Mary married John PARRY on 28 Jun 1756 in Cwmyoy, Monmouthshire, Wales. John was born before 1739 in of Monmouthshire, Wales; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John and Mary had Elizabeth in 1794 in Raglan which is only six miles from Llanarth, Wales. Daughter, Elizabeth, was of Llanarth when she married in 1819. He is also likely to be the John baptised in May of 1765 nine miles from Raglan where his children were born.

John married Mary LEWIS on 6 Jul 1788 in St. Cadoc, Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales. Mary was born before 1775 in of Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She is listed as Eliza Parry in the marriage record in the British Isles I.G.I record at familysearch.com. No source or place name is listed for this marriage. She is listed as Elizabeth in Ohio 2nd hand sources that I've noted in the source listings for her.

She is listed as being from Llanarth, Monmuthshire, Wales in her marriage record. There is one other person born in that same town with the last name of Parry that might be her sibling in the 1851 census for Wales. William Parry was born there about 1791. He still lived in the same Parish he was born in in 1851.

She is most likely to be the Elizabeth who was born in Raglan. It was 10 miles from Abergavenny, Wales and 8 miles from Llanarth Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales.

Elizabeth married Charles REES, * on 6 Dec 1819 in Abergavenny, Llanarth, Monmouthshire, Wales. Charles (son of David Phillips REES, * and Martha MORGAN, *) was born about Aug 1793 in Of Abergavenny, Llanarth, Monmouthshire, Wales; was christened on 6 Sep 1793 in St. Mary, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales; died after 1870 in Raccoon Twp., Gallia, OH, USA; was buried in Gilboa Cemetery, Gallia, OH, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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According to "Gallia Co., Ohio, People in History to 1980", Elizabeth helped her mother spin, weave, knit and cook for their family before she married. Her nickname was Betsey. Her marriage record in 1836 was the first record of this family being in Gallia County. The rest of her family appears in the 1840 census. Her father did not actually buy his property in Raccoon Twp., until 1841. Her family has very few names that it repeats amongst the generations surrounding Elizabeth.... In her siblings, Elizabeth, Mary and Ann are repeated, but the boys names all seem to vary. I can't tell where any of Elizabeth's children were named after her side of the family, and we don't know Thomas J. Morgan's side of the family to be able to check that. She is listed at age 58 in the 1880 census records for Jackson Co., Ohio. Her birthdate, place and death date came from a page inserted in the family bible as scanned into Ancestry in 2011. It was a page written when some of their children were still alive. She was born deep in South Wales.

Elizabeth married Thomas J. MORGAN, * on 19 Dec 1836 in , Gallia, OH, USA. Thomas (son of John Morgan and Ann Jones) was born on 20 Feb 1813; was christened in 1813 in Cardiganshire, Wales; died on 13 Aug 1852 in Rio Grande, Gallia, Ohio, USA; was buried after 31 Aug 1852 in Ebenezer Cemetery, Thurman, Raccoon Twp, Gallia, OH, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married David E. PHILLIPS on 11 May 1855 in , Gallia, OH, USA. David was born in 1820 in , , , Wales; died after 1880 in Of Jackson, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Even though he moved to Tennessee, he was buried back at home in Ebenezer Cemetery.

Mrs. Florence Wickline says he was born in Monmouthshire, Wales and was the son of Charles and Ann Perry Rees in "Cemeteries of Raccoon Twp." She said they were buried at Ebenezer without markers. This is a county that is currently in England and was part of Wales at periods in history.

You will note that her memory of her ancestor's name was Ann, but that "Gallia County People in History" states that it was Elizabeth. It is Elizabeth in the baptismal records for Charles Jr. Buried at Ebenezer along with Charles is his infant child.

Charles married Elizabeth UNKNOWN about 1847 in , Gallia, OH, USA. Elizabeth was born about 1827 in , , Wales; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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It is probable that David Reese married twice, the first time to a Martha. I suspect this because Martha A. Noel Reese, wife of David, died on Sep 31, 1851, age 26y, 5m and 17d and is buried at Old Pine Cemetery in Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., Ohio David is the only Rees by that name living in Raccoon Twp. and he would have been her age. He is in the 1860 census for Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., OH, p. 233, living in the house before John Rees who is next to Elizabeth Rees Phillps (their sister). His wife's name was Ann, age 30. Both were born in Wales. They had daughters Elizabeth (age 4) and Mary (age 2). In the 1870 census, David is 44, b. Wales. His wife, Ann, is 40, b. Wales and they have multiple children as well as his father living with them. David Rees, b. 1826, d. 1909, is buried in Rehobeth Cemetery on the north side of Ebenezer Carmel Road, Section 6 of Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., Ohio He is married to Ann, b. 1829 who died in 1901 and was buried next to her husband. An early Welsh Church of the same name once stood where the small cemetery still is. (CL-88, 573)

David married Martha A. NOEL on 29 Mar 1849 in , Gallia, OH, USA. Martha was born about 1825; died on Sep 31, 1851 in , Gallia, OH, USA; was buried in Old Pine Cemetery, Raccoon Twp., Gallia, OH, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Ann EVANS on 28 Apr 1855 in , Gallia, OH, USA. Ann (daughter of Isaac S. EVANS and Mary UNKNOWN) was born in 1829; died in 1901 in Raccoon Twp., Gallia, OH, USA; was buried in Rehobeth Cemetery, Raccoon Twp. Gallia, OH, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John moved to Minnesota after the Civil War according to "Gallia County Ohio, People in History". There is a John living in Blue Earth County, Minnesota in the 1870 and 1880 census records. In 1880, this John Rees is age 54, b. Wales. He was a farmer. His wife was Mary, age 40, b. Ohio His has 2 stepdaughters, Maggie Roberts and Elizabeth Roberts, age 20 and 17 respectively, b. in Minnesota. All of his own children were also born in Minnesota. Annie, age 13, Emma, age 11, Ellen, age 9, Catherine, age 7, Esther, age 4; and William Rees, age 1. This doesn't appear to match the information on him in "Gallia County Ohio People in History to 1980" as stated below. (CL-711)

Any of the following Johns might be Charles son John. According to "Gallia County Ohio People in History to 1980", he had a son John and 3 others named Charles, David and George. All four of these sons are probably his 4 sons listed in the 1840 census between age 10 and 15. There don't seem to be any John's matching this age range in Gallia Co., OH records. Therefore, he might be anyone of the following instead.1) John Reese who married unknown in Addison Twp., Gallia Co., OH printed in the Aug 2, 1845 Gallipolis Journal. (Torn)2) John Rees married Harriet Smith on Aug 19, 1847 in Gallia Co., Ohio*3) John Reese, age 56 and wife Ann, age 56, both born in Wales in the 1860 census for Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., OH, p. 234, living right next door to Elizabeth Phillips at this point in time (his possible sister???) There is a possibility that the census taker misunderstood their ages and wrote down 56 when it should have been 36 for each of them.... or this John is born much earlier and was not a son living with Charles in the 1840 census... his age is what seems off. He is living between Elizabeth and her brother David Rees.... It has to be the same family from location and timing.4) John Rees, in the 1860 Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., OH census, p. 210 who was age 45, born in Wales and married to a "Jana", age 36 with children named Mary A., Ellen, John, Elizabeth, (Saml.), Evan, Daniel, and (Aaron?).5) J. Rees living in Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., Ohio in 1874, Twp. 6, Range 16, section 32. If he is this one, then their is an E. Reese living adjacent to him in that same section that is a likely relative.6) John Reese, age 50 in 1880, in the Cleveland, Cuyahog Co., OH census. His parents were born in Wales. He was and Iron Mill worker. His wife was Eliza Reese, age 51 and son William, age 18 was still living at home. (CL-709)

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He is in the 1860 census for Raccoon Twp., Gallia County, Ohio on page 222. He was 31 years of age, a farmer, born in England (note that the county they were born in, in Wales had become England again and was usually under English rule (Monmouthshire). His wife, Mary Ann, was age 24 years. They had children named Elinor, Elizabeth, and Anna. In 1870, they live in Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., Ohio He is age 40. His wife, Mary A. is age 34. He was listed as being born in Wales. His wife is listed as being born in Ohio.

George married Mary Ann EVANS on 8 Jul 1854 in , Gallia, OH, USA. Mary was born about 1836 in , , OH, USA; died after 1870 in Of Raccoon Twp., Gallia, OH, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her name has not been located. She could be any of the following Rees's that married in Gallia County, Ohio in the correct time period.1) Catherine Rees m. David Jenkins on Mar 8, 1862.2) Annie Rees m. James Sherrit on Nov 6, 1866.3) Louisa A. Rees m. Charles H. Jourdan on Dec. 1, 1864.4) Phebe Reese m. Martin V.B. Wooton on Jan 16, 1867. If she is one of these, she is likely one of the earlier ones and not the later ones.