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Reifsnyder-Gillam 
 Ancestry* 
 
 Edited by 
 
 THOMAS ALLEN GLENN, 
 
 Member of the Historical and Genealogical Societies 
 of Pennsylvania, etc. 
 
 at the request of 
 
 HOWARD REIFSNYDER, Esq. 
 
 of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
 
 
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prefacj^. 
 
 In the following- pag-es an attempt is made to g:ive a concise 
 account of those families, more or less allied by ties of blood and 
 marriagfe, from which Howard Reifsnyder and his wife, Hannah 
 Gillam, descend. It so happened that both are almost entirely of 
 Pennsylvania ancestry, with the exception that the Duncan and 
 Wing: families tarried for a brief space in Rhode Island, and a sus- 
 picion of New York Holland blood in one line, and a New Jersey 
 strain in another. However, the lineagfe presented is essentially 
 Pennsylvanian, and illustrates the make-up of the average citizen 
 of this State. 
 
 The data presented is merely a dig^est of an immense collection 
 of material gfathered from various sources by Mr. Reifsnyder 
 during: the past few years. In every case the dates here given are 
 from the manuscripts placed in the hands of the editor, and it has 
 been thought best not to translate these to a uniformity of expres- 
 sion, but to give them as they stand of record in the original manu- 
 scripts, in order to avoid unnecessary dangler of error. 
 
 So far as possible the editor has verified the lines g-iven and the 
 evidence presented for the various definite statements made, but he 
 does not hold himself responsible, in all cases, for the absolute 
 accuracy of dates given taken from sources which are supposed to 
 be authentic, or for the accurate transcription of others. The pedi- 
 gfrees here printed of the families of Reifsnyder, Longacre, Ellis, 
 Evans, Humphreys, Plantagenet, Hallowell, Roberts, Lloyd and 
 allied lines, are, however, the individual work of the editor, and he 
 holds himself strictly accountable for their absolute accuracy, bar- 
 ring: any typog-raphical errors which, despite care, may occur. No 
 systematic arrangement of the book on the usual plan of editorial 
 uniformity and the numbering; of individuals has been attempted. 
 
 THOMAS ALLEN GLENN. 
 
05 
 
 I. JOHANNES REIFSCHNEIDER (or Reiff- 
 schneider) was born in Germany, about J 695- 1700, and 
 came to Pennsylvania, with his brother Sebastian, in com- 
 pany with Johannes Philip Boehm, in or about the year 
 1720. Boehm was originally a schoolmaster and fore- 
 singer in Worms, and in 1717 he held the same position 
 in the village of Lambsheim, near Frankenthal, from 
 which place he came to Pennsylvania, where he com- 
 menced to teach near the ** Swamp,^^ Philadelphia (now 
 Montgomery) County, and, shortly after, was appointed 
 reader for the '^religious meeting^' in that neighborhood. 
 
 *^ When the Rev. George Michael Weiss arrived in 
 this country, September 21, 1727, he found John Philip 
 Boehm preaching and laboring here without license and 
 ordination, to which he seriously objected. So well 
 satisfied were the people with Mr. Boehm's ministrations 
 that they petitioned the Classis of Amsterdam, at New 
 York, in regard to the matter. The petition is dated 
 July, 1728, and sets forth the following: 
 
 '''We, the undersigned elders and deacons of the 
 Reformed Christian congregations, at Falkner Schwamp, 
 
 ' Johannes and Sebastian Reifschncider w^ere either the grandsons or very near 
 relatives of Zacharias Reifschneider, of Birrstein, Isenberg, Prussia, where the 
 family existed from a very early period, and from which town it scattered over 
 Germany, branches settling at Nuremburg, Worms and other places. The name 
 is variously spelled, at different periods and in various towns : Reilfschneider, 
 Reifsnitzer, Reifnitzer, Reifnider, etc. It is know^n that descendents of Zacharias 
 Reifschneider, of Birrstein, came to Pennsylvania a few years prior to Johannes 
 and Sebastian and settled near their subsequent homes, but the destruction of the 
 records in Isenberg by the Thirty Years War has rendered it impossible to prove 
 the exact relationship existing or to give a further account of the family. Their 
 name and arms appear, however, in a collection of arms of German families, 
 compiled during the latter part of the seventeenth century, and the family was 
 once numbered amongst the lesser nobility of Germany, 
 
Schip Bach and Whit Marche^ find ourselves, in the 
 name of our congregations, constrained and obliged in 
 the last degree to have recourse to your reverend body, 
 to lay before you the hardships and perplexity of ourselves 
 and our congregations, and to entreat you to afford us 
 your Christian aid in the way of relief for our peace and 
 the upbuilding of the Reformed religion in this far-off 
 province of the world. 
 
 ** * At least as early as the year 1720 there came over 
 to us John Philip Boehm, who, according to his testi- 
 monials, had faithfully exercised the office of schoolmaster 
 and foresinger in Worms, a city of Germany, for about 
 seven years in succession, and was compelled by the 
 persecutions of the Papists to flee the country ♦ Soon 
 after his arrival some of the neighbors established a 
 religious meeting, and John Philip Boehm was appointed 
 as reader. He maintained the ministry of the Word, to 
 the best of his ability and to the great satisfaction of the 
 people for five years, without receiving any compensation. 
 
 ^^^Our three still small and poor congregations of 
 Falkner^s Schwamp, Schip Bach and Whit Marche, of 
 which the greatest is composed of only twenty-four 
 males, the second of about twenty, and the least of not 
 more than fourteen, are spread out for more than sixty 
 English miles from each other, and full one hundred and 
 seventy distant from New York. 
 
 ** * The most of those among us being ignorant and 
 needy, and daily subject to solicitations from others, it is 
 absolutely impossible for us to provide a minister with a 
 fixed salary, and this the more because at the time when 
 Mr. Boehm undertook the service we were entirely with- 
 out the means.' '^ 
 
 The Classis declared that Mr. Boehm's work was 
 in the line of duty, and he was ordained to the office of 
 the holy ministry on November 23, J 729, in the city of 
 New York, by a committee appointed by the Classis of 
 
Amsterdam. Rev. John Philip Boehm continued as 
 a minister to the congregations in the neighborhood of 
 Falkner^s Swamp until his death at Hellertown, now 
 Lehigh County^ April 29, 1 749* Nearly all of his records 
 and papers were destroyed by fire. 
 
 After Boehm was ordained, it appears that Johannes 
 Reifschneider took his place as schoolmaster at the 
 " Swamp/' for Boehm writes to Holland, in making his 
 report of the affairs of the Dutch Reformed Church, 
 in February, 1729: ^^My congregation at Falkner 
 Schwamp is well supplied by the schoolmaster, Johannes 
 Reifschneider, and at Philadelphia is one named Johan- 
 nes Berger . ♦ ♦ . but neither can live from the 
 office for the reason that the people in this country 
 (except in Philadelphia and Germantown, where they 
 live close together) are scattered over a large territory, 
 and not enough children can be brought together to 
 yield a living for the schoolmaster/' 
 
 We find, therefore, that Johannes Reifschneider com- 
 bined teaching with farming, and that, in 1 742, he was a 
 tenant on J 00 acres of land in McCalFs Manor (Douglass 
 Township), Philadelphia County. Here he lived with 
 his son Philip prior to the latter's marriage. Johannes 
 Reifschneider did not acquire any real estate, and no will 
 or administration can now be found. He is presumed 
 to have died about 1769. The name of his wife is un- 
 known. 
 
 Children of Johannes Reifschneider:' 
 
 J. Philip, probably baptized Johannes Philip; of 
 ivhom presently* 
 
 ' The other children of Johannes Reifschneider were, probably : George, of 
 Ruscomb-Manor Township, Berks County, John William, who married, 1746, 
 Eva Catharine Schweinhard, and was living, 1752, in McCall's Manor, on a farm 
 adjoining his father, called William, Johan or Johannes, of Reading, Berks 
 County. It may be noted here that it was usual for the Germans at that time to 
 call several sons by the first name of John or Johannes, viz : John William, John 
 Philip, John George, etc. 
 
II. PHILIP REIFSCHNEIDER, son of Johannes 
 (John), the schoolmaster, was born, about 1 720, probably 
 in New Hanover Township, Philadelphia (now Mont- 
 gomery) County, and, as his father came to Pennsylvania, 
 about J 720, with Johannes Philip Boehm, schoolmaster, 
 afterwards a clergyman of the Reformed Dutch Church, 
 there is little doubt but that Philip was named in honor 
 of his father^s friend and companion. 
 
 As a young man Philip Reifschneider resided with his 
 father in that part of McCall's Manor which was subse- 
 quently included in Douglass Township, and here, 
 about 174i-2,he married Susanna Hoffman (?). 
 
 William, their eldest son, was born J 744, Philip 
 having before that date removed within the line of Bucks 
 County, probably Miford Township, where, in \ 746 f his 
 second son, Johannes, was born. 
 
 J 8 January, 1752, Philip Reifschneider obtained a 
 warrant for a tract of land in Lower Saucon Township, 
 then in Bucks County, but which was erected into North- 
 ampton County March \ 1th of the same year. The said 
 tract of land, upon survey, was found to contain 163^ 
 acres, the original warrant calling for a much less quantity, 
 the addition being overplus, due to error in first survey. 
 
 Upon this tract Philip Reifschneider erected a substan- 
 tial house and barns, and here he continued to reside 
 during nearly all of the remainder of his life. His name 
 appears upon the Lists of Taxables of Lower Saucon 
 Township, Northampton County, 1762 (first tax roll 
 extant for that county) and for subsequent years. In 
 1764 and other years he is rated at over 100 acres of land, 
 of which about 50 acres are said to be under cultivation. 
 He owned two horses, cattle and sheep. 
 
 William Reifschneider, eldest son of Philip, first ap- 
 pears upon the List of Taxables of Lower Saucon 1 768-9, 
 and the tax lists show that he lived with his father until 
 1782, and later, having been married some years before 
 
(about 1765 or earlier). In 1785 William Reifschneider 
 (or Reiffschneider) removed to Durham Township, Bucks 
 County, and is there taxed in J 787, and was in Williams 
 Township, 1 788 ; but soon after he went to Berks County, 
 where he settled in the Township of Ruscomb- Manor, 
 in which township he died, as will presently appear, 
 
 Philip Reifschneider lived, for a brief time, with his 
 son William, in Durham Township, about J 789, but re- 
 turned to Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County, 
 where he died. The early records of Northampton 
 County are very imperfect, and little information can be 
 gleaned from them, but from those existing he appears to 
 have been a man of substantial standing, and his real and 
 personal property compares favorably with that of his 
 neighbors. 
 
 In 1 793, being at that time described as of Lower 
 Saucon Township, in the County of Northampton, and 
 State of Pennsylvania, by deed dated 16 March, 1793, 
 acknowledged 30 March, J 793, and recorded 8 October, 
 J 793, in Deed Book H-I, page 381, at Easton, Pennsyl- 
 vania, the said Philip Reifschneider granted and conveyed 
 to one Jacob Mast, of Lower Saucon, Weaver, in fee, for 
 and in consideration of the sum of ^300, and also ** for 
 other good causes, &c., him especially moving,'^ the said 
 plantation in Lower Saucon Township, Northampton 
 County, Pennsylvania, consisting of one certain tract or 
 piece of land situate as aforesaid and adjoining lands 
 belonging late to Proprietary Manor, now Peter Leith, 
 and to land belonging to Christopher Rauch, and land 
 late William Deel (Diehl), now Widow Sterner, and to 
 land belonging to Adam Romich, and to land belonging 
 to Jacob Koch, and by land belonging to George Rust, 
 and by land belonging to late Frederick Heimer, and 
 now to George Darr, 163^^ acres of land, be the same 
 more or less, being the same premises which was, by 
 a certain Proprietary Warrant, dated 18 January, 1752, 
 
 ^ 
 
granted and conveyed unto the said Philip Reifsnyder 
 (Reifschneider in fee. 
 
 As his wife, Susanna, does not ioin in the above 
 cited deed, it might be inferred that she was then dead : 
 but this is not certain, as many deeds were thus imper- 
 fectly drawn at this time and there may have been a separate 
 release of dower. Moreover, I find that a Susanna Reif- 
 snyder (Reifschneider), widow, apparently aged, died in 
 this locality in September, 1817, and that letters of ad- 
 ministration were granted upon her estate, 12 September, 
 1817, to Henry Jacoby. Philip Reifschneider died before 
 21 February, 1803. In 1803 William Reifschneider. of 
 Ruscomb-Manor Township, in the County of Berks, 
 only (surviving) son of Philip Reifsnyder, late of Lower 
 Saucon Township, in the County of Northampton, de- 
 ceased, by indenture 21 February, 1803, recorded at 
 Easton, Pennsylvania, released unto Jacob Mast, of 
 Lower Saucon. all of his right, title and interest (of the 
 said William Reifschneider aforesaid) of, and in the estate 
 of Philip, his father, by the following indenture : 
 
 Know All Men by these presents that I "William Reifshneider 
 of Roscamcanon township in the county of Berks in the State of 
 Pennsylvania^ one of the sons only son of Philip Reifshneider late 
 of Lower Saucon township County of Northampton yeoman 
 Deceased, Doth hereby acknowIedg:e that I tia.ve this Day had and 
 Received of Jacob Mast of Lower Saucon township County of 
 Northampton aforesaid the sum of Fifty nine Pounds, 7 sh. 4^4 
 pr. in full satisfaction and payment of all such sum or sums of 
 money leg^acies and bequests comings and due to me out of the 
 estate of my father Philip Reifsheider Deced. and all Interest 
 thereupon and therefore I the said William Reifshneider for myself 
 my Heirs executors administrators Do by these presents release 
 acquit and forever dischargee the said Jacob Mast his Heirs execu- 
 tors and administrators of and from all le§:acy or legacies and from 
 all actions suits payments accounts reckonin§fs claims and Demands 
 whatsoever for or by reason thereof or of any other act matter cause 
 or thing whatsoever from the Beginning of the World to the Day of 
 
the Date of these presents and especially of every demand whatso- 
 ever out of my fathers Estate, 
 
 In Witness "Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and 
 seal this 21 Day of February Anno Domini, 1503. 
 
 William Recffshneider LS. 
 
 In the presence of: — 
 
 Daniel Kliest 
 Frederic Mohr Junr. 
 
 Ack. 21 February, 1503. 
 
 Recorded 26 Sept., 1503, in Deed Book G. 2 
 553, Easton, Penna, 
 
 Children of Philip and Susanna Reitschneider: 
 
 1. William, b. 15 October, 1744; of 'whom presently. 
 
 2. Johannes, b., 1746 ; baptized at New Goshen- 
 
 hoppen Church, August 23, 1 74b: sponsor, 
 Johannes Hoffman; died young. 
 
 III. WILLIAM REIFFSCHNEIDER, son of 
 
 Philip' and Susanna, was born in Bucks County, Penn- 
 sylvania, 15 October, 1744;- died in Ruscomb-Manor 
 Township, Berks County.' 
 
 He lived with his father in Lower Saucon Town- 
 ship, Northampton Count>% until when he removed to 
 Durham Township, Bucks County, where he is taxed 
 in 1787. and was in Williams Township, in the same 
 county, 1785, but soon after removed to Ruscomb-Manor, 
 where, perhaps, his uncle resided. 
 
 ' Deed Book G, 2, 553, Easton, Pennsylvania (Oiiice of Recorder of Deeds). 
 
 - Family Bible of William Reiffschneider — " The Entire Holy Scripture, 
 Translated by Dr. Martin Luther, with Explanations furnished by F. Battier and 
 L. Gernler, with Privilege and Approbation. Basel, at the Brothers E. and F. 
 R. Thumeysen, 1720." Title in German, of which above is a translation. 
 
 ^ Sec will, infrd. 
 
8 
 
 William Reiffschneider was a man of considerable 
 
 means. He was twice married ; first to Susanna' , 
 
 and married, secondly,, after 1788, Margaret , who 
 
 survived him. 
 
 In the name of God Amen. I, William Reifschncidcr, of 
 Roscommon Township, in the County of Berks and State of 
 Pennsylvania, Yeoman, tho*, being- of sound mind, memory and 
 understanding; and considering the uncertainty of this transitory 
 life, have thought fit to make this my last will and testament in 
 manner following, that is to say, first, I recommend my soul into 
 the hands of God and my body I recommend to the earth and, 
 respecting- the worldly estate and effects, wherewith it has pleased 
 God to bless me, I dispose of them in the following manner, that 
 is to say it is my will that my just debts and funeral expenses be 
 paid by my executors hereinafter nam.ed, all my moveables and 
 effects outstanding debts and further personal property are to be 
 left in the hand of beloved wife Margareth, as long as she re- 
 mains my widow, and until my young:est surviving child become 
 of ag:e ; and it is likewise my will, that my said wife remain in 
 full possion of my plantation untill she marries again, or the 
 youngest child becomes of age, and in case my said wife does not 
 marry again and the youngest child becomes of age, then my 
 whole estate, real and personal shall or may be sold by my 
 executor and shall be equally divided between my said wife and 
 my youngest son, Joseph. But to the children of my first wife 
 I give and bequit to any one of them, one dollar for his shear. 
 Madlena, and Cadrine, and Mary, and Lisbat, Philip, Rachael and 
 Jacob and John and Abraham and Mosis and Isick, every one 
 shall have his Dollar out of my estate. But in case my widow, 
 shall marry again, then and in such case my personal estate only 
 is to be sold and my said widow is to receive her portion as the 
 law Directs, and no more, and my real estate is to be sold only at 
 that time aforementioned, viz., when my youngest son, Joseph, 
 comes of age. And I herewith bequeath all my estate, and the 
 remainder thereof unto my said youngest son Joseph, and to his 
 heirs and assigns forever. And I do hereby nominate my beloved 
 wife Margareth, executor of this my last will and testament ; 
 and likewise appoint my said wife Margareth Sole guardian of 
 my son Joseph. 
 
 ' Family Bible cited. 
 
In witness whereof, I, "William Reiffschneider the testator, 
 have hereunto set my hand and seal the 28 day of February, 
 in the year of our Lord one thousand eigfht hundred and ten. 
 
 WILLIAM REIFFSHNEIDER [LS.]. 
 
 Sigfned, sealed, published and declared by "William Reiff- 
 shneider the testator as and for his last "Will and Testament in 
 the presence of us, who, at his request and in the presence of each 
 other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto. 
 Johannes Schlegel. 
 Benjm. Parks. 
 
 Proved 25 September, 1 31 9; at Reading;. 
 
 Children of William and Susanna Reiff= 
 Schneider :• 
 
 1. Magdalena, b. 2 May, 1767. 
 
 2. Katarina, b. 11 September, 1765. 
 
 3. Anna Maria, b. 21 March, 1770. 
 
 4. Elizabeth, b. 27 Au§:ust, 1 771. 
 
 5. Philip, b. 27 November, 1772. 
 
 6. Rachael, b. 24 November, 1774. 
 
 7. Jacob, b. 14 April, 1776^ 
 
 5. Johannes, b. 23 December, 1778. 
 
 9. Abraham, b. 14 February, 1750. 
 
 10. Susanna, b. 4 May, 1782. 
 
 n. Moses, b. 4 September, 1785. 
 
 J 2. Isaac, b. 6 February, 1788; of ivhom presently. 
 
 Children of William and Margaret Reiff- 
 schneider:' 
 
 t3. Joseph, b. 29 November, 1796. 
 
 IV. ISAAC REIFFSCHNEIDER, son of 
 
 William and Susanna, born in Williams Township, 
 Bucks County, 6 February, 1788^ died in Frederick 
 Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 23 
 October, 1866. Will dated \9 November, 1863; proved 
 28 November, 1866.^ Buried at St. James Church, 
 Limerick Centre. 
 
 ^ Family Bible. 
 
 -Ibid. 
 
 3 Ibid. 
 
 * Will Book I J, 451, Norristown. 
 
lO 
 
 The Family Bible, which is the '' Basle Bible/' be- 
 fore mentioned, and which he left to his daughter. Me- 
 linda B., states that Isaac Reiffschneider was baptized (no 
 date was given) and that his mother was sponsor ; also 
 that he was confirmed by Rev. John D. Faber. 1805. He 
 removed from Ruscomb-ManorTownship. Berks County, 
 when his father died, to Upper Hanover Township, 
 Montgomery County, where he was living 1815 to 1827.' 
 In 1832 he was living in Limerick' and removed to 
 Frederick Township, where he passed the remainder of 
 his life. He was quite a large landholder in Montgomery 
 County. Isaac Reiffschneider married, first, 30 December, 
 1810, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Longacre' (alias 
 Longenecker). of Limerick; she died 27 December, 
 1829;- buried at St. James Church, Limerick Centre; 
 he married, secondly, 12 April, 1831,- Deborah Bitting, 
 who died 2^ May, 1863/ 
 
 Children of Isaac and Elizabeth Reiffschneider. 
 
 1. Caroline, m. Jonas Shoemaker. 
 
 2. Amelia, m. William Gilbert. 
 
 3. Ferdinand Long^acre. 
 
 4. Israel Lon§:acre, b. 5, H, 1825; of 'whom presently. 
 
 5. Sarah, m. Albert Haldeman. 
 
 6. Lydia, m. Richard U. Saylor. 
 
 7. Magdelena, died young. 
 
 Children of Isaac and Deborah Reiffschneider. 
 
 8. Isaac J. B. 
 
 9. Melinda Bitting, m. Charles Fox. 
 
 10. Amanda Bitting, m. Jst, David Wood. 
 
 ' Deed of Record at NorristowQ. 
 
 ^Ibid. 
 
 Mbid. 
 
 * Family Bible. 
 
 ^Ibid. 
 
 '■ Ibid. The order of birtlis of children of Isaac may not be correct. 
 
 LONG ACRE FA_MJLY. The Longacre Family in Pennsylvania origi- 
 nated with Daniel Longacre, •%"ho came from the town of Crefeld, Germany, 
 his wife, being according to a family letter, named Klotz. He u-as a man of 
 
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 V^ 
 
 From the original blazon in a manuscript volume pr2ser\"ed in Germany and 
 compiled in the Seventeenth Century. The name w^as variously spelled: Long- 
 aker, Longenecker, Longacker and Longacre. 
 
II 
 
 V. ISRAEL LONQACRE REIFSNYDER, 
 
 son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Longacre), born at Limer- 
 ick Square, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, U 
 August, 1825 ; died in Philadelphia, 8 April, 1892. He 
 married Ellen, daughter of Amos Lewis Lukens (see 
 La kens). She was born at Prospectville, Montgomery 
 County, 27 September, 1834. 
 
 Children of Israel and Ellen Reifsnyder: 
 
 J. Howard, b. 19 March, 1869; of%hom presently* 
 
 VI. HOWARD REIFSNYDER, son of Israel L. 
 
 and Ellen, born 19 March, 1869; married 4,23, 1 89 1, 
 Hannah Gillam {see Gillam). She was born in Middle- 
 town Township, Bucks County, 21 March, 1869, 
 
 Children of Howard and Hannah Reifsnyder: 
 
 1. Howard, b. Philadelphia 19 February, J 892. 
 
 2. Henry Gillam, b. Philadelphia 6 January, 1895. 
 
 considerable education, and a Mennonite Minister. He arrived in Pennsylvania 
 about 1 71 7, and had a son, David Longacrc (together with sons Henry and 
 John), who settled in Upper Providence, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) 
 County, and died in 1776, leaving, by his wife, Barbara, a son, Henry Longacre, 
 of Limerick Township, Montgomery County, whose daughter Elizabeth, born 18 
 February, 1 791, married Isaac Reifsnyder. Her mother was Elizabeth Schell. 
 The will of David Longacre, of Providence, was signed 2 January, J 776 : proved 
 15 August, 1776 Q. 332, Phila. ). He had issue: David, Jacob, Henry (above 
 mentioned), Peter, Daniel, Isaac, John, Mary, Magdelen. Barbara, wife of 
 David Longacre, is supposed to have been sister of Jacob High. 
 
 The name is variously spelled Longacre, Longafcer, Longenecker, etc. The 
 first settlers signed their names Longacker and Longacre. See note under coat of 
 arms. 
 
^ixhi^n^. 
 
 I. JAN LUCKEN,' the ancestor of the Lukens 
 family in America^ was born in Crefeld-on-the-Rhine, 
 Germany, where his family had long occupied an honor- 
 able position, and came to Pennsylvania, via. England, 
 in the ship ** Concord,^^ which cleared from London, 24 
 July, 1683, and arrived at Chester, on the Delaware 
 River, October 6th, after a pleasant voyage of six weeks. 
 Among the passengers on the ^^ Concord ^^ were Thones 
 Kunders, William Streypers and Reynier Tyson, and 
 twenty-nine others, all of whom settled together in Ger- 
 mantown, being the founders of that place. Before leav- 
 ing Europe they had purchased, in Rotterdam, Holland, a 
 considerable tract of land to be laid out to them in Penn- 
 sylvania, and Francis Daniel Pastorius, noted for his 
 great learning, was one of the company, but had preceded 
 the *' Concord '^ in order to perfect arrangements for the 
 enterprise with William Penn. 
 
 Jan Lucken appears to have prospered greatly in 
 the New World, for he added considerably to his original 
 allotment of land, and, in 1709, he acquired a plantation of 
 500 acres in Towamencin Township, Philadelphia 
 County. He was chosen Constable for the corporation of 
 Germantown, 169J ; Burgess, 1694; Sheriff, 1695, and 
 Bailiff, 1 702 and 1 704, which would indicate that he was 
 a man of considerable education and much trusted by his 
 fellow-countrymen. The family had belonged to the 
 Mennonite Church, as appears by a copy of the first Bible 
 printed by the Mennonites on the press of Peter Sebastion, 
 in 1598, which was brought by Jan Lucken to Pennsyl- 
 vania, and which is still preserved in the family. Almost 
 
 'He spells his name Luckens in signature to will. 
 
13 
 
 all of these Germantown families, however, became 
 Friends, either immediately before or just after their 
 arrival here. He married, about 1683, Mary, sister of 
 his neighbor, Reynier Tyson (who died 1742), and died 
 at Germantown before 24 January, 1744. 
 
 Children of Jan and Mary Lucken: 
 
 1. Elizabeth, b. 1684; d.y. 
 
 2. Elase, b. 1686; m. 5, 29, 1706, John Conrad. 
 
 3. William, b. 12, 22, J 688; of %>hom presently, 
 
 4. Sarah, b. 1689; d. y. / 
 
 5. John, b. I69t; m. J2, 25, I7n, Margaret Custard. 
 
 6. Mary, b. 1693; m. J7I2, John Janett. 
 
 7. Peter, b. 1, 30, 1696; m. 10, 29, 17 J 3, Gainor Evans 
 
 8. Hannah, b. 1698; m. I7I6, Samuel Pastorius. 
 
 9. Mathias, b. 1700; m. I72J, Ann Johnson. 
 10. Abraham, b. J 703; m. first, Elizabeth; 
 
 m. secondly, 1729, Mary Maule. 
 J J. Joseph, b. J 705; m. 7, 30, J 728, Susanna Maule. 
 
 II. William Lucken,' son of Jan and Mary, born 
 12, 22, 1688; died 1739; was of Germantown. He mar- 
 ried, 9, 27, 1710, Elizabeth (b. 8,7, 1690; died 2, 16, 
 1765, daughter of Reynier and Ellin Tyson (see ^son)» 
 The will of William Lukens was proved at Philadelphia, 
 26 February, 1739-40 (Will Book F, 152). 
 
 Children of William and Elizabeth Lucken: 
 
 1. "Wil^nm; of %hom presently, 
 
 2. John. 
 
 3. Mary. 
 
 4. Sarah. 
 
 5. Reinear. 
 
 6. Matthew. 
 
 7. Jacob. 
 
 8. Elizabeth. 
 
 9. Joseph, b. 9, 3, 1735. 
 
 ' He spells his name Lucken in signature to will. 
 
14 
 
 III. WILLL-^M LUKENS, son of William and 
 Elizabeth (Luck2n). died April, 1803. H^ was of Hors- 
 ham, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) County, and 
 married, first, Martha Pennington, who died 1750; he 
 married, secondly, 1752-3, her cousin, Elizabeth, daughter 
 of Daniel Pennington, and for that reason was disowned 
 from the Abington Meeting, but was reinstated. Daniel 
 Pennington was of Bucks County, where he died 1782 
 (will proved 14 December, 1782), having married, 7, 28, 
 1724, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah Michener, 
 of Philadelphia. The will of William Lukens was 
 proved 28 April, 1803.^ 
 
 Children of William and Martha Lukens: 
 
 1. William, b. 1742. 
 
 2. Thomas, b. 1744. 
 
 3. Elizab^ttu b. 174^; d. infant. 
 
 4. Elizabeth, b. 1748. 
 
 Children of \\'illiam and Elizabeth Lukens:' 
 
 5. Jonathan, b. 1752; m. Mary Conrad. 
 
 6. David, b. 10, 7, t753; oflz>hom presently, 
 
 7. Jacob, b. 1 75b. 
 
 8. Thomas, b. 2, 20, t75S; m. Jane Parry. 
 0. Daniel. 
 
 10. Beniamku 
 
 n. Joseph. 
 
 12. Elizabeth. 
 
 13. William, b. 1768; d. 7, 25, J&54. 
 
 14. Sarah. 
 
 15. Catharine. 
 
 1 6. Mary. 
 
 1 7. Martha. 
 I8« Rachel. 
 
 ^ Will Book 2, 309, Noftistown, Pa, 
 
 " The order of birth of these children may not be correct. 
 
15 
 
 IV. DA\'1D LUKENS, son of WilHam and Eliza- 
 beth, born 10, 7, 1753 r died 10, 1831. Private, Captain 
 Marpole's Company, Phila. Co, Milita First Battalion) in 
 service of United States (Continental Army) 1780. fSee 
 Penna. in Revolution (3) associators and militia I. 721, 
 associators and militia 3) I, 135, Penna. Archives, XIII, 
 Depreciation Pay Accounts, Penna.). He married, 12, 
 20, 1776,' Sarah, daughter of Samuel Lloyd (see 
 Lloyd). She was born 1755; died 2, 20, 1824. 
 
 Children of David and Sarah Lukens: 
 
 1. Elisabeth, b. 9, 22, 1777. 
 
 2. Samuel Lloyd, b. I, H, 1779. 
 
 3. Edith, b. 4, 30, 1 78 1. 
 
 4. David, b. 3, 23, 1783. 
 
 5. Jesse, b. 7, I, 1784; ofk^hom presently. 
 
 6. Charles, b. 8, I, 1786. 
 
 7. Jonathan, b. 5, 10, 1788. 
 
 8. Sarah, b. 3, 15, I79I. 
 
 9. David, b. 3, 10, 1793. 
 JO. Solomon, b. 6, 15, 1795. 
 U. Martha, b. 12, 9, 1796. 
 
 V. JESSE LUKENS,' son of David and Sarah, 
 born 7, I. 1784; died 6, 2, 1822. He was of Upper 
 Dublin, where he was buried, and married Eleanor, 
 daughter of Amos Lewis, of Upper Dublin. She was 
 born 6, 21, 1785; died 4, 24, 1876^ {see Lewis). 
 
 Children of Jesse and Eleanor Lukens: 
 
 U Amos, b. 7, 24, 1805 ; of ivhom presently. 
 
 2. Israel, b. U, 27, 1 810; m. Susan Jones. 
 
 3. Rachel, b. 3, 13, IS13: d. onm. 
 
 4. David L,, b. J, 2, I8J7; onm. 
 
 ■ Abington Friends' Records, 353. 
 
 ■■ Will of David Lukens proved 1531. Will Bo?k K, 50. Nomstowo. 
 
 " Gw^-nedd Friends' Records. Lukens Family Bible. 
 
 ' Will Book U, 415, Norristown, Pa. 
 
i6 
 
 VI. AMOS LEWIS LUKENS,' son of Jesse 
 and Eleanor, was born in Upper Dublin, Montgomery- 
 County, Pennsylvania, 7, 24, 1805; died 9, 6, 1871. He 
 married, 11, 11, 1829, Aseneth, daughter of Samuel 
 Conrad (see Conrad), She died 12, 9, 1881, and was 
 a member of the Green Street Meeting* 
 
 Children of Amos and Aseneth Lukens : 
 
 1. Angelina, b. 10, 27, 1830; d. 3, 9, J837. 
 
 2. Courtlandt, b. 9, 3, 1832; m. Mary Teas. 
 
 3. Ellen, b- 9, 27, 1834; m. Israel L. Reifsnyder. 
 
 4. Jane Jones, b. JO, 20, 1836; m. Barclay "Walton. 
 
 5. Ephraim Conradt b. tJ, 7, 1840; m. Jst, Anna 
 
 Briscoe ; 2d, Alada B. Ely. 
 
 6. Jesse, b. I, 20, 1842; m. Elizabeth Ann Seeds. 
 
 7. Sarah, b. 10, 6, 1845 ; d. 8, H, 1848. 
 
 8. Samuel Conrad, b. U, 24, 1848; m. Adele C. Ely. 
 
 9. David L., b. J2, J, J85J ; m. Phoebe S. Mullin. 
 
 ' Horsham Friends' Records, 21 (No. 656). "Will Book 5, 344. Horsham 
 Friends' Records, 6. 
 
^ioiQif. 
 
 I. THOMAS LLOYD, of the Manor of More- 
 land, Philadelphia County, was born 3, 8, 1699; died, 
 J2, 29 f 1781.' He married Mary, daughter of Adam 
 and Grace Harker, of Middletown, Bucks County* She 
 was born 8, 6, 1700; died 6, 22, 1790.' Adam Harker re- 
 moved from Leburne, Yorkshire, England, to Pennsyl- 
 vania, in 1699, bringing a Certificate from Friends' Meet- 
 ing of Richland, at Leburne, dated 12, 10, 1698*^ 
 
 Adam Harker was a man of considerable education, 
 and in his will, proved December 5, 1754, left money for 
 free schools in Wrightstown, Buckingham and Mid- 
 dletown, Bucks County. The will of Thomas Lloyd 
 was proved 4 February, 1 782.^ 
 
 Children of Thomas and Mary Lloyd :' 
 
 J. John, b. 1725; <L 8, 30, 1760. 
 
 2. Thomas, b. J 727. 
 
 3. Adam, b. 1728. 
 
 4. Samuel, b. 10, 8, J 729 ; of^hom presently, 
 
 5. Evan, b. 1 73 1. 
 
 6. Adam, b. 1733. 
 
 7. Mary, b. 1737. 
 
 8. James, b. 1738. 
 
 9. David, b. I74J. 
 
 II. SAMUEL LLOYD, of the Manor of More- 
 land, son of Thomas and Mary, born 10, 8, 1729; died 
 
 ^ Abington Friends' Records, 354, Horsham Friends* Records, 397. 
 
 ^ Horsham Friends' Records, 168. 
 
 ■^ Damson Family, 422, 423. 
 
 ' Phila. Wills, S, 62. 
 
 ^ Abington Friends' Records, 354, 
 
 17 
 
iS 
 
 9, 2, 1779; buried at Horsham.' He married, 6, 12, 
 1753, Sarah,' daughter^ of Job and Agnes Walton,^ of 
 Bybcrry, Philadelphia County. 
 Sarah Lloyd died 7, 8, 1804.^' 
 
 Children of Samuel and Sarah Lloyd: 
 
 1. Sarah, b. 1755; m. David Lukens 
 
 2. Martha^ 
 
 3. Samuel. 
 
 4. William. 
 
 5. Elijah, 
 
 ' Horsham Friends* Records, 396. 
 
 ^ Abington Records, 66. 
 
 ' Phila. Wills, Q, 506. 
 
 *Job Walton, of Byberry, who died 4, J 6, 1784, •was son of William 
 Walton, of Byberry, and Sarah Ho'well, his wife, ^'ho were married 4, 24, 16S''. 
 William died 12, 9, 1736-7. Job Walton married Agnes, daughter of WilUam 
 Walmsley, by Mary, daughter of William Paxon, one of the most prominent 
 settlers of Bucks County, w^ho served many years in the Provincial Assembly 
 and held other offices of trust under the Provincial Government (see "Paxon 
 and Widton Families, Infra.). William Paxon died 10 October, 1709. Thomas 
 Walmsley was son of Thomas Walmsley, of England and Pennsylvania. 
 
 ' x\bington Friends' Records, 406. 
 
ICeUxi^. 
 
 I. ELLIS LEWISr the first of this family in 
 Upper Dublin, was of Welsh ancestry, and came from 
 Merion, Philadelphia County. He purchased the property 
 which, in 1896, was Wilmer Atkinson's farm ''North- 
 view/' formerly John L. Jones', and the adjoining farm 
 belonging to Mr. McCallum, formerly David L. Lukens. 
 Ellis Lewis died 1753/ but his wife, Ann, survived him 
 until 1756. 
 
 Children of Ellis and Ann Lewis: 
 
 1. Elizabeth, m. William Spencer. 
 
 2. Lewis, m. Ann Lord. 
 
 3. Jane, m. Amos Lewis, of Gwynedd. 
 
 4. Ellis, b. 9, 26, 1 705; of mjhom presently. 
 
 II. ELLIS LEWIS, son of Ellis and Ann, was 
 born 9, 26, 1708; died 1783. He married, at Abington 
 Meeting, Mary,' daughter of Mathias Tyson. She was 
 bDrn 3,25, 1710; died 1, 17, 1763. Mathias Tyson, 
 born 6, 30, 1686; died 1728, was son of Reiner or Rynier 
 Tyson, who was born in Crefeld-on-the-Rhine, Germany, 
 and came to Pennsylvania on the ** Concord '' in 1683, 
 settling in Germantown, near Philadelphia, where he had 
 a good estate. He was one of the leading Friends in Ger- 
 mantown, and was Burgess 1692-1696; Bailiff, 1692- 1693; 
 He died 7, 27, 1745. The name of his wife is not known. 
 Mathias Tyson married, 1708, Mary, daughter of John 
 Potts, of Llandloes, Wales. Mary, first wife of Ellis 
 Lewis, died 1, 17, I7to3,'and he married, secondly, 12, 18, 
 
 ' Hist. Coils. Gwynedd, Jenkins, 300, 415. 
 - Phila. Wills, K, JOS. 
 ^Abington Friends' Records, 2\. 
 * Hist. Colls. Gwynedd, Jenkins. 
 
 19 
 
20 
 
 J 764, Ellen Evans, daughter of John Evans, of Gwynedd. 
 She was born U, 21, 1722, and survives her husband.' 
 No issue by second wife. 
 
 Children of Ellis and Mary Lewis : 
 
 1. Ellis, b. 1730; d. 1759. 
 
 2. Mary, b. J73I ; m. Ezekiel Cleaver. 
 
 3. Matthew, b. 1733; d. 1746; buried at Horsham. 
 
 4. Ann, b. J 735 ; m. John Saunders. 
 
 5. Elizabeth, b. 1737; d. J 745. 
 
 6. Sarah, b. 1739; d. J 742. 
 
 7. John, b. I74I ; d. 1745. 
 
 8. Sarah, b. J 743; d. J 745. 
 
 9. Elizabeth, b. 1745; d. young:. 
 JO. John, b. 1747. 
 
 11. Amos, b. 7, 25, J75I ; of ivfiom presently, 
 
 HI. AMOS LEWIS, youngest child, born 7, 
 25, 1 75 1; died at Upper Dublin, October, 182 J. His 
 will, signed 10, 9, 1821, was proved at Norristown, 
 26 October, 1821.'' He mentions his daughter, Ellin 
 Lukens; daughter, Jane Jones, and sister-in-law, Mary 
 Hubbs; also his four grandchildren: Amos L. Lukens 
 (lame), Israel, David and Rachael Lukens. ^' Ellin and 
 her husband, and Jesse Lukens, my son-in-law,*^ are to 
 be executors. 
 
 He married, first, 1781, Ellen, daughter of John 
 Hubbs and Jane Evans, his wife ; they had one daughter, 
 Jane, who married Henry Jones, and, secondly, 1785, 
 her sister, Rachel Hubbs (see Ehans), 
 
 Children of Amos and Ellen Lewis: 
 
 J. Jane, m. Henry Jones. 
 
 Children of Amos and Rachel Lewis (second 
 wife) : 
 
 2. Eleanor, m. Jesse Lukens. 
 
 ' Ibid. 
 
 '' "Will Book 5, 344, Norristown, Pa. 
 
JPjutan^. 
 
 I. TRAHAIRN GOCH AP MADOC, described 
 as of Llyn^ in Caernarvonshire, was descended from the 
 Princes of South Wales, being a grandson of Rhys 
 Gloff.' He appears in ministers' accounts as father to David 
 Goch, and he died prior to 1 8th Edward II [1325]. 
 He held the lands of Penllech, in Cymytmaen, in Llyn, 
 and also Graianog, besides other lands in Caernarvon- 
 shire. Owing to his possessions in the Cantrcf Llyn he 
 acquired the title '^O Llyn.'' He married Gwenervyl, 
 daughter of Madog ap Meurig, descended from Elystan 
 Glodrydd, Lord of Fferyllwg, Trahairn Goch had issue 
 by Gwenervyl, his wife: 
 
 II. DAVID GOCH, eldest son. His lands in- 
 cluded part of Penllech, with parts of the Mills of 
 Bodwda, Newith and Vagheys, in Cymytmaen;' the 
 lands of Graianog also fell to his share. 
 
 ' Rhys Gloff (the lame), called also Rhys (Res) Wendout (or Wendot) 
 and Res Vychan (Wachan),who was Lord of Dynevor and Llandeilo Vawr 
 and of Ystrad Tywi, called also Lord of Cymytmaen, was descended from Rhys 
 ap Gruff ydd, Prince of South Wales, being the son of Rhys Vychan (summoned 
 by Henry, 6 January, 1245, as a Baron of South Wales, did homage August, 
 same year ; died at Dynevor, 7 August, I27I ), son of Rhys Mechyllt, of Dynevor 
 (died 1244), son of Rhys Grug (died 1233), son of Rhys ap Griffith, above- 
 name^, called the "Lord Rhys," created Lord Chief Justice of South Wales by 
 Henry I, founded many abbeys and churches, among others the Cistercian 
 Abbey of Strata Florida (Ystrad Fflur) 1 164, died of the plague 21 April, J J 97. 
 His monument remains in St. Davids. 
 
 Rhys Gloff, above-named, joined Prince Llew^elyn in his last stand against 
 English oppression, but after Llewelyn was slain at Builth he surrendered, the 
 next year, J283, to the Earl of Hereford, and was sent in irons to England, where, 
 shortly after, he died in the Tower of London at a very advanced age. He 
 married Gw^ervyl, daughter of Maelgwm ap Cadw^allon, Lord of Melenith, 
 which Maelgwm w^as hanged by John, King of England, 12 12, at Bridgenorth — 
 Gwervyl being then a child. (Dwnn, Yorke, Hist, of the Princes of South 
 Wales. Rymer's Faedera, Rot, Pat. 30 Hen., IE memb. 2 ; Giraldus.) 
 
 "' Records of Caernarvon. 
 
 21 
 
22 
 
 David Goch was besides lessee of certain crown 
 lands in Caernarvonshire. 
 
 In an ancient MS., preserved at Rug, in Merioneth- 
 shire (Harl. MS., 1974), consisting of transcripts of 
 ministers' accounts, etc., relating to Wales, he appears 
 under the designation of ' ' Daf ydd Goch ap Trahaern , ' ' 
 as '' firmar man. ii Neugolf,'' u e., lessee of the manor of 
 Neugolf, in the hundred of Cymytmaen, l8th of Edward 
 II (1325), and was living on Friday, 9 November, 1329. 
 
 He married Maud,' daughter of David Lloyd, ap 
 Cynveloc, ap Llewelyn. According to the Visitations of 
 the Herald, Lewis Dwnn and other MS,, the latter was a 
 son of Prince David, ap Llewelyn the Great. Prince 
 David's mother was the Princess Joanna, illegitimate 
 daughter of John, King of England, by Agatha, daughter 
 of the Earl of Derby. 
 
 David Lloyd's wife was Anne, daughter of Gwrgen, 
 *^ Y gwyn Lloyd, of Rhiwaedog," ap Madog, ap Rhirid 
 Flaidd, Lord of Penllyn. David Goch had by Maud, his 
 wife : 
 
 HI. lEVAN GOCH, who held large possessions 
 in Caernarvonshire. 
 
 levan Goch was the second man on the jury for 
 taking the extent of the hundred of Cymytmaen, at Nevyn, 
 on the next Thursday after the Festival of St, James the 
 Apostle, 26th Edward III (1352), 
 
 He is described as of Penllech and Graianog ; he re- 
 sided near the former ville and within the bounds of the 
 present parish of that name, but it cannot be ascertained 
 that on the division of his father's lands, according to the 
 custom of ^'gavel-kind," any great portion of David 
 Goch's possessions there fell to his share. 
 
 ^ Dwnn n, 175. 
 
 ^ Records of Caernarvon. a 
 
 "^ Records of Caernarvon, Ad Walliam Spectantis, 26 Edw. Ill, E codice 
 MS. to Harl. 696 et 4776. 
 
23 
 
 He was, in 1352, second owner of '^Wele/^ '^Res 
 ap Seisilth/^ in the ville of Bodrceth ; he had a part of the 
 Mills of Bodwrda, Newith and Vagheys, and was one 
 of the heirs to the ville Tyndowet, He was also heir to 
 his father in two farms in the ville of Nouum Burgum 
 near to the hamlet of Merghlyn; and also to *^Gave^ 
 David Goch." 
 
 levan Goch married Eva, daughter of Einion ap 
 Celynin, of Llwydiarth, Montgomeryshire. This Einion, 
 under the designation of **Anian ap Celynin," had a grant 
 from John de Charleton, Lord Powis, of Weston, in 
 Pennayrth, in Glasmeynoc, on the Thursday after the 
 decollation of St. John the Baptist, 14th Edward III 
 (J 340).' 
 
 levan Goch had, by Eva, his wife : 
 
 IV. MADOC AP I EVAN GOCH, of Penllech,^ a 
 younger son, who was born at Penllech. He is described 
 in one MS. pedigree as '* Madg Ap le^ban Goch O 
 Penllech, hynau givyr yr Ysbty" (r. ^., ancestor to the 
 gentlemen of Ysputty-Ievan) in Denbighshire,^ in which 
 place his descendants lived. 
 
 Some idea of the time in which Madoc lived may be 
 gathered from the fact that his brother-in-law, Meredydd, 
 of Evionyd, was Lord of Gest, 6 Richard II ; that his 
 uncle, Llewelyn ap Einion, of Llwydiarth, was living 7 
 Henry V, and that his sister's will was proved 141 6.'' 
 Dwnn does not give the name of his wife, and only 
 mentions one son, viz.: 
 
 V. DEIKW5 DDU AP MADOC,' of Ysputty- 
 Ievan, who was born circa 1395. He married Gwen, 
 daughter of levan Ddu ap Meirig ap Madog ap Gwillim 
 
 » Montg. Coll., Vol. V, 399, &c. 
 
 '' Dwnn II, 278-9. 
 
 ' MS. Rowland E. Evans. Note to Dwnn. 
 
 * Dwnn's Visitations II, 278-9. 
 
24 
 
 ap Madog Vychan ap Madog ap Maelog Crwm/ Lord of 
 Llechwedd Issaf." 
 
 Only one son is mentioned, viz.: 
 
 VI. EINION AP DEIKW5 DDU, of Ysputty- 
 le van, who died before the year 1 5 14. His second cousin, 
 David Vaughan, of Penllech, is mentioned in ministers* 
 accounts, 1 48 J, as living that year. 
 
 Einion married-' Morvydd, daughter of Matw ap 
 Llowarch ap Gwyn ap Llewelyn ap Meredydd ap 
 Llewelyn ap Llowarch ap Urien ap Tegwored ap Rot- 
 pert ap Asser ap Meredydd Goch, of Llyn, son of Coll- 
 wyn ap Tangno, Lord of Llyn, and had by her : 
 
 VH. HOWELL AP EINION, who was of 
 
 Ysputty-Ievan, and was living 6 Henry VIII (I5J4).' He 
 married Mali (Mary), daughter of Llewelyn ap levan' ap 
 lolyn ap Cynwrig ap Llowarch ap Cynddelw ap Ithel 
 Velyn ap Llewelyn Eurdorchog, of lal, in Flintshire,"^ by 
 Dyddgu, daughter of Einion Lydan, and had by her : 
 
 VIII. GRIFFITH AP HOWELL AP EINION, 
 
 of Ysputty-Ievan, born circa 1480 to 1500. He m.arried 
 Gwenllian, daughter of Einion ap levan Lloyd, ap Madoc 
 ap lerwerth ap Llewelyn Chwith, ap Cynwrig, ap Bled- 
 dyn Lloyd of Havod Un Nos in the parish of Llangerniw 
 in the Lordship of Rhuvoniog, ap Bleddyn Vychan, ap 
 Bleddyn apy Gwrn ap Rhaiad Vach, descended from 
 Hedd Molwynog, 9th Noble Tribe of Wales. The 
 
 1 Dwynn's Visitations, II, 278-9. 
 
 -' " Lyfe "William Cynwal." 
 
 ^ Dwnn, II, 278-9. 
 
 ^ MS. R. E. Evans. 
 
 '" Dwnn II, 278-9. 
 
 •^ Llewelyn Eurdorchog was the son of Coel, ap Gweryd ap Cynddelw ap 
 Elgud ap Gwrisnadd ap Dwyng ap Llythyraur ap Tegawg ap Dyforfrath ap 
 Madog ap Sanddef Bryd Angel ap Lywarch Hen, Prinize of the Strath Clyde 
 Britons, and so to Brute, the first King to the Island of Britain. 
 
25 
 
 mother of Gwenllian was Gwenhwyfar, daughter of 
 Gronwy ap David, ap Griffith ap Griffith Gethin ap 
 Cynwrig ap Gronwy ap lerwerth ap Casswallon ap Hwva 
 ap Ithel Velyn ap Llewelyn Awdorchog, The mother of 
 Gwenhwyfar was Anne, daughter of Griffith ap Llewelyn 
 ap levan ap Rhys Gethin ap Griffith Vychan ap Griffith 
 ap David Goch, Lord of Penmanchno, Caernarvonshire. 
 This David Goch was the son of David ap Griffith, Prince 
 of Wales, who was executed, 1282, by Edward L, King of 
 England, for high treason, being hanged, drawn and 
 quartered. 
 
 David Goch married Angharad, daughter of Heilin 
 ap Sir Tudor, Knt., of Nant and Llangynhafel, whose 
 wife was descended from the Norman family of Clare, 
 and also from Robert Fitz Roy, Earl of Gloucester, ille- 
 gitimate son of Henry L, King of England. 
 
 Rhys ap levan, ap Llewelyn Chwith, a brother of 
 lorwerth ap levan above mentioned, and probably also 
 lorwerth, was Esquire to the body of Edward IV., and 
 ** was very unruly in the Lancasterian wars." Griffith 
 ap Howell had, by Gwenllian, his wife : 
 
 IX. LEWIS AP GRIFFITH, third son, who was 
 
 born circa 1525; and was of Ysputty-Ievan, died prior to 
 160L 
 
 He married Ellen, daughter of Edward ap Evan, 
 Esquire, of Llanwddyn Parish, Montgomeryshire, who 
 was son of Evan ap Tudor ap Deio ap Evan Ddu. The 
 wife of Edward ap Evan was Catharine, daughter of 
 Griffith ap Llewelyn ap Einion, son of David ap Evan 
 ap Einion, the celebrated Constable of Harlech Castle, 
 whose wife, Margaret Puleston, was a descendant of 
 Edward L 
 
 The mother of Edward ap Evan was Morvydd, 
 daughter of Evan ap Morris; her mother being 
 
26 
 
 Gwenhwyfr, daughter of Griffith ap David, Lewis ap 
 Griffith had, by Ellen, his wife: , 
 
 X. ROBERT LEWIS, fourth son, of the parish of 
 Ysputty-Ievan in Denbighshire, born circa 1555. He 
 was the first of his family to remove to Merionethshire, 
 where he settled upon a large farm on the Rhiwias estate, 
 near Bala, belonging to the Price family, who also came 
 from Ysputty-Ievan, The Register of Llandderfel con- 
 tains the following entry: ^* Robert Lowice I4th Febru- 
 ary Sepultuo, 1645/^ This would make him about ninety 
 years old at the time of his death. 
 
 He married Gwervyl, daughter of Llewelyn ap 
 David, of Llan Rwst, Denbigshire, descended from David 
 Goch, of Penmanchno, and had by her : 
 
 XL EVAN ROBERT LEWIS, fourth son, born 
 circa 1585; died at Fron Goch, in the parish of Lland- 
 derfel in the Comot of Penllyn, Merionethshire, circa 1662. 
 
 One of the early manuscript pedigrees' of this family 
 states that Evan Robert Lewis ** removed from Rhiwias 
 to Fron Goch/^ Rhiwias is the estate of the Price family, 
 who came from Ysputty-Ievan. 
 
 The farm called Fron Goch is partly in the town- 
 ship of Ucheldref, in Llanfor Parish, and partly in Lland- 
 derfel. The farm of Fron Goch has always paid tithes to 
 both Llandderfel and Llanfor churches. Evan Robert 
 Lewis married Jane, and had by her : 
 
 ^Thcre are several manuscript pedigrees of this family extant, all of 
 which have been added to, as to additional information concerning descendants, 
 from time to time. Some of these manuscripts give the pedigree only as far back 
 as Lewis ap Griffith, born circ^ J525 ; others, compiled from an old pedigree 
 brought from Wales, which was copied and much extended by the late Rowland 
 E. Evans, give the line to Rhys ap Griffith, great-grandfather of Rhys Gloff. 
 
27 
 
 XII. EVAN AP EVAN/ of Fron G6ch, in the par- 
 ish of Llandderfel, in M.erionethshire,who died before 1698, 
 and had five children, viz.: Thomas Evans, Robert Evans, 
 Owen Evans, Cadwalader Evans, and Sarah Evans, who 
 married Robert Pugh, who, in l69Sf removed from 
 Merionethshire, North Wales, to Pennsylvania, and set- 
 tled at Gwynedd, in Philadelphia (now Montgomery) 
 County. The youngest son was : 
 
 XIII. CADWALADER EVANS/ who, with his 
 brothers and sister, removed to Pennsylvania in 1698, 
 and settled at Gwynedd. He was born in Merionethshiret 
 Wales, 1664; died at Gwynedd, 3, 30, 1745. He married, 
 in Wales, Ellen, or Eleanor, daughter of John Morris, of 
 Bryn Gwyn, Denbighshire. He was a preacher after 
 joining the Society of Friends. A memorial of him says : 
 ** On First-days, particularly, he was ready an hour be- 
 fore the time appointed, and then read several chapters in 
 the Bible or some religious book; as the time ap- 
 proached he would frequently observe the time of day, and, 
 by means of such watchful care, he was seated in meet- 
 ings one of the first. 
 
 ** He received a gift in the ministery, in the exercise 
 whereof he was generally led to speak of his own ex- 
 perience in religion and the Christian warfare ; and his 
 testimony, though short, was instructive, lively and mani- 
 festly attended with divine sweetness.*^ 
 
 Of John Morris,^ of Bryn Gwyn, little is known ex- 
 cept that his wife was Eleanor, daughter and co-heiress 
 of Ellis ap William, of Cai Fadog. Her descent was as 
 
 ' Evan ap Evan had several brothers, of whom Owen ap Evan, of Fron 
 Goch, married Gainer John, and had Robert Owen, who married Rebecca, 
 daughter of Owen Humphrey, of Llw^yndu, and removed to Pennsylvania fn 
 J 690. A daughter married Cadwalader Thomas ap Hugh and became ancestor 
 of the Cadwalader family of Philadelphia. 
 
 ' Hist, calls Gwynedd, Jenkins, 149. 
 
 ^ MS. Genealogy of Evans family, 1698. 
 
28 
 
 follows : Cadwgan, Lord of Nannau, had Madog, who 
 had Einion^ of Ciltalgarth (Kiltalgarth), who had Cad- 
 wgan, who had Madog^ of Ciltalgarth, who had levan, 
 surnamed ** y Cott/* who had levan Fychan, of Ciltal- 
 garth, who had Madog, who had David, who had 
 Thomas ap David, who had Hugh ap Thomas, of 
 Ciltalgarth, who had William ap Hugh, of Ciltalgarth, 
 who had Ellis Williams, of Cai Fadog, above named. 
 
 XIV. Children of Cadwalader and Ellen 
 Evans : 
 
 1. John, b. J 689; of Tvhom presently* 
 
 2. Sarah, m. JO, I J, 1711, John Hanke (see Hanke), 
 
 XIV. JOHN EVANS, son of Cadwalader and 
 Ellen, was born in Merionethshire, 1689; died at Gwy- 
 nedd, Pennsylvania, 9, 23, 1756 ; married, 4, 8, 1 715, at 
 Merion Meeting House, Merion, Eleanor (or Ellen), 
 daughter of Rowland Ellis, then of Merion. She was 
 born at Bryn Mawr, near Dolgelly, Merionethshire, 1 685; 
 died 4, 29, J 765. ^^John Evans was a preacher of emi- 
 nence among the Friends.'^ His will, dated 9, 16, 1756, 
 was proved 6, 22^ J 757. He leaves to his daughter, 
 Jane Hubbs, the life right, with remainder to her chil- 
 dren, of a lot of 2}4 acres, ** part of the tract of 100 acres 
 which I hold, to be laid out for her on the west side of 
 Montgomery Road, adjoining George Maris^ field.'^ He 
 gives his daughters, Margaret, Ellen and Elizabeth, 50 
 acres, ^'to be divided off the upper end, next Owen Evans^ 
 land/^ He mentions his sons, Rowland and John, and 
 appoints them and his son, Cadwalader, executors. 
 
 XV. Children of John and Eleanor Evans : 
 
 1. Cadwalader, b. 1 76 1 ; m.Jane Owen. 
 
 2. Rowland, b. I7I7-J8; m. Susanna Foolke. 
 
 3. Z»^argfaret, b. 5, 26, 171 9 ; m- Anthony Williams. 
 
29 
 
 4. Jane, b. I, 30, I72J ; m. John Hubbs. who had 
 
 two sons, John and Charles, and three daugh- 
 ters, viz», Rachel, Ellen and Mary, of whom 
 Ellen and Rachel married Amos Lewis (as 
 first and second wife) . 
 
 5. Ellen, b. 6, n, 21, 1722; m. Ellis Lewis, widower. 
 
 6. John, b. 1724. 
 
 7. Elizabeth, b. 6, 26, 1726; d. unm. 
 
 8. John, b. 1730; d. 1707 ; m. Margaret Foulfce. 
 
It is generally supposed that ''Bryn Mawr/^ so well 
 known as the name of a station on the main line of the 
 Pennsylvania Railroad, was chosen at haphazard, be- 
 cause it had a pleasing sound and, above all, was Welsh. 
 No place in Pennsylvania, however, could be more ap- 
 propriately designated. It was selected because it had 
 been the name originally given by Rowland Ellis to his 
 plantation of some six hundred acres, afterward called 
 ** Harriton,*^ in this immediate vicinity, and so called by 
 him after his Welsh home. Along the rolling side of a 
 steep ascent, less than a mile out on the winding road 
 leading southward from the old market town of Dolgelly, 
 in Merionethshire, on the craggy hills is that ancient 
 messuage, tenement and field, called ^^Tythyn Bryn 
 Mawr.^^ The little pointed-stone house on the site of the 
 hendre of an early Welsh Prince, amid its deserted garden, 
 broken-down stone walls and dilapidated out-buildings, 
 now the abode of a poor mountaineer, was the birthplace 
 of Rowland Ellis, and was built by his grandfather, Rees 
 Lewis. The property seems to have been lately repaired; 
 a new roof has been put on and the quaint old diamond- 
 pane windows replaced by modern sashes. There was 
 also formerly, it is thought, a portico over the doorway. 
 The walls remain untouched and the interior is un- 
 changed. 
 
 A Pennsylvanian who visited Bryn Mawr a few 
 years since says that it is "a comfortable stone house; the 
 floors are of stone; and it was built by Rees Lewis, grand- 
 father of Rowland Ellis, A. D. 1617, as an inscription on 
 one of the rafters tells To the right of the house are 
 the remains of an ancient garden which has seen better 
 days. Its walls are gone, but there are traces of old paths, 
 
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 while ancient box and venerable yew-trees tell of what 
 has been/^ The title papers to this property are now in 
 possession of Edward Griffith, Esq.^ of Springfield, near 
 Dolgelly, a descendant of Ann, eldest daughter of Row- 
 land Ellis by his first wife. Amongst these old documents 
 is the original marriage contract and settlement made 
 upon the marriage of Ellis Price and Anne Humphrey^ 
 the parents of Rowland Ellis, in J 649. The parties to 
 this settlement were : Humphrey (Humffrey) ap Hugh, 
 of Llwyngwril, gentleman, father of Anne Humphrey, 
 Rees Lewis ap John Griffith, of Dyffrydan, gentleman, 
 father of Ellis Price, who was his second son, and Rich- 
 ard Nanney, of Llwyngwril, and David Ellis, of Gwanas, 
 gentlemen, who were to act as trustees. Richard Nanney 
 was cousin to Anne, his father, the Rector of Llangelynin 
 having married one of the daughters of Hugh Gwyn, of 
 Peniarth. David Ellis was brother-in-law to Rees Lewis, 
 the latter having married his sister Catherine. 
 
 The witnesses to this document were : John ap Wil- 
 liam ap Humffrey, David John Hugh, Griffith ap Rees 
 Lewis, Edward Vaughn and John ap Hugh. Rowland 
 Ellis, born in 1650, was the only child of Ellis Price 
 (alias ap Rees) and Anne Humphrey, and therefore in- 
 herited Bryn Mawr under this settlement and continued 
 to live there until his permanent removal to Pennsylvania 
 in 1696; when he sold the place to Lewis Owen, of 
 Tyddyn y Garreg, his kinsman, to whom he was in- 
 debted. 
 
 The deed made by Rowland Ellis at this time for 
 the property is in possession of Mr. Griffith, who also 
 has the marriage settlement made by Rowland Ellis in 
 1696 on the marriage of his daughter, Ann, to Rev. 
 Richard Johnston, an Episcopal Clergyman. 
 
 The descendants of Rowland Ellis in Pennsylvania 
 possess several original papers which are of very consid- 
 erable interest. One of these, now in the hands of Row- 
 
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 land Evans^ Esquire^ of Haverford Lower Merion, who 
 is descended in the direct male line from Eleanor Ellis, 
 daughter of Rowland, and the wife of John Evans, of 
 Gwynedd, is the original manuscript pedigree of Rowland 
 Ellis in his (Rowland Ellis's) own handwriting. This 
 was certainly compiled prior to 1697, because the name of 
 his daughter Catherine, born in that year, is not, appa- 
 rently, in his hand, but has been added by another per- 
 son. It is, therefore, fair to presume that the pedigree was 
 made in Wales prior to his last voyage to Pennsylvania. 
 A fac-simile of the old document is given as an illustra- 
 tion to this article. 
 
 Other records referred to in the compilation of this 
 article were : Deed to him for his land in Pennsylvania, he 
 being described therein as of ^'Brin Mawr, in the County 
 of Merioneth, gentleman'^; assignment, in trust, dated 
 after J7J7, he being then of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, 
 gentleman, reciting transactions with Humphrey Owen, 
 of Llwyndu (in Llwyngrill), and Lewis Owen, of Tyddyn 
 y Garreg, concerning certain loans on bonds. 
 
 There are also several testimonials of him by Friends 
 who knew him both in his native country and in Penn- 
 sylvania. Some of these are embodied in the sketch of 
 his life which we mention in this article. The old pedigree 
 above described having been found to agree in the essential 
 points with the Herald's visitations, made out 1585- 160 J, 
 and with parish registers and other documents remaining 
 in Wales, it is a comparatively easy task for one versed 
 in Welsh genealogy to give a detailed account of the an- 
 cestry of Rowland Ellis, who, as we have seen, was the 
 son of Ellis Price, son of Rees ap Lewis ap John Griffith, 
 of Nannau. 
 
 Tythyn Bryn Mawr, in Merionethshire, appears to 
 have anciently formed a part of the Nannau Estate,which 
 was the early possessions of Rowland Ellis's ancestors, 
 many of whom lie buried in Dolgelly Church. 
 
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 The family from whence Rowland Ellis sprang was 
 of princely lineage, descending in the direct male line 
 from Bleddyn, the son of Cynfyn, who was Prince of 
 Powys, and was so imprudent as to get himself murdered 
 by the amiable ^^gentlemen of Ystrad Tywy/^ in the year 
 J 072. This Prince, in defiance of the advice of his coun- 
 trymen, married Isabel, daughter of Picot de Say, a Nor- 
 man Knight, and had by her a son called Cadwgan, ^^the 
 renowned Briton,'^ who, besides being Lord of Ystrad 
 Tywy in Cardigan, was also Lord of Nannau, in Meri- 
 onethshire. 
 
 Cadwgan also fell by the dagger of the assassin, and 
 was succeeded, as Lord of Nannau, by a long line of 
 notable descendants. 
 
 One of th:se early Lords of Nannau was Meuric ap 
 Ynyr Vychan, who was living in the 2 1st year of Edw. 
 iU (1347-8). In the Parish Church of Dolgelly is the 
 tomb of this Lord. It is a sepulchral effigy in mail and 
 plate armor, having a shield on his breast, on which is 
 carved a lion, and the stone bears this inscription: **Hic 
 Jacet Meuric Filius Ynyr Vachan.*^ The effigy formerly 
 stood in the aisle, but was afterward set in the wall under 
 a memorial window of more recent date. Meuric' was 
 succeeded by his son Meuric Lloyd, who was father to 
 Howell, of Nannau, commonly called Howell Sele. 
 
 When Owen Glendower instituted his famous rebel- 
 lion, Howell Sele (his cousin) refused to join, which en- 
 raged Owen to so great an extent that meeting him one day 
 whilst hunting alone in Nannau Park, Owen having one 
 attendant, Madog, they fell upon him and slew him, 
 throwing his body into a great oak, hollow through age. 
 
 'The father of this Meuric (Ynyr Vychan) appears to have been a very 
 violent man even for the age in w^hich he lived. In the Parliament of J 5 and J 6 
 Edward 1 1 ( 1322-3) he and others were charged w^ith attacking, on the next 
 Wednesday after the feast of St. Gregory, in the )5th of that king, the Castle of 
 John de Grey, of Ruthen, setting fire to the town and killing two men. 
 
This Natmati oak was for :c:.-. -.£ an obfect cl super- 
 stitious drvrad to tbe peasantry c: y\c:iiODtAid^rc, and fell 
 down on the 13th of July, 1813. Throi^^j: M;: :: 
 ediskire it was known as the Spirit s Blasted Tree — 
 •^Conbren Yr EB]^" The vassals c: Na.ir.au, and 
 Howell Sek's family were fiDed with alarm at his disap- 
 pearance^ but inquiries ar.d searches gave no infofmation 
 ol his whereabouts. 
 
 After Gler.£~~":r's iej.di. however, cr. 3. zir'.-i c-.cr.-jr.g 
 in N:- :~ r:r. ^r. armed horseman was :'rs;r- :i r.i.ng 
 fur : s „-: :" : " "v-hich U-iis i-:m Dclge^y :o Ni.:-.r.^u : 
 •r - - .V : _ -.:. after :b.c fcd:h oi Glendower, iias- 
 tenea .: : ;.?:r*s Last ::z\:'.\3Jid and unravel the 
 
 h : rr. £ mys:: r He toki his ?■ : : ■ - i rc::rred to the oak 
 
 T r.c tree was cut into and Howell's body discovered, 
 gTasr "e with his right hand his rusty sword. The re- 
 r : : removed to the neighbcring monaster>' of 
 
 Cvrr- :: " ..:re they were intorte ; . .\f:er the oak fell 
 the : z was made into a variety of utensils, and many 
 :::^- ji the tree, framed with its wood, are to be 
 
 ioundin Doligelly. 
 
 The story has been wo\'en into a very fine ballad by 
 Mr, Warr_-g--:r.. printed in the notes to Marmion^ by 
 Scott, 
 
 The brave but unfortunate Howell had married Aali, 
 daughter of Einioo ap Griffith, of Cors y Gedc^ and had 
 a son Meuric Vycharu d Nannau, who, together with 
 his under Griffith Derwas, is named a — rre *He heirs of 
 a " Wele^'"' of free lir.z. 'r. 'he touT. sr.r :: Nar.r.a<j, in an 
 extent of Merioned-sr. :: :.i.-:cn 7 Hcr_-y V, l-i*"-!.'. and 
 the *^£arm,'^ i' "h: — ^ :: 1-an Vachreth was granted to 
 both at M : -. 1 : ~ 1^ ii Henry VL for four years. Meuric, 
 d Nannau, was foreman of the jury at Caernarvon, 
 1444, an£ -' = i ^' i-r. a very aged man, 2 Henry VU, 
 l4Sfe. He inarr--- "-^-^- - = £. ii.z-.zr d David ap 
 
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 Cad^/^an. descer.ded :::~ E./.":ar. G! eery if 
 
 having married E'^er.. iaj|-h:ir ::: H:~.-eII ap Rhys ap 
 David, dsscer.fe; :.-:— 0~-er- B::^-.t."t.. hif i ::-. 
 Howell ap David. :: l^c'.-r.'c.-:... T..-h:se r..a~i appear; ir. a 
 01 accoun:s ::: -.ier:::^i:-:- :^ enzm^ a: .'.::- ic.~;.:. 
 2 Henr/ "VTLI (iSiu;, as su::: ::: T,"/; ;— ap -:r.-:.r. 
 ap I:.r-.-2rth. '"fariirer" of the "ils :: _.a'-.-a:h:e:r. ar.a 
 Llanegryn. Ho".'elI ~irr:c:: z.!i:'. aa^^r/c: ur.:: ?, :^:: 
 
 sc^r.dia :r:r-. Sir Henry, a K :''.■. :: :j-.t H:..- 5-ep -.:.-.:-;. 
 and ''Vu:lZ issu^: Griid::ri ap H:""';.... :: Ni:;:mu. ~.'-: "as 
 livj^g 33 Henry VUL lS4i-2, He~a::::: '-:. - .g-:er 
 ofHumphrey apHo'jrellap levar.. :: Yr.v;--.-~ a .r.-i" •".-.; 
 her n;:--.:r ::ing Anne. ; c: :: Sir Ri:-i:a H::::::. 
 
 Knigh: :: C:^::: : :/:, G::".:' -ad ".■: s:n5 i Hugn. w't.-:^ 
 was living 15:1. a" a ':r.' ap Gr.:: a. a: a :::.:a Eliza- 
 beth. daugh:er ::' David L'.ivd, :: Tra-.-s-.-.T.vaa aa: aaa 
 three children : E'len. Une and LeT-.-is, Le-r._ Ma:: 
 
 toReesLcvis. '.■.■■v:.i lc4-. v,--: -adE'iisap Rea^:. :..:a? 
 1678 (alias Ellis Prlae). v. a.: ::.!-:. :a. .--.'--l.. Aar.. 
 daughter of Humphrev ap Huea. ;: Li-.-.T.gT.. r. ... i.-.a 
 was father to Rowland Eiiis. : : :a zl .. 
 
 A memorial ol R:T..lar.d Eils savs : 
 
 "Rowland Ellis was a ~ar. :: r.::e ir. :r.: a: ^.a:;.-- 
 hood in which he resid:a aaa aaa a ::n.p:-.;:a.-. :r.a:e. Ln 
 the year 1686. :he sub -::: :: a rea. : • a. : : Peaasv/.i-ia 
 pressing on his namd, h-: ::r.:'.uc-:a :: msi: :a-: p:;v:r.:e 
 and make such arTan§;-:a-.:r.:s as —igh: >: das: :':: :ae 
 accommoda:i:r. :: his :aa-.:/." ".-en ihe ::a'.: sai^.a :!,./.■ 
 come for transpcr:ar.g -.acra laere." He sa^ca a-:~ V^ii- 
 ford Haven 1 6th : :' : : h ar. : a : a . '.?:?. a - . a e ■. a ? t ■ i ■ - - . — 
 his eldest son^ R:v ;:-::. Ta: sa a v-as -.v.er.r. -::_r 
 weeks reaching Pa^aa:.p'a.a. arar.ar.g. aner a ^.--:a: zii. 
 of suffering, abcu: :ne a>cg.aa:ag :: :hc ?;::a2 ~:a:a. 
 1657. He remained abcu: r.me rr.:r.:a.s. ':':T.-i7. r.e re- 
 
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 turned to Wales, leaving his son with his nephew, John 
 Humphrey. He did not return to Pennsylvania until 
 J 697, when he brought his entire family, except Ann, 
 who had married Rev. Johnson, Rector of Dolgelly. He 
 settled at Bryn Mawr, but, having sold that plantation, 
 removed to Plymouth, and died at the house of his son- 
 in-law, John Evans, of Gwynedd, 7th month, 1731. He 
 was a member of Assembly 1700, and was a Justice 
 of the Peace. Rowland Ellis married, first, Margaret, 
 daughter and heiress of Ellis Morris, of Dolgnn; and sec- 
 ondly, Margaret, daughter of Robert ap Owen ap Lewis, 
 of Dyffryddan, his cousin, v/ho died 1730. 
 
 Children of Rowland Ellis and Hargaret, his 
 first wife: 
 
 J. Ann, m. Richard Johnson, Curate of Dolgelly. 
 2. Jane. 
 
 Children of Rowland Ellis and flargaret, his 
 second wife: 
 
 1. Elizabeth, d. unm. 
 
 2. Rowland Ellis, Jr. 
 
 3. Robert Ellis. 
 
 4. Ellin,' m John Evans, of (jwvnedd. 
 
 5. Catharine, d. unm. 
 
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 I. LLEWELYN AP TUDOR' (descended from 
 Ednowain ap Bradwen), Lord of the Comot or Hundred of 
 Talybont, Merionethshire ; he did homage to Edward I, 
 J 283, with the Lords and gentry of Wales for his lands 
 in Talybont, and died before 9 August 1343." At the 
 time of doing homage he produced his pedigree, with 
 other evidences of his title to his lands, before the king's 
 Commissioners. 
 
 This pedigree was afterwards recorded by one David, 
 scrivener to lorwerth ap Llewelyn ap Tudor, his son, in 
 a book appertaining to the Talybont and Estimaner estates 
 from whence it was copied by William Lleyn, the Bard/ 
 The children of Llewelyn ap Tudor divided their father's 
 lands between them. 
 
 Issue: 
 
 J. lorwerth ap Llewelyn, living temp. Edward I. 
 His scrivener, David, recorded the pedigee of his 
 father, Llewelyn ap Tudor, in a book of accounts 
 relating to the estates. 
 
 'Dwnn, I, 253, &c. Hist. Powys Fadog, V, 101-102. Yorke, 207. 
 
 "He M^as probably dead long before this date, at ^vhich time his grandson 
 w^as seized of a part of his estate, and he is mentioned in an Inquisition, taken 
 14 19, as formerly owner of a farm in Llangelynin bearing his name, **Wele 
 Llewelyn ap Tudor," and then the property of a number of his descendants, who 
 had parcelled it between them according to the custom of Gavel-kind. 
 
 'Yorke, 207. The pedigree of Llewelyn ap Tudor, as recorded by David, 
 scrivener to his son loru'erth ap Llew^elyn, is as follows: Llew^elyn ap Tudor ap 
 Gwyn ap Peredwr ap Goronw^y ap Adda ap David Goch ap Griffith ap Ednowain 
 ap Bradwen ap Mael ap Bleddyn ap Morudd ap Cynddelw ap Cyf nerth ap Cadifor 
 ap Run ap Mergyna^vc ap Cynfaw^r ap Hefan ap Cadifor ap Maeldaf hynaf ap 
 Unwch Unarchen ap Ysbwys ap Ysbw^ch, which Ysbwys and Ysbwch, father and 
 son, came into Britain out of Spain with Aurelius and Uther, A. D. 466, and when 
 Aurelius conquered Vorligern, he rew^arded Ysbw^ch and Ysbwys, being among 
 his officers, for their services, by a grant of the whole Comot of Talybont, and 
 part of Estimaner, in Merionethshire. 
 
 Ednow^ain ap Bradw^en, and his issue, says his historian, *'wcre possessed 
 of all Talybont, save Nanney and the Princes demesnes, and, for the most part, of 
 the hundred of Estimaner," He had his house at Llys Bradwen, in Cregenan, 
 Talybont. He was living about 1237. 
 
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 2. Ednyfed; of ivhom presently, 
 
 3. Llewelyn Vychan, m, Leuky, dau. Llewelyn ap 
 
 Einion, 
 
 4. Peredyr Gethin (the terrible), from whom de- 
 
 scended Gwenllian, wife of John ap Meredith, 
 of Tal y Llyn (daugfhter of Ednyfed ap David), 
 and grandmother of Mary, wife of David ap 
 Howell; of '}i?hoTn later on, 
 
 II. EDNYFED AP LLEWELYN of the parish 
 of Llangelynin, Merionethshire, is named, under the 
 designation of ^'Edneved ap Leuelyn/^ in a list of persons 
 who performed feahy to the officers of Edward, Prince of 
 Wales (the Black Prince), upon his receiving, from his 
 father, a grant of the Principality. The grant was exe- 
 cuted 12 May, 17 Edward III (1343), and fealty was 
 performed 9 August, of the same year (1343), at Harlech, 
 in Merionethshire.' He married Gwenllian,^' daughter 
 and co-heiress of Griffith ap Adda ap Griffith, of Dolgoch, 
 Merionethshire. Griffith ap Adda, of Dolgoch, was 
 Raglor of theComot of Estimaner, at Michaelmas, 1333 
 (7 Edward III), and his tomb remains in the Church of 
 Towyn.^ 
 
 Issue: 
 
 I. Aron ap Ednyfed; of -whom presently. 
 Other issue. 
 
 III. ARON AP EDNYFED, of the parish of 
 Llangelynin, Talybont, lived in the reign of Edward III. 
 He probably died before 1397, and is mentioned, 7 Henry 
 V (1419) (then deceased), as father to Griffith ap Aron 
 
 » Dwnn II, 238, 253, 278— Hist. Powys Fadog, V, loi, &c. 
 
 - Arch. Camb., vol. 2, i Ser., 244. 
 
 " Adhuc de fidelitate, et attendencia, et sacramentis ministro^ 
 rum, corum prefatis Ricardo, et sociis suis, apud Hardelaghe, die 
 Sabbati, in vigilia Sancti Laurencii Anno supradicto (17 Edw, III) 
 [9 August, 1343].— Edneved ap Leuelyn " [et. al.], etc. 
 
 3 Dwnn II, 23Q. Dwnn II, 253. Hist. Powys Fadog, V, 101. 
 
 ^ Pennant. 
 
 '= Dwnn II, 238, 253, 278. Hist. Powys Fadog, V, loi. 
 
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 and others^ who were then heirs to a Wele of free land 
 in Talybont which had belonged to Llewelyn ap Tudor, 
 grandfather to this Aron ap Ednyfed.' 
 
 He married Gwenllian/ daughter and co-heiress of 
 Gwffydd Ddu ap levan ap Einion, of the township of 
 Llanvendigaid, Llangelynin. 
 
 Issue: 
 
 1. Ednyfed ap Aron;' of Tvhom presently » 
 
 2. Einion ap Aron, livings of Henry V (J4I9). 
 
 3. Griffith ap Aron, of Peniarth, Talybont. Among 
 
 the records at Peniarth is an orig;inal roll contain- 
 ing memoranda of lands in the ville of Peniarth 
 and elsewhere in the neighborhood, taken ^*in 
 Prida'' (pledge or mortgage), by this Griffith 
 (or Gruffydd) ap Aron (1 41 6). He was alive 
 2 November, 9 Henry VI (1430). There is 
 an elegy upon him by Lewis Glyn Cothi. 
 
 IV. EDNYFED AP ARON/ of the parish of 
 Llangelynin, Talybont, became heir to a considerable 
 portion of the lands formerly held by his ancestors in the 
 above-named parish. 
 
 He was one of the Bailiffs for the Comot (or Hun- 
 dred) of Talybont, and is mentioned 21 Richard II 
 (1397)^ in a suit growing out of the unsettled conditions 
 then existing in Wales. 
 
 It has been stated that Ednyfed was in sympathy 
 with Owen Glendower, and that, during a reverse in the 
 fortunes of that Chieftain, he secretly entertained him in a 
 
 ' Records of Caernarvon. Extent Merioneth., 7 Hen. V. 
 
 ^ Dwnn II, 339. 
 
 ^ Dwnn II, 338. Arch. Camb., 4 Ser., vol. 10, 121. 
 
 ' Dwnn II, 238, 278. Hist. Powys Fadog, V, 102. 
 
 ^ Arch. Camb., Vol. I, ser. I, 398— From a transcript of Records formerly in 
 the Exchequer of Caernarvon, but now lost, made by Robert Vaughan, of 
 Hengwrt, the celebrated antiquary and genealogist. The original transcript reads 
 as follow^s : 
 
 «• Johannes, dominus de Mowthy, indictatus felon', traditur in 
 baliiva Meuric Lloit, Edenevet ap Aron, David apQyon, Rysapleuan 
 ap Griffith ap Madoc, Howell ap leuan Vychan, et David ap ieuan 
 Vychan, &c. 21 Richardi 2." 
 
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 cave on the seacoast near his own house, in the parish 
 of Llangelynin/ This was in the year J405. The cave 
 is still called ** Ogof Owain/^ and is not far distant from 
 the mansion of Llwyndu. There is, however, nothing 
 to indicate that he openh/ joined the revolt, and his lands 
 were certainly not forfeited. He was one of the heirs to 
 the Wele Wyrion Llewelyn ap Tudor, /. e, ^ the domicile 
 of the grandchildren of Llewelyn ap Tudor (see supra) f 
 but it is doubtful if he was alive at the time the extent of 
 7 Henry V was made, and it seems certain that his chil- 
 dren had, at that time (I4J9), acquired possession of his 
 lands. 
 
 He married Llowry,^ daughter of levan Lloyd Fychan 
 ap levan ap Llewelyn ap levan Lloyd Fychan, of Pwll 
 Dyfach, in Pembrokeshire, descended from Cadifor ap 
 Dyfnwall, Lord of Castle Howell, in Caermarthenshire. 
 
 Issue : 
 
 J. Howell ap Ednyfed ap Aron ; of Tohom presently, 
 2 Griffith, ap Ednyfed, of LIanfedig:aid, in the 
 parish of Llangfelynin, Ragflor of the Comot of 
 Talybont, 32 Henry VI (J453-4)^; he is also 
 named as a Juror in several Inquisitions held in 
 and for the County of Merioneth temp. 
 Henry VL 
 3. Llewelyn ap Ednyfed ap Aron, woodwarden for 
 the Comot of Estimaner, and living; 31 Henry 
 VI (1452-3);" he is also named as a Juror in 
 several Inquisitions held in and for the County 
 of Merioneth, especially those held at Harlech, 
 3J Henry VL 
 
 ' Pennant II, 241— York, 208. 
 
 ' Records of Caernarvon. Extent Merioneth, 7 Henry V. 
 
 ^ Hist. Powys Fadog, V, 10 1. Dwnn II. 238. 
 
 * "Thomas Burnby, Vicecomes flerioneth, per sub=vicecomitem 
 suum, EHsse ap Griffith, presentat quod in turno apud Dolgelly, 
 arrestavit David ap Atha ap levan Qethin, felon' et deliberavit eum 
 Qruffith ap Ednyvedap Aron, gent., de Llanvendiged, Ragloto Domini 
 Regis de Talybont ad ducendum eum apud Constabel castri de Harlegh, 
 33 Henrici 6, ipS-" Arch. Camb. Vol. 2, I ser., 23-24. 
 
 * Arch. Camb. Vol. B, t ser., 71, Vol. I, I scr., 402. 
 
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 4. Guttyn ap Ednyfed ap Aron ; he was a Juror in 
 an Inquisition held in and for the County of 
 Merioneth^ at Harlech^ 3 J Henry VI' ( J452) and 
 in others. 
 
 V. HOWELL AP EDNYFED^ ap Aron, of the 
 parish of Llangelynin, Talybont, was living in or about 
 3 J Henry VI (1452-3). He was dead before 1514.^ 
 
 Issue: 
 
 1. Einion ap Howell; of %hom presently, 
 
 2. Llewelyn ap Howell ap Ednyfed, who held part of 
 
 his father's land, J5I4, and was a juror in an In- 
 quisition in and for the County of Merioneth in 
 that year.^ 
 
 VL EINION AP HOWELL,^ of the parish of 
 Llangelynin, Talybont, was dead before 1514. ^He mar- 
 ried Sissly,' illegitimate daughter of Sir John Burgh, 
 Knight, Lord of Mowthey, or Mawddwy, Merionethshire. 
 
 This John Burgh proved his age at Shrewsbury, 
 28 June, 1435," before Humfrey Cotes, the King's escheator, 
 in the county of Salop, and was then twenty-one years 
 of age '^on the 12th June last past,'' having been born at 
 Wattlesburgh, and baptized in the church of Alberbury in 
 the same town.^ He was a person of great magnificence 
 and was four times Sheriff of Shropshire, 1442, 1449, at 
 
 Mbid, Vol. J,ser., 402. 
 
 ^ Dwnn I, 278, 
 
 ■^ Arch. Camb., vol. 3, J Ser., 26J. At this time his sons and grandsons 
 had succeeded to his estate. 
 
 ' Ibid. 
 
 * Dwnn II, 278. He is the first ancestor in the male line of Humphry ap 
 Hugh, of Llwyn, du Llwyngwrill, LIanglynin,Talybont,givcn in the manuscript 
 pedigree compiled by Rowland Ellis, 1697. 
 
 ''' Arch. Camb. 3, 1st Ser., 261, &c. 
 
 ' Dwnn II, 278. The Lordship of Mowthey adjoins Talybont on the East 
 and is but a few miles from Llwyn du. The family of Lord Mowlhey did not 
 live there at this date. 
 
 » Montg. Coll. I, 96, Inq. 13 Henry VI, No. 43. 
 
 ' Ibid. 
 
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 which time he had been knighted, and again in J453 and 
 H63-4, serving the last time for two years/ He died on 
 Saturday, the eve of Pentecost, J47I.^ 
 
 Sir John Burgh, who was also styled Lord of Olonde, 
 near the Castle of Chirbourgh, France, was son of Hugh 
 Burgh,^ Lord of Mowthey or Mawddwy (died 18 August, 
 J 430), and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of John de la 
 Pole, Lord of Mawddwy (died 3 November, 1403, sole 
 heiress to her brother, Fulk), and Elizabeth his wife (born 
 7 May, J375; died prior 1403), daughter of Sir Fulk Cor- 
 bet, of Wattelesburg, and Moreton Corbet/ 
 
 John de la Pole was son of William de la Pole (liv- 
 ing 1352-3), son of Griffith de la Pole, Lord of Mawddwy 
 (of age 1 3 19), son of William, fourth son of Griffith ap 
 Wenwynnyn, Prince of Upper Powys, descended from 
 Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Prince of Powys, murdered 1073."^ 
 
 Issue: 
 
 J. Goronwy ap Einion; of <whom presently, 
 
 2. Griffith ap Einion/ 
 
 3. Other issue/ 
 
 Vll, GORONWY AP EINION,^ of the parish 
 of Llangelynin, Talybont. He was living 6 Henry VIII 
 (1514);'' Llwyn du, in the township of Llwyngwrill, Llan- 
 gelyin, was a part of his estate. He married Arddyn,'° 
 daughter of Ednyfed ap lerworth, who was a Juror in an 
 
 ^i&rc/, 97. 
 
 '^ Ibid, 98. Sir John Burgh was twice married, and a list of his legitimate 
 children, all by his first wife, is given in the Inq. P. M. (Loton MSS. )• Sec also 
 Blakeway's Sheriffs, 70. 
 
 3 Ibid, 95. 
 
 * Ibid, 77. 
 
 ^ Ibid, facing page I, &c. 
 
 ® See Dwnn. He must not be confused with Griffith ap Goronwy, next 
 generation, as has been often done. 
 
 ' There were, doubtless, several children, but I have not been able to ascer- 
 tain their names w^ith certainty. 
 
 « Dwnn n, 238-9, 253, 278. MS. Pedigree of Rowland Ellis, 1697. 
 
 ' Arch, Camb., vol. 3, \ ser., 261. 
 
 »" Dwnn II, 278. 
 
43 
 
 Inquisition for Merionethshire, 36 Henry VI (I457'-8). 
 This Ednyfed was son of lerworth ap Einion of Yns y 
 Maengwyn, who was farmer of the ville of Towyn (/. e., 
 lessee of the Crown Revenues there) and of the office of 
 Raglcr of the comot of Estimaner, Merionethshire, at 
 Michaelmas, 14 J5, and also held in farm the office of 
 Wood warden of Estimaner at Michaelmas, J 425, for the 
 term of two years, that being the first. The wife of 
 lerworth was Gwenllian, daughter of Kenric ap Rotpert, 
 of TegaingI, and relict of James Eyton, of Eyton, in the 
 County of Flint,^ 
 
 lerworth ap Einion was son of Einion ap Griffith, 
 of Cors y GedoL Merionethshire, Captain of Forty 
 Archers for the King^ from Merionethshire^ 10 Richard 
 II, Woodwarden of the comot of Estimaner between 7 
 July, 1382, and 12 October, 1385, and son of Griffith ap 
 Llewelyn, Sheriff of Merionethshire, 46 Edward III and 
 15 Richard II, son of Llewelyn ap Kenric, of Cors y 
 Gedol, son of Osborn, surnamed "WyddeF^ (the Irish- 
 man), who settled in Wales in 13th Century, and who 
 was assessed in the parish of Llanaber, 1293/ 
 
 Vin. HOWELL AP QORONWY,^ of the parish 
 of Llangelynin, Talybont, was born circa 1500, perhaps 
 later. The name of his wife is not given either in the 
 MS. pedigree compiled by his descendant, Rowland 
 Ellis, in 1697, or in Dwnn^s Visitations of Wales, taken 
 1588 to 1603, although he is mentioned in both. He 
 was owner of Llwyn du, in the township of Llwyngwrill 
 in Llangelynin, Talybont, which is described in a docu- 
 ment of a later date relating to the Quaker burial place 
 in Llwyngwrill, as ''that ancient capital messuage, tene- 
 
 ' Arch. Camb., vol. 3, J scr., 261. 
 
 ' Hist. Powys Fadog, IV, 382, et scq. Dwnn II, 230-1. 
 
 ■' Hist. Powys Fadog, IV, 384, 
 
 * MS. Pedigree of Rowland Ellis, 1697. Dwnn II, 253. 
 
44 
 
 ment and lands called Llwyn du/*' a "good and indefea- 
 sible estate of inheritance/* 
 Issue: 
 
 J. David ap Howell; of%hom presently. Other issue* 
 
 IX. DAVID AP HOWELL,^ of the parish of 
 Llangelynin, Talybont, was born circa 1 540- 1 550, and 
 died before 1636. 
 
 Upon his father^s decease he acquired Lwy^ndu, 
 Gwastalgoyd Ucha. and Issa, and divers other lands and 
 tenements in the township of Llwyngwrill in the said 
 county. 
 
 He married Mary, daughter of Hugh ap John,^ of 
 the parish of Tal y Llyn, in Estimaner Hundred, eight 
 miles south-west from Dolgelly. 
 
 Hugh ap John, who died before 1588, was the son 
 of John ap Meredith y Bedo ap David ap Jenkin ap 
 Llewelyn ap Einion, of Llwydiarth, in the parish of 
 Meifod, in Montgomeryshire. Hugh ap John, of Tal y 
 Llyn, married Catharine, daughter of Rhys ap David. 
 
 John ap Meredith, of Tal y Llyn, married Gwenllian, 
 daughter of Ednyfed ap David (living 6 Henry VIII, 
 1514), son of David ap Howell (Juror in an Inquisition 
 held at Dolgelly, 35 Henry VI, 1456-7), son of Howell 
 ap Einion (living 7 Henry V, 1415, and then one of the 
 heirs to a wele of free land which had belonged to 
 Llewelyn ap Tudor), son of Einion ap David (named in 
 the extent of Henry V, J4J9, but then dead), son of 
 David ap Peredyr (Gethin) (named in said extent, but 
 then dead), son of Peredyr (Gethin) ap Llewelyn ap 
 Tudor, Lord of Talybont, temp. Edward I; descended 
 from Ednowain ap Bradwen, as above."* 
 
 1 Montg. Colls., XV, 416. 
 
 ' MS. Pedigree of Rowland Ellis, 1697, Dwnn II, 253. 
 ^ Ibid II, 252-3. 
 
 * Arch. Camb. I ser., vol. 3, 208, 258, 261, &c. Records of Caernarvon, 
 Extent Merioneth. 
 
45 
 Issue : 
 
 J. Hugh ap David; of <whom presently, 
 
 2. John David ap Howell; he inherited Gwastalgoyd 
 
 Ucha, in Llwyng^wrill Township, and had David 
 John David ap Howell, of Llwyngwrill, whose 
 will, dated 1 66 J, was proved 6 June, J 66 1, at 
 Bangor. 
 
 3. Other issue* 
 
 X. HUGH AP DAVID,' of Llwyn du, in the 
 township of Llwyngwrill, parish of Llangelynin, Taly- 
 bont, died before \ January, 1649," at which time his son 
 and heir was in possession of Llwyn du. Hugh ap David 
 married Catherine,^ daughter of Rhydderch ap John, of 
 Abergydolwyn, Merionethshire. According to deeds in 
 possession of descendants, Catherine must have been 
 born about 1584. and have been the eldest child. There 
 is extant a marriage settlement showing that Rhydderch 
 ap John^ of Abergydolwyn, in the county of Merioneth, 
 and Marianne, daughter of Owen ap David ap Lewis, 
 were married in the first part of 1583.^ Hugh ap David 
 and Catherine, daughter of Rhydderch ap John, were 
 married about 1600-1603, 
 
 Rhydderch ap John, of Abergydolwyn, living 1583, 
 was son of John ap Gruffyd,*' of Abergydolwyn, grantee 
 in a deed 1 February, 1553, and living 1583, son of 
 Gruffyd ap levan, of Abergydolwyn, grantee in a deed 
 
 • Dwnn II, 253. MS. Pedigree of Rowland Ellis, 1697, 
 
 ''■ Documents in possession of Edward Griffith, Esquire, of Springfield, 
 Dolgelly, a descendant. 
 
 ' MS. Pedigree of Rowland Ellis, (see note infra), 
 
 * Monlg. Colls. 
 
 •' Gniffydd is the Welsh form of Griffith ; as the nimc is so spelled in the 
 original deeds it is not changed. Rowlind Ellis, in his pedigree of 1697, uses 
 the Welsh form of spelling throughout. In Dwnn's visitations both forms are 
 used. In the same manner Humphrey is often w^ritten Humffrey, etc. Note 
 that Rowland Ellis in his pedigree of Jb97, calls Catherine daughter of "Sion ap 
 Rliydderch," /. e., John ap Rhydderch, w^hich, how^ever, is clearly a clerical 
 error, as Sion ap Rhydderch w^as her brother. 
 
46 
 
 \5\6f living 1550, son of levan ap Owen, of Abergydol- 
 wyn, which Owen was born about H30.' Nothing 
 further is known concerning the ancestry of the Abergy- 
 
 dolwyn family, 
 Issue: 
 
 1. Humphrey ap Hugfh; of%>hom presently. 
 
 2. John ap Hugh, living: 2 J January, 1649, 
 
 3. Rice ap Hugh; buried at Llangelynin Church, 13 
 March, J 623. 
 
 4. David ap Hugh 
 
 XI. HUnPHREY AP HUGH/ of Llwyn du, in 
 the township of Llwyngwrill, parish of Llangelynin, 
 Talybont, Merionethshire, was born circa 1600-1603. 
 He is named as a party to the deed of marriage settle- 
 ment made at the time of the marriage of his daughter 
 Anne to Ellis Rees, and dated 1 January, 1649, wherein 
 he is described as : *' Humffrey ap Hugh of Ll^wyngivril in 
 the sayd Com, of Merioneth ^ gentleman/^ ^ He was living 
 at Llwyn du 1662,^ but died in or before 1664,"^ having 
 been a Justice of the Peace for his county. 
 
 Humphrey ap Hugh married, circa \ 624-1 625 ^ Eliz- 
 abeth, daughter of John PowelF' (otherwise called John 
 ap Howell Goch), of Gadfa, a large farm (then considered 
 
 ^ Montg. Colls., vol. 
 
 ' MS, Pedigree of Rowland Ellis, 1697. 
 
 ^This Indenture is now owned by a descendant, Edward Griffith, Esq., 
 of Springfield, Dolgclly, Merionethshire, Wales. It is dated I January, 1 649, the 
 parties thereto being Rees Lewis ap John Griffith, of Dyffrydan, in the County 
 of Merioneth, gentleman ; Humffrey ap Hugh, of Llwyngwrill, in said county, 
 gentleman ; Richard Nanney, of Llwyngwrill, and David Ellis, of Gwanas, 
 gentlemen. It recites that a marriage is intended between Anne, one of the 
 daughters of said Humffrey ap Hugh, and Ellis Rees, second son of said Rees 
 Lewis. Richard Nanney and David Ellis are Trustees. It was witnessed 21 
 January, 1649, by John ap William ap Humphrey, David John Hugh, Griffith 
 ap Rees Lewis, Tudor Vaughan and John ap Hugh. Rowland Ellis, who com- 
 piled the pedigree of 1697, was the only issue of this marriage, 
 
 * Diary of Richard Davies, of Welshpoole, the Quaker, 
 
 ^ Deeds relative to Quaker Burial Ground at Llwyn du. 
 
 « MS. Pedigree of Rowland ElUs, 1697. 
 
47 
 
 quite a good estate), in the township of Rhiwargor, in 
 the parish of Llanwddyn, Montgomeryshire, John ap 
 Howell was taxed as a land owner in Llanwddyn^ in a 
 Lay Subsidy of 39 Elizabeth, 1596-7/ and was buried at 
 Llanwddyn Parish Church, 24 July, 1636.' He was the 
 son of Howell Goch, of Gadfa, ap Meredith ap Bedo ap 
 Jenkin, of Caer Einion,^ and he married Sibill/ daughter 
 (seventh child) of Hugh Gwyn, Esquire, of Peniarth, 
 Caernarvonshire, by Jane (his second wife), daughter of 
 Owen ap Hugh, of Bodeon,^ Anglesey, and sister unto 
 Sir Hugh Owen, Barrister-at-Law and Recorder of 
 Caermarthen, ancestor to the Owens, Baronets, of Oriel- 
 ton, Pembrokeshire. Hugh Gwyn'' was High Sheriff 
 of Caernarvonshire from 2 December, 1 599- 1 600, and 
 was commissioned one of the Justices of the Peace for 
 that county, \\ May, 161 J. 
 
 Owen ap Hugh, of Bodeon, Anglesey, was High 
 Sheriff of Anglesey, 30 November, 1562-63, 1579-80 
 (30 November), and died 16 1 3. His second wife, mother 
 of Jane, who married Hugh Gwyn, was Sibill, youngest 
 daughter of Sir William Griffith, Knt., of Penrhyn, Caer- 
 narvonshire, Chamberlain of North Wales, by his second 
 wife, Jane, daughter of John Puleston, of Bers and Havod 
 y Wern. 
 
 * Subsidy Rolls for Montgomeryshire. 
 '^ Llanwddyn Parish Register, 
 
 * Records relating to tenure of Rhiwargor. Hist. Powys Fadog, IV, 
 367-8, vi, 130. 
 
 * MS. Pedigree of Rowland Ellis. 1697. Dwnn II, 172. 
 
 ° The MS. Pedigree of Rowland Ellis, by mistake, makes her daughter 
 instead of sister of Sir Hugh Owen. She was daughter of Owen ap Hugh, as 
 above. Dwnn II, 199, 205. 
 
 ^Eleanor, or Ellen, another daughter of Hugh Gwyn, married Rev. 
 Richard Nanney, Rector of Llangelynin and Vicar of Towyn. She was living 
 16 June, 1646, in Llwyngwrill, and her son was named Richard Nanney. 
 
48 
 Issue: 
 
 J. ANNE,' bapt. , m. J649-50 ELLIS AP REES,^ 
 
 of Bryn Mawr, Dolgelly, gentleman, and had : 
 ROWLAND ELLIS. 
 
 2. Hugh, bapt. in Llangelynin Church, 7 April, 
 
 1625; bur. 22 May, J 625. 
 
 3. Owen, bapt. in Llangelynin Church, 13 April, 
 
 1629; of^hom presently,' 
 
 4. Catherine, bapt. in Llangelynin Church, 15 No- 
 
 vember, 1 63 1; bur. 29 November, 1 63 1. 
 
 5. John, bapt. in Llangelynin Church, J 6 November, 
 
 1632 ; m.Joan, sister of one Richard Humphrey. 
 They both died in Pennsylvania. 
 
 6. Samuel, bapt. in Llangelynin Church, 22 January, 
 
 1635.^ 
 
 7. , dau., bapt. . 
 
 8. , dau., bapt. . 
 
 ^ The Register is so imperfect and, in parts, indistinct, that the date of her 
 baptism cannot be deciphered. 
 
 ■ Sec Deed of Marriage Settlement, I January, 1649 (1649-50), cited supra.. 
 Their only child, Rowland Ellis, was born J 650, and died in Pennsylvania; he 
 compiled the pedigree of 1697, w^hich is in his ow^n handwriting. 
 
 ' Ow^en Humphrey, second son and heir of Humphrey ap Hugh, inherited 
 
 Llwyn du. He married Margaret, daughter of , and had, among other 
 
 issue, some of w^hom removed to Pennsylvania, a daughter, Rebecca, who married, 
 Ifa78, Robert Owen, of Fron Goch, near Bala, in the Coir.ot of Penlly, Merion- 
 ethshire. Robert and Rebecca Owen removed to Pennsylvania in 1690 and 
 settled in Merion Township, w^here they died Ife97, leaving besides daughters, 
 male issue as follows ; Evan Ow^en, Provincial Councillor, Judge of Court of 
 Common Pleas, etc.; Owen Owen, High Sheriff of Philadelphia County and 
 Coroner ; John Owen, High Sheriff of the County of Chester, Member of Assembly 
 and Trustee of the Loan Office ; and Robert Ow^en, w^ho married Susanna, 
 daughter of William Hudson, Mayor of Philadelphia. The second Robert 
 Owen's daughter, Hannah, married, first, John Ogden, by whom she had a son, 
 William Ogden, w^ho left issue, and, secondly, Joseph Wharton, of Walnut Grove, 
 by whom she had, besides other children, Robert Wharton, Mayor of Philadel- 
 phia, Captain of First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry. 
 
 * Samuel Humphrey, a celebrated Quaker, died in Merionethshire, but his 
 widow, Elizabeth, daughter of Rees Hugh, with their children, removed to 
 Pennsylvania, 1683. The children of Samuel Humphrey took the surname of 
 "Humphreys." which they have since retained. From Samuel Humphrey 
 descended Joshua Humphreys, Naval Constructor, called the Father of the 
 American Navy, and the late General Humphreys, of Pennsylvania, distin- 
 guished in the Var of the Rebellion, and whose son is now an officer in the 
 United States Army, 
 
^tantajgenet. 
 
 I. THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH PLAN= 
 TAG E NET, daughter of Edward I by his first wife, 
 Eleanor of Castile, was born at Rudlan Castle, in Flint- 
 shire, 1284. She married, first, in London, John, Earl 
 of Holland, who died without issue two years after his 
 marriage; and, secondly, Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of 
 Hereford and Lord High Constable of England. By her 
 second husband she had a son : 
 
 II. WILLIAM DE BOHUN, Earl of North- 
 ampton and Knight of the Garter, who died J 360. He 
 married Elizabeth, daughter of Bartholomew de Badels- 
 mer — Lord Badelsmcr, of Leeds Castle, County Kent, 
 who was beheaded at Canterbury, 1322. The will of 
 this Elizabeth is dated 1356, being executed prior to her 
 husband's decease, but she did not die until 1378, as 
 appears by the following inscription on a tablet erected 
 to her memory in Black Friars, London : 
 
 ** Here lieth the body of the Lady Elizabeth, the daugfhter of 
 Sir Bartholomew Balitismer, wife of William Bohun, Earl of 
 Northampton, and mother of the Earles of March and North- 
 ampton, and of Elizabeth, Countess of Arundell. She died Sid of 
 June, anno Christi, 1378.^ She was interred before the high aUar. 
 — [Weever's Funeral MonumentSf page 77] . 
 
 Her will was as follows : 
 
 *% Elizabeth de Bohun, Countess of Northampton, on the 
 last day of May, 1356, with the leave of my husband to make this 
 my will. My body to be buried in the choir of the Church of the 
 Friar preachers, London : to that church C. Marks sterling;, and 
 also the cross made of the very wood of our Saviour^s Cross, which 
 I was wont to carry about me, and wherein is contained one of the 
 thorns of his crown; also I bequeath to the said Church two fine 
 acton clothes of one suit, two of cloth of gold, one chalice, one 
 missal, one graile, and one silver bell, likewise thirty-one ells of 
 
 49 
 
50 
 
 linen cloth for making of abes, one pulpitary, one portfory, and 
 an holy water pot of silver ; to the Friars Preachers of Oxford 
 one hundred marks, two cloths of gold of one suit and one chalice ; 
 to the Friars Preachers of Cambridge, fifty pounds : to those of 
 Chelmsford, twenty pounds ; to those of Exeter, twenty pounds ; 
 also I will that one hundred and fifty marks be distributed to sev- 
 eral other convents of Friar Preachers, in such manner as Friar 
 David de Stirington shall think best, for my soul's health ; to the 
 Grey Friars in London, five marks ; to the Augustines, five 
 marks ; to the Churches of Rochf ord, one pair of vestments which 
 I used on holidays in my own Chapel ; to the Earl of Hereford, my 
 lord, a tablet of gold with the form of a crucifix thereon ; to 
 Humphrey, my son, a cup of silver, gilt with two basons and one 
 ewer of silver ; to Elizabeth, my daughter, a bed of Red Worsted 
 embroided ; to my sister, the Countess of Oxford, a black horse and 
 a nonche ; to my sister, Roos, a set of beads of gold and jet, with 
 a firmaile/' [Testamenta Vetusta, Nichol. Page 60 ; et Dug- 
 dale, Vol. I., page ISO.] William de Bohun and Elizabeth, Iiis 
 wife, had issue : 
 
 III. LADY ELIZABETH DE BOHUN, who 
 
 married Richard Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, 
 who was beheaded on Tower Hill, September, 1397. 
 Elizabeth died during her husband's life-time, prior to 15 
 Richard II., for in that year the Earl of Arundel paid a 
 fine to the king for marrying (the second time) without 
 a license. [Dugdale]. His second wife survived him. 
 
 His will is as follows : 
 
 **l, Richard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, March 4, 1392, 16 
 Richard II., in my Castle of Philipp. My body to be buried in 
 the Priory of Lewis, in a place behind the high altar, which I have 
 shewn to my beloved in God Danz Johan Chierlien, Prior, and frere 
 Thomas Asshebourne, my confessor. In case my dear wife E., on 
 whom God have mercy, be not there interred by me, I charge my 
 executors that they cause my said wife to be conveyed from her 
 present tomb to the said place with the same form as the body of 
 my most honored lord and father was buried. If I die in England 
 I desire to have my corpse privately conveyed to the said Priory, 
 and I forbid armed men, or other pomp, attendant at my burial. 
 
 . . . . My manors of Angermeryn, Wepham, Warne- 
 camp, Soucstoke, Tothungton, Upinerdon, and Pyperyng. . . . 
 
51 
 
 My most dear [second] wife Philippa . . . My sons 
 [in law] the Earl Marshall, Lord Charlton, and William Beau- 
 champ . . . My son Richard a standing: bed called Clove also 
 a bed of silk, embroidered with the arms of Arundel and "Warren 
 quarterly ... to my dear son Thomas, from the day of my 
 death C L annually in aid of his maintainance, also the Manors 
 of Begfenever, SuUynton, and Schapewyk . , . My dear daughter 
 Charlton ; to my dau§:hter Elizabeth a nounce with lions and 
 crowns which was gfiven me by my dear son her husband." [Testa- 
 menta Vetusta, p. 129,] 
 
 The Earl of Arundel had issue by his first 
 wife Elizabeth: 
 
 1. Richard, d. S. P. 
 
 2. Thomas, who died S. P. and whose title passed to 
 
 his kinsman, but whose lands descended to his 
 sisters. 
 
 3. Alice married John de Charlton prior 1392 ; died 
 
 before 14 1 5, S. P. 
 
 4. Alianora, who had Royal License 28 Oct. J 37 1, to 
 
 marry Robert de Ufford, son of William Earl of 
 Suffolk. [Notes from the Patent Rolls Inq. etc.; 
 but is said in ^'Williamson's Evidences" to have 
 died unmarried, p. 30.] [Hist. Cheshire, 
 Ormerod, p. 38.] 
 
 5. Elizabeth, of "whom hereafter. 
 
 6. Joane, married before 1392, William Beauchamp 
 
 of Abergavenny. She died 14 Nov. 1435. 
 
 7. Margaret, married Sir Rowland Lenthall. 
 
 IV. LADY ELIZABETH FITZ ALAN, was 
 
 born 1376, and died 8 July, 1425. She married, first, 
 before 1 December 1378, William de Montacute, son of 
 William Earl of Salisbury, who died 6 August, 1383. 
 She married, secondly, 1386, as his second wife, Thomas 
 K. G, 7th Lord Mowbray Earl Marshall of England, 1st 
 duke of Norfolk, and Earl of Nottingham, who died 22 
 September, 1399. She married, thirdly on or before the 
 1 September, 1401, Sir Robert Goushill, Knight, of 
 Haveringham in the county of Nottingham, and Lord of 
 
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 Hault Hucknall Manor in Derbyshire. He had been 
 Esquire to the duke of Norfolk her former husband. She 
 married^ fourthly^ Sir Gerard Ufflete, Knight, of Wigmore, 
 Yorkshire, but retained the title of Dowager Duchess of 
 Norfolk until her death. The following letter written by 
 her in 1421-2 is extant. The William Troutbeck there 
 referred to was the grandfather of the William Troutbeck 
 mentioned laten 
 
 The letter is as follows: 
 '-The Duchuse of Norff. 
 
 Right dere and well beloved, we gfrete yoti well, and alsmycoll 
 as we have given under oure great seale of armes, unto oure 
 servante Norman Babyngton, and Margaret his wife, and unto 
 the heires of Norman, the third part of the manoirs of Staune 
 Dunham and Troughf ord, with the app* tenuz, of which, William 
 Troutbeck holds of us the third part t* me of his life yielding to 
 us yerely a certayne rent, as the said '^William Troutbeck can de- 
 clare you more pleyneley, we pray you with all oure hert, that ye 
 make fine to be rered before you of the third part of the sd manoirs, 
 and also of the third part of the ferme, the which the sd Trout- 
 beck yeilds to us and oure sisters, unto the heires of Norman, and 
 with warrantie, writen under oure greate seale at Annesley, xx 
 May (I42J-I422.) 
 
 To oure dere and right well beloved Peirs of Poole, 
 Justice of Chester.^* 
 
 Seal of arms two and a half inches in diameter, 
 bearing arms of England, with a label of three points, 
 impaling a shield blazoned, quarterly, 1st and 4th, chec- 
 quey, 2nd and 3d, a lion rampant, Circumscribed : ** x 
 
 Sigillum d'ni Elizabeth Norforthie : 
 
 comitisse : marchli : . . redby : de Knapp . . 
 
 (Hist. Ches. Ormerod.) 
 
 By her 3d husband, Sir Robert Qoushill, 
 Knight: 
 
 Joan Goushill, d. and heiress, of ivhom presently, 
 
 V. LADY JOAN QOUSHILL, daughter and 
 heiress of Sir Robert Goushill, by Elizabeth Fitz Alan, 
 
53 
 
 married Sir Thomas Stanley, Jst Lord Stanley, Knight 
 of the Garter, who died 37 Henry VL [Dugdale 11. p. 
 248]. [E. Stemmate,— Ece. 37. H. 6]. ^' Who being 
 a Knight in 9 Henry 6 was constituted Lieutenant of 
 Ireland, for the term of six years, and in 27 Henry 6 
 (with John Viscount Beaumont and others) was one of 
 the Commissioners appointed to treat with the Scots for 
 a truce between both Reims. In 28 Henry 6 (with 
 James Earl of Wiltshire and others) he was put in com- 
 mission for the defence of the Town and Castle of Calais ; 
 and also of the meedes adjacent, and Toure of Kirfbank, 
 for the term of five years. He was likewise Chamberlain 
 to the King ; and in 30 Henry 6 was again constituted 
 a Commissioner, to treat with James Earl of Douglass 
 upon those articles which had been formerly signed by 
 him." 
 
 He had issue by Joan Qoushill, his wife : 
 
 1 . Thomas Stanley, Earl of Derby. 
 
 2. Sir William Stanley, of Holt, who crowned Henry 
 
 VII. on Bosworth field ; Chamberlain to the 
 Kin^. Beheaded 1494. 
 
 3. John Stanley, of Weever, Cheshire. 
 
 4. James Stanley, Archdeacon of Chester. 
 
 5. Margfaret, married Sir William Troutbeck, of %hom 
 
 presently, 
 
 6. Elizabeth, married Sir Richard Molineox, Knt. 
 
 7. Katherine, married Sir John Savage. 
 
 VI. LADY MARGARET STANLEY, eldest 
 daughter of Thomas, Lord Stanley, married Sir William 
 Troutbeck, of Pryns Castle in Worrill, Cheshire, Lord of 
 Dunham. Sir William Troutbeck, Knight, was son and 
 heir of Sir John Troutbeck, Knight, of Dunham, Cham- 
 berlain of Chester, and was aged 23 years in 37 Henry 
 VI. ( 1458), and was therefore born 1434-5. The follow- 
 ing Inq. P. M. is proof of his birth and age : 
 
 ''Inq.P. M. (37, not) 38, H. VI. John Trootbek held (no 
 lands of the King or Prince on his decease) in demesne, as of fee 
 
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 (but by his charter of 22 Feby., 35 Hen. VI., had granted to 
 Johi Comiti Arondel, Johi Beamond, Vicund de Beamond, 
 John Sutton dno de Dudley, Thomes Stanley, Thome Parre, Rico 
 Turnstall, Thome de Convey, Militibz, Petro de Ardern Justic dni 
 Re8:is de coi Banco, Gilbto Parre, Johi Pulesdon, Rico Pulesdon, 
 Mag'ro Andree Holes, Clico, Hug:oni Pembton, Rico Asshawe, 
 Thome Bellamond, Clico, and others) — the manors of Brinstath, 
 Dunham, Trogfhford, and Budworth, cum pert, with lands in 
 Carnesdale, Barneston, Oxton, Tranmore, Upton, Raby, L. New- 
 ton, Herg-reave, Newton in Wirrill, Chester, Handbridgfe, Wood- 
 church, Christelton, Ledsham, Pickmere, Moberley, Newton 
 Juxtale Midelwich, and the avowson (of the Church) of Moberley 
 for his use for life. Ob. die Sabbi px post festum Sci Bartholomei 
 Apli ultimo. Wills Troutbeck filius & heres, aet. 2Z, ann. in festo 
 See Marg:arete Virgfinis ultimo),*' 
 
 Sir William Troutbeck was married in the year 
 1449, when aged only about fourteen years, to the Lady 
 Margaret Stanley, and was slain at the battle of Blore- 
 Heath on the 23d September, 1459, fighting under the 
 command of Lord Auderley, in the Lancasterian cause. 
 He was buried in the Troutbeck Chapel in St. Mary's, 
 Chester. A tomb was erected there to his memory, and 
 is thus described : '' It was a faire tombe of one of the 
 Troutbecks. The man all in riche armour, with a riche 
 border of pearles, and stones, about his head, on the helmet. 
 On the front of the helmet, over his forehead, was en- 
 graven ^eshu Nazdrenus Rex* All the plates and 
 edges of his armour curiously wrought, as it were 
 imbracery, with a collar of S.S. about his neck, of gold, 
 one gauntlet in his hand, and his wife's hand in the 
 other. Under his feet a lion couchant ; under his head, 
 a helmet mantled, having on it a wreath of trouts and 
 a moores head. She hath her head richly atttired, with 
 a veil over her head, with a blue gown, and a short 
 surcoat of black. At her feet a lamb, and two angels 
 supporting the cushions under her head.'' 
 
 The Troutbeck Aisle or Chapel, which was built in 
 the reign of Henr/ VL, by William Troutbeck, fell 
 
55 
 
 down not many years after the publication of the *^ Vale 
 Royal," by King, and destroyed the tombs. The third 
 Randal Holmes says, that for the fineness of the work, 
 the monuments of the Troutbecks were thought to ex- 
 ceed anything of that kind in England, (Harl. MS. 
 2I5J, fo. I6b.) 
 
 The battle of Blore-Heath was fought on St. Tecla^s 
 Day, 23 September, 1459, was fatal to the men of 
 Cheshire. Among those left dead upon the field were : 
 Sir Thomas Dutton, Sir John Done, Sir Hugh Venables, 
 Sir Richard Molineux, Sir William Troutbcck, Sir John 
 Leigh, and Sir John Egerton. (Records Corporation of 
 Macclesfield.) 
 
 The following is proof of the death of the said 
 
 William Troutbeck, and as it gives the age of his eldest 
 
 son, fixes the date of his marriage : 
 
 *'Inq. M. (b. demand.) 4 Edw. I v. Sir William Troutbek, 
 knig;ht, held the manors of Great Troughford, Dunham, and Hole 
 from Henry, late King of France, * et non de jure Rege Angliae 
 sexto,* with lands therein, valued at XL marks per annum. Also 
 the manors and advowsons of Moberley, the manors of Brunstath, 
 Raby and Budworth, half of L. Neston, and one-fifth of Har- 
 gfcave; (the manors of Elton and Oxton, and a moiety of the 
 ville of Pykmere ;) with lands in Hargreave, Barneston, Games- 
 dale, Ledsham, Woodchurch, Eccleston, Chester Hulme, Kinderton, 
 Brereton, Newton, GogshuII, Xtlton, Tattenhall, Bridge Trogh- 
 ford, Elton, Oxton, Pickmere, Thingwall, Tranmere, Upton, and 
 Wirswall. William Troutbek, son and heir, (aet. J 5 ann. et 
 maritatus Johanne filie Johis. Botiller Militis, and ward of the 
 latter by grant of the King, 8 Jan. 2 Edw. IV).'' 
 
 For evidences of the marriage of Sir William Trout- 
 beck and Margaret Stanley, see Dougdale, vol. II., page 
 248, (et E. Stemmate) wherein he states that Sir Thomas, 
 Lord Stanley, left ** issue : three sons, Thomas, William 
 and John ; and two daughters, Margaret, married to Sir 
 William Troutbeck, Knight, and Elizabeth to Sir Richard 
 Molineux, Knight." See also Collins' Peerage of Eng- 
 
S6 
 
 land, vol. III., page 40, etc. Edition 1779, London, 
 Pedigree of Troutbeck of Dunham, by Robert Glover, 
 Somerset Herald, for William Floww, Norry King-at- 
 arms; visitations of Cheshire, 1580 (Harl. MS. 1424. 
 fo. 1287). Printed Edition, London, 1882, by John Paul 
 Rylands, F. S. A.— Also, Harl, MS. 1424, fo. 1 36b, Pedi- 
 gree of Troutbeck of Dunham, by William Beaumont, 
 Esq. of Oxford Hall (see Hist. Cheshire, by George 
 Ormerod, Revised Edition). Also visitations of Wales 
 by Lewis Dwnn, Penrhyn Pedigree. The best evidence, 
 however, is the Dispensation, dated 23 January, 1459 
 (O, S.) (or J460, N. S.) to Margaret, widow of William 
 Troutbeck and daughter of Thomas Lord Stanley, de- 
 ceased, to marry Sir John Botler, Knight, which mar- 
 riage took place in 1460, and the said Sir John, dying 26 
 February, 1463, the said Margaret married, thirdly, 2 
 October, 1465, Lord Grey, of Codnor. 
 
 It should be remembered that the month of January, 
 J 459, is four months after September, and not prior to it, 
 the year not beginning then until March. 
 
 The children of Sir William Troutbeck and 
 the Lady Margaret were : 
 
 I- William Troutbeck, "aet. J 5 years, 4 Edw. IV., 
 ward of Sir John Botler, alias Butler, by grant of 
 the King^, 8 January, 2 Edw. IV./' married to 
 Johannes, daughter of the said Sir John. No 
 issue. 
 
 2. Adam Troutbeck ; his heiress married John Talbot, 
 
 ancestor of the Earls of Shrewsbury. 
 
 3. Thomas Troutbeck. 
 
 4. Alice Troutbeck. 
 
 5. Jane Troutbeck, married Jst, Sir William Botler, 
 
 of Bewsey, Knight, and, 2ndly, Sir William 
 Griffith, of Penrhyn, Knight ; of 'whom presently. 
 
 6. Elizabeth Troutbeck, married Sir Alexander Hough- 
 
 ton, Knight. 
 
57 
 
 VII. LADY JANE TROUTBECK, daughter of 
 Sir William Troutbeck^ married Sir William Griffith, 
 Knight, of Penrhyn, in the county of Caernarvon, as 
 appear of record in the Visitations of Lewis Dwnn, 11. , 
 J 54-5, HarL MSS. No. 1424, fo. 1 35b., also MS. of the 
 celebrated antiquary, Robert Vaughan, of Hengwrt, 
 Known as the Hengwrt MS. 96, p. 603 (vide Mont- 
 gomeryshire Collections, by the Powysland Club), voL 
 XXV., page 98. The translation of this MS. is as 
 follows : 
 
 " Wm. Vaugfhan ( Vychan) Chamberlain of No. Wales (son 
 of Gwilym ab Gruffydd ab Guilym ab Gruff ydd ab Heilen, by his 
 2d wife Sioned (Jonet) D. of Sir Wm. Stanley of Hooton, 
 Chamberlain of No. Wales and Chester) , and had all the land of 
 his father, and the lands also of Paris, (from whom Paris Moun- 
 tain), by his mother's influence, and in the 1 8th year of Henry VI. 
 ( J440) he got himself made a denizen of England, under covenant 
 that he should not marry any Welsh woman, so he married Alice, 
 dau. and heir of Sir Richard Dalton, kt., by a daughter of Lord 
 Clifford, his wife. Their son, Sir William Griffith, Hael (the 
 Liberal), m. Jane, dau. of Sir Wm. Troutbeck, Kt., by his wife, a 
 sister to Sir Thomas Stanley.'' 
 
 Sir William Griffith must, therefore, have been born 
 subsequent to the year J 440, and succeeded his father as 
 Chamberlain of North Wales, some time after 1 0th of 
 August, 1466, for his said father was alive upon the last 
 mentioned day. 
 
 He was created a Knight of the Bath J 489. The 
 record therefore being as follows : 
 
 ** These XXI. followinge were made Knightes of the Bathe 
 at the Creation of Prince Arthur and of his Bayne on St. Andrew's 
 Eve in anno quinto of the king. 
 
 Sir William Griffith was living 12 Henry VIIL, 1520, 
 and was then Chamberlain of North Wales. He survived, 
 however, for many years, or until about J 539-40 ; he is 
 mentioned in the Welsh records as Captain or Constable 
 of Caernarvon Castle, and he is remembered by anti- 
 
58 
 
 quarians on account of the pains he took to collect and 
 preserve the official archives and records and manuscripts 
 relating to Wales. There are some fine verses extant 
 addressed to him by the leading Bards of his day. 
 
 The Griffiths of Penrhyn were the owners of im- 
 mense estates in Caernarvonshire, and had their seat at 
 Penrhyn Castle, which then was, and continues to be, 
 one of the finest seats in the Principality. At the time of 
 Henry VII., and Henry VIIL, they reached a height of 
 splendor and power second only, perhaps, in Wales, to 
 the family of Sir Rhys ap Thomas, of Dynevor. 
 
 Their entertainments at Penrhyn were magnificent, 
 especially at those times when the King tarried there; 
 their retainers, a small army, and their tenants, bound by 
 feudal tenure, placed an armed force at their command, 
 at all times ready for instant service in the field. He 
 had issue : 
 
 VIII. SIR WILLIAM GRIFFITH, Knight, of 
 Penrhyn, eldest son and heir. He was of the Court of 
 Henry VIII, and accompanied the King into France, 
 where he distinguished himself at the siege of Tourraine, 
 where he was knighted, 25 December, 5 Henry VIII, and 
 was Chamberlain of North Wales. He married, secondly 
 (marriage settlement 2 August, 1522), Jane, widow of 
 Robert Meredith and daughter of John Puleston, of Bers, 
 and Havod, y Wern, Caernarvonshire, constable of Caer- 
 narvon Castle, 16 April, J 506, 30 July, J 509, I October, 
 1423, Chamberlain of North Wales, High Sheriff of Caer- 
 narvonshire, \ 544 ; died about this date. 
 
 The wife of John Puleston was descended from 
 Edward III, King of England. Sir William Griffith had 
 issue by Jane, his second wife : 
 
 IX. SIBELL GRIFFITH, youngest daughter, 
 who married (as his second wife) Owen ap Hugh, 
 
59 
 
 Esquiret of Bodeorit Anglesey, High Sheriff of Anglesey, 
 30 November, J 562-63; 1579-80 (30 November), and 
 died 16 J 3, They had a daughter: 
 
 X. JANE OWEN, who married Hugh Gwyn, 
 of Peniarth, High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire from 
 2 December, 1599-1600, and Justice of the Peace 
 U May, I6n. Their daughter, Sibill (XI), married 
 John Powell, of Gadfa, Llanwddyn, Montgom- 
 eryshire, and had Elizabeth (XII), who married 
 Humphrey ap Hugh, of Llwyn du (see page 47). 
 
 THONES KUNDERS, "Dennis Con-= ELEANOR STREYPERS. 
 
 tad," born at Crefeld, Germany, 1648. 
 Died in Germantow^n, Philadelphia, 1729. He 
 removed to Pennsylvania, 1683, and settled in 
 Gcrmantown, and the first Friends' meeting at 
 that place was held in his house. He was a 
 man much respected by the first settlers. 
 
 I 
 MADTIS CONRAD (Conders), bom in= BARBARA TYSON, died 
 
 Crefeld, Germany, 11,25, 1679. Died in Ger- I 1726. Married 5, 29, 
 
 man town, Philadelphia, 1726. j J 706. 
 
 CORNELIUS CONRAD, born 1710, in=PRISCILLA BOLTON mar- 
 
 Germantown, Philadelphia. Died 11, 22, 
 1765. 
 
 ried 3, 29, 1732. 
 
 i 
 
 SAMUEL CONRAD, born 11, 13, 1744.^HANNAH BAKER, widow 
 
 Died 11,20, 1819. 
 
 of Jacob Kenderdine, mar- 
 ried II, 6, 1772. 
 
 SAMUEL CONRAD, bom 7, 4, 1780.= S A R A H HOLLOWELL, 
 
 Died 11, 18, 1829. 
 
 married 11, 17, 1807. 
 
 ASENETH CONRAD, born 9, 8, 1808.=AMOS LEWIS LUKENS 
 Died 12,9, 1881. Married 11, 11, 1829. I (see Lukens). 
 
 Authorities : Friends* Records — Horsham, Abington and Gw^ynedd, Family 
 Bible. 
 
6o 
 
 olton. 
 
 I. EVERARD BOLTON,' from Ross, in Here- 
 fordshire, England, came to America J 682-3; settled in 
 Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, having married, in England, 
 
 Elizabeth . As he was an active member of the 
 
 Society of Friends, and was Treasurer of the Abington 
 Meeting for forty years, and also served as Justice of the 
 Peace' for Bucks, 1715; was chosen Member of Assem- 
 bly,^ 1 714. Elizabeth, his first wife, died 5 June, J 707, 
 and he married, secondly, Margaret, widow of John 
 Jones;" died J 726-7. 
 
 Children of Everard and Elizabeth Bolton r^ 
 
 J. Everard, b. 3, 26, 1680, of^vhom presently* 
 
 2. Elizabeth, b. 6, 26, 1 681., d. 8, 1749. 
 
 3. Hannah, b. 1684. 
 
 4. Mary, b. 1687. 
 
 5. Samuel, b. I69I. 
 
 6. Abel, b. J69J. 
 
 7. Sahra, b. 1693; m. John Biddle. 
 
 8. Lydia, b. J 695. 
 
 9. Isaac, b. J 697. 
 10. Rebecca, b. J70J. 
 n. Martha, b. 1703. 
 12. Child . 
 
 II. EVERARD BOLTON, son of Everard and 
 Elizabeth, was born 3, 26, J 680, at Ross, England; died 
 16 1 7, in Pennsylvania. He was of Cheltenham, and 
 married, 7, 1707, Mary, daughter of Robert Naylor, of 
 Plymouth Township, Philadelphia County. Robert 
 Naylor was of Plymouth, Philadelphia County, and died 
 1717; his will being dated May J 7 1 7; proved at Phila- 
 delphia, M May, 171 7.^ 
 
 ^ Hist, Byberry and Morcland, Martindale, 
 
 ^ Pcnna. Archives, IX, 745. 
 
 ^ Ibid. 
 
 * Old Richland Families, 102. 
 
 ^ Phila. Wills, E., 27. 
 
 MbidD., 71. 
 
6i 
 Children of Everard and Mary Bolton: 
 
 J. Elizabeth. 
 
 2. Priscilla, m. Cornelius Conrad. 
 
 3. Samuel. 
 
 4. Mary. 
 
 l^ailoXxxjelU 
 
 JOHN HALLOWELL, from Hucknow= 
 Sutton, Nottinghamshire, England, came to 
 Pennsylvania 1683. 
 
 I 
 THOHAS HALLOWELL, born I, 6,: 
 
 1679. Died 12, 14. 1734. 
 
 MARY, daughter of Thomas 
 Sharpe, of Nottingham- 
 shire, England. 
 
 : ROSAMOND, daughter of 
 John Till, of Whitegreavc, 
 Staffordshire, England, 
 Married 1 701. Died 6, 
 13, 1745. 
 
 Her certificate of re- 
 moval is dated 11,2, 1700, 
 and she came to Pennsyl- 
 vania with her brother, 
 William Till. 
 
 )SE 
 
 JOSEPH HALLOWELL, born 9, 23,= SARAH, daughter of Reese 
 
 J7I9, of Whitemarsh, Pa. 
 
 WILLIAM HALLOWELL, of White- 
 marsh. 
 
 Nanney, of Upper Mer- 
 ion. She was married 3, 
 18, 1742, Reese Nanney 
 married 2, 14, 1714, Eliza- 
 beth, daughter of William 
 and Ann Colston, of Mer- 
 ion. She was born 7, 27, 
 1690 in Merion. 
 
 MARY ROBERTS bom U, 
 
 5, 1753. Married 6, 17» 
 1777. Died 9, 23, 1786. 
 
 I 
 
 SARAH HALLOWELL, married n,= SAMUEL CONRAD 
 
 17, 1807. I Conrad). 
 
 [see 
 
62 
 
 xxbi^x:i^. 
 
 ROBERT CADWALADER.i removed 
 to Pennsylvania 1699 ; settled at Gwynedd 
 Died before J7J9» at that place. 
 
 ,i 
 
 JOHN ROBERTS, born in PenUyn,= Elizabeth 
 
 Merionethshire, Wales, 1680. Died at Mont- 
 gomery, Pennsylvania, 1773. 
 
 Edward, mar- 
 ried at Merion Meeting 
 6,7,1706. Died prior 1773, 
 
 JOHN ROBERTS, born at Montgomery,: 
 Pennsylvania, 5, 28, 1 714. Died at Whitpain, 
 10, 8, 1801. 
 
 JANE HANKE, born near 
 
 Gwynedd, 1714. Married 
 3, 13, 1736. Died 1762. 
 She was daughter of John 
 Hanke, of near Gwynedd, 
 who died May, 1731, and 
 Sarah Evans, his wife, 
 daughter of Cadwallader 
 Evans, of Gwynedd {see 
 Evans), 
 
 MARY ROBERTS, born near Gwynedd,= WILLIAM HALLOWELL 
 
 Pennsylvania, 11, 5, 1753, 
 Died 9, 23, 1786. 
 
 Married6, 17, 1777. 
 
 {see HalloHvell). 
 
 (Sillam. 
 
 LUCAS QILLAM, of township of Mid-=ANN, daughter of Jeremiah 
 
 dietown, county Bucks, Pennsylvania. 
 after 1780. 
 
 Died 
 
 Dugan. Married 6, 18, 
 1748, at Middletown 
 Meeting. 
 
 SIMON QILLAM, of township of Mid-= ANNA, daughter of WiUiam 
 
 dietown. Bom 1, 24, 1759. Died 1823. 
 
 Paxon. Born 7, 4, 1762, 
 Married 12, 11, 1783. 
 
 1 Robert Cadwalader, the Gwynedd settler, was baptized at Llandderfel 
 Church, Penllyn, Merionethshire, 2 January, 1638, and was son of Cadwalader 
 ap Robert, of Llandderfel, baptized 6 February, 1612. Buried at Llandderfel, 4 
 January, 1670. Son of Robert Foulke, of Llandderfel, living 1612, son of Fouike 
 ap Robert Lloyd, of Llandderfel. Died before 1591, son of Robert Lloyd ap 
 David Lloyd, of Llandderfel, Penllyn, ap David ap levan Vychan ap levan ap 
 Gfuffydd ap Madog ap lorwerth ap Madog ap Rhirid Flaidd, Lord of Penllyn. 
 
63 
 
 WILLIAM QILLAM, of township of= SUSANNA, daughter of Jon- 
 
 Middletown. Born 10, I, J786. Died at At- 
 tleboro, Bucks Co., 12, 31, J 842. 
 
 athan Woolston. Born 
 U, 18, 1787. Married U, 
 J 6, 1809. Died 8, 3 J, I860. 
 
 Middletown. Born 7, J, I8H. Died 2, 15, 
 1892. 
 
 HARVEY QILLAM, of township of=HANNAH, daughter of James 
 
 Hunt, of Darby, Pa. Mar- 
 ried 3, 29, 1837. 
 
 WILLIAM HENRY QILLAH, of=SARAH THOMAS, daugh- 
 ter of Jehu "Wilson. Mar- 
 ried I, 8, 1868. 
 
 township of Middletown, Born i, 8, 1 84 J. 
 Died I, J9, 1879. 
 
 HANNAH QILLAM, only daughter. =HOWARD REIFSNYDER 
 
 1 {see^ifsnyder). 
 
 I. WILLIAM DUNQAN, of London, England, 
 died there in 1636. He married Frances (born in 16 U, 
 died in Newport, Rhode Island, September, 1677), daugh- 
 ter of Lewis Latham, of Elstow, Bedfordshire. She first 
 married Mr. Weston; secondly, William Dungan ; thirdly, 
 Jeremiah Clarke, and fourthly William Vaughan, After 
 the death of her second husband she came to New 
 England with their four children : 
 
 J. Barbara, b. J 628. 
 
 2. William. 
 
 3. Frances, b. 1630. 
 
 4. Thomas, of l^hom presently* 
 
 The mother is buried in Newport Cemetery, the 
 stone bearing the following inscription : 
 
 " Here Lyeth ye Body of Mrs. Frances Vaughan, Alius 
 Clarke, ye Mother of ye only Children of Capt'n Jeremiah 
 Clarke. She dyed, ye Ist week in Sep. 1677 in ye 67th 
 year of her Age." 
 
 II. REV. THOMAS DUNQAN, son of William 
 and Frances, born in London ; died in Bucks County^ 
 
64 
 
 Pennsylvania^ J 687. He was living in Newport, Rhode 
 Island, 1651, 1656. 
 
 He was Deputy to the General Assembly at New- 
 port, Rhode Island, April 30, 1678 and May 3, 1681, for 
 East Greenwich. He came from Rhode Island to South- 
 ampton, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1684, and died 
 there J 687. 
 
 In Records of Southampton Baptist Church he is 
 mentioned as follows : ** Thomas Dungan, an old Disci- 
 ple and Minister from Rhode Island, came here and set- 
 tled at Cold Spring, in the County of Bucks. Soon after 
 the settlement of Lower Dublin, aforementioned,Thomas 
 Dungan at Cold Spring died.^^ 
 
 He organized and had charge of the Baptist Church 
 at Southampton, the first one in Pennsylvania. 
 
 He married Elizabeth, daughter of Clement and 
 Mary Weaver. His will, dated 12, 3, 1686 ; proved \ J, 
 24, 1687, is recorded at Doylestown, Pa., Will Book A 
 1, page 36. 
 
 Children of Rev. Thomas and Elizabeth 
 Dungan : 
 
 J. Thomas, m. Mary Drake. 
 
 2. Jeremiah, m. Deborah Drake. 
 
 3. John. 
 
 4. William, of Jt^hom presently, 
 
 5. Clement. 
 
 6. Elizabeth, m. West. 
 
 7. Mary, m. Richards. 
 
 8. Rebecca, m. Doyle. 
 
 9. Sarah, m. Kerrel. 
 
 HI. WILLIAM DUNGAN, born in Rhode 
 Island; died in Middletown, Bucks County, in 1713, son 
 of Thomas and Elizabeth. 
 
 The '* History of Bucks County'' states that Wil- 
 liam Dungan settled in Bristol Township, Bucks County, 
 in 1683. His warrant was dated August 4, 1682, nearly 
 two months before Penn's arrival. He married, before 
 
UIing-15 ctci^iler. 
 
 MATTHEW WING, of Banbury, Ox-=Rev. STEPHEN BACHI.= 
 
 ford, England. DiedJ6H. Will proved 4 Aug., 
 1630. 
 
 LER. Born, England, 
 1 561; St. Johns Coll., Ox- 
 ford, I58I. Removed to 
 New England; died, Eng., 
 1660. 
 
 REV. JOHN WING, Pastor of the Puri-= DEBORAH BACHILER. 
 
 tan Church at Middleborough, in Zeeland. 
 Died in London, 1630. 
 
 Born J 592 
 
 DANIEL 
 
 Died 1698. 
 
 WING. Born circa.. 1616.= HANNAH SWIFT, daugh- 
 ter of William, of Beck- 
 ing, County Suffolk, Eng- 
 land. Died at Sandwich, 
 Mass., 1644. 
 
 NOTE.— REV. THOMAS DUNGAN, married Elizabeth (died 1690), 
 daughter of Clement Weaver ( bom circa.., I5'S9 ; died 1683, and Mary Free- 
 born, his wife, daughter of William and Mary. William Freeborn was born 
 1594, and his wife, Mary, was bom 1601 ; died 1670, 
 
 Lcw^is Latham w^as baptized 1609; died I67I. His portrait is owned by 
 one of his descendents, William L. Elkins, of Philadelphia. 
 
65 
 
 J 682, Deborah, daughter of Daniel Wing. His will, dated 
 8, J, \7\\ ; proved J2, 16, J7J3, is recorded at Doyles- 
 town. Pa., Will Book I, page J. 
 
 Children of William and Deborah Dungan : 
 
 i* Thomas. 
 
 2. Deborah. 
 
 3. Elizabeth. 
 
 4. William. 
 
 5. Jeremiah, of ivhom presently* 
 
 IV. JEREMIAH DUNGAN, baptized at Penny- 
 pack Baptist Church, 15 September, 1714; died 7,26, 
 1758, at Middletown, Bucks County, son of Jeremiah and 
 Deborah. He married, to first, Sarah Smith, and they 
 had one child : 
 
 ANN (Anna), m. 6, 18, 1748, at Middletown Meeting, 
 Lucas Gillam. 
 
 I. WILLIAM PAXSON, of Bucks County, 
 Pennsylvania, came from March Gibbon, County of 
 Bucks, England, with his wife, Mary, and children. The 
 Certificates from the Friends^ Meeting in England of him- 
 self and his brother, James, were dated 2, 3, 1682. They 
 were accompanied also by their brother, Henry, from 
 Stowe, Oxfordshire, who lost his wife and son at sea. 
 
 * Jeremiah became a Friend and a member of Middletown Meeting. His sec- 
 ond marriage to Sarah Wildman, 8, J7, 1 75 J, is recorded in the Monthly Meet- 
 ing Records ? also the date of his death. 
 
 Will of yeremUh Thingan, of Middletown, in the County of Bocks. "Wife, 
 Sarah Dungan. Granddaughter, Susannah Gillam, chest of drawers, feather bed 
 and furniture. Daughter, Ann Gillam, All and singular the residue of my per- 
 sonal estate. Wife, Sarah, daughter Ann and friend and brother, William Smith, 
 Executors, 
 
 Signed, 3, 7, 1752. ^ 
 
 Proved, 8, 4, J758, at Doylestown Court House, Will Book 2, page 237. 
 
66 
 
 They spelled their name Paxton, and were among 
 the earliest settlers in Bucks County. William Paxson 
 died JO mo., 1709; his wife died 6, 30, J 7 19. 
 
 Their children were : 
 
 J. Mary, b. J 2, 19, 1678; m. Thomas Walmsley 
 
 (Ancesters of Howard Reifsnyder). 
 2. William, b. 4, 4, 1685 ; of ')»hom presently. 
 
 II. WILIAM PAXSON, of Bucks County, son 
 of William and Mary, born 4, 4, J 685; died 2, J 733. He 
 was a Member of Assembly from Bucks County, and 
 served a number of years until his death in J 733. (Penn. 
 Archives, Second Series, Vol. IX). He was also Justice 
 of the Peace in 1723, J 725 and 1726. 
 
 William Paxon married Mary, daughter of Thomas 
 and Rebecca Watson, of Falls, 2, J7U. His will, dated 
 J 7 January, J 73 1-2, was proved at Doylestown, U Feb- 
 ruary, J 733, Will Book I, page 2 J 3. 
 
 Children of William and Anna Paxson : 
 
 J. William, b. 2, 29, 17 J2; of %hom presently* 
 
 2. Mary, b. I7J3. 
 
 3. Thomas, b. J7J5. 
 
 4. John, b. J7J7. 
 
 5. Henry, b. J7J9. 
 
 6. James, b. 1 72 J. 
 
 7. Deborah, b. J 723. 
 
 III. WILLIAM PAXSON, of Middletown, Bucks 
 County, son of William and Mary, born 2, 29, 17 J2, 
 died 2, 29, J 767. He was Overseer of the Poor in J 742, 
 in Middletown, and married I, 25, 1740, Anna, daughter 
 of Thomas and Martha Marriott. The will of Anna 
 Paxson, dated 1, 1, 1773, proved 1 June, 1773, at Doyles- 
 town. 
 
 Children of William and flary Paxson : 
 
 U Martha, b. J 740. 
 2. William, b. 1743. 
 
6? 
 
 3. 
 
 Joseph, b. J 744. 
 
 4. 
 
 Phineas, b. 1746. 
 
 5, 
 
 Thomas, b. 1 748-9. 
 
 6. 
 
 Mahlon, b. J 752. 
 
 7. 
 
 Samuel, b. 1754. 
 
 8. 
 
 Isaac, b. 1756. 
 
 9. 
 
 Joshua, b. 1758. 
 
 JO. 
 
 Mary, b. 7, 4, J 762. 
 
 n. 
 
 Anna, b. 7, 4, J762, m. Simon Qilla 
 
 12. 
 
 Israel, b. J 765. 
 
 3llat0 
 
 on. 
 
 1. THOHAS WATSON, of Bucks County, came 
 from Strawberry, Parish of Cockermouth, County Cum- 
 berland, England, with his wife, Rebecca (Mark) Wat- 
 son, and their children, in 1 702. They settled on a farm 
 of 357 acres, near Oxford Valley, in Middletown Town- 
 ship, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 
 
 He, later, removed to Bristol and brought a Certifi- 
 cate from Middletown to Falls Monthly Meeting in 1 702, 
 and died 8, 1738, and his wife, Rebecca, died 7, 1742. 
 
 Thomas Watson was a Justice of the Peace for 
 Bucks County for a number of years. His will, dated 
 12, J 3, J 737; proved J 5 August, 1738, at Doylestown, 
 Will Book I, page 254. His wife's will was proved 31 
 July, 1742, Will Book 2, page 14. 
 
 Children of Thomas and Rebecca Watson : 
 
 t. nary, d, 9, 28, 1760. m. William Paxson. 
 
 2. Nathan. 
 
 3. Mary. 
 
 4. Mark, m. Ann Sotcher. 
 
 5. John, b. 1703. 
 
 6. Joseph, b. 1705. 
 
68 
 
 I. ISAAC MARRIOTT, of Burlington, New 
 Jersey, came from Holborne, in London, son of Richard 
 Marriott, of Wappingham, Northamptonshire, His Cer- 
 tificate from England is dated 12, 7, 1680. 
 
 He married, first, Joyce, who died in Burlington 7, 
 18, 1695. Secondly, 12, 2, 1699, daughter of Robert and 
 Susannah Field, of Newtown. They were married in 
 Queen^s County, Long Island. 
 
 Children of Isaac and Joyce Marriott: 
 
 1. Isaac, b. )682. 
 
 2. Samuel, b. 1684. 
 
 3. Anna, b. (686. 
 
 4. Richard, b. U, 3, J688 ; d. 11, 19, J 688. 
 
 5. Joyce. 
 
 6. Thomas, b. 7, 4, J 691 ♦ of ivhom presently, 
 
 7. Jacob, b. 1693. 
 
 II. THOMAS MARRIOTT, of Bucks County, 
 born in Burlington, New Jersey, 7, 4, 1691 ; died 11, 1, 
 1747, son of Isaac and Joyce. He married Martha, 
 daughter of Joseph and Phoebe Kirkbride.' He resided in 
 Bristol and attended Falls Monthly Meeting, where he 
 was an Elder for nearly sixty years. He was a Member 
 of Assembly, 1733, 1734 and 1738. His will, dated 11, 
 6, 1747; proved at Doylestown, 1, 20, 1748, Will Book 
 2, page 96. 
 
 ^KIRKBRIDE. Joseph Kirkbride, of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, was 
 born in Kirkbride, Cumberland County, England, 29 July, 1663; died in Falls 
 Township, Bucks County, \ January, 1738, He was the son of Mahlon Kirk- 
 bride and Magdalen, his wife, who were married 1652, and came to Pennsylva- 
 nia in the ** Welcome," with Penn, in 1682. He was a Justice of the Peace 1708, 
 1722, also Commissioner, 1730, 1734, and a Member of Assembly for five terms 
 from 1698. He married, first, 14 March, J688, Phoebe; daughter of Randal and 
 
 Alice Blackshaw; secondly, Mary ; and died 1747. Randal Blackshaw 
 
 was from Cheshire, and came to Pennsylvania in the ship "Submis- 
 sion," 1682, and settled in Bucks County. 
 
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 Children of Thomas and Martha Marriott: 
 
 J. Isaac, b. t7I5. 
 
 2. Thomas, b. 1 7 17- J 8. 
 
 3. Mary, b. I7J9. 
 4* Joseph. 
 
 5. Anna, m. William Paxson; she died 5, I, 1773. 
 
 mool^iton. 
 
 I. JOHN WOOLSTON came in the '* Kent,'^ and 
 settled at Burlington, New Jersey. They arrived at New- 
 castle, Delaware 26 August, J 676. He was one of the 
 Proprietors of New Jersey, and married Hannah, daughter 
 of William and Margaret Cooper, at Burlington Monthly 
 Meeting, 1681. He died 3, 3, 1698. 
 
 Children of John and Hannah Woolston : 
 
 J. Jonathan, b. 5, J 682; of ivhom presently. 
 
 2. Hannah, b. 1684. 
 
 3. Samuel, b. J 685-6. 
 
 4. Mary, b. 1688. 
 
 5. Sarah, b. 1690. 
 
 6. Rebecca, b. 1 69 1. 
 
 7. Elizabeth, b. 1795. 
 
 II. JONATHAN WOOLSTON, of Middletown, 
 formerly of Burlington, New Jersey, son of John and 
 Hannah, b. 5, 1690; died 7,29, 1741. He brought a 
 Certificate from Burlington Monthly Meeting to Hors- 
 ham, Pennsylvania, dated 5, 12, 1712, He was Coroner 
 of Bucks County from 1726-30, and married, 4, 19, 1707, 
 at Middletown Monthly Meeting, Sarah, daughter of 
 Thomas and Grace Pearson.' His will, dated 20 Sep- 
 
 1 Thomas Pearson, of Keighly, Yorkshire, England, married 2, 24, 1679, 
 Grace Veepon, daughter of John (died H, 24, 1702) and Elizabeth, his wife 
 (died 2, 15, I68I), of Breercliff Lanes. He had a Certificate from Marsden, 
 Lancastershire, dated 12, 16, J698, for himself, wife and children. They took 
 passage for Pennsylvania on the ship " Britannia," and both died at sea. Their 
 daughter, Sarah, born 8, J 5, 1684 ; died 8, U, 1734. married Jonathan Woolston, 
 as above. 
 
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 tember, 1741; proved 7 October I74I ; at Doylestown, 
 Will Book 2, page J 2. 
 
 Children of Jonathan and Grace Woolston : 
 
 f . John, b. J 708. 
 
 2. Thomas, b. J 709. 
 
 3. Jonathan, b. 1 7n. 
 
 4. Hannah, b. J 713. 
 
 5. Grace, b. I7I5. 
 
 6. Sarah, b. 1 71 6. 
 
 7. Elizabeth, b. I7I8. 
 
 8. Margery, b. 6,3, J 72 1. 
 
 9. Samuel, b. 6, 3, 1 72 1; oflifhom presently, 
 JO. Jeremiah, b. J 723. 
 
 U. Mary, b. 1725. 
 J 2. Benjamin, b. 1727. 
 
 III. SAHUEL WOOLSTON, of Middletown, 
 son of Jonathan and Sarah, born 6, 3, 1 72 1 ; died 3, 28, 
 1798. He married 8, 27, 1742, Hannah, daughter of 
 Jonathan and Sarah Palmer. 
 
 Children of Samuel and Hannah Woolston : 
 
 i, Sarah, b. 1745. 
 
 2. Elizabeth, b. 1747. 
 
 3. Jonathan, b. 3, 20, 1749 ; of •whom presently, 
 
 4. Margery, b. 1 75 1. 
 
 IV. JONATHAN WOOLSTON, son of Samuel 
 and Hannah, born 3, 20, 1749 ; died 10, 22, 1828. 
 
 He married 5, 18, 1774, Elizabeth, daughter of 
 Henry and Mary Harvey, of Upper Makefield, Bucks 
 County. 
 
 Children of Jonathan and Elizabeth Wools- 
 ton: 
 
 J, Mary, b. J 775. 
 
 2. Hannah, b. 1779. 
 
 3. Elizabeth, b. 1782. 
 
 4. Sarah, b. 1785. 
 
 5. Susanna, b. U, 18, 1787 ; m. William Qillam. 
 
 6. Jonathan, b. J 79 1. 
 
 7. Samoel, b. 1793. 
 
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 I. WILLI AH COOPER/ of Camden, New Jersey, 
 came from Coleshill, Herefordshire, England, where he 
 was born 1632, and settled, with his wife, Margaret, and 
 five children, at Pine Point, New Jersey, early in 1679. 
 He died 12, 3, J709-I0» 
 
 Children of William and flargaret Cooper : 
 
 1. William, b. 1660. 
 
 2. Hannah, b. 21 September, 1 66 2; m. JohnWooIston. 
 
 3. Joseph, b. 1666. 
 
 4. James, b. J 670. 
 
 5. Daniel, b. J 673. 
 
 I. JONATHAN PALMER, from Cleineland, in 
 Yorkshire, England, with his wife, Christiana, arrived in 
 the ship ^^ Providence,^^ of Scarborough, 9, JO, 1683. 
 They settled at Falls, Bucks County. John died 6, U , 
 1726. Christiana died 7, 28, 1740. The births of the 
 following children are recorded in the ^^ Great Brass- 
 bound Bible at the old Mansion House, near the Falls of 
 Delaware, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania/* 
 
 ' William Cooper was present at the treaty of Penn with the Indians 
 at Shackamaxon, opposite his house. He was one of the Members of Assembly 
 from the Third, or Irish Tenth, in 1682-3, and also in 1685. In 1687 he was 
 appointed by the Assembly of the province one of the Council of Proprietors. 
 He was a Commissioner for the division of lands. 
 
 In J 694 he was appointed Judge for the County Court of Gloucester and 
 continued in that capacity for several years. 
 
 His position among Friends is set forth in the testimony issued by the meet- 
 ing after his death as " having been raised to his gift of exhortation in Hartford- 
 shire, England, and lived here in Godly conversation, exercising his gift in the 
 meeting at Newton, whereunto he belonged, to the benefit of God's people, 
 until it pleased God to remove him. As he lived so he died, in unity with 
 Friends and in full assurance of his eternal well-being." 
 
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 Children of Jonathan and Christiana Palmer: 
 
 J. Hannah, b. 1684. 
 
 2. Dinah, b. i6^5, 
 
 3. Margaret, b. J 687. 
 
 4. Naomi, b. 1688. 
 
 5. Jonathan, b. 9, 20, 1690 ; of ivhom presently* 
 
 6. David, b J 692. 
 
 7. Ruth, b. J 693. 
 
 8. John, b. J 696. 
 
 9. James, b. J 698. 
 JO. Rachael, b. J 699. 
 n. Margaret, b. 1 701. 
 
 12. Daniel, b. J 703. 
 
 13. Amos, b. J 705. 
 
 J 4. Christiana, b. 1705. 
 
 II. JONATHAN PALHER, of Falls Township, 
 Bucks County, son of Jonathan and Christiana, born 9, 
 20, 1690 ; died 9, 24, J 765. He married Sarah, born 4, 
 9, J 692 ; died 7, 6, J 731, widow of John Simcock. 
 
 Children of Jonathan Palmer: 
 
 J. Hannah, b. 12, 8, J723; m. Samuel Woolston. 
 
 2. Elizabeth, b. 1725. 
 
 3. John, b. 1 727. 
 
 4. Jonathan, b. 1729. 
 
 Jonathan Palmer, Sr., married secondly, Jael Blakey, 
 widow of William Blakey, and his will, dated 4, 24, 
 \ 763 ; proved 2 October, \ 765, at Doylestown, Will 
 Book 3, page 126. 
 
 CCatrpenter. 
 
 1. SAMUEL CARPENTER wasborninHorsham 
 Parish, Surrey, England, 4 November, 1649 (being the 
 son of John Carpenter and Mary, his wife, and grandson 
 
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 of Robert Carpenter), died in Philadelphia 2, iO, J 714. 
 He emigrated to the Barbadoes, and settled in Philadel- 
 phia in J 682-3. He was a Friend and associate of Wil- 
 liam Penn, and was, probably, at one time, one of the 
 wealthiest men in the Province. There is extant a letter 
 of his of the year \ 705 to Jonathan Dickinson, offering 
 for sale part of his estate, wherein he says : ** I would 
 sell my house and granary on the wharf (above Walnut 
 Street), where I lived last, and the wharves and the ware- 
 house. Also the globe and long vault adjacent. I have 
 three- sixteenths of 5000 acres of land and a mine, called 
 Pickering^s mine. I have sold my house, over against 
 David Lloyd^s (the site of the present Bank of Pennsylva- 
 nia), and the Coffee House (at or near Walnut and Front 
 Streets), also my half of Darby Mills.^^ Besides the fore- 
 going, he owned the estate called ** Bristol Mills,'^ worth 
 5000 pounds ; the island against Burlington of 350 acres. 
 At Poquessing Creek, 15 miles from the city, he had 5000 
 acres ; he owned about 380 acres at Sepviser plantation, 
 a part of Fairhill, but he lost much by the war of J 703. 
 
 Samuel Carpenter was Provincial Treasurer of Penn- 
 sylvania in 1704, 1710, I7n and I7J3, until his death. 
 
 He was also a Member of the Provincial Council 
 1687, 1688, 1689, 1695, 1697 and 1713; Deputy to the 
 Governor, 1694 and 1698. 
 
 He married 12, 12, 1684, Hannah Hardiman, who 
 was born in 1646, in South Wales, and who died 5, 24, 
 1728. 
 
 Children of Samuel and Hannah Carpenter: 
 
 t. Hannah, b. 1686. 
 
 2. Samuel, Jr., b. 9 December, 1688 ; of Tvhom 
 
 presently* 
 
 3. Joshua, b. 1689; d. young:. 
 
 4. John, b. J 690. 
 
 5. Rebecca, b. t692. 
 
 6. Joseph, d. young. 
 
 7. Abraham, d. young-. 
 
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 II. SAMUEL CARPENTER, son of Samuel 
 and Hannah, born in Philadelphia, 9 February, 1 688 ; 
 died November, J 748. 
 
 He was a merchant in Philadelphia and employed 
 in the affairs of the Provincial government, being a Mem- 
 ber of the Common Council of Philadelphia, Justice of 
 the Peace, and Trustee of the Loan Office. 
 
 He married Hannah Preston in 17IL 
 
 Children of Samuel and Hannah Carpenter: 
 
 i . Samuel, d. in Jamaica, J 747. 
 
 2. Rachel, b. I7J6. 
 
 3. Preston, b. 28 October, )72i; of%hom presently* 
 
 4. Hannah, m. Samuel Shoemaker. 
 
 5. Thomas, d. unmarried. 
 
 III. PRESTON CARPENTER, son of Samuel 
 and Hannah, born 9, 28, 1 72 1 ; d. JO, 20, 1785. He mar- 
 ried, first, 17 October, 1742, Hannah Smith, born 21 
 December, 1723, daughter of Samuel Smith and Han- 
 nah Pile, daughter of John Pile, son of Thomas Pile, of 
 Salem County, New Jersey. 
 
 Preston Carpenter removed from Philadelphia to 
 Salem, and continued to reside there until his death. He 
 was a Commissioner of the Loan Office, Justice of the 
 Peace in 1 763 and 1 770, and Judge of the Circuit Court. 
 
 He married, secondly, Hannah Cripps, widow of 
 Samuel Mason. They had no children. 
 
 Children of Preston and Hannah Carpenter: 
 
 J. Hannah, b. 1743. 
 
 2. Samuel Preston, b. J 745; d. young. 
 
 3. Elizabeth, b. J 748; m. Ezra Firth. 
 
 4. Rachel, b. J 749; d. young. 
 
 5. Mary, b. 1750. 
 
 6. Thomas, b. 1752. 
 
 7. William, b. JI, I, 1754; of^hom presently* 
 
 8. Margaret, b. 1756. 
 
 9. John, d. young. 
 JO. Martha, b. J 760. 
 
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 IV. WILLIAH CARPENTER, son of Preston 
 and Hannah^ born in Mannington, Salem County, New- 
 Jersey, J November, 1754; died 12 January 1837. 
 He married, first, 29 May, 1782, Elizabeth Wyatt, born 
 3, 12, 1763; died 1, 11, 1790, daughter of Bartholomew 
 and Mary (Hunt) Wyatt; secondly, 12, 2, 1801, Mary 
 Rodman, and left heirs. 
 
 William Carpenter served in the American Revolu- 
 tion from Salem County, New Jersey. Q^ Officers and 
 Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War,^^ page 
 533). 
 
 Children of William and Elizabeth Car- 
 penter : 
 
 1. Mary, b. 6, 26, J783; d. 5, 29, 1836; m. James 
 
 Hunt. 
 
 2. Hannah, b. J 785 ; d. young. 
 
 I. RICHARD PRESTON, came from England, 
 probably, in the year 1635, and settled in Norfolk, Vir- 
 ginia. He died 1699. 
 
 He belonged to the Church of England, but became a 
 Puritan, and subsequently a Friend. 
 
 In 1649 he left Virginia and settled in Patuxent, 
 Calvert County, Maryland. Neill says that Richard 
 Preston came to Maryland, in 1649, with seven of his 
 family, and entered land for 73 persons. Five hundred 
 acres were surveyed to him. Richard Preston was one 
 of the Governor's Council in 1 652, and Commander on 
 the north side of Patuxent River. He was a Member of 
 Assembly before 1659, and a Representative from Cal- 
 vert County, from year to year until the last session of 
 1666. At the sessions held 18 April, 1661, he was pre- 
 sented as the Speaker of the Lower House, 
 
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 In 1663 Governor Charles Calvert, in a letter to 
 Lord Baltimore, calls Richard Preston ** the Great 
 Quaker/^ 
 
 Children of Richard and Margaret Preston: 
 
 J. 
 
 Richard; of Jt>hom presently. 
 
 2. 
 
 James« 
 
 3. 
 
 SamueL 
 
 4. 
 
 Naomi. 
 
 5. 
 
 Margaret. 
 
 6. 
 
 Rebecca. 
 
 7. 
 
 Sarah. 
 
 II. RICHARD PRESTON, son of Richard and 
 Margaret, came to Maryland with his parents 1649. He 
 died 1699. 
 
 He married Margaret . Richard Preston, 
 
 Jr., is recorded as representing Dorchester County on the 
 Eastern Shore of Maryland, in the year 1669, that being 
 the first year of the organization of the county. He had 
 issue: 
 
 in. SAMUEL PRESTON, born in Pautuxent, 
 Maryland, in 1665 and died in Philadelphia 10 September, 
 1 743. He resided in Sussex, Delaware, which county he 
 represented in the Assembly in 1701. He subsequently 
 removed to Philadelphia. 
 
 He was Provincial Treasurer from 1714-1743; also. 
 Member of the Provincial Council, 1700-1709; Master 
 of the Court of Chancery 1 720 ; Mayor of Philadelphia 
 1712. With his two brothers-in-law, Richard Hill and 
 William Fishbourne, he ran their vessel past the fort at 
 Newcastle, Delaware, captured the pursuing Command- 
 ant, conveyed him to Salem, New Jersey, and surren- 
 dered him to Lord Cornbury, thus abolishing an unjust 
 tax of Governor Evans. 
 
 Samuel Preston married, first, 6 July, 1688, Rachel 
 
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 (born 20 January, 1667-8), daughter of Deputy Governor 
 Thomas Lloyd, of Dolobran. 
 They had issue : 
 
 J. Hannah, b. 1693 ; d, J772; m, Samuel Carpenter. 
 
 I. CELYNIN, of Llwydiarth, Montgomeryshire. 
 He slew the Mayor of Caermarthen and fled to Mont- 
 gomeryshire. 
 
 Celynin became steward to Charleton, Lord Powys. 
 His eldest son and heir was : 
 
 II. EINION AP CELYNIN, of Llwydiarth. 
 John de Charleton, Lord of Powys, granted unto Einion 
 on the Thursday after the Decolation of St. John the 
 Baptist, J4 Edward III [1330], Weston in the Ville of 
 Pennayrth, in Glas Meynoc. He married the daughter 
 of Adda ap Meyric, rector of Meifod, and had a son : 
 
 IIL LLEWELYN AP EINION, of Llwydiarth; 
 mentioned in a grant 7 May, 7 Henry V, whereby Ed- 
 ward de Charleton, Lord Powys, pardoned his (Llew- 
 elyn^s) grandson, Griffith ap Jenkin ap Llewelyn for 
 complicity in the rebellion of Owen Glendower. He 
 married Lleuca, the daughter of Griffith ap Edneved 
 Lloyd. They had : 
 
 IV. DAVID AP LLEWELYN, who married 
 twice ; his first wife was Mary, daughter of Griffith Goch. 
 David ap Llewellyn married, secondly, Medisis, daughter 
 of Griffith Deuddwr, and had (by second wife): 
 
 V. lEVEN TEG, of Dolobran. He married 
 Maud, daughter of Evan Blayney, oi Castle Blayney in 
 Ireland, and had : 
 
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 VI. OWEN, of Dolobran, who was the first of the 
 family who took the surname of Lloyd* He married 
 Katherine^ daughter of Raynalt, son of Sir Griffith 
 Vaughan^ Knight Banneret^ of Agincourt, and had : 
 
 VH. EVAN LLOYD, of Dolobran, the eldest son, 
 married Gwenhwyvar, daughter of Meredith Lloyd, of 
 Meifod, by whom he had : 
 
 VIH. DAVID LLOYD, of Dolobran (born 1523), 
 the eldest son who appears under the name of **DD* 
 Lloid dp leu'n (Eyan) ap Oivetif Gentlemarit " on Grand 
 Juries, in the County of Montgomery, 34 Henry VIII 
 [A.D. J542]. He married, first, Eva, daughter of Ed- 
 ward Price, of Eglusig, by whom he had no issue ; and 
 secondly, Eva, daughter of Evan David Goch, son of 
 Jenkin Vaughan, of Bodfach, and had : 
 
 IX. DAVID LLOYD, of Dolobran (born J549). 
 He appears in County Grand Juries in 8th, J 9th, 20th, 
 23d and 25th of Elizabeth, and as ** Da'bid ap DD. Lloyd^ 
 of *Dolobrati, Gentleman/' in the 34th of Elizabeth. He 
 married Ales, daughter of David Lloyd, of Llanarmon 
 Mynydd Mawr, descended from Ririd Flaidd, Lord of 
 Penllyn, and had : 
 
 X. JOHN LLOYD, of Dolobran (born 1575), 
 who married Katharine, the daughter and coheiress of 
 Humphrey Wynn, of Dyffryn, son of the above named 
 John Wynn, of Dyffryn, by his wife Margaret, daughter 
 of Sir Roger Kynaston. ** We kept his abode at Coed- 
 cowryd, and wainscoted the parlour thereof and lived there 
 in great state, having twenty -four men with halberts to 
 attend him to Meivod Church, and placed them in his 
 great pew under the pulpit. He also bought Owen John 
 Humphrey's estate in Meivod/' He appears as **Johes 
 Lloyd, gen., on the County Grand Jury, 8 James I, and 
 as **Johes Lloyd, of Dolobran, gen* ' ' 20 James I, and as 
 
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 **Johes Lloydt of Dolobran, Ar,/' as a grand juror or 
 magistrate in 2nd, 4th and 9th Charles I. He was suc- 
 ceeded by his son : 
 
 XI. CHARLES LLOYD (I), of Dolobran (born 
 1613), who married Elizabeth, daughter of .Thomas 
 Stanley, of Knockin, in the County of Salop (son of Sir 
 Edward Stanley, son of Sir Foulk Stanley, son of Sir 
 Piers Stanley, son of Sir Rowland Stanley, brother of 
 Lord Stanley, of Knockin). ** He lived at Dolobran Hall, 
 and enlarged the same by adding to it the timber buildings 
 on the north side thereof, making the said halPs platform 
 to resemble the figure of a capital L. * 
 
 He died in 1657, and his burial is thus entered in 
 Mevoid Register: 
 
 ** Burials, I Charles Lloyd, Esq., of 'Dolobratit "was 
 J 657. f buried 17 day August* 
 
 His will was dated J 7 June, J 641. 
 He had three son^ : 
 
 \. Charles, b. 9 Dec, 1 637, of Dolobran; the Quaker, 
 grad. Oxford, M.D. 
 
 2. John, of Jesus College, Oxford, grad. M.D.; clerk 
 
 in Chancery. 
 
 3. Thomas, Dep. Gov. Penna. 
 
 XIL THOMAS LLOYD, third son of Charles 
 Lloyd of Dolobran, Montgomeryshire, and Elizabeth, his 
 wife, born at Dolobran, April 17, 1640; died in Pennsyl- 
 vania, Sept. 10, 1694. He married, first, Nov. 9, 15, 
 May, daughter of Colonel Roger (or Gilbert) Jones, of 
 Welshpool, Governor of Dublin in reign of James IL She 
 died 1682, and was the first person buried in Friends* 
 Burial Ground, Corner of Fourth and Mulberry Streets, 
 Philadelphia. [D, Logan's MSS. 2, 218]. 
 
 He married, secondly. Patience Story, widow, but 
 had no issue by her. Thomas Lloyd joined Penn in the 
 
8o 
 
 colonization of Pennsylvania, 11,2, and was Deputy Gov- 
 ernor of the Province and President of the Council J 68 1 , 
 J 688, J 690, J69h 
 
 Thomas Lloyd had issue (inter alia) by his first wife: 
 
 Xni. RACHEL LLOYD, born 1667, who mar- 
 ried Samuel Preston. 
 
 llJajatt 3lfant£l:g. 
 
 I. BARTHOLOMEW WYATT (Wiatt), was 
 born in Worcestershire, England, and died about 1728. 
 He resided near Mannington Creek, where he purchased 
 12,000 acres. 
 
 A member of the Society of Friends, he was one of 
 the largest contributors to the fund for the erection of the 
 Friends' Meeting House in Salem. 
 
 He was a Member and Speaker of the Assembly and 
 a Justice of the Peace. He married, at Burlington Meet- 
 ing, 1693, Sarah, daughter of Robert Ashton, of Chelsea, 
 Delaware County, Pennsylvania* 
 
 Children of Bartholomew and Sarah Wyatt: 
 
 \, Bartholomew, Jr.; of m)hom presently, 
 2. Elizabeth, b. t706. 
 
 IL BARTHOLOHEW WYATT, son of Bar- 
 tholomew and Sarah Wyatt, was born in Salem County, 
 1,4, 1696-7; died 1,23, 1770. 
 
 He married, about 1 730, Elizabeth Tomlinson, who 
 was born 11, 1, 1707, near Haddonfield, New Jersey; 
 died before 1770. 
 
 Children of Bartholomew and Sarah Wyatt : 
 
 J. Bartholomew ; of 'whom presently, 
 
 2. Sarah, b. 5, 6, J 733; m. Richard Wistar. 
 
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 III. BARTHOLOMEW WYATT, son of Bar- 
 tholomew and Elizabeth, born in Salem County, New- 
 Jersey, 5, 20, 1731 ; died 6, 19, 1786. 
 
 In physical appearance he was tall and remarkably 
 pleasing in his address, and was considered one of the 
 best English scholars of his time. He was a Friend and 
 and gave largely to the poor and needy. He died at the 
 age of 50 years. 
 
 Bartholomew Wyatt married, thirdly, Mary, who 
 died 4, 4, 1764. 
 
 Their daughter was : 
 
 Elizabeth, b. 3, 12, 1763 ; m. William Carpenter. 
 
 I. JAflES HUNT, of Kingsessing Township, 
 Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, died 1, 31, 1717. 
 He married, first, 9, 10, 1686, Elizabeth Bonsall, who 
 died 6, 28, 1703, and, secondly, in 1707, Sarah Wildman. 
 
 Children of James and Elizabeth Hunt : 
 
 1. Ann, b. 1688. 
 
 2. James, b. 2, 14, I69J; ofivhom presently, 
 
 II. JAMES HUNT, of Kingsessing, son of James 
 and Elizabeth, was born 2, 14, 1691 ; died 1743. He 
 removed to Darby in 1735, and was Overseer there 1738, 
 and Constable 1741. He married, 1712, Rebecca Faucett. 
 She removed to Philadelphia Meeting 2, 1, 1747; died 
 1770. 
 
 Children of James and Rebecca Hunt: 
 
 J. John; of ivhom presently, 
 
 2. Mary. 
 
 3. Elizabeth. 
 
 4. Hannah. 
 
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 HI. JOHN HUNT, of Kingsessing, died \, 6, 
 1791, son of James and Rebecca Hunt. He married 9, 
 22, 1738, Elizabeth (born 7, 15, 1719), daughter of Sam- 
 uel and Sarah Sellers. 
 
 Children of John and Elizabeth Hunt : 
 
 1. Sarah, b. J739-40. 
 
 2. Rebecca, b. J 742-3. 
 
 3. James, b. 1745; d. 1747. 
 
 4. James, 2d; b. 1750. 
 
 5. Elizabeth, b. 1756. 
 
 6. John, b. 8, 18, J753; of lu horn presently, 
 
 7. Ann, b. 1763. 
 
 IV. JOHN HUNT, JR., son of John and Eliza- 
 beth Hunt, born 8, 18 1753; died 8, 16, 1836. He set- 
 tled in Lower Darby 1786, and in 1793 was Overseer of 
 the Poor; also Constable. He married Rachel (born 
 1762; died 2, 15, 1845), daughter of Joseph and Hannah 
 Gibbons. 
 
 Children of John and Rachel Hunt: 
 
 J. James, b. 9, 30, 1779; of <whom presently . 
 
 2. Joseph, b. 1782. 
 
 3. Gibbons, b. 1784. 
 
 4. Hannah, b. t786. 
 
 5. Naomi, b. 1788. 
 
 6. John, b. J79I. 
 
 7. Rachel, b. 1794. 
 
 V. JAMES HUNT, of Darby, son of John and 
 Rachel, born 9, 30, 1779 ; died 5, 30, 1832. He married, 
 4, 22, 1800, Mary Wyatt, born 6, 26, 1783 ; died 5, 29, 
 1836, daughter of William and Elizabeth Carpenter. 
 
 Children of James and Mary W. Hunt : 
 
 J. Elizabeth, b. I80I. 
 
 2. Rachel, b. 1803. 
 
 3. Mary, b. 1805. 
 
 4. Hannah, b. 1807; d. young. 
 
 5. John, b. J8I0. 
 
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 6. Naomi, b. I8I2. 
 
 7. William, b. I8I4. 
 
 8. Hannah, b. 4, 28, 181 7; m. Harvey Gillam. 
 
 9. Sarah, b. J8I9. 
 JO. James, b. J 829. 
 
 
 I. SAMUEL SELLERS, from Helper, Derby- 
 shire, England, 1 682 ; settled in Darby Township, Chester 
 County, Pennsylvania. He took up iOO acres of land, 
 and married, 8, 1684, Anna, daughter of Henry and 
 Helen Gibbons, who came from Parividge, Derbyshire. 
 They were the first couple married in Darby Meeting. 
 He was Constable of Darby 1688, and died U, 22, 1732; 
 his wife died 8, 19, 1742. They had six children. One 
 of them was : 
 
 II. SAMUEL SELLERS, born 12, 3, 1690; 
 married 8, 12, 1712, Sarah, daughter of John and Eleanor 
 Smith, from Harby, Leicestershire, England. She died 
 June 3, 1773. 
 
 Children of Samuel and Sarah Sellers : 
 
 J. Elizabeth, b. 7, 15, I7I9; m. John Hunt. 
 
 Other issue. 
 
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 DAVID WILSON, of MiddIetown,=: GRACE, daughter of Thomas 
 
 Bucks Co., Pa., to which place he removed, 
 from Providence, in Chester Co., 1 71 6. Died 
 5, 20, 1768, aged 77 years. Will dated 16 
 May, 1678? proved 6 June, J 768, Doyles- 
 tow^n, Pa. 
 
 Stackhouse. 
 
 JONATHAN WILSON, of Northamp-=SARAH, daughter of Thomas 
 
 ton, Bucks Co. Born 10, 19, 1728. Died 1807. 
 "Will dated JO, 28, 1806. Proved I, 23, 1807, 
 at Doylestow^n, Will Book 7, page 253. 
 
 Mardon, Born 4, 20, 
 1739. Married at Wrights- 
 town, 4, 25, 1759. Died 
 I, J3, J8J5. 
 
 JACOB WILSON, of Byberry, Philadel-= REBECCA, daughter of 
 
 phia Co. Born 6, 15, 1764. Died 9, 30, 1 814. 
 Will dated 7, 9, 1814. Proved at Philadelphia 
 22 October, 1 814. 
 
 Thomas. Born 2, 28, 
 1759. Married at Hor- 
 sham 1786. DiedlJ, 25, 
 1842. 
 
 MARDON WILSON, of Middletown,=rANN, daughter of Cornelius 
 
 Bucks Co. Born I, 6, 1789. Died near Wil- 
 mington, Delaware, 8, 18, 1874; buried at 
 Laurel Hill, Philadelphia, 
 
 Dew^ccs. 
 
 JEHU WILSON, of Middletown, Bucks= HANNAH, daughter of Jona- 
 
 County. Born 7, 15, I8I6. Died 7, II, 1890. 
 
 thanThomas. Born 6, 15, 
 1 81 5. Married 4, 8, 1840. 
 Died 5, 15, 1898. 
 
 SARAH THOMAS WILSON, 
 
 = WILLIAM HENRY GIL- 
 LAM (first husband). 
 She married, secondly, 
 12, 4, 1884, Charles J. 
 Taylor. 
 
 tctcUJ^0U0je. 
 
 I. THOMAS STACKHOUSE, was born in 
 Yorkshire^ England , died in Middletown^ Bucks County, 
 Pennsylvania, 4, 26, J 744. He settled there about 1682 
 and was assessed for 507 acres in \ 702. He was Justice 
 
8s 
 
 of the Peace for Bucks County in l7\\-\5f and was re- 
 elected in \7\6 but refused to serve. (Pennsylvania 
 Archives, Second Series, Vol. IX ; page 755-56). Also, 
 Collector of Money granted to the Proprietor, William 
 Penn, in 1704. (Ibid, page 743), and was a Member of 
 Assembly for 1711- J3. He married, first, 7, 27, 1688, 
 Grace (born 1, 14, 1667; died 8, 8, 1708), daughter of 
 Robert and Alice Heaton ; and, secondly, 1, 1,1711, Ann 
 
 Mays, who died 1724 ; he married, thirdly, Dorothy . 
 
 Children of Thomas and Grace Stackhouse : 
 
 i, Robert, b. 1692. 
 
 2. Henry, b. J 694. 
 
 3. Grace, b. U, 7, 1696 ; m. David Wilson. 
 
 4. Alice, b. 1699; m. Dr. Euelydes Longshore. 
 
 5. Thomas, b. 1 70 J. 
 
 6. Joseph, b. 1703, 
 
 7. Benjamin, b, 1705. 
 
 I. ROBERT HEATON brought a Certificate 
 from Settle, England, 4, 7, 1682, to Middletown Monthly 
 Meeting, for himself and wife. He settled in Neshaminy, 
 Bucks County, and died 1717. 
 
 In the survey of 1702 he owned 1,088 acres of land. 
 
 He was a Member of Assembly from Bucks County, 
 1698-1700. 
 
 He married Alice , who died 2, 5, 1 727 ; bur- 
 ied at Middletown. Their children, all born in England, 
 were : 
 
 Children of Robert and Alice Heaton : 
 
 J. Grace, b. I, 14, 1667; d. 8, 8, 1708; m. Thomas 
 Stackhouse. 
 
 2. Robert, b. J67J. 
 
 3. James, b. 1674. 
 
 4. Agnes, b. 1677. 
 
 5. Ephraim, b. 1679. 
 
86 
 
 Motion. 
 
 I. WILLIAM WALTON came from England 
 to Newcastle, Delaware, in J675; died 12, 9, 1736-7. 
 
 He settled at Byberry, Philadelphia County, 
 
 WilliamWalton married Sarah Howell, 4, 20, 1 689, 
 and lived in Byberry, near the present residence of 
 Thomas Lees. 
 
 He was the first preacher of Byberry Meeting after 
 the Keithain separation, and continued the principal, if 
 not the only one, for the next forty years. 
 
 Children of William and Sarah Walton : 
 
 J. Rachel. 
 
 2. Isaac. 
 
 3. Jeremiah. 
 
 4. John. 
 
 5. Sarah. 
 
 6. William. 
 
 7. Abel. 
 
 8. Job (ancester of Howard Reifsnyder). 
 
 9. Hannah, m. first,ThomasWaImsley, Jr.; secondly, 
 
 Thomas Mardon. 
 
 10. Mary. 
 
 ^^tKH^^S. 
 
 1. WILLIAM DEWEES (died 1745), of Phila- 
 delphia County, married Anna Christian . 
 
 Their Children were : 
 
 1. Christian. 
 
 2. Margaret. 
 
 3. Henry. 
 
 4. Cornelius ; of ivhom presently, 
 
 5. Mary« 
 
 6. Philip. 
 
 7. Garrett. 
 
87 
 
 II. CORNELIUS DEWEES, son of William 
 and Anna, lived at West Cain, Chester County, and was 
 buried there in Friends* Graveyard in J 804, He married 
 Sarah (born in Chester County, died in Mt. Pleasant, 
 Ohio, in 1820), daughter of Thomas Paine, of Chester 
 Valley, and Hanna (or Ann) Pim, born 4, 18, 1723 ; died 
 J 786, 
 
 Children of Cornelius and Sarah Dewees : 
 
 1. Hannah, m. Robert Sag:ers, of Philadelphia. 
 
 2. William, m. 12, 12, 1 8 JO, at West Cain Meeting, 
 
 Debe Hoopes. 
 
 3. Rebecca, m. 5, J 4, JSJI, Aaron Packer. 
 
 4. Ann, b. at West Cain, 8, 28, I79J ; d. 5, J5, J859 ; 
 
 m. 10, 4, 1815, Mardon Wilson. 
 
 5. Sarah, m. John Shallcross. 
 
 I. RICHARD PIM, of Leicestershire, England, 
 before 1600. He removed to Ireland about 1655, and had: 
 
 II. WILLIAM PIM, who, with his family, also 
 removed to Ireland in the same year, and left issue : 
 
 III. JOHN PIM, born in Leicestershire, England; 
 married, 1663, Mary Pleadwell, and lived at Montrath, 
 Ireland. He had eleven children, of whom the eldest was : 
 
 IV. MOSES PIM, born 7, 19, 1664, who married 
 Ann, daughter of Christopher and Philippa Raper, and 
 had by her : 
 
 V. WILLIAM PIM, who was born in Lackah, 
 Ireland, U, 15, 1692; married U, 21, 1715, Dorothy, 
 daughter of Thomas and Dorothy Jackson. 
 
88 
 
 He came to Pennsylvania in 1730, and settled in 
 East Cain Townships where Dorothy died J, l^t 1732. 
 
 Secondly he married Ann , and died 10, U, 1 75 1. 
 
 He was for many years the Clerk of the Bradford Meet- 
 ing, and was also the Justice of the Peace for Chester 
 County, U, 12, J738; 5, 19, 1749; 4,4, 1741; 12, 17, 
 1745. (''Pennsylvania Archives,*^ Second Series, Vol- 
 ume IX, pages 678, 679). 
 
 Children of William and Dorothy Pim : 
 
 I. Moses. 
 
 2* Sarah. 
 
 3. Thomas. 
 
 4. Hannah (or Ann), b. 4, 18, 1723; d. J786; m. 
 
 Thomas Paine. 
 
 5. Richard. 
 
 6. Mary. * 
 
 I. ELISHA THOHAS, of Moreland, Mont- 
 gomery County, married Ann , and had : 
 
 II. JONATHAN THOnAS, born 1, 16, 1776, 
 in Cheltenham, Philadelphia; died 4, 6, 1858. He lived 
 in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, and married, first, 
 Keziah Stokes, 2, 16, 1804, and secondly, 11, 7, 1808, 
 Sarah (born 10, 13, 1781 ; died, 6, 4, 1858), daughter of 
 Benjamin and Ann Mather. 
 
 Children of Jonathan and S^arah Thomas: 
 
 J. Ann Mather, b. I8t0; m. Joseph W. Reeves. 
 
 2. Richard, b. J8J2; m. Matilda Poole. 
 
 3. Hannah, b. 6, J5, I8J5; d. 5, 15, 1898; m. Jehu 
 
 Wilson. 
 
 4. Jane Shoemaker, b. 1817. 
 
 5. Elizabeth, b, I8J8 ; m. Jesse Comfort. 
 
89 
 
 I. RICHARD MATHER, of Cheltenham, Phila- 
 delphia County; born U, 25, 1700; died 7, J 5, 1776; 
 married Sarah (born 7,23, 1733; died 2, 28, 1777. 
 
 Children of Richard and 3arah Mather: 
 
 J, Joseph, b. 1728. 
 
 2. Bartholomew, b. 1729-30. 
 
 3. Elizabeth, b. 1 73 1. 
 
 4. Sarah, . 1735. 
 
 5. Benjamin, b. 1737 ; of ivhom presently* 
 
 6. Mary, b. 1739. 
 
 7. Isaac, b. 1 741. 
 
 8. E sthcr, . 1745. 
 
 9. Hannah, b. 1747. 
 
 II. BENJAMIN HATHER, of Cheltenham; 
 born 9, 15, 1737; died 11,20, 1822, son of Richard and 
 Ann; married at Byberry Meeting, 6, 17, 1771, Ann 
 Thomas, born 1, 4, 1757; died 5^^^ 1813, daughter of 
 Jonathan and Martha Thomas. 
 
 Children of Benjamin and Ann Hather: 
 
 1. Jonathan, b. 1779. 
 
 2. Sarah, b. 10, J3, I78J. 
 
 3. Richard, b. J 783. 
 
 4. Benjamin, b. 1786. 
 
 5. Joseph, b. 1793. 
 
 I. DANIEL THOriAS, of Abington, Philadel- 
 phia County, married Catharine, daughter of Evan Mor- 
 ris, of Abington. 
 
90 
 Children of Daniel and Catharine Thomas : 
 
 J. Evan, b. 6, 30, 1706 ; ofl^hom presently, 
 
 2. Sarah, b. J 708. 
 
 3. Hannah, b. 1709. 
 
 4. Daniel, b. 1 7n. 
 
 5. Caleb, b. 1713. 
 
 6« Susanna, b. 1 716. 
 
 7. Morris, b. J 7 18. 
 
 8. Benjamin, b. 1 720. 
 
 9. Catharine, b. 1 72 1-2. 
 
 II. EVAN THOriAS, of Byberry, Philadelphia 
 County, son of Daniel and Catharine Thomas ; born 6, 
 30, 1706 ; died J 746. He married Rachel . 
 
 Children of Evan and Rachel Thomas : 
 
 J. Jonathan, b. 9, 10, M\Z ; ofl^i^hom presently, 
 
 2. Elizabeth, b. J 720-1. 
 
 3. Evan, b. J 724-5. 
 
 4. David, b. 1727. 
 
 5. Martha b. 1730. 
 
 6. Mary, b. J 732. 
 
 7. Ann, b. 1734. 
 
 8. Phoebe, b. 1743. 
 
 III. JONATHAN THOriAS, of Lower Dublin, 
 born 9, 10, 1718 ; son of Evan and Rachel. He married 
 Martha . 
 
 Children of Jonathan and flartha Thomas : 
 
 J. Mary, b. 1743. 
 
 2. Rachel, b, 1745-6 
 
 3. Martha, b. 1747-8. 
 
 4. Hannah, b. J 75 1. 
 
 5. Ann, b. I, 4, 1757; d. 5, 9, I8I3; m. Benjamin 
 
 riather. 
 ۥ Phoebe. 
 7. Grace. 
 
3Fantil£e$ from xxxiyont IBe^cent 
 
 Reifsnyder I, Long:acre 10, Klotz 10, Schell H, Lukens 12, 
 Tyson 13, Pennington 14, Michener 14, Lloyd 17, Harker J 7, 
 Walton 18, Paxon 18, Howell 18, Walmsley J 8, Lewis 19, Potts 
 19, Tyson 19, Hubbs 20, Evans 2 J, Puleston 25, Morris 27, Ellis 30, 
 Salisbury 35, Herbert 35, Lloyd 35, Humphreys 37, Burgh 41, 
 Corbet 42, De la Pole 42, Plantagenet 49, De Bohun 49, De Badels- 
 mer 49, Fitz Alan 50, Goushill 51, Stanley 53, Troutbeck 53, 
 Griffith 57, Dalton 57, Puleston 58, Gwyn 59, Powell 59, Conrad 
 59, Streypers 59,Tyson 59, Baker 59, Bolton 60, Nay lor, 60, Hallow- 
 cll 61, Sharpe 61, Till 6 J, Nanney 6 J, Colston 6 J, Roberts 62 
 Edward 62, Hanke 62, Evans 62, Gillam 62, Dungan 63, Latham 
 63, Weaver 63, 64, Wing 63, 64, Bachilor 63 (facing). Smith 65, 
 Paxon 65, Watson 67, Mark 67, Marriott 68, Kirkbride 68, Black- 
 shaw 68, Woolston 69, Pearson 69, Harvey 70, Cooper 7t, Palmer 
 71, Carpenter 72, Hardiman 73, Smith, 74, Pile 74, Preston 75, 
 Lloyd 77, Blayney 77, Vaughan 78, Kynaston 78, Stanley 79, 
 Wyatt 80, Ashton 80,Tomlinson 80, Hunt 8I,Bonsall 8 J, Faucett 
 81, Gibbons 82, 83, Sellers 83, Smith 83, Wilson 84, Stackhouse 84, 
 Heaton S5f Walton 86, Howell 86, Dewees, 86, Christian 86, 
 Paine 87, Pim 87, Pleadwell 87, Raper 87, Jackson 87, Thomas 
 88, Mather 89, Thomas 89, Morris 89. 
 
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS, 
 
 Page 36, tenth line from top, for ^^Dolgnn ** rend 'Dolgun* 
 Page 47, ninth line from top, strike out ** (his second wife)-'' 
 Page 48, Foot Note, for "Penlly'' read Penllyn, 
 Page 56, third line from top, for *^ FIoww'' read Floiver, 
 Page 62, Gillam Chart, second line, for ** Dugan ** read 
 Dungan. 
 
 Page 79, seventh line from bottom, for ** May " read cMary* 
 Page 84, "Wilson Chart, first line, after *' David Wilson '' add 
 •Som 5, 29, t69J, After ''Grace, daughter of Thomas Stack- 
 house," add 3Jarned /, 3t^ 1719, Jonathan Wilson was born 
 10, 19, t728-9.