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Hi Roy, I knew from Margaret Treharne's marriage to John Thomas, that her father was William Treharne, a mason from Llanstephan. I am fairly certain that I have the right parentage for her now - William Treharne (1777-1865) and Mary Davies (1777-1855). They were married in 1803 and had a daughter Margaret in 1805. He was a mason, living at Morfa Fach in Llanstephan. Of Margaret's siblings, her brother William followed on in his father's footsteps as a mason in Llanstephan and her brother David died in 1893 while at the Masons Arms.
Something else of interest that I turned up was that Thomas Vaughan's first wife, Jane Davies, died at Pontantwyn Farm in Llangendeirne in 1817 and his first daughter, Mary Vaughan, by his second wife, Margaret Treharne, was born at Pontantwyn Farm in 1825. So Thomas Vaughan was a farmer prior to becoming an innkeeper in 1835.
 

Hello Roy. Thanks for the correction re Margaret Skym. I have amended my tree. You ask about Margaret's year of birth - it is an estimate based on the year of her marriage and the births of her children. Going back to your previous question about any family relationship between John Thomas of Cilcarw Fach farm and Stephen Evans (1799-1873) of Cilcarw farm - I don't have Stephen Evans in my tree but something that might be interesting to follow up is that the Jane Skym who married John Thomas had a sister, Margaret Skym, who married a Thomas Evans. Neither of these couples were at Cilcarw farm but if you remember I initially attributed John Thomas and Jane Skym as being the parents of John Thomas of Pelican Inn when in fact his marriage to Margaret Treharne gives his father's name as David Thomas. I feel though that there must be a connection between the father David Thomas and the father John Thomas. I say this because John Thomas and Jane Skym had a daughter Mary Thomas who married William Harries and produced children who are related to me while David Thomas was the grandfather of my great-grandmother. There was close contact between those two families as evidenced by my grandfather's diaries. More research needed!
I will now look at Mary George as per your suggestion. I don't have the facility to order birth certificates as I live in Zimbabwe.

As a matter of interest, the Charles Cook who was the licenced Victualler of The Star in 1911 was the father-in-law of John Thomas and Margaret Treharne's great-granddaughter. In the 1871 and 1881 Census records that I posted re John Thomas and Margaret Traherne, they have with them a granddaughter, Martha Anthony. Their daughter, Jane Thomas, married Thomas Anthony and they had three daughters, two dying in infancy. Martha Maria Anthony, the youngest, was the only surviving child when her mother, Jane, died at the Pelican Inn on 30th August 1866. Martha married Thomas Morgan, the Publican of Bridgend Inn in 1888, and they were both still at the Bridgend Inn in 1891:-
1881 Wales Census
Cilcarwfach, Llangendeirne, Carmarthenshire
John Thomas      Head   M   65   Farmer of 28 acres   Carmarthenshire
Margaret Do      Wife   M   75            Do
Martha Anthony   G-Dau      16            Do
1891 Wales Census
Bridgend Public House, Cilcarw, Llangendeirne, Carmarthenshire
Thomas Morgan   Head   M   26   Licenced Victualler   Llanelly, Carm
Martha Do      Wife   M   25            Do
Alice Davies      Serv      10   Domestic Servant   Llannon, Carm
The household was Welsh speaking only.
1901 Wales Census
Rose Villa, The Square, Pontyberem, Carmarthenshire
Thomas Morgans   Head   M   36   Shop Haulier      Llanelly, Carm
Martha M Do      Wife   M   35            Llannon, Carm
Gwyn G Do      Son      9            Llanelly, Carm
Frederick Do      Son      8            Do
John Do         Son      6            Do
1911 Wales Census
Rose Villa, The Square, Pontyberem, Carmarthenshire
Thomas Morgans   Head   M   46   Haulier Pontyberem Co-op Society
                           Llanelly, Carm
Martha Maria Do   Wife   M   45            Do
Gwyn Thomas Do   Son      20   Hitcher (Underground) Colliery
                           Do
Frederick Do      Son      18   Junior Clerk, Metropolitan Bank
                           Do
John Do         Son      16   Drapery Apprentice   Do
Gladys Maria Do   Dau      9   School         Do
Edith Enid Do      Dau      7   Do         Do
Mabel Lilian Do      Dau      3   Do         Do
The couple had been married for 23 years and had had 17 children, 6 still living.
They all spoke both Welsh and English.
1939 England and Wales Register
Rose Villa, The Square, Pontyberem, Carmarthenshire
Martha M Morgan   27 Jan 1865   Household Duties Unpaid   
Mabel L Cook      8 Oct 1908   Do
Clyde R Cook      21 Sep 1928   At School      

Thomas Morgans and Martha Maria Anthony had a daughter, Mabel Lilian, who married Herbert Daniel Cook, the son of Charles Cook who was the Publican of the Star Inn in 1911. You see Mabel and her son Clyde Ronald Cook in the 1939 Census above.

Sorry - I am wrong about John Thomas being the son of John Thomas and Jane Skym. His father was David Thomas according to the marriage record on 5 September 1839 of John Thomas and Margaret Treharne. In fact it is Margaret Treharne, the widow of Thomas Vaughan who was recorded on that marriage record as being a Victualler, Pelican, Pontyberem. So the Inn came either through her line or through Thomas Vaughan's line.