A transcript, [c. 1878-1879], by the Rev. John Evans (1843-97), Westerly, Rhode Island, of extracts from the Welsh portion of the 'Ilston Book', containing records, 1649-1660, of the Baptist church established in 1649 at Ilston, near Swansea (see The Ilston Book, ed. by B. G. Owens (Aberystwyth, 1996); for a discussion of this transcript see pp. lxxiii-lxxvi). It was made at the request of the Rev. John Jones (1834-87), Felin-foel, Llanelli (see D. Rhys Phillips, 'Cefndir Hanes Eglwys Ilston, 1649-60', Trafodion Cymdeithas Hanes Bedyddwyr Cymru, 1928, 1-107 (pp. 54-5)) and was later used by the Rev. Thomas Shankland, Bangor (see f. 1v and Seren Gomer, 21-3 (1900-2)).