Hi Ann, News! I took a look at the Blaenwaun MIs, asking for any Williams buried before 1860. I already knew there was no Josiah or Joshua, but see what I found. It is from the transcription produced on fiche by Dyfed FHS: C152 Er coffiadwriaeth am JOHN WILLIAMS o BRYN PEDR plwyf y FERWIG yr hwn a fu farw Ebrill 7ed 1830 yn 63 oed Hefyd am ANNE WILLIAMS ei wraig hon a fu farw Mawrth 19eg 1820 yn 51 mlwydd Hefyd am LEAH WILLIAMS ei merch yr hon a fu farw Meh.26ain 1822 yn 13 mlwydd oed Also of ELIZABETH TURNOR the beloved wife of Capt. THOMAS TURNOR of MAYFLOWER of CARDIGAN who died May 26 1873 aged 80 years There are 5 other WILLIAMS MIs either side of this one, but none mentions Ferwig. Some at least are likely to be related - somehow. So assuming you can read the Welsh, this should help you. It also means that your Josiah was almost certainly born a Baptist and was not baptised as an infant - you need to look at that Blaenwaun births book I mentioned, it's at the NLW. Also you should be able to find out whether the family was at Bryn Pedr as early as 1807 by looking at the Land Tax records for Ferwig. Someone else on the list may be able to tell you what records have survived for the parish. I will copy this back to the list in case anyone else has a connection. Regards Bill