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Thanks for the reference. Looks like my ancestor but no mention in the Betham extract of daughter Sarah or grandchildren with a Williams surname.

Hi, My 4 times great grandmother Grace Mills born 1762 in Rathdrum and was the daughter of Dr Daniel and Elinor (nee Coggin) Mills. Daniel's parents were Richard and Elizabeth. I have not gone back further. Grace's uncles and aunts include Elizabeth Mills, Martha Mills,Jane Mills, Susannah Mills, Richard Mills and John Scott Mills. Grace's siblings born from 1760 to 1780 incl Elizabeth, Elenor, Frances, Mary, Daniel also a doctor who inherited the property "Kingston" in Rathdrum on condition he change his name to King, John, Maria,Ester,and Mary. Grace Mills married Revd William Lynar Fawcett, son of James Fawcett and Hannah Lynar. James was a builder and property owner with land in Dublin and a farm up the road from "Kingston" called "Avon Hill". He was also a church warden at the Rathdrum church (established church). Well done on your research.

Yes, I am related it seems. Thanks for your post. I would love to get details of the gravestones in the Berriew church. I have a photo of Gwen and Edward Woolley with my grandparents taken many decades ago when they visited their home in Leominster. My grandparents emigrated to Australia in the 1920's and kept in contact with many relatives back home. Another photo circa 1909 shows my grandmother aged around 12 with her siblings at a farm, possibly Felindre Farm near Berriew occupied by her grandfather John Edwards who married the eldest Hughes girl Mary in 1865.

Hi. Interested to hear that you live in Kingston and I hope you can help me with a query. James Fawcett, my 5th great grandfather lived at a property called Avon Hill about 1 klm west of Kingston probably overlooking the river Avonbeg. He was buried on 31 March 1804 at the Rathdrum Parish Church (C of I). He was a Church Warden. Do you know if Rathdrum had a C of I church in the town. According to Griffith's Valuations Ävon Hill is located in townland of Ballyknockan Lower. Avon Hill was the address of William Tomlinson (son in law of James Fawcett) who lived on the property in 1833 when his sons Arthur Wellesly Tomlinson and Charles Fawcett Tomlinson married. According to Google Maps the property is still called Avon Hill Farm and is used as K9 Boarding Kennel. Have you any knowledge of the property and are there any structures dating back to when James Fawcett lived there. He was a builder and owned other property in Dublin and may have constructed a house on the property. Cheers, Ion

Hi,
My ancestors Jonathan Hughes and Jane possibly Evans who married in 1842. They had 8 children. Jane died soon after the birth of her youngest child Elizabeth. Lizzie to my grandmother. I am descended from the eldest, Mary Hughes who married John Edwards in 1865. My grandmother kept in contact with the Hughes cousins including Gwenllyn E Rogers ( my grandmother's second cousin) who married Edward E Woolley and lived at St Botolphs Hereford Rd Leominster. Gwenllyn was the dau of William Rogers and Annie Jane Watkin (dau of Ed Watkin & Annie Hughes). I am interested in any records showing the death of Jane Hughes in 1860 in Berriew. I think it more likely she was born in 1825 not 1805 as I have seen on a Watkin family tree.
Ion