Jenkin DAVIES emigrated from Cilcennin Parish to Pennsylvania with his brothers and (his father?)Jenkin DAVID well before 1715. The earlier Jenkin DAVID is thought to have been born about 1654 and the younger Jenkin DAVIS about 1675. When the latter died he left his farm in Cilcennin Parish to his brother Evan DAVIES with many stipulations re descent within the family line. I have heard that a descendent of Evan DAVIES, Anne DAVIES, lived there until 1957 and that the farm had been divided, by her grandfather, into three parts: Esgair-wen, Blaen-yr-esgair, and Blaen-waun. I would like to learn how much of the above is true plus exact dates - if possible. Does anyone know this area and its people well? I will appreciate any information and/or clues to sources --- Anna Brown

Anna, The National Library of Wales online database ISYS:web (Minor Databases) might be a good place for you to find mentions of your place-names in Cilcennin. While inputting search criteria, use the "Sounds Like" option and check every possibility (be creative with spellings and also use the "within a paragraph of) option to include Cardigan or Cilcennin (again, be creative with the spelling of Cilcennin, especially in very old documents). Many old deeds for Cardiganshire are summarized in the databases. http://www.llgc.org.uk Once there, click on (right side of screen in English) "Catalogues and Electronic Resources". On the next page, scroll down (left side of page under "Available to All") to the section for ISYS:web (Minor Databases). Click on "Search the database". Good luck! Regards, Julie Preston juliefpreston@sbcglobal.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anna Brown" <elijahf1@earthlink.net> To: <WLS-CARDIGANSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 12:00 AM Subject: [WLS-CGN] Esgairwen in Cilcennin parish - DAVIES farm: > Jenkin DAVIES emigrated from Cilcennin Parish to Pennsylvania with his > brothers and (his father?)Jenkin DAVID well before 1715. The earlier > Jenkin DAVID is thought to have been born about 1654 and the younger Jenkin > DAVIS about 1675. > When the latter died he left his farm in Cilcennin Parish to his brother > Evan DAVIES with many stipulations re descent within the family line. I > have heard that a descendent of Evan DAVIES, Anne DAVIES, lived there until > 1957 and that the farm had been divided, by her grandfather, into three > parts: Esgair-wen, Blaen-yr-esgair, and Blaen-waun. > I would like to learn how much of the above is true plus exact dates - if > possible. > Does anyone know this area and its people well? I will appreciate any > information and/or clues to sources > > --- Anna Brown > > > > > > ==== WLS-CARDIGANSHIRE Mailing List ==== > National Library of Wales > http://www.llgc.org.uk/ >