Douglas J. Elliott Collection of Jones of Glanyrafon-ddu Papers,

Deeds and papers collected by Douglas J. Elliott, mainly relating to the Jones of Glanyrafon-ddu family and to properties in Llansadwrn, Pencarreg, and Talley, Carmarthenshire, 1767-1869; and typescript copy of the parish register of Gwaenysgor, Flintshire, 1713-1760, [20th century].

David Jones (d. 1771) was a member of the Jones family of Glanyrafon-ddu, in the parish of Talley, Carmarthenshire. He sailed on the East India tea merchant ship the Talbot, and the merchant ship the Royal Charlotte. His brother and heir was the Rev. Henry Jones of Chatham, Kent, whose son, Henry Jones (d. 1799), became a clerk in Rochester, Kent. In the 19th century, the Glanyrafon-ddu estate passed to the Rev. Henry Thomas Jones (d. 1836) and Lt-Col William Jones (d. 1845). Douglas J. (John) Elliot is a historian, researching mainly Shropshire; he collected a group of deeds relating to the Glanyrafon-ddu estate.

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Donated by Douglas J. Elliott, 1960 and 1962.

David Jones (d. 1771) was a member of the Jones family of Glanyrafon-ddu, in the parish of Talley, Carmarthenshire. He sailed on the East India tea merchant ship the Talbot, and the merchant ship the Royal Charlotte. His brother and heir was the Rev. Henry Jones of Chatham, Kent, whose son, Henry Jones (d. 1799), became a clerk in Rochester, Kent. In the 19th century, the Glanyrafon-ddu estate passed to the Rev. Henry Thomas Jones (d. 1836) and Lt-Col William Jones (d. 1845). Douglas J. (John) Elliot is a historian, researching mainly Shropshire; he collected a group of deeds relating to the Glanyrafon-ddu estate.

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February 2003

Compiled by Annette Strauch for the ANW Project. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Schedule of Douglas J. Elliott Collection of Jones of Glanyrafon-ddu Papers.

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