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June 1800 aged 74 years, had 1 1 children-six sons and five daughters. Jenkin, their eldest son, died in his chair at noon on Saturday 13th January 1821 aged 76. His wife, Sarah, had died on 13 July 1799 aged 19 and their daughter Jane on 19 June 1816 aged 17.14 From Jenkin the properties in Penbryn and Ciliau Aeron passed to his brother John (the second son of Griffith and Katherine) who died a bachelor on 7 September 1821 aged 71. He was succeeded by his brother, the third son, the Reverend David Jenkins, who had matric- ulated into Wadham, Oxford, on 19 May 1768. On i September 1771 he was made a deacon at Abergwily and licensed to Llandissilio- gogo at an annual stipend of £ 12. He was ordained a priest in the diocese of Chichester on 8 August 1773, and collated by Dr. Yorke, Bishop of St. Davids, to the rectory of Llanllwchaiarn on 5 April 1779. Marriages there were taken by him from 1778 to 1784, after which date they were taken by curates until 1839 when the desig- nation Rector appears. The first entry of his name in the registers at Selham is in 1790 and the last on 13 February 1818. In 1804 he was at Midhurst, in 1812 at Haslemere, in 1828 at Sealham (sic). He died at Stanway Rectory on 26 May 1836.15 The register gives his age as 87 and his place of abode as Selham, Sussex. His tenure of the benefice of Llanllwchaiarn lasted 57 years. Upon his death Dyffryn Bern devolved to his son Henry, Rector of Stanway, of whom Foster16 records: 'matriculated into Magdalen Hall on March 2nd 1803 aged 16 demy Magdalen College 1803-1827 B.A. 1806, M.A. 1809, B.D. 1827; Fellow 1827-1831; Vice-President 1828; Dean of Divinity 1829; Rector of Stanway 1830 to his death'.17 The parochial register records that he was buried on August eight' aged 87 years. John Capillon, Rector of Lesdon, Cl., was the Offic. Minister' at the funeral. The inscription on the tombstone reads Sacred to the memory of The Reverend Henry Jenkins 44 years Rector of this Parish died August 3rd 1874 in his 88 year'. In accordance with the terms of his will, dated 14 July 1873, Dyffryn Bern passed to his first cousin once removed, the Reverend David Henry Davies, at that time Incumbent of Llannon, after whose death his widow, Mrs. Anne Davies, and his daughter, Mrs. Margaret Coakley Cundy, decided that the property should be sold. The sale was conducted by Messrs. J. D. Jones, Son, and George at the Emlyn Arms Hotel, Newcastle Emlyn, on 20 August 1910. Mr. J. F. Morris, 9 Red Street, Carmarthen, was the vendors' solicitor.17* Henry, the fourth son of Griffith and Katherine Jenkins, was baptized on 17 January 1764. On 24 September 1787 he was ordained in the diocese of St. Davids on a title to the parish of Llanllwchaiarn, where his stay was short. By 10 July 1788 he was functioning as assistant-