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Glamorganshire / Re: St Thomas church neath
« on: Monday 28 October 24 16:06 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Matt
How lovely to hear from you re Rhys Davies family . Although we know the senior one as Rice Davies , buried in Neath . His Grandson on our side was Rhys Davies Knight , and he had a son also named Rhys Davies Knight !
This Rhys Davies Knight ( Junior) had a large family - his daughter Dora Langlois the author and actress was my Great Great Grandmother . She married a French actor , Hippolyte Langlois.
I have been researching our family for many years , and have got stuck with finding any parents of Rice Davies . I do have lots of info about his life , but not where he was born .
I am on Ancestry , and have a tree titled Langlois . It’s a bit of a muddle at the moment - I need to clean it up !
I can send you some info if you are interested .
I am wondering which family line your friend is from on the Knight side ?
We are from Matthew Knight of Loders, who married Rice Davies and Elizabeth Hickmans daughter Elizabeth Mary Davies .
All for now
Suzanne

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Glamorganshire / Re: St Thomas church neath
« on: Saturday 04 June 22 13:00 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: llangatwg Hi on Tuesday 11 May 21 15:59 BST (UK)
If ones death is recorded at st Thomas church neath. Could someone tell me where they may be buried please. Thank you
Quote from: Siwsan on Monday 23 August 21 18:31 BST (UK)
There is a plaque in St Thomas’s to Rice Davies (1742-1818), a son Of Neath and grandfather to Rhys Davies Powell who built Craig y Nos. He was a surgeon and magistrate in London for most of his life. Is anything known about his family origins?
Thanks
. Hi , I am a descendant of Rice and Elizabeth Davies . I visited the church about 10 years ago , and luckily there was a church warden who told me they are actually buried underneath the alter , very near the plaque . Evidently they were buried , must have been in a combined tomb , and then later there were alterations to the church , and the alter was built more or less on top of them . I asked the Church Warden where they were , as I was standing in front of the plaque, and he told me I was standing in them!
I have traced my family quite easily back to Rice Davies and Elizabeth ( nee Hickman) . But have come to a brick wall with their parents ! Rice had property in Aldgate , and was a Surgeon and later a Police Magistrate in Lambeth . I am descended from their daughter Elizabeth who married Matthew Knight of Loders Manor in Dorset , and Gun Wharf in Wapping , where he had a sail making business .
I have more info if you would like .
SH

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