Llanasa Parish records-surname Conway

[taidgazacaz]

Yes, the PRs are Anglican. I'm not sure when "The Church in Wales", as it's now referred to, was established. This makes no difference as the records were continuous. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong, as I'm no expert.)
What might complicate things a bit is that the Nonconformist movement was beginning to get eatablished in the area during the 18th century, and their records are more difficult to find, if they exist at all. 
I don't know much about social history, so can't say what sort of dwellings our ancestors lived in. I assume that mine moved into the Llanasa area to find work, as many of them were lead miners, and later, coal miners. So I guess they would have lived in stone cottages.
I'll give you more Conway records later, but for anything before 1761, you'll need to, either buy the transcriptions or visit Hawarden or the Clwyd FHS centre. Anything later than 1812 you'll find on microfilm at Hawarden.

[taidgazacaz]

Conway Burials 1761 – 1794

Date   Name   Relationship   Abode
15 May 1761   Samuel    s/o John   Gwespyr
8 May 1763   Samuel   s/o John   Gwespyr
10 June 1768   William      Gwespyr
29 Sep 1770   Margaret   d/o Richard   Picton
12 June 1773   John   s/o Robert   Gronant
24 Nov 1774   Richard      Picton
5 Apr 1778   John   s/o Robert   Gronant
31 Jan 1779    Elizabeth      Axton
15 Aug 1779   Joseph    s/o Robert   Gronant
3 Oct 1780   No name   d/o Robert    Gronant
23 Apr 1786   No name   Child of Thomas    Gwespyr
27 May 1786   No name   s/o Robert   Gronant
9 Nov 1786   Anne      Gwespyr

[welshconway]

Thanks Taidgazacaz you've been a Godsend.....sent off membership for ClwydFHS and ordered vol 3 of the Llanasa parish records..... if I can understand them I'll even put up a message offering to look things up!

[taidgazacaz]

Conway baptisms 1795 – 1812

Date                  Name   Son/Dau   Father   Mother   Abode
4 May 1806   John   s   David   Elizabeth   Gronant
14June 1808   Henry   s   David   Elizabeth   Gronant
21 July 1811   Margaret   d   David   Elizabeth   Gronant

Conway Marriages 1761 – 1794

Date   Parties   Parish   Status   Banns/License   Witnesses
2 June 1764   John Williams + Catherine Conway   Both o.t.p   Ba/Sp   Lic   Ralph Bostock
26 Jan 1765   Richard Conway + Ann Davies   Whitford/o.t.p   Ba/W   Lic   Edward Price
14 Sept 1765   John Roberts + Mary Conway   Both o.t.p   Ba/Sp   Lic   Moses Edwards
3 May 1773   Robert Conway + Mary Edwards   Both o.t.p   Ba/Sp   Bn   John Williams
1 March 1779   William Jones + Catherine Conway   Both o.t.p   Wdr/W   Bn   Edward Hughes
19 July 1785   Thomas Conway + Margaret Hughes   Both o.t.p   ?/W   Bn   Robert Price/Robert Hughes
5 April 1788   Edward Price + Catherine Conway   Both o.t.p   Wdr/W   Lic   Robert Jones
13 June 1791   Samuel Conway + Elizabeth Price   Holywell/o.t.p   Ba/Sp   Bn   Samuel Morris
13 Sept 1802   David Conway + Elizabeth Griffith   Both o.t.p   Ba/Sp   Bn   John Profit/Mary Griffith

[taidgazacaz]

Two small points regarding the marriages:

1) Where I've only given one witness, the other was the clerk, so I guess of no interest.
2) Of all the "parties", the only one who didn't have an "X" by his name, which suggests that he was literate, was Samuel Conway.

Finally two burials:

10th July 1803, Catherine Conway, Gwespyr.
12 th March 1811, Henry Conway, of David, Gronant. (It doesn't say "son of", but I guess that's what it means.)

Catherine Conway appears interesting. She (if she's the same person) seems to have married three times. I wonder if it was the practise in those days for a woman to use her maiden name on each occasion, including her burial.
Maybe someone can enlighten me.

[welshconway]

That's great....am hoping that Catherine is a relative...can't wait for the parish records to arrive in the post! Thanks, Steve