Events
Date of Baptism: 12 September 1725.
Place of Baptism: Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, Wales. (St Michael).
The baptism is recorded in the parish register.
Date of Death: about 30 December 1764.
Date of Burial: 1 January 1765.
Place of Burial: Trefeglwys, St Michael.
The date of death is recorded in a probate document. The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: Andrew Brees.
Mother: Ann Meredith.
See the Commentary section.
Spouse: Ann Lloyd. Married 26 February 1744/5 in Trefeglwys.
The marriage is recorded in the parish register.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Anne Brees (baptized 25 November 1745 in Trefeglwys - buried 14 October 1825 in Trefeglwys) married Evan Humphreys 21 November 1766 in Trefeglwys.
Mary Brees (baptized 19 May 1747 in Trefeglwys - buried 9 February 1748/9 in Trefeglwys).
Elizabeth Brees (baptized 6 January 1748/9 in Trefeglwys - buried 16 May 1750 in Trefeglwys).
Andrew Brees (born about 1750 - buried 3 June 1825 in Trefeglwys) married Jane Brees 16 May 1777 in Trefeglwys.
Mary Brees (born about 1753 - buried 23 April 1790 in Trefeglwys) married Andrew Davies 7 February 1772 in Trefeglwys.
Thomas Brees (baptized 5 July 1754 in Llandinam - buried 2 January 1806 in Llanwnog) married (1) Mary Lewis 22 February 1778 in Llanwnog; married (2) Mary Powell 3 February 1784 in Newtown, Montgomeryshire.
Elizabeth Brees (baptized 25 April 1761 in Trefeglwys - buried 1 March 1837 in Llanwnog) married Samuel Kinsey 13 September 1786 in Llanwnog.
Evidence
Thomas’s baptism (Trefeglwys parish register):
Thomas of Andrew Brees was ./ bapt. Septembr: 12: 1725.
[The entry is in English, whereas all the other entries on the page are in Latin.]
Thomas’s marriage (Trefeglwys parish register):
Thomas Brees and Ann Lloyd were married feb.ry the 26th Anno. Domini --- 1744
Baptisms and burials of Thomas’s children:
(Trefeglwys parish register):
Anne the Daught.r of Thomas Brees by Anne his wife was Baptized Novemb.r 25th ---1745
Mary the Daught.er of Thomas Brees Tent. at Tî Coch by Anne his wife was baptized May: 19th ---1747
Eliza. The Daughtr of Thomas Brees by Anne his wife was Baptized Jan.ry th: 6th: ---1748
Mary The Daught.r of Tho.s Brees was Buried Feb.ry th: 9 [1748]
Eliza: The Daught.r of Tho.s Brees was Buried from Trefwithian May:16:} 1750
Elizabeth the Daughter of Thomas Brees by Anne his wife was Baptizd April the 25th: --- 1761
(Llandinam parish register):
[1754]
Thomas son of Thomas Brees of Trewythen & his wife was bapt 5th July
Examination for a Settlement Certificate (Trefeglwys, Powys Archives M/EP/50/0/SC/16, index entry):
Examination of Thomas Brees, Anne his wife and their children -- Anne, Andrew, Mary and Thomas. 1 Sep 1757
Thomas’s burial (Trefeglwys parish register):
Thomas Brees was Buried Janry 1st: 1765.
Thomas’s inventory:
an Inventory of all the Goods Chattles Moveables and Imoveables of Thomas Brees Deceased and aprized by us William Bennet and Richard Evans on the 5th day of January 1765
Imprimis His weareing apparel ------------- 1:12:0
3 Piges ------------------------------------------------5:5:0
90 Galands of alle -----------------------------4:10:0
Hay in the stable -------------------------------0:10:0
Peates in the house -------------------------0:15:0
26 in number of shelves and benshis ---0:19:6
9 in number of Bedcloses 1 flocbed 2 Bedstids --- 1:18:0
1 Cubart 1 Cofar 1 Safe 1 Seat 1 Cradle --- 1:6:0
1 Round Table 29 yearthun veasels & Trenshiars --- 0:8:8
2 Clivares 1 ax 1 fiar shivel --- 0:10:0
1 stilianes 2 stilles 1 Buchars huck --- 0:10:0
4 Parn Pots 3 Pothucks 2 Potlinks 1 fleshfork 1 Bakeston 1 andiarn 1 Tunges --- 0:19:0
5 Candlestix 1 Smoothing Box 1 Spit 1 Spade 2 Barels --- 0:13: 0
Due to Thomas Brees from several creditors whose names are hear under writun the several sumes of money
Nicholas Bennet 2:7:0
Edward Jones 1:0:0
David Richard 0:10:0
Morgan Rees 1:0:0
Edward Lewis 0:4:0
Robert Edward 0:4:0
Griffith Owen 0:5:0
Edward Evans 1:10:0
Edward Bumford 0:4:0
Morris Davies 0:1:6
John Ruff 0:4:0
Richard Baxter 0:4:9
David Davies 0:9:0
Richard Edward 0:5:0
Elias Rees 0:2:6
John Robert 0:2:6
Richard Edward 0:3:0
total 29:8:5
M'randum
That William Woosnam who was Indebted 14s, and Morris Davies Indebted 1s - 6d which are Cross'd out in this Inventory are Paid to the Executor
aprized by us William Bennett
Richard Evans
In the probate bond for “Thomas Brees, late of the Parish of Trefeglwys Innholder”, bound were John Brees and Richard Evans of Trefeglwys, yeomen.
From the probate record:
Whereas Thomas Brees late of the Parish of Trevegloes in the County of Montgomery within the Diocese of Bangor Inn holder departed this Life on or about the Thirtieth Day of December last Intestate leaving behind him me the underwritten Ann Brees of the Parish of Trevegloes aforesaid his widow & next of Kin Now Know All Men by these Presents that I the said Ann Brees for divers Good Causes and Considerations me hereunto Especially moving Do expresly Renounce the Letters of Administration of all and singular the Goods Chattells and Credits of the said deceased To the End that Letters of Administration of the said dec[eas]ed may be Granted unto John Brees of the Parish of Trevegloes aforesaid yeom[an] Executor of the Last will and Testament of Samuel Brees late of Trevegloes aforesaid yeom[an] deceased one of the Creditors of the said Thomas Brees Dec[eas]ed And to the End that this my Proxy of Renuntiation may have its due effect in Law I Do hereby nominate Constitute and appoint Robert Edwards gent one of the Proctors of the Ecclesiastical Court of Bangor or any other Proctor of the said Court to be my true and Lawfull Proctor for me and in my name to appear before the Worshipfull [blank] Doctor in Divinity Vicar Generall & officiall Principall of the Right Reverend John by Divine Provision Lord Bishop of Bangor his Surrogate or some other Competent in this Behalf to Exhibit this my Proxy of Renuntiation & Proxy the same to be [...] And I Do hereby promise to allow for firm and Valid all & whatsoever my said Proctor shall lawfully Do or Cause to be Done for me and in my House in and Touching the Premises In Witness whereof I do hereby have hereunto Sett my Hand and Seal this 18th Janry 1765
the Mark of Ann Brees
Sealed & Delivered in the Presence of Humphry Humphreys
Commentary
Thomas’s parentage:
The Thomas of this page was married in Trefeglwys, had children baptized in Trefeglwys, and was buried in Trefeglwys. One baptism of a Thomas Brees occurs in Trefeglwys in the time period, in 1725. The date fits with Thomas’s marriage in 1744/5, and the name of the father recorded in this baptism, Andrew, was the name given by Thomas to his eldest son.
Andrew Brees and Ann Meredith were married in Llanidloes in 1711, shortly before Andrew began having children baptized, first in Llandiloes, then in Trefeglwys. The Trefeglwys parish register records the 17 June 1735 burial of “Anne the wife of Andrew Brees”.
References
Thomas Brees, Probate Bond and Inventory, 1765. Church of England. Diocese of Bangor. Consistory Court. Bangor Probate Records, 1576-1858.
http://hdl.handle.net/10107/881934
Trefeglwys parish register. Digital copy at Findmypast.co.uk, accessed 23 December 2017.