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Welsh Congregational Church of Neath  Stevensville Presbyterian Church LeRaysville Congregational and Methodist Church Postcards

Hello again Joyce. I've seen on Google that you've entered my query about Carmel Chapel, Neath. I wonder whether this extract from the attached article would be of any interest to anyone: 
Rev. Daniel Jones, 
Minister at Neath, County of Bradford, Pennsylvania, U. S. A. -

The Neath Welsh Congregational Church still exists but not the original church.
                            Rev. Daniel Jones was not from Tresgeirch but from Pentwyn farm (now derelict) in the Parish of Llangiwg. 
                                                Pentwyn farm was situated on the Garth mountain and is now part of Perthigwynion.

Rev. Daniel Jones returned to marry Mary Williams at Llangyfelach Church in December 1832, returning with his bride to America. Rev. Daniel Jones died a young man at the age of 42, his wife remarrying.

Why did they choose to name their settlement Neath?

Early census returns for the area and gravestone inscriptions might provide the answer. The minister that followed Daniel Jones in 1850 was the Rev. Samuel Williams (Llanidloes). Family history papers by the descendants of the Rev. Samuel Williams claim that the place is named Neath because his wife Jane Mills Williams was born in Neath, Wales, as were their children (i.e. the ones that were born in Wales). This information is incorrect. One has only to follow Rev. S. Williams' ministry from Llanidloes to Capel Isaac to Hendy (Llanedi), to find his marriage took place at Llanidloes and the children were born either in Montgomeryshire or Carmarthenshire.

My homepage for this website is:
http://www.a-glamorgan-family.com/index.html

Many thanks
Rina Callingham