Dear Christine, In the Pemb. marriage index your John Edwards is said to be of Marloes, but married in Ambleston which may have been the bride's parish. The 1786 Land Tax for Marloes (unfortunately, the only one I have) does not show the name Edwards against any proprietors or tenants. A person only had to be resident in a parish for, I think, 15 days to have it shown against their name, but assuming that John Edwards came from... or around... Marloes (possibly Dale) here are some items in the records. A David Edwards married Esther Mathias at Marloes on 06/04/1833.......it is possible that John and David were brothers and copies of their marriage parish register entries might show them witnessing each other's marriage. As to earlier records....the pre-1813 marriage index shows no marriages for Edwards of Marloes, but quite coincidentally, a John Edwards married Martha Lewis at Dale in 1789..... and a William Edwards married Martha Hire at Dale in 1793. (Sandra Davies may be able to tell whether this Martha Hire has any connection to her Hires or my Elizabeth (Hire) Devonald.) Of course, Edwards is another of the common Pemb. names (and I have not looked at the alternate spellings) but: 15/04/1824 Thomas Edwards of Dale m. Phillis Collins at Marloes 05/04/1827 William Edwards married Ann Thomas at Marloes 10/07/1827 John Edwards m. Mary Wilcox at Marloes The name of Edwards, of course, does appear in the Ambleston records. Bettye Kirkwood, Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 9:04 PM Subject: [WLS-PEM] (no subject) looking for birth and death of John Edwards married at parish of Ambleston in Pembroke Wales 8th November 1836 to a Martha Lewis. On the 1841 census for Marloes Pembroke Wales place...8 Touch & Go John Edwards...age..35....labourer.......born wales. Martha Edwards .age 25...................born wales William Edwards age 2....son.............born wales James Edwards age 1....son.............born wales On census for 1851 same address Martha has remarried a John Evans and had a child to him called Matilda Evans I have found her marriage to John Evans on 30th October 1849 and it states she ’s a widow. any help would be great.......Christine Edwards ==== WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE Mailing List ==== Genuki PEM http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/