Welsh place names in a will

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Abergavenny St Mary  Burials

5 Feb 1810 William Powell, Attorney at Law

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Would this be a possible marriage. It's the only one that would fit in the time period.

Llanddewi Rhydderch  20 May 1769

William Powell  of the parish of  Lanarth and Rachel Morgan of this parish
Witnesses - John Morgan and   Mary Philips
They and their witnesses all made their mark though .

Llanddewi and Llan-arth  are neighbouring parishes to the south east of Abergavenny

https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MON/Llanarth
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MON/LlanthewyRytherch

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Just adding this as a possible birth which would make the marriage unlikely:

Llantilio Pertholey Baptisms
19 Oct 1752

William Powell son of Seth Powell, gent

[Annbee]

You've been busy! So have I, though late at night now and computer is off. But (1) 2 William Powells in Abergavenny died within a year of each other. I have the lawyer's Will too, and he too has a John Powell in it. But the the Will of the Excise Officer matches best the Will of John Powell, mainly the property Pertholey and the resident John Straker. The Excise William I found died 1809. I think I found burial but don't have details at hand...

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(2) the marriage of William and Rachel is the Excise Officer, I found similar information, whereabouts not at hand.

(3) Seth Powell is right too. There was Seth Snr and Seth Junior. Seth Snr b about 1680-90 (I forget right now) and died 1723. I found his burial on archive.org in a register book from Landdewi. Sadly, his wife Margaret died Sept 1722, Seth made his Will in November (yes, I found another Will!) then died in April 1723.

Perhaps Seth knew he was going to die. He particularly set out guardians for their two soon to be orphaned infants.

Seth Jnr went on to have a longer and more successful life. Born 1718, died 1785.

[Annbee]

According to several (patchy and conflicting) genealogy trees on Family Search, children of Seth number about 9. (Won't list them now) One was William Powell 1752-1809 ie the Excise Officer. Another was John Powell born 1758. I am now wondering if THIS is the John Powell, whose Will of 1827 I first discovered and am focused on.

But I still can't figure out who he meant by his 'uncle' William Powell. I will be nutting out more on the weekend.

I can see this group of Powells were quite important in Abergavenny in the 16-1800s. Seth Jnr, for example, is mentioned as holding roles in the town in a book I found. I'd like to find his grave. It might provide an extra link.