David's wife Anne passed away of old age in February 1861 - although Anne's place of death was given as Pentrebach, David's address was given as Fronbedr, a large farm associated with his father and located on the road between Pentrebach and Lampeter (Fronbedr is clearly seen on this map, next to the "Urban" of "Lampeter Urban"). 

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By 1867, David was living with his son Thomas at Ffynnonlas, "blue well", near to Green Well. This was located just off the main road that passes through Pentrebach. In fact, David's location in 1871 was variously given as Green Well, Pentrebach and Ffynnonlas, depending on the source you look at [10] [11] [12] [13].

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However, a view of this map in 1888 and this map in 1900 gives us a clue to this seeming disparity - the two maps show that Ffynnonlas and Green Well seem to occupy the same spot, just south of Myrtle Hill, to the east of Pentrebach. The similarity in names (blue well vs green well) also suggest they may have been one and the same place (blue and green often having overlaps in language), or at least next to each other.

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After his death and burial at St Peter's Church in Lampeter in April 1871, David's will was proved by his daughter Mary, the executrix of his will. David had written the will four years earlier, in 1867 and in the will he made the following provisions [10]:

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1. Bequeathed 1 shilling to his son, Ebenezer Price. Although there is no basis in English law, the habit of bequesting 1 shilling to a family member was taken to demonstrate they were cut out of the will. Ebenezer had moved from Wales to London in the 1840s but the likely cause behind the snub was Ebenezer's serious legal issues. In 1857 he had fallen into bankruptcy but absconded and re-styled himself as Ebenezer Price Jones. In 1861, the law caught up with him and he was arrested for bankruptcy, failing to surrender himself to the bankruptcy court, embezzling with the intent to defraud and obtaining credit with the intent to defraud. He was subsequently sentenced to serve 18 months in prison [17] [18]. 

2. Bequeathed £20 to his son David, providing there was as much left in his estate when he died. £20 in 1871 was worth approximately what £3,000 would be worth today (2024).

3. Bequeathed £5 to his granddaughter Eliza in Newport - she was the daughter of David's eldest son John, who died in 1863.

4. Bequeathed 1 shilling to his son, Thomas Price however, this was unlikely to have been meant as a snub, as Thomas was also bequeathed half of all David's furniture and all his personal belongings. In this context, the 1 shilling likely represented that Thomas had otherwise been compensated with David's household and personal effects. 

5. Bequeathed to his daughter Mary half of his household furniture and all that had belonged to her mother.