Person:Thomas Brees (1)

Thomas' son by Mary Lewis, Thomas, was willed blacksmith's equipment by Mary Lewis' father in 1785.

1. ↑ Powys, Wales. Powys Baptisms - Transcripts. (Welsh Archive Services / Gwasanaethau Archifau Cymru).

   "Thomas son of Thomas Brees of Trewythen & his wife was bapt 5th July"

2. ↑ National Library of Wales Marriage Bond Index.
3. ↑ Powys, Wales. Powys Marriages - Transcripts. (Welsh Archive Services / Gwasanaethau Archifau Cymru).

   marriage record

4. ↑ Powys, Wales. Powys Baptisms - Transcripts. (Welsh Archive Services / Gwasanaethau Archifau Cymru).

   baptism of son James

5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 Powys, Wales. Powys Burials - Transcripts. (Welsh Archive Services / Gwasanaethau Archifau Cymru).

   Jan'y 2 Thomas Brees Blacksmith Caersws was buried.

6. ↑ Montgomeryshire, Wales. Montgomeryshire Baptisms. (Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society).

   father's abode: Trewythen

7. ↑ Montgomeryshire, Wales. Montgomeryshire Baptisms. (Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society).

   baptism of son, James Powell

8. ↑ Great Britain. Estate Duty Office. Death duty register for abstracts of administrations and probates of wills for country courts, 1796-1811. (London: Public Record Office, 1992).

   From the Death Duty registers:
   
   On the tenth day of May in the Year of Our Lord 1806 personally appeared Mary Brees and alleged that Thomas Brees late of Caersws in the Parish of Llanwnnog in the County of Montgomery died in the year of our Lord 1805 intestate without making a will that she this appearer is the lawful widow and Relict of the said deceased wherefore she prays that administration of all and singular the Goods, Chattels, and Credits of the said deceased be granted to her on giving the usual security. Etc
   (200 pounds)
   
   An Invitory of the Goods & Chattels of Thomas Brees of Caersws lately deceased.
   
   Horse Saddle, Bridle & Wearing Apparal 8;0; 0
   
   Houshold Furniture 46;10; 0
   
   2 Cows 14; 0; 0
   
   1 1/2 Year old Haifer 2;5;0
   
   1 2 Year old Colt 5: 0: 0
   
   Implements of Husbandry 1; 10; 0
   
   Wheat 8; 0; 0
   
   Ditto in the Ground 4; 0; 0
   
   Oats 2; 2; 0
   
   Hay 3; 3; 0
   
   Potatoes 1; 0; 0
   
   Fireing 1; 10; 0
   
   2 Smith's Bellowses 4; 0; 0
   
   2 Smith's Anvils 2; 10; 0
   
   2 Smith's Vices 2; 0; 0
   
   Coal 4; 4; 0
   
   Iron & Nails 5; 0; 0
   
   1 Grindstone -; 7; 6
   
   Bacon 7; 0; 0
   
   Amount of Book debts 20; 0; 0
   
   (total) 142; 1; 6
   
   January 4th, 1806 Edw'd Price, Edw'd Stephens Apprisers

9. ↑ Thomas Brees : bond, 1806. http://hdl.handle.net/10107/698188, in Church of England. Diocese of Bangor. Consistory Court. Bangor Probate Records, 1576-1858.

   Named in the probate bond are "Mary Brees of the Parish of Llanwnog in the County of Montgomery And Andrew Davies of Penycastle in the Parish of Llanidloes and in the County aforesaid farmer and Richard Richards of the said Parish and County Innkeeper

10. ↑ The identification of Thomas Brees, the husband of Mary Lewis and Mary Powell with Thomas Brees, the son of Thomas Brees and Ann Lloyd, is somewhat uncertain. Two other Thomas Breeses “of Llandinam” were married in the same time period: one to Margaret Williams in 1772, and one to Mary Savage in 1788. The husband of Margaret Williams is described as “of Carnedd” in the baptism record of his first child. This makes it very likely he is the Thomas Brees mentioned in the 1772 will of Samuel Brees of Carnedd. The husband of Mary Savage moved to Bettws Cedewain (his wife is named in the baptism records of some of his children.) The age given in his burial record puts his birth in the late 1760s, ruling him out as the son of Thomas Brees and Ann Lloyd. (He was likely the grandson of the Samuel Brees of Carnedd mentioned above.) That would seem to make it likely that the husband of Mary Lewis and Mary Powell was the son of Thomas Brees and Ann Lloyd, as the last remaining Thomas Brees of Llandinam of the right age. However, some doubt is raised by the burial of a Thomas Brees of Finnant, servant, in Trefeglwys in 1778. As well, a Thomas Brees was baptized in Llanidloes in 1749 to parents who had been married in Trefeglwys and had an earlier child baptized in Llandinam. One hopes that uncovering further evidence will clear up this doubt. There is some slight occupational evidence in favour of the identification on this page: the elder sister of this Thomas Brees, Anne Brees, married a blacksmith. (The elder brother, Andrew, was probably a miller.) Perhaps stronger evidence is that named in the probate bond along with his widow is Andrew Davies, the brother-in-law of the Thomas Brees born in 1754.