John Reese

John Reese was born on February 10, 1666, in Llangyfelach (village), Swansea (county), Wales, the only child of Rhyss Reese and Catherine Hopkins. He married Jennet Williams in 1690 in Glamorgan, Wales. They had one child during their marriage. He died in 1720 in Llangyfelach, Wales, at the age of 53.

LLANGAFELACH, or LLANGYFELACH, a village, a parish, a sub-district, and a hundred in Glamorgan. The village stands near the river Tawe, the Swansea canal, and the Vale of Neath railway, 4 miles WNW of Llansamlet r. station, and 3½ N of Swansea; and has a fair on 1 March.