Mary Powell

Events

Date of Birth: about 1754.

Mary’s age at death is given as 89 in her burial record. It is given as 90 on her gravestone.

Date of Baptism: 27 February 1754.

Place of Baptism: Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales.

The baptism is given in the bishop’s transcripts of the parish register.

Date of Death: 10 February 1844.

Date of Burial: 15 February 1844.

Place of Burial: Llanwnnog, Montgomeryshire, Wales (St Gwynog’s).

The date of death is given on Mary's gravestone. The burial is recorded in the parish registers. Her age at death is given as 89, and her abode is given as Caersws.

Relationships

Father: James Powell (died 1780).

Mary’s father is named in her baptism record.

Mother: Mary Thomas (1726 - 1792).

In Mary Powell’s baptism record, the first name of her mother is given. Her mother’s surname is given in her mother’s marriage record.

Spouse: Thomas Brees (1754 - 1805). Married 3 February 1784 in Newtown, Montgomeryshire.

The marriage is given the bishop’s transcripts of the parish registers. Mary was of Newtown. The witnesses at the marriage were Mary’s sister, Ann, and her sister Elizabeth’s husband, Samuel Powell.

Children:

James Powell Brees (born 24 November and baptized 28 November 1784 in Aberhafesb, Montgomeryshire - died 1867 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England) married Jane Pryce 15 July 1809 in Llandinam.

Andrew Brees (baptized 4 November 1787 in Llanwnnog - died 21 January 1855, buried 26 January 1855 in Llanwnnog) married Mary Reynolds 2 January 1809 in Llanwnnog.

Elizabeth Brees (baptized 8 May 1789 in Llanwnnog - buried 5 March 1862 in Llanwnnog) married Evan Reynolds 4 August 1828 in Llanwnnog.

Matthew Brees (baptized 7 November 1791 in Llanwnnog - buried 29 April 1854 in Llanwnnog) married Ann Gwillim 20 April 1813 in Llanwnnog.

Evidence

Mary Powell baptism (Newtown, 1754)

Mary Daur of James & Mary Powell Labourer [Feb’y] 27.

1841 census (Newtown, High Street):

Andrew Breese 55 Sheriff's Officer Y [born in Montgomeryshire]

Mary do 53 Y

Mary do 20 Y

Eliza do 19 Y

Martha do 15 Y

Andrew do 13 Y

Margarette do 9 Y

Mary do 87 Y

Ann Lloyd 20 FS Y

Thomas Morgan 14 MS Y

John Bowen 25 MS Y

Elizabeth Monsel 20 Ind N

Gravestone (St Gwynog churchyard, Llanwnog):

Sacred

to the Memory of

Thomas BREESE,

of Caersws (Blacksmith) who

died December 29th. 1805,

Aged 55 Years.

Also of Mary, Relict of

the said Thomas BREESE, who

died February 10th. 1844,

Aged 90 Years.

Out of filial regard to their Memory this stone was erected by Andrew Breese their Grandson.

Commentary

The mother of Andrew, Elizabeth, and Matthew is named "Elizabeth" in their baptism records, but I believe that she was identical with the Mary of this page. The Mary of this page was living with Andrew Breeze in 1841, and Andrew's son Andrew erected the gravestone to Mary and her husband Thomas "out of filial regard to their Memory". Elizabeth was perhaps an alternate name.

References

Llanwnnog, Montgomeryshire parish registers. Welsh Archive Services. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk (accessed 29 December 2015).

Newtown, Montgomeryshire. Bishop’s transcripts of the parish registers; digital image Findmypast.co.uk (accessed 18 April 2014).

Newtown, Montgomeryshire. Bishop’s transcripts of the parish registers, FHL film 104817, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Montgomeryshire Burials, Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society, available on Findmypast.co.uk (accessed 18 April 2014).

Montgomeryshire Monumental Inscriptions. Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society. Digital image on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 26 September 2020.

Wales 1841 census. Digital images on ancestry.com (accessed 23 December 2017).