If you press the keys enough times, you get what you're looking for. My 4xgreat-grandfather's half-aunt Gwenllian is born in 1751 in Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. I traced one of her descendants down to 1992 in Penzance, Cornwall and then the entire line died out, shut down.
She marries Richard William and her eldest likely child is Jennet William born 1772 in Cadoxton-juxta-Neath about whom we knew nothing. Five other children can be deduced from naming patterns in the family, including Anthony, born 1774.
This evening I decided to look for all children of baby Anthonys born to mother named Jennet, and I rapidly found one! Anthony Phillip born 1807 in Merthyr Tydfil, who dies the following year. A marriage is found for his parents Jennet WILLIAMS and Thomas Phillip, and the register even says the bride was from NEATH.
I now realise I could have got this by purely searching through all Jennet marriages in Glamorgan (again), as the 'Neath' part has now been transcribed. But it was more pleasant to go through the route above described. Jennet in addition has children named Richard and Gwenllian who would be her parents, plus Catherine which was another family name.
Once again the line glimmers to a halt in places with her eldest son (a mine overlooker), having a granddaughter who is unmarried and living at The Bungalow, Gold Hill, Chalfont St Peter as a journalist on the eve of World War One, Miss Jessie Phillips.
Great to have a new lead to follow on this line.
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