My Morris family are from Pembrokeshire

[LyndeR]

Hello all,i am new here,doing my family history..
here are some names and places i am looking into..
intro for me.. name is Lynne from Australia.
my grandfather is Hubert James Morris all family from Wales
names i am researching are..Morris,James,Griffiths,Hilling,Evans,Rees,Lewis ,just a few,but those are main ones,places are St Issells,St Twynells,Narbeth,SandersfootTenby..have relatives the Morgans in Pembroke Dock also..
I have gone so far but having  problems a bit..might need some help..
These are myGreat grand  parents,
Richard Arthur Morris.b 1855 St ISSELLS
his wife Martha James b 1851 St TWYNELLS
I  have got from them down to myself,what i need is the relatives back from them,
if some one can point me in the right direction,where to go  to search ,i have smatterings of who to look for,but its very slight at the moment,i am finding it hard to get access to certain files that might lead me to find my family..
As i live in Australia i would be most gratefull if some one could help ..cheers Lynne

[LyndeR]

This is what i am looking for,
Well i am on the hunt again for more Morris Family..
this time its Thomas Morris c 1770 or around there Pembrokeshire Wales..
the Narbeth area i think ..
Suppose to have married a Mary Evans in 1792
I know they had son Thomas born 1816 st issells Pembrokeshire..
any data or info would be helpful,..there is also a link here some where, to a Richard Morris born 1796 st issells Pembrokeshire,he married a elizabeth hilling b 1796 also,but where is the question....
Richard Married a Elizabeth Hilling...but from here we are stuck ..if anyone can help please do .
i have quite a bit of data to myself ..but as i said i would like to go a bit backwards in the family...cheers Lynne

[Orielbenfro]

Lynne
Richard Arthur Morris was baptised at St Issells in 1855

For St Twynells refer to
http://www.revjones.fsnet.co.uk/stackgrpreg/register.htm

Here you will find Martha James baptized 1851, and probably some of her siblings

I may be able to assist further see ;
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,413801.0.html

As advised elsewhere on this forum P.D. St John parish registers do not start until the mid ~ late 1840’s. Prior to that it is all Pembroke St Mary excluding the wealth of non-conformist chapels in area.

A Thomas Morris mrd Mary Evans at Narberth in 1792

A Thomas Morris was baptized at St Issells in 1816, also a same named child was baptized in the same year at Tenby and Narberth, although the later appears to be the son of John Morris.

Richard Morris mrd Elizabeth Hilling at St Issells 12 Sept 1818.

Rgds
Orielbenfro
ORIEL a welsh window on a surname

[jonm]

Lynne

Following on from Orielbenfro's full reply, an extra bit for you.

Richard Arthur Morris was baptised at St Issells church on 23/9/1855, parents Richard and Ann Morris, Richard was a collier and they lived at Stammers then just to the south west of Saundersfoot village but now mostly part of the village sprawl.

Jon

[LyndeR]

  Wow Dear ALL,thank you so much for the info,i do really appreciate it very much...
We that is my cousins and myself have battled with our family for awhile now ..So now we have a venue to search more..so grateful cheers Lynne

[louislou225]

I am also very interested in a family of Morris's in St Issells.  The man I am interested also ended up in Australia.  I had worked up some information on your line -
Richard Morris bn St Issells circa 1796 and bd 29/4/1851 at St Issells 54yo
He was a collier in both the 1841 and 1851 census.  That he married Elizabeth Hilling on 12/9/1818 at St Issells.  When Elizabeth Hilling was buried 7/5/1846 he remarried to Susanna Williams Q4/1849 - they appear in the 1851 census together.  She was about his age so too old to have children.
That Richard had children named
1. Thomas (1819 - >1871) 1841-1871 collier
2. Richard (1825 - >1891)  1841 collier, 1851 labourer
3. Lewis (1827 - >1881)     1841 collier 1851 miner 1871-1881 labourer
4. George (~1835 - >1851)  1841 collier 1851 blacksmith

I am particularly interested in David Morris of St Issells and his wife Ann Morgans.  I suspect they came from Narberth prior to this.  Louis.

[Orielbenfro]

You do not give any dates so this may not be of much use, a David Morris a widower mrd Anne Morgans on the 4th Dec 1813 at St Issells.
Can it be assumed you have alread consulted the will of Daivd Morris the schoolmaster of St Issells reference nbr SD1848-252.
From my database of all names, places and relationships in all wills proven in the parish of St Issells 1600 to 1858, I note the surname Morris (various forenames) mentioned in some context in the following Testators wills ;
David Hay of St Issells SD1798-024
Thomas Thomas SD1804-054
William Morris Farmer of St Issells SD1807-54
Isaac Lewis Gentleman of Pentlepoir St Issells SD1808-034
Cornelius Walters a Collier of Wind Trwy’r Top St Issells SD1812-047
James Callen a Collier of St Issells Common SD1817-004
Evan Lewis a Farmer of Cates’s Hook St Issells SD1826-030
John Davies a Carpenter of St Issell’s SD1842-126

All the above will are available for free on the NLoW website.

Rgds
Orielbenfro
ORIEL a welsh window on a surname

[LyndeR]

 ;)Hello everyone ,i am so sorry i have not been here in awhile ,lots have happened in the family ..too long to explain fully but all seems good now..from both notes i can honestly say these are my relatives ..thank you so much .i do hope you all will keep in touch please ..thank you for the info and data..i am now really powering on with family and certainly it seems like i am getting to know more and more of my family and its really good ..so cheers Lynne

[louislou225]

Thanks for the information on the will but I doubt that this is the David Morris I am interested in - the David Morris I am interested in was a collier.  I was not aware of a David Morris, schoolmaster, and have not consulted the wills.  One register said David Morris who married Anne Morgans was a bachelor and the other register said he was a widower.  I am inclined to think that he was a widower but do not know this for sure.
The David Morris (~1779-1834) I am interested in had the children named David, Isaac, Elizabeth, Ann and James.
I think it is possible that David Morris (~1779-1834) was the son of David Morris of Narberth.  Perhaps they moved to St Issells after one of the pits opened in the 1780s.  Louis.