Dear Patrick Through DocumentsOnline I have received a copy of the will of Henry Phelps of Norchard (with the eye of faith) in the parish of Jeffreston, proven at PCC 24 April 1795, witnessed by David Rowe, Solomon Whitta and Thos Brigstocke. I don't know when the will was written but Henry left his daughter Elizabeth Phelps 50 pounds to be paid four months after his death. There is lots of other detail in the will, Regards Megan Phelps Sydney, Australia On Sunday, February 1, 2004, at 12:02 PM, BJ & LC Kirkwood wrote: > Dear Patrick, > > I don't know if how far back in time you have gone with your Brigstocke > ancestry. Have you read Llechdwinni Revisited by Major Francis Jones > which > appeared in the > Carmarthenshire Antiquary Vol. XX in 1984? > > The Brigstocke section begins "The background of the Brigstockes > differed > radically from that of the family they succeeded at Llechdwnni. Rural > Welsh > landowners of distinguished ancestry and family traditions, the Bowens > had > been stay-at-home squires......By contrast the Brigstockes were English > townsfolk, business-men living in Croydon near the great metropolis, > centre > of government whose edicts influenced the pattern of national life. > If they > lacked genealogical panache, they made up with a capacity for hard > work, > application and persistence. A man from this urban mileau now enters > the > pastoral scene of Carmarthenshire. > > Baptized at Croydon on 7 October 1604, John Brigstocke was son of a > successful brewer of that town, Robert Brigstocke and his wife > Elizabeth". > Then follows 9 or 10 pages about the family....down to including Rev. > John > Brigstocke who was rector of Burton in Pembrokeshire from 1832 to > 1858, and > his family. > > There are no Brigstocke marriages in my pre-1813 index which includes > Burton, but there are two in the Narberth Hundred including the > marriage of > Thomas Brigstocke to Elizabeth Phelps at Jeffreston in 1791. You may > already know whether or not these are your Rev. Thomas Brigstocke's > parents, > but it seems likely. > > Of course, there may be more than one Brigstocke family > who went into Wales....and you may know all about your earlier family > members already.....but, just in case.......... > > Incidentally, from the Lists, Megan Phelps and I are both interested > in the > Phelps name. > > Bettye Kirkwood, Australia. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patrick W G Brock" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 4:09 AM > Subject: Re: [WLS-PEM] Census 1871 > > >> Hello Alwyn >> >> Taking you up on your offer for lookups in the 1871 Census: I would be > very >> interested to know which of my Brigstocke ggGrandparents' children and >> siblings were still around in 1871. The list below shows what I >> currently >> know about them. > > > > > ==== WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE Mailing List ==== > Dyfed FHS > http://www.dyfedfhs.org.uk/ >