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Will of Thomas Jones, late of Maes y llan, p. Llanfihangel y pennant, co. Mer., but now of Trefaes, p. Llangelynin, co. Mer., yeoman. Bequeathes his personal estate to his son, John Jones of Trefaes, farmer, subject to numerous bequests.

Devises m. and lands called Havod-Y-Goeswen, t. Dyffrydan, p. Dolgelley (now in the possession of Gryffith Williams) and a legacy of £40 to his second son, Griffith Owen; m. and lands called Erw'r-Gwyddil, t. Dyffrydan, and a legacy of £40 to his third son, Hugh Owen; mortgaged m's and lands called Dôl-y-gwartheg, Tir mab Cynan, and Kefen-y-maes, t. Brithdir Issa (£231), Cae-yn-y-marrian, p. Dolgelley (£100), and Cwm-glan-mynach, p. Mallwyd, co. Mer. (£100) (mortgagors named) and his personal estate, to his eldest son, Tudder Owen. Numerous bequests to relatives and others.

Bequeathes his personal estate to his wife, Jane Owen.

Bequeathes her personal estate to her husband; after his decease or second marriage the farm and lands called Cefnmine, p. Llandanwg, co. Mer., to pass to her sons Evan and Humphrey Jones as tenants in common; her cottage of Penybryn, [p. Dolgellau], £300 and household furniture to her daughter, Catherine Jones. Copy.

Devises m's and land called Maesynharad, p. Dolgelley, to his friend Zacheus Jones of Bryntirion, co. Caern., esq., in trust for 500 years and to the use of the testator's sister, Catherine Price, for life, and her heirs, and thereafter to Lewis Nanney of Llwyn, co. Mer. Debts are also to be paid, particularly £52 owed to Lewis Nanney. Attached: 'A Schedule of the debts of Mr John Pryse of Maesyngarad, dec., which Lewis Nanney, gent., paid as directed by his will.'.

Numerous bequests to family and friends.

Bequeathes her personal estate to her niece, Jane Pugh. Numerous family bequests.

Devises his estate to his wife; his unsettled estates (including the Friog estate which he is purchasing) in cos Mer. and Mont. and £25,000 to his eldest daughter Mary, now wife of Owen Jones Ellis Nanney of Gwynfryn, co. Caern.; all his railway shares in the London and Birmingham and Great Western Railways to his youngest daughter, Catherine; requests his wife to pay over to his second daughter, Anne Jones, the debt of £9,000 and interest owed by the testator to his wife and which has been held in trust for Catherine Jones. Copy.

Devises her personal estate to Elizabeth Williams.

Bequeathes her personal estate to her nephew, John Jones, taylor, and to her niece, Elizabeth Jones, spinster, and to Elizabeth Williams. Numerous bequests. (There are numerous changes to the contents of the will written in pencil).

Bequeathes his personal estate to his niece, Magdalen Thomas. Numerous bequests.

Bequeathes her personal estate to her niece, Elizabeth Pugh. Numerous bequests.

Bequeathes his personal estate to his wife, Elizabeth Jones.

Bequeathes her personal estate to her sister Jane Lloyd.

Devises his estate to his son John Vaughan subject to £100 annuity chargeable on testator's property to testator's wife, Ann. Various trusts arranged in the event of the death of his son. Attested copy (1796).

Devises all his m's and lands in town and p. Dolgelley, and Tynyffordd, p. Llanycnil, co. Mer., to his wife Anne Owen, and all his interest in a brig called Mervinia belonging to the port of Barmouth to his son Rice Owen Jones. Recites deed no. 134 of 1 Nov. 1779. Codicil dated 19 Sept. 1825. Devisee has sold Clogwynne, p. Dolgelley, for £120 and has purchased 25 acres called Pen y bwlch coch, p. Dolgelley, which he devises to his wife. See also no. 51.

Devises 2 m's and lands in t's Broniarth and Burgedin, p. Guilsfield, co. Mont. (now in the possession of Edward Fox) to his youngest sister, Catherine Thomas; all his m's and lands in co. Mer. to Edward Prichard, Shrewsbury, wine merchant, and Thomas Lloyd Anwyl, gent., for 50 years, in trust for his mother, Elizabeth Vaughan, widow, who is to receive £20 p.a., and for his eldest sister, Jane Vaughan, who is to receive £200. Numerous bequests. Attested copy [1796].

Devises m's and lands called Maes Garthbeibio, Garthbeibio Mill and Pen y bont, p. Garthbeibio, co. Mont., and m. and lands called Ty'n y fedw, p. Llangadfan, co. Mont., to his wife Sydney Roberts for life and on her death to his children as tenants in common. Attested copy (1834).

Bequeathes proceeds from the sale of his estate to Thomas Jones of Dolgelley, skinner, and Thomas Jones of Rhydwen in trust for Elizabeth Howell of Towyn, the mother of his natural daughter Catherine Jones, and to his son David Richards.

Bequeathes his personal estate to his wife, Elizabeth Evans. Endorsed: 'The foregoing is a true copy examined with the original will 24th day of March, 1827 ...'.