DEARMAN & MOLLETT

The portrait above is of a poet I believe, so not at all the right kind of person, for John was a working man.  I also suspect it is from a later time than our John’s.  However, the face somehow matches with my perception of John - a man of many trades and places.  A restless soul perhaps.

Jenkins, of course is a common Welsh name and John is a hugely popular name, even now.  And his wife’s name is no more unusual - Jane Evans.  So not easy tracking them down, but with the help of the Glamorgan Family History Society I did indeed track them down - at least in their later lives, though their early lives are somewhat more hazy.  A country boy who, in later life, settled in Bridgend - perhaps to be near his daughter Margaret.  One of the records we have describes his occupation as Traveller and I think this is what he was - not literally in the Gypsy sense - but someone who liked to move around.

I don’t know a lot about him really but I will try to construct a story out of the few facts I have.  And maybe more have come to light since I last looked.