Dear Jenny, Your story about the Lloyds of London may be perfectly true. I hope it is, and we can all learn about it. However, I have heard something similar from an American about his own North Pemb. Welsh Lloyd ancestry and know, from my own research, that what is passed down as "family legend" often only contains a grain of truth. I look forward to someone providing census information for John Taylor and his wife Martha. Hermon's Hill, Haverfordwest, as shown in Major Jones "Pemb. Historic Homes and their families" does not provide much in the way of clues. However "in 1808 Mrs. Bassett, then of Neath, widow, and her kinsman John Herbert Lloyd of Plas Cilyhebyth (Glam.) granted a lease of Hermon's Hill to Henry Rees Gent of Haverfordwest". When Mrs. Bassett died in 1828 she devised the property to the Harries of Trevacoon. In the Rhos Hundred marriage index, a John Taylor in 1808 married Mary Cole at Steynton and a Thomas Taylor in 1804 married Mary Collins at Haverfordwest St. Martin but there is no John Taylor/Tailor married to Mary Davis shown here. An 1838 marriage certificate give you the name of the bride's father and confirm that of the groom's. Bettye Kirkwood, Sydney. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny Dempster" <[email protected]> ......... > JOHN TAYLOR was married to MARY DAVIS. The only information I have is that of their son JOHN TAYLOR b. cir 1814 married to MARTHA LLOYD. They were married 1838, hverfordwest, Pem. At the time of marriage Martha's residence was Hermons Hill. I have also been told that Martha was related to the LLOYDs of London and received an annuity from them each year. I would appreciate contact with anyone with further details of this family. > Jenny Dempster, Melbourne, Australia