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Marriages 1754 - 1837
Llanrhwydrys St Rhwydrys

 

The Parish

The parish of Llanrhwydrys lies on the northern coast of the island county of Anglesey. The parish includes the notable bay of Cemlyn Bay and is accessed by a long narrow lane running west from the A5025 which connects Valley and Amlwch. This is a rather ragged rocky stretch of the Anglesey coast although the bay provides a sheltered anchorage. Cemlyn is today notable for its breeding tern colony which is wardened and protected during the summer months. There is no village as such to the parish merely a scattering of farms across the rough grassland of the area. With its coastal situation the area around the church is barely 10 metres above sea level with low rocky cliffs bordering the sea. Anglesey parishes tend to be smaller than the Welsh average and Llanrhwydrys was typical at only just over 1,100 acres and the population was also sparse with barely 160 parishioners supported. In common with most of Wales the parish is not mentioned in Domesday Book.


The Church

St Rhwydrys' church sits in a circular "llan" which is usually indicative of an extremely early site but the building which resides there now, despite looking ancient and weather-beaten, largely dates from the 12th & 13th centuries. That is old enough but not potentially 6th century which is implied by the site. The church is a simple construction, one of only two on Anglesey to survive in the original "cruck" construction, of nave, chancel and simple bellcote. The church sits in the "llan" surrounded by a rough stone wall and is accessed from the western side of Cemlyn Bay by a really narrow road which is barely a track. This is a very remote site and deeply atmospheric.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 3rd November 1758 - 10th August 1761 Anglesey Archives - Reference WPE/1/13/1/1 Composite register embedded within other entries Grade 2 register - Acceptable quality register not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 20th July 1764 - 9th December 1772 Anglesey Archives - Reference WPE/1/13/1/3 Plain, unruled book with combined Banns & Marriages Grade 1 register - Satisfactory quality register with expectations of few misreads Register makes good use of segregation and is straightforward to read
3 23rd February 1773 - 17th November 1812 Anglesey Archives - Reference WPE/1/13/1/4 Plain, unruled book with combined Banns & Marriages Grade 1 register - Satisfactory quality register with expectations of few misreads Register makes good use of segregation and is straightforward to read
4 7th May 1813 - 21st November 1834 Anglesey Archives - Reference WPE/1/13/1/5 Rose style preprinted and prenumbered register Grade 2 register - Acceptable quality register not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None


Llanfair-y'nghornwy St Mary
Llanfechell St Mechell
Llanfair-y'nghornwy St Mary
Llanfair-y'nghornwy St Mary
Llanfechell St Mechell
Llanfechell St Mechell

1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830

Register Reference Date Groom Forename Groom Surname Groom Status Groom Abode Bride Forename Bride Surname Bride Status Bride Abode
03/11/1758 Richard Thomas TAYLOR     Anne HUGHES   Llanbadrig
10/08/1761 John MORRIS     Margaret PRITCHARD    
20/07/1764 Maurice EDWARD     Jane PARRY Single  
05/08/1764 John JONES Single Llanfair Y'nghornwy Gaenor JONES Single  
09/04/1765 Thomas DAVID Single Holyhead Elizabeth HUGHES Single  
01/11/1765 Owen HUGHES Single   Elizabeth WILLIAMS Single  
13/02/1767 Richard BROADHEAD Single Llanbadrig Martha WILLIAMS Single  
20/05/1769 Hugh THOMAS Single Llanfflewyn Catherine PRYS Single  
09/06/1769 William DAVIDS Single   Mary ROBERTS Single  
07/10/1769 John HUGHES Single Llanfflewyn Elizabeth OWEN Single  
19/10/1771 Thomas EVANS Single   Margaret WILLIAMS Single  
00/00/1772 William OWEN Widower Llandegfan Elizabeth MORRIS Widow  
08/12/1772 William PARRY Widower Amlwch Elizabeth PARRY Widow  
23/02/1773 Robert PRYS Single Llanfechell Lowry HUGHES Single  
21/11/1773 Hugh PARRY Single Llanfechell Mary PRICHARD Single  
12/05/1774 John WILLIAMS Widower Amlwch Ellen OWEN Single  
17/06/1774 Rice JAMES Single Llantrisant Margaret HUGHES Single  
30/06/1774 Henry OWEN Single Llanrhyddlad Catherine WILLIAMS Widow  
20/08/1774 Thomas HUGHES Single   Anne GRIFFITHS Single  
21/10/1774 Hugh JAMES Single   Mary MATHEW Single  
12/12/1774 Griffith ELLIS Single   Mary WILLIAMS Single Llantrisant
07/01/1775 Edward JONES Single Llanbadrig Margarett THOMAS Single  
30/09/1775 David MICHAEL Widower   Grace WILLIAMS Widow  
17/10/1775 John JONES Single Amlwch Elizabeth THOMAS Single  
19/10/1775 William JONES Single Llanfair Y'nghornwy Jane WILLIAMS Single  
27/10/1775 Thomas WILLIAMS Single   Magdalen MORGANS Single  
16/05/1777 William JONES Single   Jane WILLIAMS Single  
17/10/1777 John WILLIAMS Single   Martha ROBERTS Single  
06/05/1778 John WILLIAMS     Mary JONES    
06/12/1778 Thomas ONISEPHORN Widower Pentraeth Margaret WILLIAMS Single  
26/12/1778 Richard WILLIAMS Single Llanrhyddlad Anne ROBERTS    
05/03/1779 Griffith HUGHES Single   Anne JONES Single  
03/05/1779 John HUGHES Single Llanfechell Catherine OWEN Single  
13/12/1779 David ROBERTS Single Llanbedrgoch Elin HUGHES Widow  
14/09/1781 John JONES Single Llanfair Y'nghornwy Margaret WILLIAMS Single  
23/04/1783 James JONES   Llanfechell Jane WILLIAMS    
02/09/1783 Owen ROWLAND Single Amlwch Martha MATHEW Single  
07/06/1784 Richard JONES Single Llanbadrig Catherine WILLIAMS Single  
22/10/1784 William HUGHES Single Llanfechell Anne THOMAS Single  
25/10/1784 Owen HUGHES Single Llanfair Y'nghornwy Anne THOMAS Single  
29/03/1785 John LEWIS Single Llanbadrig Mary DAVIES Single  
27/05/1785 Robert WILLIAMS Single Llanbadrig Elin OWEN Single  
27/06/1785 Thomas ROWLAND Widower Llanbabo Elizabeth JONES Widow  
14/10/1785 Thomas ROWLAND Widower Llanrhyddlad Katherine JONES Single  
11/11/1785 Robert WILLIAMS Single Amlwch Margreat GRIFFITHS Single  
30/06/1786 John HUGHES Single Llanfair Y'nghornwy Catherine WILLIAMS Single  
26/12/1787 Pitter ROBERTS Single Amlwch Margaret OWEN Single  
21/05/1789 William JONES Widower Llanrhyddlad Mary WILLIAMS Single  
01/06/1789 Thomas ROBERTS Single   Jane HUGHES Single Llantrisant
01/01/1790 Owen CONISBY Single Holyhead Mary HUGHES Single  
26/06/1790 William ROWLAND Single Llanwenllwyfo Elisabeth JONES Single  
06/06/1791 Thomas WILLIAMS Single Llanfechell Mary PARRY    
02/08/1791 Robert STEPHENS   Amlwch Margaret HUGHES    
26/09/1793 Mathew SADRACH Widower   Mary THOMAS Single  
03/06/1794 William JONES Single Llanfachraeth Jane ROBERTS Single  
10/06/1794 John ROBERTS Single   Elizabeth THOMAS Single  
20/03/1795 Hugh HUGHES Single Llanfechell Margaret PRICHARD Single  
06/08/1796 Thomas OWEN Single Llanaber, Merioneth Anne WILLIAMS Single  
07/07/1797 William JONES Single Llandrygarn Anne OWENS Single  
26/02/1798 Thomas OWEN Single Llangwyllog Ann PARRY Single  
09/03/1798 Lewis WILLIAMS Single   Catherine ROWLAND Single  
16/05/1798 John ROBERTS Single Llanfechell Mary OWEN Single  
03/08/1798 Edward EDWARDS Single Amlwch Grace HUGHES Single  
27/05/1800 William THOMAS Widower Llanwenllwyfo Elizabeth JONES Single  
19/06/1801 Price JONES Single Llanfair Y'nghornwy Jane WILLIAMS Single  
17/04/1802 Thomas WILLIAMS     Anne THOMAS Single  
29/04/1803 Edward PERRY Single Llanfechell Cathrine WILLIAMS Single  
05/08/1803 Owen HUGHES Single Llanfair Y'nghornwy Margaret WILLIAMS Single  
16/09/1803 John WILLIAM Single Llanfechell Cathrine WILLIAMS Single  
07/10/1803 Owen EDWARD Single   Cathrine JONES Single  
24/10/1803 Owen PRICHARD Widower Llanfechell Frances Ursula PERRY Single  
06/08/1804 Henry MORIS Single   Cathrine WILLIAMS Single  
18/05/1805 John THOMAS     Jane JONES    
03/06/1805 John PERRY   Llanfechell Elinor LEWIS    
08/11/1805 David ROBERTS     Jane PARRY    
28/11/1805 William EVANS Single Llanfair Y'nghornwy Jane WILLIAMS Single  
04/03/1806 Owen JONES Single   Cathrine THOMAS Single  
11/07/1806 Owen THOMAS     Cathrine THOMAS    
19/03/1807 Henry OWEN Widower   Elinor JONES Single  
22/05/1807 Owen OWEN   Llanfigail Anne HUGHES    
10/12/1808 Edward JONES Single Llecheynfarwy Margaret WILLIAMS Single  
03/11/1809 Henry HUGHES     Jane JONES   Llanfechell
22/02/1810 Richard THOMAS   Bodedern Grace OWEN    
23/04/1810 Robert THOMAS   Llanfaethlu Margaret LEWIS    
26/12/1810 Richard WILLIAMS Single Amlwch Mary JONES Single  
10/05/1811 Owen JONES Single Llanrhyddlad Ellinor OWENS Single  
17/11/1812 Peter SMITH Single   Joyce WILLIAMS Single  
1 07/05/1813 Lewis JONES Single Llanfair Y'nghornwy Anne WILLIAMS Single  
2 14/09/1813 William OWEN Single   Catharine JONES Single Llanrhyddlad
3 30/05/1814 John JONES Single Llanfaethlu Margaret GRIFFITH Single  
4 16/05/1815 William PRICHARD Single   Ann WILLIAMS Single  
5 01/03/1816 Griffith WILLIAMS Single Llanfair Y'nghornwy Margaret MATHEW Single  
6 27/02/1817 Richard LEWIS Single Llanfechell Jane ROWLAND Single  
7 28/03/1817 William HALE Single Llanfair Y'nghornwy Mary ROBERTS Single  
8 14/11/1817 William GRIFFITH Single Llanbadrig Eleanor WILLIAMS Single  
9 11/05/1818 Owen WILLIAMS Single   Elizabeth HUGHES Single Llanrhyddlad
10 03/12/1819 John PARRY Single Llanfechell Margaret JONES Single  
11 21/11/1820 John HUGHES Single Llanfflewyn Jane WILLIAMS Single  
12 12/03/1822 John HUGHES Single Amlwch Mary OWEN Single  
13 01/12/1823 Hugh HUGHES Single Llanbadrig Ann ROBERTS Single  
14 11/02/1824 Owen SALISBURY   Llanfair Y'nghornwy Elizabeth WILLIAMS    
15 02/12/1824 John JONES Single Llantrisant Grace WILLIAMS Single  
16 03/05/1825 William WILLIAMS Single Llanfair Y'nghornwy Catherine WILLIAMS Single  
17 07/10/1825 Richard PARRY Single Llanfflewyn Catherine OWEN Single  
18 23/08/1826 William HUGHES Single Llanfair Y'nghornwy Ann GRIFFITH Single  
19 25/08/1826 William WILLIAMS Single Llanfair Mathefarn Eithaf Mary HUGHES    
20 02/05/1828 William WILLIAMS Single Llandrygarn Jane WILLIAMS Single  
21 07/10/1828 John HUGHES Single Llanfair Y'nghornwy Grace THOMAS Single  
22 24/11/1828 Hugh JONES Single Llanfechell Margaret JONES Single  
23 24/02/1829 George WOODRIFF Single Amlwch Margaret WILLIAMS Single  
24 27/10/1829 John OWENS Single Llanfair Y'nghornwy Mary JONES Single  
25 31/05/1830 Richard OWENS Single Llandeusant Anne OWENS Single  
26 23/04/1832 John OWENS Single Llanfechell Jane JONES Single  
27 10/10/1832 Richard GRIFFITH Single Llanbeblig, Caernarvonshire Grace HUGHES Single  
28 16/10/1832 Hugh HUGHES Single Llanfechell Jane THOMAS Single  
29 29/10/1833 William JONES Single Llanfair Y'nghornwy Elizabeth OWENS Single  
30 12/02/1834 William JONES Single Bodewryd Catherine OWEN Single  
31 27/02/1834 William JONES Widower Llanfair Y'nghornwy Ellen WILLIAMS Single  
32 21/11/1834 John PARRY Single Llanrhyddlad Mary PARRY Single  

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