Glamorgan Lovelucks

Janet Hearle's notes:

Wife of John. She seems to have been Welsh and was probably a local girl. She could not write, but probably inherited money as John's fortunes seem to have improved very quickly from gamekeeper and yeoman!

When John died intestate she at once made a Will, She had given sums at different times to her daughters for their husbands, so made two codicils to her Will in order to level up the legacies. From her Will she seems to have had two sons, Edward and William, surviving her, and four daughters, Anne, Mary, Martha and Margaret. One of her sons, William, died in infancy and another son was named for him. She may possibly have had another son, John, who died in 1786 (Margam Registry) but there is no sign of his baptism. He may have died in infancy. Anyway it was before John died, and there is no mention of him in her Will.

From her Will, it states that she got half her husband's estate, and his effects for her sole use and disposal by agreement with joint heirs. She left less than £100. The Will was proved by Llandaff C.C. by her son William.

Margam Estate Rentals states: ---------------------

1803/4. Kenfig Borough. John Loveluck's widow is the tenant of:

1. A cot and two crofts, part of the Demeshe No. 8 and 9, a dwelling house and 3 acres.

2. Part of Henry Ayward's Tenement (Charles Aylward has a burial stone inside Mawdlam Church).

3. An acre in Winter's Mead.

4. Brombill, a Close.

5. The Warren.

6. Late Jenkin Lydden's

Ann's daughter Ann never appears except in the Will. She clearly states her eldest son is Edward and youngest William, who seems to have been the one who stayed locally as Edward may have moved to Waterton by that time.

Accounts in Margam show that there was a William John, Portreeve of Kenfig in 1788 and that he paid £2.5.71/2 for the rents of the Borough and the Parschal Hill holding (Ref. Story of Kenfig, Evans, P.4).

Since in 1728 the population must have been small (Margam MS. 5604 records only 35 houses in higher Kenfig), he must anyway have been a close relative.

May 7th, 1736. "We present William John, petty constable, for not appearing at this court. Fined 13s 4d" (story of Kenfig, P. 44). He was probably the father of the Portreeve, which might explain Ann's better position in life.

Died 12th November, 1816 at "Maudlam"

Note by James M Loveluck 20-Mar-07: Copy of will at NLW:

FILE - Ann Loveluck, Widow - ref. LL/1816/98 - date: 1816

Contents Will. Diocese: Llandaf Parish: Pyle and Kenfig County: Glamorgan

(Research):Discrepancy in death/burial dates. Originally had 1 Nov 1816 as burial date from PR. John Dixon has 11 Nov 1816 as date of death Gravestone states died 9 Nov 1816.