Individual Notes

Note for: William Holland, - BEF 25 Jul 1767 Index

Probate:
     Date:   21 Dec 1785
     Place:   St Asaph, Denbighshire

Burial:
     Date:   25 Jul 1767
     Place:   Eglwysbach, Denbighshire

Individual Note:
     We can deduce that William was the next incumbent of Pen Y Bryn by virtue of the PR entry for Hugh son of William and Anne, and the knowledge that Hugh's gravestone identifies him as being of Pen YBryn, there is however no record of his birth. We can only assume that he was the son of Roger as there is no conclusive evidence of this.
We know from the PR entries that William's wife was Anne. Also the Hayes marriage listing records the marriage of William Holland and Anne Hughes at Llansanffraid in 1723. It is highly probable therefore that this entry relates to William of Pen Y Bryn. This is supported by HHE in his notes where he mentions William marrying Anne daughter of??? and Anne Hughes of Trelleyne.
A gravestone inscription in St Martin's church, Eglwys Bach, refers to Anne vch Hugh Williams of Bwlch b 1699, d 1782. As Bwlch Farm is in the parish of Llansantfraid it would appear that Anne Hughes and Annevch Hugh were one and the same. Anne made a will dated 1778 which was probated in 1782, the year of her death. In the meantime their son Hugh died in 1779, but his will was not probated until 1790. Anne left a sum of money to her nephew Robert Roberts and niece Elizabeth, wife of William Finley. Because of the delay in probating Hugh's will and the fact that Anne had quit claimed her title to Williams estate to Hugh, both Robert and Elizabeth sought permission to complete the administration of the estate of William so they could release the money willed to them by Anne. SA/1785/13 refers.
Notes from Brian Holland

Individual Notes

Note for: William Holland, BEF 1 Sep 1724 - BEF 28 Nov 1725 Index

Baptism:
     Date:   1 Sep 1724
     Place:   Eglwysbach, Denbighshire

Burial:
     Date:   28 Nov 1725
     Place:   Eglwysbach, Denbighshire

Individual Notes

Note for: William Holland, BEF 3 May 1758 - AFT 7 May 1758 Index

Baptism:
     Date:   3 May 1758
     Place:   Eglwysbach, Denbighshire

Burial:
     Date:   7 May 1758
     Place:   Eglwysbach, Denbighshire

Individual Note:
     William is the only known child of Hugh and Catherine. The PR records his birth as 1758, but there is no record of his death. There is also no record of any children as a result of this marriage. There is a strong probability that William’s wife was Anne Williams, her gravestone inscription is recorded in the St Martins Church records as follows; “Anne Holland wife of William Holland of Pen Y Bryn, was Anne Williams daughter of Hugh Williams of Bwlch died 17th June 1782 aged 83 years. Robert Jones, Pen Y Bryn died 1823 aged 47. Jane relict of Robert Jones of Pen Y Bryn died 1836 aged 51.”
From the above inscription we deduce that Anne was born in1699. As William was born in 1758 Anne was very much his senior. i.e. she was59 when he was born and probably in her late seventies when they were married. Either there is an error in the dates or it was a marriage of convenience. If the latter is true then it is hardly surprising that there were no children. There is also a possibility that Ann was married to another William Holland of this period who came to live at Pen y Bryn.
As can be seen from the gravestone inscription Pen Y Bryn passed into the hands of Robert Jones and ultimately Hugh Holland Roberts. This comes about via the marriage of Jane vch Owen and Margaret Davies through her marriage to Robert Edwards and is spelt out in the HHE papers as follows:
“Jane Holland the first sister of William Holland married one Robert Edward a tailor of (Pant Y Twyth) and had issue a son Hugh Robert Edwards. Hugh Robert Edwards married for his first wife a respectable woman, the housekeeper in service with a family in Bodnod. Her ????place is not known, and had issue by her a son Robert Hughes who died in his fathers lifetime without issue, and four daughters viz - (1)Elizabeth, died unmarried at an advanced age, (2) Margaret married JohnPorter and had issue one son Robert Jones who inherited Pen Y Bryn estate under the will of Hugh Holland, (3) Catherine, left the county early in her life and has never been heard of since, (4) Anne Hughes married Evan Hughes of Bodean and died without issue. Hugh Roberts alias Hugh Robert Edwards married second in his advanced age Anne relict of John Davies, Pen Y Waen, and had issue David Roberts the Uncle of Robert Jones ???? by his will dated 14th October 1803 gave all his estate with his wife Jane Jones and her assignes for and after the death of his said wife and unto his said Uncle David Roberts died1846, b circa 1770”
“ Robert son of John Porter and Margaret the 2nd daughter of Hugh Robert Edwards was buried Oct 21 1823 aged 47” This latter comment coincides with the information on Anne Holland’s gravestone.
There is an inscription at the bottom of the gravestone of HughHolland of Pen Y Bryn “Hugh Holland Roberts of Pen Y Bryn who died 22nd February 1875 aged 24”. As HHE was dead before the birth of this Hugh it implies that Hugh Holland Roberts had a son, Hugh, who took his fathers full name. Presumably he inherited the Pen Y Bryn estate but died without any heirs. It is not known whether he had a wife.
Regrettably the referenced will of Hugh Holland has never surfaced and presumably was amongst the missing papers of HHE.
The Pennant estate was sold by public auction in 1910 and at that time had 540 acres.