Goronwy Owen,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

Reference
- GB 210 NLW MS 11608D.
Alternative Id.
Dates of Creation
- [20 cent., first ¼].
Language of Material
- English.
Physical Description
- Contact NLW for more information.
Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Typescript copies of the will of Gronow Owen ('Goronwy Ddu o Fôn') of the parish of Saint Andrews, co. Brunswick, Virginia, U.S.A., dated 3 July 1769, and proved in the Circuit Court for co. Brunswick, 26 March, 1770; of the will of his wife Ioney (Ionah) Harrison of the parish of Saint Andrew, dated 15 August, 1780, and proved in Brunswick County Court, 26 February, 1787; and of a dedimus, 20 December, 1762, to examine Rebecca Cocke of co. Lunenburg, and a certificate, 18 February, 1764, of the latter's relinquishments of her right of dower in a tract of 400 acres of land on the south side of the Reedy Creek in co. Brunswick conveyed by William Cocke and the said Rebecca, his wife, to Gronow Owen by indenture of bargain and sale dated 20 August, 1761. The dedimus and certificate were extracted from the Deed Books of the County Court of Brunswick.

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Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 11608D.

Other Finding Aids

The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).

Archivist's Note

September 2009.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971);