Llanasa Parish records-surname Conway

[welshconway]

Thanks to some look ups I have found David Conway(b.1780 Llanasa) husband of Elizabeth Griffith(b.1780 Whitford) and some children (John, Henry, Margaret etc).....they are from Llanasa/Meliden.
Parents of David might be Robert Conway and Mary Edwards of Llanasa (presumably born 1750/60's and married 1779 or before).....is there any trace of them in the parish records? Thanks, Steve.

[taidgazacaz]

Llanasa PRs;

Baptism: David Conway, son of Robert & Mary, of Gronant, 1st September 1780, born 29th August.

Quite a lot of Conway entries in the transcribed PRs, which cover approx. 1761 to 1812. Later than this will be in the Archives.

Let me know if you need any more - it might take me a while to copy them all.

[taidgazacaz]

Read your post again more carefully!!

Marriage by Banns: 3rd May 1773, Robert Conway (Ba) + Mary Edwards (Sp), both "of this parish". Witnesses: John Williams + John Parry (he witnesses a lot of marriages, so presumeably he was the clerk or something)

[welshconway]

Thanks Taidgazacz! That is so helpful! Do records stop at 1761 or are there previous ones waiting to be transcribed? and is there any way of knowing from burials post 1761...who Robert Conway's father or grandfather was?
I'd also be interested to know of any other children of Robert and Mary...but that would be the cherry on the cake! Thanks again, Steve

[taidgazacaz]

Hi Steve,

The ones I have only go back to 1761, as this was about the time my ancestors arrived in the area.

The PRs were transcribed by the Clwyd Family History Society. If you look at their website, http://www.clwydfhs.org.uk/registers/index.html you'll see the transcriptions go back a lot further. There's a full set at the Archives at Hawarden.

Sometime over this weekend, I'll list the Conway entries that I can find here.

[welshconway]

Brilliant! I feel like I won the lottery! Will get in touch with Clwyd family history a.s.a.p.! Many many thanks! Steve

[taidgazacaz]

I've assembled the first lot of data: baptisms 1791 - 1794, as a table in MS Word, but when I copied into here, the columns were all shuffled, so I'm sending it to you as a PM.

If you can't open Word, I'll find another way.

[taidgazacaz]

Oops, should have realised it would be the same in a PM, here it is:

Although the columns are shuffled, each line is complete, so you should be able to decifer it.

Conway Baptisms 1761 – 1794

Date   Name   Son/Dau   Father   Mother   Abode
23 July 1761   Samuel    s   John   Catherine   Gwespyr
23 Sept 1770   Margaret   d   Richard   Ann   Picton
23 May 1773   John   s   Robert   Mary   Gronant
17 May 1774   Ruth   d   Robert   Mary   Gronant
2 Nov 1777 (b 1st)   John   s   Robert   Mary   Gronant
10 Aug 1779 ( b 7th)   Joseph   s   Robert   Mary   Gronant
1 Sept 1780 (b Aug 29)   David   s   Robert   Mary   Gronant
5 Oct 1783 (b Sep 29)   Thomas   s   Robert   Mary   Gronant
9 Apr 1786 (b 27 Mar)   Ralph & Jane   twins   Thomas   Margaret   Gwespyr
15 July 1787   John   s   Robert   Mary   Gronant
24 Apr 1790   Henry   s   Robert   Mary   Gronant
12 Oct 1794   Evan   S   Robert   Mary   Gronant
 

[welshconway]

Wow that's a lot of Conways!...will help me a lot with mapping out the descendants. I've sent off to join the Clwyd family history society.  Thanks again
Another thing....does 'parish records' mean Anglican?......therefore not 'chapel'?
Also...maybe a silly question, but.......don't know if your ancestors are poor like mine....would they have lived in stone cottages (therefore possibly still standing) or would they have been those cottages made of mud and wattle?