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Under their ancient local laws, the Welsh in the old coun- try, had good reason for keeping their pedigrees up-to-date. This was because fines and penalties could be levied on the distant relatives of guilty persons, if they were unable to pay. For instance, the "murder fine," (galnas), varied according to the status of the victim, and the murderer's kin to the fifth generation of his blood was liable for the pay- ment of the fine. But in case of a mere "insult fine," (sar- had), the offender's blood kindred was bound only to the third generation, or third cousins. Then, again, the Welsh were divided into two distinct classes, based upon "pedi- gree." There were the bonheddig, those having a pedigree, men with a lineage (nobilis) of the best strain,-pure Cymro on both sides, paternal and maternal, entirely free from bondsman's blood, and even of that of a foreigner, or alltud. Of such were the gentlemen of Wales. In the "lower class," was the taeog, the villain or the serf; the farm-hand and the yeoman, a freeholder without the re- quisite "pedigree," and these were the most privileged, the mab aillt, of the unpedigreed.
Generally, the pedigrees of Welsh and Irish families are as uninteresting as those of biblical characters, being only strings of names of successive heirs, or successors,
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without dates, places of habitation, or records of actions. But these following genealogies of a few of the pro- minent carly planters of the Welsh Tract depart from the ancient method, the usual heir to heir line, and show these particular Welshmen and Welshwomen, Quakers all, to have been of distinguished lineages, and connected by blood with some of the great historic families of England, and being educated, refined men and women, moving from the homes of their forefathers into the wilds of a new coun- try, and new experiences, they naturally brought their gene- alogies and family histories for the benefit of their deseend- ants. That these Welsh Quakers did bring their pedigrees with them, or in a few years sent home for them, is not singular either, because it is a fact that other immigrants in other parts of the new country did the same, that is when they had any they were proud of, or supposed was worthy of transmission. Therefore, these Welsh Friends were Penn's peers socially by birth, and were not obscure families to whom he had sold his land, under certain promises and conditions, which they clearly recalled, but which he pre- tended to forget, and certainly ignored, and did not keep.
Robert Owen, Evan Owen, Owen Owen, Jane Owen, wife of Hugh Roberts, and John Cadwalader, identified with "Merion in the Welsh Tract," it appears were lineally de- scended from the royal houses of France, England, and Wales, in the following lines, as may be seen in Dwnn's Welsh pedigrees, or "Visitations," and Dugdale's "Baronage of England."
1 .- HOWEL-DDA, King of all Wales, A. D. 948, had by his wife, Lady Jane, daughter of the Earl of Cornwall,
2 .- OWEN, Prince of South Wales, who had by his wife, Lady Angharad, daughter of Llewellyn ap Mervyn, Prince of Powys,
3 .- PRINCE EINION, eldest son, who m. Lady Nesta, daughter of the Earl of Devonshire, and had :
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4 .- TUDOR-MAWR., Prince of South Wales, who had by his wife, Lady Gwenlian,
5 .- RIIYS, Prince of South Wales, who had by his wife, Lady Gwladys, daughter of Rhiwlalon, Prince of Powis,
6 .---- GRIFFITH, Prince of South Wales, who had by his wife, Lady Gwenlian, daughter of Griffith ap Cynan, Prince of North Wales,
7 .- RIIYS, "Prince of South Wales," who, as "Lord Rhys," was the chief justice of South Wales (sec Burke's "Ancestry of the Royal House of Tudor"). He had by his wife, Lady Gwenlian, daughter of Madoc, feudal lord of Bromfield,
8 .- RIIY-GRYD, feudal lord of Yestradtywy. He m. Lady Joan, daughter of Richard de Clare*, fourth Earl of Hert- ford, &c., one of the celebrated twenty-five Sureties for the Magna Charta, 1215, and had :
9 .- RIIYS-MECHYLLT, feudal lord of Llandovery Castle, whose son,
10 .- RHYS-VAUGHN, was feudal lord of Yestradtywy. He m. Lady Gwladys, daughter and heiress of Griffith, feudal lord of Cymeydmaen, and had :
11 .- RHYS-GLOFF, who succeeded to the estate of his ma- ternal grandfather. He m. Lady Gwyrryl, daughter of Maelywn ap Cadwalader, and had:
12 .- MADOC, who had, by his wife Tanglwyst, daughter of Gronowy ap Einion,
13 .- ' 'RAHAIRK-GOCH, lord of Llyn, Grainianoc, and Penl-
*This RICHARD, Earl of Hertford, was the son of ROGER, third Earl of Hertford, second son of RICHARD, de Clare, created Earl of Hertford, son of Gilbert de Tonsburg, in Normandy, by his wife, Lady ADELIZA, daughter of Hugh de Monchi, 2d Count of Clermont, and his wife, Lady MARGUERITE, daughter of Hildwin IV., Count of Mont- didier, lord of Rameru, &c., and Count de Rouci, by his wife, ADELA, Countess de Rouci, daughter and heiress of Eblo I., Count of Rouci and Reims, and his wife, Lady BEATRIX, daughter of Rainier IV., eleventh Count of Hainault, by his wife, Princess HAVIDE, daughter of HUGH CAPET, KING OF FRANCE, 940-996.
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lech, who had by his wife, Lady Gwyrryl, daughter of Ma- doc ap Meirig,
14 .- DAVID-GOCH, lord of Penllech, in 1314. He m. Maud, daughter of David Lloyd ap Cyrveloc (see Browning's "Americans of Royal Descent," fourth edition, p. 95, for his pedigree), and had :
15 .- IEVAN, lord of Grainianoc and Penllech, in 1352. He m. Eva, daughter of Einion ap Celynnin, of Llwydiarth, Montgomeryshire, a lineal descendant of Bleddyn Cynfyn, king of Powis, 1046, and had:
16 .- MADOC, lord of Grainianoc, or Grainoc, whose son,
17 .- DEIKWS-DDU, had by his wife, Gwen, daughter of Ieva 1-ddu, a lineal descendant of Maelor-crwm, chieftain of the seventh Royal Tribe of Wales, in 1175,
18 .- EINION, lord of Grainoc, who m. Morvydd, daughter of Matw ap Llowarch, and had :
19 .- HOWEL, who m. Mali, daughter of Llewellyn ap Ievan, and had :
20 .- GRIFFITH, who m. Gwenlian, daughter of Einion ap Ievan Lloyd, and had :
21 .- LEWIS, lord of Yshute, who m. Ethli, or Ellan, daugh- ter of Edward ap Ievan, of Llanoddyn, parish Montgomery- shire, by his wife, Catharine v. Gryflyth Llewellyn Einion ap David, the feudal baron of Cryniarth, in Edermon, also of Royal Deseent, and had :
22 .- ROBERT, lord of Rhiwlas, who m. Gwyrryl, daughter of Llewellyn ap David, of Llan Rwst, in Denbighshire, and had :
23 .- EVAN ROBERT LEWIS, of Vron Goch farm, Merioneth, lord of Rhiwlas, by his wife Jane, five sons, Owen, Evan, John, Cadwalader, and Griffith. Of these:
1 .- OWEN AP EVAN, of Vron Goch farm, d. 1669, had by his wife, Gainor John,
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I .- ROBERT OWEN, 1657-1697, who m., 1678, Rebecca Humphrey (see below), and removed in 1690 to Merion, as mentioned elsewhere.t
II .- JANE OWEN, who m. Hugh Roberts*, the Friends' minister, and removed to Merion, as already mentioned, p. 96, &c.
III .- ELLEN OWEN, 1660-169-, who m. Cadwalader Thomas Hugh, of Kiltalgarth, Merioneth, and had:
JOHN CADWALADER, who m. at the Merion Meeting, 29 Dec., 1699, Martha Jones, see p. 74.
IV .- EVAN OWEN, a Welsh Tract land owner. V .- OWEN OWEN, a Welsh Tract land ower.
tAmong the prominent descendants of Robert and Rebecca Owen are: Mrs. Clement Acton Griscom, Mrs. J. C. W. Frishmuth, Mrs. Arthur V. Meigs, Mrs. Charles Williams, Mrs. Walter S. Wyatt, Mrs. Howard Wood, Alexander Biddle, Abraham L. Smith, Mrs. George M. Conarroe, Benj. Hayes Smith, Mrs. Lewis Allair Scott, Mrs. Moncure Robinson, Jr., Mrs. Eugene Blackford, Mrs. Arthur E. Poultney, John Barclay Biddle, Mrs. Andrew A. Blair, Alex. Williams Biddle, Jr., Charles Meigs Biddle, Arthur Biddle, Mrs. John B. Thayer, Mrs. Wil- liam D. Winsor, Mrs. William R. Philler, Mrs. Samuel Bettle, Mrs. Clement S. Phillips, Mrs. Daniel F. Shaw, Mrs. James D. Winsor, Alger- non S. Roberts, Mrs. Edward Browning, Sr., John Browning Clement, Thomas Allen Glenn, Mrs. Charles C. Royce, Thomas Dunlap, Jr., Marquise de Potesdad Fornari, Henry Williams Biddle, James Wilmer Biddle, Princess d'Aragon, Mrs. de Grasse Fox, Rodman Wister.
*Their son Roberts Roberts (sec p. 102), d. in Calvert Co., Md., 11 Nov. 1728. He m. secondly, 3 Dec. 1703, Priscilla, b. 21 Mar., 1681, d. 16 Apr. 1725, dau. of Richard and Elizabeth (Kensey) Johns, and hr I ten children by her. Of these :- Elizabeth m. Edward Parrish, Jr., see below; Isaac, b. 4 Feb. 1711, m. Hannah Paschall; Patience, b. 1 Feb. 1725, m. 1, Samuel Gray, m. 2, Isaac Howell; and
Richard Roberts, b. 21 Nov. 1706, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Tongue) Allen. Of their children :- Richard, b. 10 Apr. 1735, m. 29 May, 1770, Mary (Thomas) Harris (for descendants, see Mackenzie's "C. lonial Families," p. 438) ; Hugh, b. 26 Jan. 1745, m. Hannah West Moore; Elizabeth m. Thomas Tongue, and
Robert Roberts, b. 12 Jan. 1741-2, d. 18 June, 1791; m. 6 Apr. 1773, Catherine, dau. of David and Mary (Le Fèvre) Deshler, and had, Elizabeth, 1781-1868, m. 19 May, 1803, James Canby, 1781-1858, of Wilmington, Del. Issue.
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2 .- EVAN AP EVANt of Vron Goch farm, Merionetlishire, who had:
I .- THOMAS EVANS, # 1651-1738, removed to Gwynedd. II .- ROBERT EVAN. removed to Gwynedd, d. in 1738. III .- OWEN EVANS, 1659-1723, removed to Gwynedd. IV .- CADWALADER EVANS, 1664-1745, removed to Gwy- nedd in 1698. He m, Ellin, daughter of John Morris, of Bryn Gwyn, Denbighshire, by his wife, Ellin, daugh- ter of Ellis Williams, of Caifadog, also of Royal De- scent, and had :
SARAH EVANS, who m. at the Gwynedd Meeting, 11, 10mo. 1711, John Hank, of White Marsh, will dated 12 Dec. 1730, proved in May, 1731, and had besides other children :
1 .- JOHN HANK, JR., b. 1712, who sold his farm near Reading, Pa., in 1787, and removed eventually to Fayette Co., Ky., where his daughter, NANCY, m. Thomas Lincoln, and settled in Larue Co., Ky., and here was born their only child, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, twice President of the United States.
Edward and Elizabeth (Roberts) Parrish, aforesaid, had
John Parrish, who m. Mary, his cousin, dau. of Edward Roberts, p. 154 (son of Hugh Roberts, p. 103), and had Mary, m. Stephen Col- lins, and had Elizabeth m. Richard Bland Lee (son of Col. Henry Lee, and his wife Lucy Grymes, also of Royal Descent, see Browning's "Americans of Royal Descent," fourth edition, p. 724, and seventh edition, Pedigree CXIII), and had Zacchcus Collins Lee, who m, Martha A. Jenkins, and had Richard Henry Lee, only son, m. Isabella George Wilson, and had Richard H., J. Collins; Robert E., and Eliza- beth Collins Lee, of Baltimore.
Also descended from Ilugh and Jane Roberts are Henry C. Baird, Mrs. Louis Starr, and Mrs. Edward T. Canby.
¡Among his descendants are Allen Childs, Mrs. Levin Hill Jack- son, Miss Helen Erben, Jacob Sperry Willing, and John M. Whitall, Jr.
#Descended from Thomas Evans's son Hugh, and wife Lowry, are Mrs. Jawood Lukens, Mrs. Howard Comfort, Mrs. Robert R. Corson, Mrs. Geo. Mason Chichester, Mrs. Edgar W. Baird, and Mrs. Charles P. Keith.
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2 .- JANE HANK, who m. John Roberts, Jr., of "Wood- lawn," Penllyn, and had, JOB ROBERTS, of "Woodlawn," who m. Mary Naylor, and had JANE, who m. Charles Mather, of "Woodlawn," and had, SUSANNA MORRIS, who m. Samuel Jones Levick, of Philadelphia, for many years a well-known minister among Friends, and had, besides other children, LEWIS JONES LEVICK, of Bala, who m. Mary d'Invilliers, of Philadelphia and had Henry Lewis; Mary Sabina, wife of Winthrop C. Neilson; Louise Jamart, wife of George B. Atlee, and Suzanne.
The Humphreys family, Rowland Ellis, of "Bryn Mawr" farm, and Rebecca Humphreys, wife of Robert Owen, of Merion, were descended as follows from the Royal Houses of England and France.
1 .- HENRY III., KING OF ENGLAND, m. Lady Eleanor, daughter of Raymond de Berenger, Count of Provence, and had by her :
2 .- EDMUND, Earl of Leicester, lord high steward, who had by his second wife, Lady Blanche, widow of Henry I., of Navarre, and daughter of Robert, Count of Artois, second son of LOUIS VIII, King of France:
3 .- HENRY, Earl of Leicester and Lant aster, who m. Lady Maud, daughter of Sir Patrick de Chaworth, by his wife, Lady Isabel de Beauchamp, daughter of William, first Earl of Warwick, also of Royal Descent, and had :
4 .- LADY ELEANOR PLANTAGENET, who m. secondly (his second wife), Sir Richard Fitzalan, K. G., Earl of Arundel and Surrey, and had:
5 .- SIR RICHARD FITZALAN, K. G., Earl of Arundel, who had by his first wife, Lady Elizabeth de Bohun, daughter of William, first Earl of Northampton, K. G., also of Royal Descent:
6 .- LADY ELIZABETH FITZALAN, who had by her third husband, Sir Robert Goushill, Kt., of Hault Hucknell manor, Derbyshire :
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7 .- LADY JOAN GOUSIIILL, who m. Sir Thomas Stanley, K. G., Lord Stanley, lord chamberlain of England, and had :
8 .- LADY MARGARET STANLEY (her brother, Sir William, crowned Henry VII. on Bosworth Field), who had by her second husband (see Dugdale's "Baronage," vol. II., p. 248), Sir William Troutbeck, lord of Prynes Castle, Cheshire, who was slain in the battle of Bloreheath :
9 .- LADY JANE TROUTBECK (see Omerod's "Cheshire," · ol. II., Collins's "Peerage," III., p. 40), widow of Sir Wil- liam Boteler, who m. Sir William Griffith, lord of Penrhyn Castle, Caernarvonshire, chamberlain of North Wales, "made a Knight of the Bath on St. Andrew's Eve, 1489, at the coronation of Prince Arthur, and of his Bayne," and had :
10 .- SIR WILLIAM GRIFFITH, lord of Penrhyn Castle, knighted at Touraine, Christmas, 1513, "after the king came from mass, under the banner in the church"; chamberlain of North Wales, 1520. He had by his second wife, m. in 1522, Lady Jane, daughter of John Puleston, lord of Caornarvan Castle (see Dwnn's "Visitations of Wales," vol. II., 154-59, or Pedigree CXLIX) :
11 .- LADY SIBILL GRIFFITH, who m. Owen ap Hugh, of Bodeon, high sheriff of Anglesea in 1563, and 1580, d. 1613, and had:
12 .- JANE OWEN, who m. Hugh Gwyn, of Penarth, high sheriff of Caernarvonshire, in 1600 (see Dwnn's "Visita- tions of Wales," II. 172), and had :
13 .- SIBILL HUGH, who m. before 20 Sep. 1588, John ap Howel-goch, of Gadfa, Llanwddyn, Montgomeryshire, who was buried in the parish church, 24 July, 1636, and had :
14 .- ELIZABETH POWELL, who m. Humphrey ap Hugh Howel, of Llwyn-du, Llangelynin, in Merionethshire, d. 1664-5, and had:
1 .- OWEN HUMPHREY, of Llwyn-du, eldest son, 1625- 1699, a justice in 1678. He had by his wife Jane,
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REBECCA HUMPHREY, who m. in 1678, Robert Owen, of Vron Goch farm, and removed to Merion in 1690, as mentioned above.
2 .- SAMUEL HUMPIIREY, of Portheven, Merionethshire, who bought land in Haverford and removed here in 1683, but died in Wales. He m. in 1658, Elizabeth Rees, and had eight children,* who settled in Haverford with their mother.
3 .- JOHN HUMPHREY, who m. his cousin, Jane Humphrey (sister to Richard Humphrey, who was a Haverford land owner), and bought land in Haverford, and removed to it.
4 .- ANNE HUMPHREY, who m. Ellis ap Rees Lewis, or Ellis Price, of Bryn Mawr, in Merionethshire, 1649, also of Royal Descent, as explained in another page, and had:
ROWLAND ELLIS, 1650-1729, of "Bryn Mawr" farm, in the Welsh Tract. His daughter Eleanor, m. in 1715, John Evans,; of Gwynedd, also of Royal Descent as above.
5 .- DAUGHTER (name not preserved), m. Owen ap - and had the following children who removed to the Welsh Tract.
I .- ELIZABETH OWEN, second wife of "John Roberts, of Wayn Mill," Merion, d. 1703-4, who removed from Pen y Chyd, or Clwyd, in Denbighshire.
II .- JOHN OWEN, a land owner in Merion in 1683-1703. III .- JOSHUA OWEN, a land owner in Merion, unmar- ried in 1683-1703.
*One of his children, Daniel Humphreys, m. Hannah, daughter of Dr. Thomas Wynne, and from them descended Joshua Humphreys, & celebrated naval constructor, Mrs. Thomas Stewardson, William Penn Humphreys, &c.
Among their numerous prominent descendants are Mrs. John Henry Livingston, Gouveneur Morris Ogden, Mrs. Alfred T. Mahan, Glendower Evans, Howland Evans, Allen Evans, Edmund Cadwalader Evans, Hartman Kuhn Evans, Mrs. Charles Mather, Mrs. Franklin T. Haines, William Elbert Evans, Mrs. Henry S. Huidekoper, William W. Erwin, Manlius Glendower Evans, Cadwalader Evans Ogden, David B. Ogden, Cadwalader Evans, &c.
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John Bevan, another of the prominent Welsh Tract land owners and settlers, also had ancient and distinguished line- age; one of his ancestral lines showing his lineal descent from kings of England and France, as follows :
1 .- HENRY III., KING Of ENGLAND, had :
2 .- EDMUND, Earl of Leicester, who had:
3 .- HENRY, Earl of Leicester, who had:
4 .- LADY ELEANOR PLANTAGENET, who m. secondly (as in the "Humphrey" Royal Descent, above), Sir Richard Fitz- alan, K. G., Earl of Arundel and Surrey, and had:
5 .- JOHN FITZALAN, Lord Maltravers, second son, d. 15 Dec. 1379. He m. Lady Eleanor Maltravers, d. 20 Jan. 1405, granddaughter and sole heir to John, Lord Maltravers, and had :
6 .- JOHN FITZALAN, feudal lord of Arundel, heir, but d. v. p. His youngest son, brother to the twelfth Earl of Arundel,
7 .- SIR THOMAS FITZAL.'N, Knt., m. Lady Katherine, daughter of Sir John Dynham, and sister to Sir John, Lord Dynham, K. G., and had :
8 .- LADY ELEANOR FITZALAN, who m. Sir Thomas Browne, treasurer of the household to King Henry VI., and had :
9 .- SIR ANTHONY BROWNE, standard-bearer to King Henry VII., whose daughter,
10 .- LADY ELIZABETH BROWNE, m. Henry Somerset, second Earl of Worcester, d. 26 Nov. 1549, and had :
11 .- LADY ELEANOR SOMERSET, who m. Sir Roger Vaug- han, Knt., of Porthaml, Talgarth, Glamorganshire, and had :
12 .- WATKIN VAUGHAN, of Porthaml, Talgarth, who m. Joan, daughter of Evan ap Gwilim Yohan, of Peytyn Gwyn, and had :
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13 .- SIR WILLIAM VAUGHAN, of Porthaml, Talgarth, Knt., d., 1564, who m. Catharine, daughter of Jenkin ap Havard, of Tredomen, and had:
14 .- CATHARINE VAUGIIAN, who m. David ap Evan, of Neath, high sheriff of Glamorganshire, in 1563, and had :
15 .- MARY DAVID EVAN (widow of Edward Tuberville, of Sutton), who m. secondly, Thomas Basset, of Miscin, and had :
16 .- CATHARINE BASSET, who m. Richard ab Evan, of Col- lenna, Glamorganshire, and had:
17 .- JANE EVANS, who m. Evan ab John, of Treverigg, Llantrisant parish, Glamorgan, and had :
18 .- JOHN BEVAN (John ab Evan), who removed from Treverigg, in 1683, to the Welsh Tract, with his wife, Bar- bara Awbrey, and family .*
Edward Rees, and his sisters, Hannah, wife of Rees John William, or Rees Jones, and Jane, wife of Cadwalader Mor- gan, all of "Merion in the Welsh Tract," were also of dis- tinguished ancestry through their father's family, as fol- lows:
1 .- JOHN, KING OF ENGLAND, had by his second wife, Lady Isabella Taillefer, daughter of Ademar, Count of An- gouleme.
2 .- LADY ELEANOR PLANTAGENET, who m. secondly, Si- mon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, and had,
3 .- LADY ELEANOR DE MONTFORT, who m. Llewellyn Gryf- fyth, Prince of North Wales, and the last sovereign Prince
*Among the prominent descendants of John Bevan are John W. Jordan, LL.D., Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker, Annesley R. Govett, Mrs. John Thomas Bell, Charles W. Sparhawk, Mrs. Duncan L. Buzby, Mrs. Thomas MeKean, Mrs. Arthur Dudley Cross, of San Francisco; James Aull, Walter Bevan, Henry Clay Pennypacker, Henry Clay Bevan, Aubrey Bevan, Robert Annesley Govett, Isaac R. Pennypacker, Francis Jordan, Jr., Walter Jordan, William E. Bevan, and Andrew J. Bevan, Francis K. Wainwright, Clement R. Wainwright.
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of all Wales, killed on 11 Dec. 1232, son of Llewellyn the Great, and had,
4 .- LADY CATHERINE, heiress, who m. Philip ap Ivor, lord of Iscoed, in Cardigan, and had,
5 .- LADY ELEANOR, heiress, who m. Thomas ap Llewellyn Owen, of Trefgarned, lord of South Wales, and had,
6 .- LADY ELEANOR, co-heiress, who m. (sce Burke's "Royal Families," vol. 1. Ped. LII), Gryffyth Vychan, fourth lord of Glyndyfrdwy, whose descent from Bleddyn Cynfyn, King of Powys, 1016, is in Ped. CX. Burke's "Royal De- scents," and "Royal Families," II. p. LXI, see also Lloyd's "History of Powys Fadog," vol. IV. 118, and had,
7 .- TUDOR AP GRYFFYTH VYCHAN, lord of Gwyddelwern, killed 15 May, 1405, brother to the celebrated Owen Glen- dower. He m. Maud, daughter of Ieuf Howel ap Adar, and had,
8 .- LADY LOWRY TUDOR, heiress, who m. Gruffydd ap Einion, of Cors y Gedol, Merionethshire, and had,
9 .- ELLISSAU AP GRUFFYDD, who m. Margaret, daughter of Jenkin ap Ievan (also descended from Kings of England), and his wife, Leiki, daughter of Llewellyn ap Edneyfed, of Sonby, in Maelor, and had,
10 .- LOWRY, who m. Reinaullt Gruffydd ap Rhys, of Bra- nas Uchaf, Llan Drillo Plas Ynghrogen (see Dwnn's "Visi- tations of Wales," II. 126), and had,
11 .- MARY, who m. Robert Lloyd, of Gwern y Brechtwyn, and Glanllyn, also of Royal Descent, and had,
12 .- THOMAS LLOYD, 1520-1612, of Nant y Friar, who m. Catherine, daughter of Robert ap Griffith, by his wife, Mar- garet, daughter of Cadwalader ap Rhys Lloyd, of Cydros, and had, Evan, 1555-1640, and
13 .- MARY LLOYD, who m. Richard, of Tyddyn Tyfod, Merioneth, and had,
14 .- RHYS AP RICHARD, whose son,
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15 .- GRIFFITHI AP RIIYS, of Tyddyn Tyfod, was the father of
16 .- RICHARD PRESS, of Glanlloidiogin, Llanfawr parish, Merionethshire, will dated 26 Jan. 1685-6, proved at St. Asaph registry, in 1686. His daughter,
1 .- HANNAH PRICE, b. 1656, who was mentioned with her children in her father's will. She m. Rees ap John ap William, or Rees Jones, who d. in Merion, 26, 11mo. 1697. Their children assumed "Jones" as their surname .*
2 .- EDWARD REES, of Merion, 1682.
3 .- JANE, wife of Cadwalader Morgan, of Merion, 1683.
The above pedigree is partly made up from a quaint let- ter, extant but undated, and unsigned, but apparently writ- ten by a friend, or relative in Wales to Edward Prees, or a member of his family, who had curiosity about his fore- fathers. Much of it is faded and undecipherable.
"My old friend, Edward Prees, hath w in his letter to Thomas Lloyd, requesting to send him some intelligence of his Pedigree. I know but little thereof at this time but give him this much while he stays for more. Edward Prees son of Richard son of Griffith son of Re no more than this of his Father's side these were own of that Land where you have seen William ap Robert and the name of that land is Tyddin Tyfod. And the mother of Rees Princhard was Mary the D Thomas son of Robert David Lloyd the son of D Vaughan son of
*Their daughter, Lowry Jones, 1682-1762, m. first, Robert Lloyd, of Merion, d. 1714, and was the third wife of Hugh Evans, of Merion, 1682-1772 (also of Royal Descent), m. 13 Feb. 1716, by whom she had Susanna Evans, 1719-1801, who m. 30 May, 1740, Owen Jones, Sr., of Merion, 1711-1793, also of Royal Descent (an ancester of Mr. Rodman Wister of Philadelphia), son of Johnathan Jones, of Merion, 1680-1770 (and grandson of Dr. Edward Jones, of Merion, and greatgrandson of Dr. Thomas Wynne of Merion), and his wife, m. at the Merion Meeting, 4 Oct. 1705, Gainor Owen, daughter of Robert Owen and Rebecca (both of Royal Descent), of Merion, their daughter, Hannah Jones, 1749-1829, m. 1779, Amos Foulke, 1740-1791, of Philadelphia, also of Royal Descent, Issue.
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Griffith son of Evan Son of
Ierwith the son of Madock
Madock the son of Flidd of Glan y Llyn
the: > followed further by Ann John Vaughan of Mein y
.The mother of Mary the daughter of Thomas lloyd of Gwern y Brychdwyn was Catharine the daughter of Robert the son of Griffith the son of Coch the son of Ddu the son of David the son of Einion the son of Canwrig Vanghan the son of Canwrig the son of IIeilin the son of Tyvid the son of Tago the son of Ystwyth the son of Marchwyth the son of Marcheithian of the fifteen tribes of Gwynedd North Wals from the Lord Is Aled.
The mother of Catharine vch Robert was Margaret the daughter of Cadwallader son of Rees Lloyd of Cydros line- ally descending from Enion Ardudwy, the mother of Rob- ert the son of Griffith was married the daughter of Tudor the son of Ewan lloyd of the Upper Plasin Llanfair. The mother of Griffith the son of Evan the son of Coch was Gwenhwyfir the daughter of Thomas David of the Court in Fenel Hill.
Lineally ing from the Lady Dulas Gray. The
mother as, the son of Robert Lloyd of Gwern Bry-
chwyn the dau of Raynold, the son of Griffith the of Upper Branas, the mother of Richard Griffith llian, the daughter of Rees of the House where wen Lived."
The brothers Charles Lloyd, (who did not come over), and Thomas Lloyd, the deputy-governor, large land owners in the Welsh Tract, also had remarkable ancestry, in part as follows,
1 .- EDWARD I., KING OF ENGLAND, had by his second wife, Princess Margaret, daughter of PHILIP III., KING OF FRANCE,
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