > http://goo.gl/iXQGV > > > > > I notice this in one report > > " Llanfihangel Bryn Pabuan is traditionally held to be a daughter church, > or > chapelry, of the > major ecclesiastical site or mother church at neighbouring Llanafan Fawr. > This would also > reinforce the view that Llanfihangel could have an early medieval origin." > > It says the church is 13th Century but restored later. > > http://www.cpat.org.uk/ycom/breck/llanfihangelbrynpabuan.pdf > > > > > Someone more knowledgeable can probably say but I wonder if a chapelry > could > not do all the all ceremonies and some had to be done at the main church? > > > > > > Martin Briscoe > Fort William > martin@mbriscoe.me.uk > > > -----Original Message----- > From: powys-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:powys-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Peggy Sue > Sent: 02 October 2012 12:05 > To: POWYS@rootsweb.com > Subject: [POWYS] BRE- Llanfihangels Bryn Pabuan and Llanafan Fawr? > > Hi, > > Can anyone tell me how close these two BRE locations are? Does it make > any kind > of sense that children of one couple would be baptized in both places? > > I'm casting about in search of a family for my 3X great-grandfather, David > Hamon, who according to the 1851 census was born in Breconshire. All > records to date, including marriage, put him in Mons. > > Thanks for any help, > Margaret > > > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2011.co.uk/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Families: AMOS, CHARLES, DAVIES, FISHER, HENRY, PRICE, RAUGH/ROUGH, REESE, WAGNER Monmouthshire Families: AMOS/HAMON, REES Glamorganshire Families: DAVIS/DAVIES, COLLINS (also Ireland), REESE Cardiganshire Families: GRIFFITHS, THOMAS Dutch and German Families: UPDYKE, DIETRICH, GRANTZ