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Gwenllian Mort/Mordecai Death Record
lived in Treos, died in Langan, and was a parishioner of Langan according to the record I photographed in the log of burials in the St. Crallo's Church Parish of Llangan, Glamorgan: "Year 1815, Gwenllian Mort (alias John) lived in Treos, buried November 20th, age 75 - service performed by Parish Rector." I am assuming she was buried in the St. Crallo churchyard. We did not find her stone there, however. One thing I found out while in Wales is that sometimes bodies are removed to make room for more through time.
Glamorgan Burial Index Transcription
First Name GWENLLIAN
Last Name MORT
Country Wales
Record set Glamorgan Burial Index
County Glamorganshire
Year 1815
Mother -
Father -
First Names Gwenllian
Year Of Birth 1740
Age 75
Parish Llangan St. Canna
Place Llangan St. Canna
Abode Treoes
Year 1815
Year Of Death 1815
Status Alias John
Type -
Day/Month 26 Nov (church record says 20 Nov burial date)
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Record collection Deaths & burials
Collections from United Kingdom
Might or might not be our Gwenllian:
Wales, Select Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907
Name: Gwenllian John
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 21 Oct 1736
Baptism Place: Llandilo Fawr,Carnahan,Wales
Father: John Lewellin
Mother: Mary
FHL Film Number: 105156 Burial Record from Bishop's Transcript lodged at Aberystwyth and Glamorgan FHS transcript.
Possible Gwenllian birth record:
Wales, Select Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907
Name: Gwenllian John
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 2 Mar 1739 (76 in 1815)
Baptism Place: Llandefeilog,Carmarthen,Wales
Father: John David
FHL Film Number: 105155
Vol. 4, 1951 Kilvey, the Lordship: A retrospect
Rebecca Eleonora, the only child of Thomas and Justina Popkin, married Sir Watkin Lewes of Cardiganshire, the man who was instrumental in obtaining for Swansea
its first Harbour Act of 1791.
Therefore: Gwenllian could not have been a daughter of this Thomas Popkin.
A document lists Gwenllian JOHN as receiving a pension from the church and supplemented by her three sons. Jenkins is an Anglicized version of "ferch John" so Gwenllyn is known as both JENKINS & JOHN.
CONTRACT NOTE FROM GLAMORGAN ARCHIVES
This is a contract drawn up between Thomas Mordecai, Edward Mordecai and William Mordecai to maintain Gwenllian John their mother.
A Contract :
Be it remembered that it is contracted this 19th day of April 1809 & between Morgan Philip, Churchwarden & Tho's David Overseer of the Poor of Langan,& of the One part And Thomas Mordecai, and Edward Mordecai, Weavers of the Parish of Langan and William Mordecai Weaver of the Parish of St Mary of the other part, do hereby Agree to Maintain Gwenllian John a Parishtioner of the above said Parish of Langan, at our Proper Cost & Charges, find and Provide and allow, our cause to be found Whatever Necessary to her the said above named Gwenllian John their mother~now chargeable to the above named Parish,_- They the sons Thos. & Edwd.Mordecai, and Willm. Mordecai, being to pay thus Thos. Mordecai is to pay one half and Edwd.Mordecai is to pay one Third and Willm. Mordecai is to pay one third unto the Overseers hands or cause to be paid whatever sum or sums that shall be wanted for her Necessary Relief- likewise Morgan Philip the Churchwarden and Thos. David the Overseer of the Poor allow her sixpence Weekly towards Gwenllian John's Relief and also allow her sixpence towards John Thomas's lodgings, and the house is to be jointly Occupied by both of them.
Signed in the presence of Edmund Jenkin, Thomas Mordecai.
The mark of Edward Mordecai, Rees Jones, William Mordecai.
Note:
I have kept the spelling and punctuation exactly as I have it. I have not seen the original and I suspect that this was typed by my brother-in-law from a handwritten copy made by his wife and I know that her handwritten copy would have been exact. But you can see that it makes me believe that either Mrs Gwenllian Mordecai became Mrs Gwenllian John or she was born Gwenllian John. (Source: Jan.rowlands@ntlworld.com)
Note: Catherine Thomas was the wife of Gwenllian's son, Thomas. John Thomas must have been Catherine's father. (MCM - 08-2009)
Gnoll Estate papers - City and County of Swansea:
Lease and release in consideration of £234 dated 11 and 12 Oct 1793; (i) Sir Robert Humphrey Mackworth of Gnoll Castle, bt. and eldest son of Sir Herbert Mackworth late of Gnoll Castle, bt. and dec'd, and Edward Lewis of Neath, cordwainer and son of Izabel Lewis late of Neath, widow; (ii) Dame Eliza Mackworth of Harley Street, Cavendish Square, Middlesex, widow and relict and executrix of the will of Sir Herbert Mackworth dec'd; One house and curtilage in Neath town, on Wind Street, now or late in the several tenures of John Edwards, William Allen, Thomas Lewis, Mary Davies alias Mort, Edward Jenkins, William Hugh and John Lewis, and heretofore in the tenure of Edward Lewis, William Allen, William Hugh, Mary Mort alias Mordecai, Edward Jenkin, Margaret David and Edward Morgan. Also one seat in the parish church of Neath [St. Thomas] in the possession of Elias Jenkins; Recites lease and release dated 3 and 4 Feb 1779 between (i) Isabel Lewis, (ii) Edward Lewis, (iii) Sir Herbert Mackworth and (iv) William Jones of Neath town, gent. and since dec'd.; Endorsed: no. 11 and no. 12
[4 parchments; 4 seals]
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1740 - 1815 (75 years)