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Richard Bennett manuscripts Wills -- Wales -- Powys
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Extracts from Montgomeryshire records, &c.,

Extracts from memorial inscriptions in the churchyards of Penstrowed, 1796- 1902, Bettws [Cedewain], 1839-1898, Berriw, 1837-1888, and Carno, 1769-1912, and of Gleiniant Calvinistic Methodist Church, Trefeglwys, 1832-1914; extracts of baptisms, marriages, and burials from the parish registers of Newtown, 1661-1800, Talyllyn, 1691-1814, Pennal, 1721-1834, Towyn, 1671- 1831, Aberhafesb, 1734/5-1810 (family of Green), etc.; abstracts of deeds and documents, 1638-1808, in the Coleman (National Library of Wales), Argoed (Trefeglwys), Scafell (Ysgafell, Llanllwchaearn) and other collections; extracts of Calvinistic Methodist interest, 1794-1814, from the manuscripts of Edwd. Gwalchmay [of Llanwyddelan] and H[umphrey] Gwalchmai [of Llanidloes] (in the Bala College Group of C. M. Archives); a list of churchwardens of the parish of Trefeglwys, 1769-1804; abstracts of a few wills, 1745-1768, proved in the Consistory Court of the diocese of St. Asaph; and miscellaneous transcripts, abstracts, and extracts from manuscript and printed sources. The volume was compiled in 1924.

Transcripts from Llanbryn-mair parish registers, &c.,

Transcripts of marriages, 1780-1808, and of burials, 1813-1844, from the parish registers of Llanbrynmair, taken from copies made by R[ichard] Williams ['Celynog'], F.R.H[ist.]S. [of Newtown]; extracts from the register of Old Chapel Congregational Church, Llanbrynmair, being an account of children baptised during the ministry of the Reverend Rich[ar]d Tibbott, 1762-1796; lists and abstracts of Montgomeryshire wills (partly from the papers of D. C. Ll[oyd-] Owen [of Birmingham]); transcripts of marriages from the parish register of Llanbrynmair, 1809-1812; transcripts from the parish register of Machynlleth, 1782-1812; and notes on the ancestors of Mr. J[ohn] H[umphreys] Davies [Principal of University College of Wales, Aberystwyth] ('From his writings. D.C.D.', i.e., David Charles Davies, Director of The Field Natural History Museum, Chicago).

Transcripts from Montgomeryshire parish registers, &c.,

Transcripts of miscellaneous entries of baptisms, marriages, and burials from the parish registers of Llandinam, Darowen (including bishops' transcripts), Aberhavesb (with additional notes, including 'some details about Aberhavesb people according to information gleaned from various places', etc.), Mallwyd, Llanwrin, Churchstoke, Cemmes, Llanbrynmair, and Trefeglwys, from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century; abstracts of, and extracts from, terriers, 1702-1791, and other parochial records of Darowen; extracts from memorial inscriptions in the churchyards of Aberhavesb, 1725-1902, Cemmes, 1719-1876, and Montgomery, 1765-1884; lists of ratepayers in the several townships in the parish of Trefeglwys, 1831; a list of persons named in Cyfeiliog and Mowddwy wills, 1668-1831, among the St. Asaph ecclesiastical probate records; etc. Some of the transcripts were made in May, 1918.