4th Generation of Leighs

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4th GENERATION OF LEIGHs

10. ABIGAIL LEIGH (est 1654 - 6 Mar 1684 St Peter's). Father: 8. Richard Leigh
md LEWIS RICHARD on 28 Oct 1674 St Peter's

16. Dorothy RICHARD (chr 24 Aug 1676 St Peter's - ?)

ABIGAIL paid tax on two hearths in 1673 (found by Derek Williams) and kept her maiden name in the Welsh custom at burial at St Peter's church (Film no.104504), so we are not certain that she is the same Abigail Leigh who married Lewis Richard.

11. URSULA LEIGH (est 1630 - before 24 Feb 1691 w.p.). Father: 8. Richard Leigh
md (1) THOMAS HAWKER (? - before Feb 1663), apothecary

17. Rowland HAWKER (after Oct 1660 - aft 4 Jan 1691)
18. Lettice HAWKER (same time period)19. Dorothy HAWKER (same time period)
md NN SMITH before Ursula's will dated 1690

md (2) JOHN FFARMER (? - before 8 July 1679), apothecary

20. George FFARMER (? - 21 Jun 1708 St Peter's)

md (3) Richard LLOYD (est 1625 - before 13 Jan 1691 w.p.), gent, son of John LLOYD and Margaret BROCK of Essex, on 6 Dec 1680 in St Peter's church. The records of St Peter's for 1689 - 99 have not survived, but URSULA's will refers to "my son Rowland Hawker, Lettice Hawker my daughter, Dorothea Smith my daughter, and George Ffarmer my son." She also makes several bequests to Ursula Rees, wife of "Jenkin Rees feltmaker" who elsewhere is called "hatter." Likely Ursula Rees was her daughter, named after URSULA and her maternal grandmother URSULA SEVERNE (wife of EDWARD OAKLEY). Or alternatively Ursula Rees was related to Richard LLOYD, who left "all his Wearing Apparel" to John Rees, the son of Jenkin Rees, instead of to his own son John Lloyd. But without an explicit statement of blood ties, occupational ties seem also likely.
URSULA may have been a second wife to JOHN FFARMER since we found the undated marriage of "John Ffarmer an apothecary at Carmarthen" to Elizabeth Lloyd, dau of Edward Llwyd of Ffrood (GG, Kradoc Vreichfras, Film no.104350). Derek Williams' calculations of this Lloyd family suggest Elizabeth's birth date as between 1610 - 30, so it is unlikely that this John Ffarmer could have been instead a son of URSULA and JOHN FFARMER. Interestingly, URSULA was able to sign her name (Urcil LL) to her will at a time when many gentrywomen signed by mark X. This supports the belief that literacy was higher in the commercial class than the landed gentry. The inventories of her three husbands' possessions, as well as her own inventory, and the spaciousness of the houses and gardens they leased, suggest a comfortable life. Example items in the inventories include "11 pillowcases and 7 dozen napkins, a silver beer bowl ... 6 small silver spoons... 4 dozen pewter dishes and salt cellars" (JOHN FFARMER, NLW SD/1679/223 I0), and the rooms in URSULA's last house included the Upper Parlour, the Hall, the Wainscot Room, the Lower Parlour, besides the Kitchen, Cellar, and Shop (NLW SD/1690/26 1).

Sources: parish records of St Peter's, Collocation of Names (Film no.104504); original Bishop's Transcripts in Latin (Film no.105132); URSULA'S will in 1690 (NLW SD/1690/26 W and Film no.105235); Richard LLOYD'S will in 1690 (NLW SD/1691/20 W): his brother John Lloyd's will in 1680 (NLW SD/1680/13 and Film no.105234): John Lloyd's wife Elizabeth's will and inventory in 1685 (NLW SD/1685/25 W2 and I): GG Adv Carm on Lloyd pedigree (Film no.???)