I am looking for feedback on my research regarding the ancestry of Job JONES, bapt. Black Park, Chirk on May 3, 1829. He was the son of John JONES (also born in Chirk), a collier, and Elizabeth. I know from Census records in Wales in 1841 and England in 1851 (Bilston, Staffordshire) that John Jones and Elizabeth were born around 1802-1806. The most likely match I have located for his parents show them as getting married August 16, 1824 in Chirk - with Elizabeth's maiden name given as CASH. Witnesses were Griffith OWENS and Martha CASH.
Prior to this marriage on August 16, 1824, it appears one Elizabeth CASH of Black Park, Chirk, had two children out of wedlock - Priscilla, bapt. June 2, 1822, and Ephraim, bapt. June 13, 1824. Priscilla is found as Priscilla JONES, living with the family in 1841.
As for Elizabeth CASH's baptismal record, I can find none. I imagine she would have been born to Edward and Anne (FRANCIS) CASH of Black Park who married in 1790. There is a Martha CASH who was born 1799 to Edward and Mary in "Prinkinally," but I suspect this is an error and it is actually Edward and Anne from Brynkinalt (which I think included Black Park at one point, correct?). Edward (born ca. 1755) likely married once before and had a son Edward (b. ca. 1782), who is the one who married Mary MORRIS in 1805, and then left her a widow in 1819. They lived in Halton.
As for the baptismal record of Elizabeth CASH's husband, John JONES, the best match appears to be John JONES, born Sept. 8, 1804, bapt. Feb. 10, 1805 in Chirk (no further neighborhood info. given), with parents John and Elizabeth. The only other John Jones born in Chirk around 1802-1805 was one with parents John and Elizabeth, but living in Pennyclawd.
The best match for this John and Elizabeth appears to be a marriage occurring in Chirk on Sept. 13, 1794. (I note it seems unusual a son John would not have been born to them until ten years later - but if there were a couple of children who died young they could have named another one John, correct?). This John JONES was born in Llangollen, and married Elizabeth HUGHES from the Chirk parrish. Both signed their names, rather than by mark (not clear on significance of this - as I have seen in the USA sometimes people would sign by mark one time, and by signature another). Witnesses John HUGHES and Ann HUGHES. At first I thought they would be the likely parents of Elizabeth. However, I could find no children in Chirk born to a John and Ann HUGHES around that time. Then I came across a marriage record from 1790 in Chirk, where a John HUGHES married an Ann JONES. Was it common for siblings to sign as witnesses along with their spouses? Were there unwritten rules for who would witness a marriage in this area? John Hughes signed his own 1790 marriage record very neatly. It is similar, but by no means identical, and less stylized than the John Hughes who witnessed the 1794 marriage.
Looking at baptismal records in Chirk for Elizabeth HUGHES around the 1770s (assuming she was around 18-22 when married) I see an Elizabeth born 1775 to John and Mary, and also one baptized in 1772 to Edward and Mary.
I have dead-ended with John JONES of Llangollen, except that the name Job appears in the family which is not that common for the region, and there does appear to have been a Job JONES - or a few, who lived in Llangollen, and also had a presence in Ruabon.
Also, it does appear John and Elizabeth (CASH) JONES had at least one child prior to Job who was born in 1829. (Not counting the two Elizabeth CASH had before marrying John in 1824.) John JONES, bapt. Feb. 9, 1828, son of John and Elizabeth of Chirk, died one month later (record specified one month of age) on March 9, 1828 in Black Park.
Again, any feedback and additional information would be appreciated concerning the above families.
