Vaughan Owen Deeds and Documents,

Deeds and documents of the Bennett family of Glanyrafon, Montgomeryshire, and the Owen family of Dolgoed and Llawrpenegoes, 1546-1946, relating mainly to properties in the parishes of Llanidloes, Llanwrin, Penegoes, and Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, and Talyllyn, Merionethshire; and a map of properties in Trefeglwys, 1819.

The Bennett family were living in the vicinity of Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, in the early seventeenth century. Nicholas Bennett lived in Glyntrefnant, Trefeglwys, in 1628. His great-grandson, Edward Bennett (1668-1712), married Jane Bowen in 1695, and was living in Glanyrafon, Trefeglwys, by 1701. The property eventually descended to Nicholas Bennett (1792-1873). He and his wife Sarah had three children, Nicholas (1823-1899), Mary (1826-1860) and Edward. Mary married John Owen (d c. 1890) of Llawrpenegoes, Penegoes, Montgomeryshire, and they had two sons. One of these, Nicholas Bennett Owen, was adopted by his uncle Nicholas Bennett after his mother's death. He inherited Glanyrafon, but by 1940 was living at Dewisbren, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire. The other son was Dr John Vaughan Owen (1859-1940) of Glasgoed, Llanidloes. His children included Bennett Vaughan Owen (d 1964) of Dolwen, Llanidloes, C. E. Vaughan Owen (1901-1981), of Glasgoed, and Mrs M. V. Wynne Jones. Evan Jones of Dolgoed, Talyllyn, Merionethshire, married Sydney Rowland of Dewisbren in c. 1738. Their son, John Owen (otherwise John Owen Jones, died 1796), married Mary Vaughan (died 1815), daughter and heir of Hugh Vaughan of Llawrpenegoes, in 1770. Their son, Evan Jones Owen (d c. 1849), lived at Llawrpenegoes, and he and his wife Mary had three sons, Evan, John and Hugh Owen. John Owen married Mary Bennett of Glanyrafon.

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Deposited by Bennett Vaughan Owen, Dolwen, Llanidloes, 1962, by his brother Cecil E. Vaughan Owen, Glasgoed, Llanidloes, 1965, and by their sister, Mrs M. V. Wynne-Jones, Rudgwick, Sussex, 1965, 1971.

The Bennett family were living in the vicinity of Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, in the early seventeenth century. Nicholas Bennett lived in Glyntrefnant, Trefeglwys, in 1628. His great-grandson, Edward Bennett (1668-1712), married Jane Bowen in 1695, and was living in Glanyrafon, Trefeglwys, by 1701. The property eventually descended to Nicholas Bennett (1792-1873). He and his wife Sarah had three children, Nicholas (1823-1899), Mary (1826-1860) and Edward. Mary married John Owen (d c. 1890) of Llawrpenegoes, Penegoes, Montgomeryshire, and they had two sons. One of these, Nicholas Bennett Owen, was adopted by his uncle Nicholas Bennett after his mother's death. He inherited Glanyrafon, but by 1940 was living at Dewisbren, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire. The other son was Dr John Vaughan Owen (1859-1940) of Glasgoed, Llanidloes. His children included Bennett Vaughan Owen (d 1964) of Dolwen, Llanidloes, C. E. Vaughan Owen (1901-1981), of Glasgoed, and Mrs M. V. Wynne Jones. Evan Jones of Dolgoed, Talyllyn, Merionethshire, married Sydney Rowland of Dewisbren in c. 1738. Their son, John Owen (otherwise John Owen Jones, died 1796), married Mary Vaughan (died 1815), daughter and heir of Hugh Vaughan of Llawrpenegoes, in 1770. Their son, Evan Jones Owen (d c. 1849), lived at Llawrpenegoes, and he and his wife Mary had three sons, Evan, John and Hugh Owen. John Owen married Mary Bennett of Glanyrafon.

Title supplied from name of depositors and contents of fonds.

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April 2003

Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project. The following sources were used to compile this description: NLW, Schedules of Vaughan Owen, vols I-III; genealogical note in Vaughan Owen II, No 48; Owen, C. E. Vaughan, 'Arwystli Notebook', Montgomeryshire Collections, vol. LV (1957).

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