Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania

By Charles Browning page

NOBLE AND GENTLE WELSH FAMILIES

SOME WELSH FRIENDS' PEDIGREES

    It has already been remarked that the leading men of the Welsh barony were well educated gentlemen, or yeoman, men of good standing, affairs, and estates, in the neighborhoods whence they came to America, before 1700. Further, some of these were remarkable as to their pedigrees; a matter always carefully looked after and transmitted by Welsh gentlemen, as well as by people of refinement of other nationalities.
    Under their ancient local laws, the Welsh in the old country, had good reason for keeping their pedigrees up-to-date. This was because fines and penalties could be levied on the distant relatives of guilty persons, if they were unable to pay. For instance, the "murder fine," (galnas), varied according to the status of the victim, and the murderer's kin to the fifth generation of his blood was liable for the payment of the fine. But in case of a mere "insult fine," (sarhad), the offender's blood kindred was bound only to the third generation, or third cousins. Then, again, the Welsh were divided into two distinct classes, based upon "pedigree." There were the bonheddig, those having a pedigree, men with a lineage (nobilis) of the best strain,—pure Cymro on both sides, paternal and maternal, entirely free from bondsman's blood, and even of that of a foreigner, or alltud. Of such were the gentlemen of Wales. In the "lower class," was the taeog, the villain or the serf; the farm-hand and the yeoman, a freeholder without the requisite "pedigree," and these were the most privileged, the mob aillt, of the unpedigreed.
    Generally, the pedigrees of Welsh and Irish families are as uninteresting as those of biblical characters, being only strings of names of successive heirs, or successors,

without dates, places of habitation, or records of actions. But these following genealogies of a few of the prominent early planters of the Welsh Tract depart from the ancient method, the usual heir to heir line, and show these particular Welshmen and Welshwomen, Quakers all, to have been of distinguished lineages, and connected by blood with some of the great historic families of England, and being educated, refined men and women, moving from the homes of their forefathers into the wilds of a new country, and new experiences, they naturally brought their genealogies and family histories for the benefit of their descendants. That these Welsh Quakers did bring their pedigrees with them, or in a few years sent home for them, is not singular either, because it is a fact that other immigrants in other parts of the new country did the same, that is when they had any they were proud of, or supposed was worthy of transmission. Therefore, these Welsh Friends were Penn's peers socially by birth, and were not obscure families to whom he had sold his land, under certain promises and conditions, which they clearly recalled, but which he pretended to forget, and certainly ignored, and did not keep.
    Robert Owen, Evan Owen, Owen Owen, Jane Owen, wife of Hugh Roberts, and John Cadwalader, identified with "Merion in the Welsh Tract," it appears were lineally descended from the royal houses of France, England, and Wales, in the following lines, as may be seen in Dwnn's Welsh pedigrees, or "Visitations," and Dugdale's "Baronage of England."

1.—Howel-dda, King of all Wales, A. D. 948, had by his wife, Lady Jane, daughter of the Earl of Cornwall,
2.—Owen, Prince of South Wales, who had by his wife, Lady Angharad, daughter of Llewellyn ap Mervyn, Prince of Powys,
3.—PRINCE Einion, eldest son, who m. Lady Nesta, daughter of the Earl of Devonshire, and had:

4.—Tudor-mawr., Prince of South Wales, who had by his wife, Lady Gwenlian,
5.—Rhys, Prince of South Wales, who had by his wife, Lady Gwladys, daughter of Rhiwlalon, Prince of Powis,
6.—Griffith, Prince of South Wales, who had by his wife, Lady Gwenlian, daughter of Griffith ap Cynan, Prince of North Wales,
7.—Rhys, "Prince of South Wales," who, as "Lord Rhys," was the chief justice of South Wales (see Burke's "Ancestry of the Royal House of Tudor"). He had by his wife, Lady Gwenlian, daughter of Madoc, feudal lord of Bromfteld,
8.—Rhy-gryd, feudal lord of Yestradtywy. He m. Lady Joan, daughter of Richard de Clare*, fourth Earl of Hertford, &c., one of the celebrated twenty-five Sureties for the Magna Charta, 1215, and had:
9.—Rhys-mechyllt, feudal lord of Llandovery Castle, whose son,
10.—Rhys-vaughn, was feudal lord of Yestradtywy. He m. Lady Gwladys, daughter and heiress of Griffith, feudal lord of Cymcydmaen, and had: 11.—Rhys-gloff, who succeeded to the estate of his maternal grandfather. He m. Lady Gwyrryl, daughter of Maelywn ap Cadwalader, and had: 12.—Madoc, who had, by his wife Tanglwyst, daughter of Gronowy ap Einion,
13.—Trahairn-goch, lord of Llyn, Grainianoc, and Penl-

*This R1chard, Earl of Hertford, was the son of Roger, third Earl of Hertford, second son of R1chard, de Clare, created Earl of Hertford, son of Gilbert de Tonsburg, in Normandy, by his wife, Lady Adel1za, daughter of Hugh de Monchi, 2d Count of Clermont, and his wife. Lady Marguerite, daughter of Hildwin IV., Count of Montdidier, lord of Rameru, &c., and Count de Rouci, by his wife, Adkla, Countess de Rouci, daughter and heiress of Eblo I., Count of Rouci and Reims, and his wife, Lady Beatrlx, daughter of Rainier IV., eleventh Cou'nt of Hainault, by his wife, Princess Hav1de, daughter of Hugh Capet, K1ng Of France, 940-996.

lech, who had by his wife, Lady Gwyrryl, daughter of Madoc ap Meirig,
14.—David-goch, lord of Penllech, in 1314. He To. Maud, daughter of David Lloyd ap Cyrveloc (see Browning's "Americans of Royal Descent," fourth edition, p. 95, for his pedigree), and had:
15.—Ievan, lord of Grainianoc and Penllech, in 1352. He To. Eva, daughter of Einion ap Celynnin, of Llwydiarth, Montgomeryshire, a lineal descendant of Bleddyn Cynfyn, king of Powis, 1046, and had:
16.—Madoc, lord of Grainianoc, or Grainoc, whose son,
17.—Deikws-ddu, had by his wife, Gwen, daughter of levan-ddu, a lineal descendant of Maelor-crwm, chieftain of the seventh Royal Tribe of Wales, in 1175,
18.—Einion, lord of Grainoc, who To. Morvydd, daughter of Matw ap Llowarch, and had:
19.—Howel, who To. Mali, daughter of Llewellyn ap levan, and had:
20.—Griffith, who m. Gwenlian, daughter of Einion ap levan Lloyd, and had:
21.—Lewis, lord of Yshute, who To. Ethli, or Elian, daughter of Edward ap levan, of Llanoddyn, parish Montgomeryshire, by his wife, Catharine v. Gryflyth Llewellyn Einion ap David, the feudal baron of Cryniarth, in Edermon, also of Royal Descent, and had:
22.—Robert, lord of Rhiwlas, who To. Gwyrryl, daughter of Llewellyn ap David, of Llan Rwst, in Denbighshire, and had:
23.—Evan Robert Lewis, of Vron Goch farm, Merioneth, lord of Rhiwlas, by his wife Jane, five sons, Owen, Evan, John, Cadwalader, and Griffith. Of these: 1.—Owen Ap Evan, of Vron Goch farm, d. 1669, had by his wife, Gainor John,

I.—ROBERT Owen, 1657-1697, who m., 1678, Rebecca Humphrey (see below), and removed in 1690 to Merion, as mentioned elsewhere.*
II.—Jane Owen, who m. Hugh Roberts*, the Friends' minister, and removed to Merion, as already mentioned, p. 96, &c.
III.—Ellen Owen, 1660-169-, who m. Cadwalader Thomas Hugh, of Kiltalgarth, Merioneth, and had: John Cadwalader, who m. at the Merion Meeting, 29 Dec., 1699, Martha Jones, see p. 74.
IV.—Evan Owen, a Welsh Tract land owner.
V.—Owen Owen, a Welsh Tract land owner.

2.—Evan Ap EVAN f of Vron Goch farm, Merionethshire, who had:
I.—Thomas Evans,j 1651-1738, removed to Gwynedd.
II.—Robert Evan, removed to Gwynedd, d. in 1738.
III.—Owen Evans, 1659-1723, removed to Gwynedd.
IV.—Cadwaladeb Evans, 1664-1745, removed to Gwynedd in 1698. He m, Ellin, daughter of John Morris, of Bryn Gwyn, Denbighshire, by his wife, Ellin, daughter of Ellis Williams, of Caifadog, also of Royal Descent, and had: Sarah Evans, who m. at the Gwynedd Meeting, 11, 10mo. 1711, John Hank, of White Marsh, will dated 12 Dec. 1730, proved in May, 1731, and had besides other children:
1.—John Hank, Jr., 6. 1712, who sold his farm near Reading, Pa., in 1787, and removed eventually to Fayette Co., Ky., where his daughter, Nancy, m. Thomas Lincoln, and settled in Larue Co., Ky., and here was born their only child, Abraham Lincoln, twice President of the United States.
 

2.—Jane Hank, who m. John Roberts, Jr., of "Woodlawn," Penllyn, and had, Job Roberts, of "Woodlawn," who To. Mary Naylor, and had Jane, who m. Charles Mather, of "Woodlawn," and had, Susanna Morris, who m, Samuel Jones Levick, of Philadelphia, for many years a well-known minister among Friends, and had, besides other children, Lewis Jones Levick, of Bala, who m. Mary d'Invilliers, of Philadelphia and had Henry Lewis; Mary Sabina, wife of Winthrop C. Neilson; Louise Jamart, wife of George B. Atlee, and Suzanne. The Humphreys family, Rowland Ellis, of "Bryn Mawr" farm, and Rebecca Humphreys, wife of Robert Owen, of Merion, were descended as follows from the Royal Houses of England and France.
1.—Henry III., Klng Of England, m. Lady Eleanor, daughter of Raymond de Berenger, Count of Provence, and had by her:
2.—Edmund, Earl of Leicester, lord high steward, who had by his second wife, Lady Blanche, widow of Henry I., of Navarre, and daughter of Robert, Count of Artois, second son of Louis VIII, King of France:
3.—Henry, Earl of Leicester and Lancaster, who m. Lady Maud, daughter of Sir Patrick de Chaworth, by his wife, Lady Isabel de Beauchamp, daughter of William, first Earl of Warwick, also of Royal Descent, and had:
4.—Lady Eleanor Plantagenet, who m. secondly (his second wife), Sir Richard Fitzalan, K. G., Earl of Arundel and Surrey, and had:
5.—Slr Richard Fltzalan, K. G., Earl of Arundel, who had by his first wife, Lady Elizabeth de Bohun, daughter of William, first Earl of Northampton, K. G., also of Royal Descent:
6.—Lady Elizabeth Fitzalan, who had by her third husband, Sir Robert Goushill, Kt., of Hault Hucknell manor, Derbyshire:

7.—Lady Joan Goushill, who m. Sir Thomas Stanley, K. G., Lord Stanley, lord chamberlain of England, and had:
8.—Lady Margaret Stanley (her brother, Sir William, crowned Henry VII. on Bosworth Field), who had by her second husband (see Dugdale's "Baronage," vol. II., p. 248), Sir William Troutbeck, lord of Prynes Castle, Cheshire, who was slain in the battle of Bloreheath:
9.—Lady Jane Troutbeck (see Omerod's "Cheshire," vol. II., Collins's "Peerage," III., p. 40), widow of Sir William Boteler, who m. Sir William Griffith, lord of Penrhyn Castle, Caernarvonshire, chamberlain of North Wales, "made a Knight of the Bath on St. Andrew's Eve, 1489, at the coronation of Prince Arthur, and of his Bayne," and had:
10.—Sir Willlam Griffith, lord of Penrhyn Castle, knighted at Touraine, Christmas, 1513, "after the king came from mass, under the banner in the church"; chamberlain of North Wales, 1520. He had by his second wife, m. in 1522, Lady Jane, daughter of John Puleston, lord of Caornarvan Castle (see Dwnn's "Visitations of Wales," vol. II., 154-59, or Pedigree CXLIX):
11.—Lady Sibill Griffith, who m. Owen ap Hugh, of Bodeon, high sheriff of Anglesea in 1563, and 1580, d. 1613, and had:
12.—Jane Owen, who m. Hugh Gwyn, of Penarth, high sheriff of Caernarvonshire, in 1600 (see Dwnn's "Visitations of Wales," II. 172), and had: 13.—Siblll Hugh, who m. before 20 Sep. 1588, John ap Howel-goch, of Gadfa, Llanwddyn, Montgomeryshire, who was buried in the parish church, 24 July, 1636, and had:
14.—Elizabeth Powell, who m. Humphrey ap Hugh Howel, of Llwyn-du, Llangelynin, in Merionethshire, d. 1664-5, and had: 1.—Owen Humphrey, of Llwyn-du, eldest son, 16261699, a justice in 1678. He had by his wife Jane,

Rebecca Humphrey, who m. in 1678, Robert Owen, of Vron Goch farm, and removed to Merion in 1690, as mentioned above.
2.—Samuel Humphrey, of Portheven, Merionethshire, who bought land in Haverford and removed here in 1683, but died in Wales. He m. in 1658, Elizabeth Rees, and had eight children,* who settled in Haverford with their mother.
3.—John Humphrey, who m. his cousin, Jane Humphrey (sister to Richard Humphrey, who was a Haverford land owner), and bought land in Haverford, and removed to it.
4.—Anne Humphrey, who m. Ellis ap Rees Lewis, or Ellis Price, of Bryn Mawr, in Merionethshire, 1649, also of Royal Descent, as explained in another page, and had: Rowland Ellis, 1650-1729, of "Bryn Mawr" farm, in the Welsh Tract. His daughter Eleanor, m. in 1715, John Evans, f of Gwynedd, also of Royal Descent as above.
5.—Daughter (name not preserved), To. Owen ap , and had the following children who removed to the Welsh Tract.
I.—Elizabeth Owen, second wife of "John Roberts, of Wayn Mill," Merion, d. 1703-4, who removed from Pen y Chyd, or Clwyd, in Denbighshire.
II.—John Owen, a land owner in Merion in 1683-1703.
III.—Joshua Owen, a land owner in Merion, unmar- ried in 1683-1703.
 

John Bevan, another of the prominent Welsh Tract land owners and settlers, also had ancient and distinguished lineage; one of his ancestral lines showing his lineal descent from kings of England and France, as follows:
1.—Henry III., King Op England, had:
2.—Edmund, Earl of Leicester, who had:
3.—Henry, Earl of Leicester, who had:
4.—Lady Eleanor Plantagenet, who m. secondly (as in the "Humphrey" Royal Descent, above), Sir Richard Fitzalan, K. G., Earl of Arundel and Surrey, and had:
5.—John Fitzalan, Lord Maltravers, second son, d. 15 Dec. 1379. He m. Lady Eleanor Maltravers, d. 20 Jan. 1405, granddaughter and sole heir to John, Lord Maltravers, and had:
6.—John Fitzalan, feudal lord of Arundel, heir, but d. v. p. His youngest son, brother to the twelfth Earl of Arundel,
7.—Sir Thomas Fitzalan, Knt., m. Lady Katherine, daughter of Sir John Dynham, and sister to Sir John, Lord Dynham, K. G., and had:
8.—Lady Eleanor Fitzalan, who m. Sir Thomas Browne, treasurer of the household to King Henry VI., and had:
9.—Sir Anthony Browne, standard-bearer to King Henry VII., whose daughter,
10.—Lady Elizabeth Browne, m. Henry Somerset, second Earl of Worcester, d. 26 Nov. 1549, and had:
11.—Lady Eleanor Somerset, who m. Sir Roger Vaughan, Knt., of Porthaml, Talgarth, Glamorganshire, and had:
12.—Watkin Vaughan, of Porthaml, Talgarth, who m. Joan, daughter of Evan ap Gwilim Yohan, of Peytyn Gwyn, and had:

13.—Sir William Vaughan, of Porthaml, Talgarth, Knt., d., 1564, who m. Catharine, daughter of Jenkin ap Havard, of Tredomen, and had:
14.—Catharine Vaughan, who m. David ap Evan, of Neath, high sheriff of Glamorganshire, in 1563, and had:
15.—Mary David Evan (widow of Edward Tuberville, of Sutton), who m. secondly, Thomas Basset, of Miscin, and had:
16.—Catharine Basset, who m. Richard ab Evan, of Collenna, Glamorganshire, and had:
17.—Jane Evans, who m. Evan ab John, of Treverigg, Llantrisant parish, Glamorgan, and had:
18.—John Bevan (John ab Evan), who removed from Treverigg, in 1683, to the Welsh Tract, with his wife, Barbara Awbrey, and family.* Edward Rees, and his sisters, Hannah, wife of Rees John William, or Rees Jones, and Jane, wife of Cadwalader Morgan, all of "Merion in the Welsh Tract," were also of distinguished ancestry through their father's family, as follows:
1.—John, King Of England, had by his second wife, Lady Isabella Taillefer, daughter of Ademar, Count of Angouleme.
2.—Lady Eleanor Plantagenet, who m. secondly, Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, and had,
3.—Lady Eleanor De Montfort, who m. Llewellyn Gryffyth, Prince of North Wales, and the last sovereign Prince of all Wales, killed on 11 Dec. 1232, son of Llewellyn the Great, and had,
 

of all Wales, killed on 11 Dec. 1232, son of Llewellyn the Great, and had,
4.—Lady Catherine, heiress, who m. Philip ap Ivor, lord of Iscoed, in Cardigan, and had,
5.—Lady Eleanor, heiress, who To. Thomas ap Llewellyn Owen, of Trefgarned, lord of South Wales, and had,
6.—Lady Eleanor, co-heiress, who m. (see Burke's "Royal Families," vol. 1. Ped. LII), Gryffyth Vychan, fourth lord of Glyndyfrdwy, whose descent from Bleddyn Cynfyn, King of Powys, 1046, is in Ped. CX. Burke's "Royal Descents," and "Royal Families," II. p. LXI, see also Lloyd's "History of Powys Fadog," vol. IV. 118, and had,
7.—Tudor Ap Gryffyth Vychan, lord of Gwyddelwern, killed 15 May, 1405, brother to the celebrated Owen Glendower. He m. Maud, daughter of leuf Howel ap Adar, and had,
8.—Lady Lowry Tudor, heiress, who m. Gruffydd ap Einion, of Cors y Gedol, Merionethshire, and had,
9.—Ellissau Ap Gruffydd, who m, Margaret, daughter of Jenkin ap levan (also descended from Kings of England), and his wife, Leiki, daughter of Llewellyn ap Edneyfed, of Sonby, in Maelor, and had,
10.—Lowry, who m. Reinaullt Gruffydd ap Rhys, of Branas Uchaf, Llan Drillo Plas Ynghrogen (see Dwnn's "Visitations of Wales," II. 126), and had, 11.—Mary, who m. Robert Lloyd, of Gwern y Brechtwyn, and Glanllyn, also of Royal Descent, and had,
12.—Thomas Lloyd, 1520-1612, of Nant y Friar, who To. Catherine, daughter of Robert ap Griffith, by his wife, Margaret, daughter of Cadwalader ap Rhys Lloyd, of Cydros, and had, Evan, 1555-1640, and
13.—Mary Lloyd, who m. Richard, of Tyddyn Tyfod, Merioneth, and had,
14.—Rhys Ap Richard, whose son,

15.—Griffith Ap Rhys, of Tyddyn Tyfod, was the father of
16.—Richard Press, of Glanlloidiogin, Llanfawr parish, Merionethshire, will dated 26 Jan. 1685-6, proved at St. Asaph registry, in 1686. His daughter,
1.—Hannah Price, 6. 1656, who was mentioned with her children in her father's will. She m. Rees ap John ap William, or Rees Jones, who d. in Merion, 26, 11mo. 1697. Their children assumed "Jones" as their surname.*
2.—Edward Rees, of Merion, 1682.
3.—Jane, wife of Cadwalader Morgan, of Merion, 1683. The above pedigree is partly made up from a quaint letter, extant but undated, and unsigned, but apparently written by a friend, or relative in Wales to Edward Prees, or a member of his family, who had curiosity about his forefathers. Much of it is faded and undecipherable. "My old friend, Edward Prees, hath w in his letter to Thomas Lloyd, requesting to send him some intelligence of his Pedigree. I know but little thereof at this time but give him this much while he stays for more. Edward Prees son of Richard son of Griffith son of Re no more than this of his Father's side these were own of that Land where you have seen William ap Robert and the name of that land is Tyddin Tyfod. And the mother of Rees Princhard was Mary the D Thomas son of Robert David Lloyd the son of D Vaughan son of
 

Griffith son of Evan Son of Madock the son of lerwith the son of Madock Flidd of Glan y Llyn these followed further by Ann John Vaughan of Mein y .The mother of Mary the daughter of Thomas lloyd of Gwern y Brychdwyn was Catharine the daughter of Robert the son of Griffith the son of Coch the son of Ddu the son of David the son of Einion the son of Canwrig Vaughan the son of Canwrig the son of Heilin the son of Tyvid the son of Tago the son of Ystwyth the son of Marchwyth the son of Marcheithian of the fifteen tribes of Gwynedd North Wals from the Lord Is Aled. The mother of Catharine vch Robert was Margaret the daughter of Cadwallader son of Rees Lloyd of Cydros lineally descending from Enion Ardudwy, the mother of Robert the son of Griffith was married the daughter of Tudor the son of Ewan lloyd of the Upper Plasin Llanfair. The mother of Griffith the son of Evan the son of Coch was Gwenhwyfir the daughter of Thomas David of the Court in Fenel Hill. Lineally ing from the Lady Dulas Gray. The mother as, the son of Robert Lloyd of Gwern Bry chwyn the dau of Raynold, the son of Griffith the of Upper Branas, the mother of Richard Griffith llian, the daughter of Rees of the House where wen Lived." The brothers Charles Lloyd, (who did not come over), and Thomas Lloyd, the deputy-governor, large land owners in the Welsh Tract, also had remarkable ancestry, in part as follows,
1.—Edward I., Klng of England, had by his second wife, Princess Margaret, daughter of Phllip III., King Of France,
2.—Edmund, Earl of Kent, who m. Lady Margaret, daughter of John, Lord Wake, and had,
3.—Lady Joan Plantagenet, the Fair Maid of Kent, (who was the mother of King Richard II., by her third hus-

band, Edward the Black Prince), m. secondly, Sir Thomas de Holand, KG., Earl of Kent, captain-general of Brittany, France and Normandy, and had,
4.—Slr Thomas De Holand, KG., second Earl of Kent, earl marshal of England, who m. Lady Alice, daughter of Sir Richard Fitzalan, K.G., Earl of Arundel and Surrey, d. 1357, and had,
5.—Lady Allanore De Holand, widow of Roger, Earl of March, who m. secondly, Sir Edward de Cherleton, KG., fourth Lord Cherleton, of Powys castle, d. 1420, and had,
6.—Lady Joan De Cherleton, who m. Sir John de Grey, K.G., created in 1418, Earl of Tancarville, killed at battle of Baugy Bridge, 1420, and had, 7.—Slr Henry De Grey, second Earl of Tancarville, d. 1449, who m. Lady Antigone, daughter of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, regent of France, and had,
8.—Lady Elizabeth De Grey, who m. Sir Roger Kynaston, d. 1517, and had,
9.—Humphrey Kynaston, of Morton, Salop, d. 1534, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Meredith ap Howell, of Llansilin, Denbighshire, and had,
10.—Margaret Kynaston, who m. John Lloyd Wynn, of Dyffryn, (son of Evan Lloyd, of Dolobran), and had,
11.—Humphrey John Lloyd, of Dyffryn, whose daughter,
12.—Katherine Lloyd, m. John Lloyd, of Coediowrid, 1575-164-, a magistrate at Dolobran, also of Royal Descent, and had.
13.—Charles Lloyd, 1613-1657, of Dolobran Hall, Meifod parish, Montgomeryshire, a magistrate, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas, son of Sir Stanley, Knt., of Knockyn, in Salop, and had,

14.—Charles Lloyd, of Dolobran Hall, and Dep. Gov. Thomas Lloyd,* the Welsh Tract land owners. Martha Awbrey, who came over with the family of John Bevan, "being engaged to be married to one Rees Thomas, who had gone to Pensylvania," and married him at the Haverford Meeting, 18 April, 1692, was also one of the early settlers of Merion, who had a remarkable pedigree, as follows,
1.—Gruffydd Ap Cynan, King Of North Wales, eL 1136, had a daughter,
2.—Lady Gwenllian, sister of Owen, Prince of Wales, who m. Rhys ap Tewdwr, Prince of South Wales, and had.
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*Some of the prominent descendants of Deputy Governor Thomas Lloyd: Mrs. George Emlen, Jr., Miss Ellen Emlen, Mrs. Richard Vaux, Thomas Wister, M.D., Mrs. Travis Cochran, Mrs. Richard Willing, Mrs. Richard H. Reeve, Mrs. Benjamin C. Reeve, Mrs. Augustus W. Durkee, Samuel B. Wheeler, Edward Shippen Willing, Countess Emily de Ganay, Mrs. Alexander C. Fergusson, Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Mrs. S. Bowman Wheeler, Frank L. Neall, Clement A. Griscom, Countess Ellen van Cuelebroeck, Mrs. Stiles Huber, Preston Carpenter, Mrs. Andrew Wheeler, Mrs. Charles E. Noblit, Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Hon. Lloyd C. Griscom, Mrs. Charles F. Hulse, Mrs. Malcolm Lloyd, Mrs. Robert B. Haines, Henry H. Collins, Jr., Richard M. Gummere, Mrs. Philip Trapnill Allin, Woodruff Jones, Mrs. James S. Merritt, Mrs. Frank N. Hickok, Henry Morris, M.D., William Morris Collins, Mrs.Ludwig Wilhelmi,Edward Hacker, Mrs. Thomas S.K.Morton, Mrs. Henry Carey Baird, Mrs. Charles J. Churchman, Mrs. John B. Bispham, Charles Ellet, John Jay Smith, Samuel Rhoads, M.D., Mrs. Philip B. Chase, Benj. Raper Smith, Mrs. James B. Morson, Adm. Louis M. Goldsborough, Henry Ewing Pope, William J. Wainwright, Mrs. William H. Gardiner, Robert H. McClenachan, Mrs. Edward K. Rowland, Mrs. James A. Lowell, Mrs. Burnet Landreth, Jr., Mrs. Levi Morris, Mrs. Charles E. Smith, Rt. Rev. Benj. W. Morris, Mrs. William J. Hardy, Jr., Mrs. John Lowell, Jr., Mrs. Walter Abbott Wood, Mrs. Jacob Shoemaker Wain, Edward Wain, Mrs. Richard B. Jackson, Mrs. Nathaniel Burwell Marshall, Isaac Norris, Charles Perrin Smith, Mrs. Charles Wilson Peale, Mrs. C. Emory McMichael, Mrs. Tench Francis Joseph Parker Norris, Daniel Clark Wharton.

3.—Lady Elizabeth, who m. Edmund, feudal lord of Cayrowe, and had,
4.—Sle Edgar De Carew, lord of Cayrowe, who had, 5.—John De Carew, feudal lord of Carew, whose daughter,
6.—Anne De Carew (also called Nesta), To. Thomas Awbrey, son of William Awbrey, of Aberkynfrig and Slough, in Brecknockshire, and had, 7.—Thomas Awbrey, of Aberkynfrig, constable, and ranger of the forest of Brecon. He To. Johan, daughter of Trahaerne ap Einion, lord of Comond, and had,
8.—Thomas Awbrey-goch, of Aberkynfrig, who m. Nesta, daughter of Owen Gethyn, of Glyn Taway, and had,
9.—Richard Awbrey, of Aberkynfrig, who To. Creislie, daughter of Philip ap Elidor ('The ab Elerd"), and had,
10.—Gwalter Awbrey, of Aberkynfrig, second son. He m. Johan, daughter and co-heiress of Rees Morgan, of Llangadog, Carmarthenshire,* and had, 11.—Morgan Awbrey, of Aberkynfrig, who To. Alice, daughter of Gwatkin Thomas ap David Lloyd, and had,
12.—Jenkin Awbrey, of Aberkynfrig, who To. Gwenllian, daughter of Owain ap Griffith, of Tal y Llyn, and had,
13.—Hopkln Awbrey, of Aberkynfrig, who m. Anne, daughter of John ap Griffith, of Gwyn, and had,
 

14.—William Awbrey, of Aberkynfrig, d. 27 June, 1547. He had by his second wife, Jane, widow of Thomas Lloyd, and daughter of Sir Richard Herbert, feudal lord of Montgomery castle, a gentleman usher to Henry VIII., by his second wife, Jane, daughter of Gwilim ap Rees Philip, of Llwyn-howell,
15.—Richard Awbrey, of Aberkynfrig, eldest son and heir, d. 1580, after selling his paternal estate. He m. Margaret, daughter of Thomas Gunter, of Gileston or Gillston, and had,
16.—Richard Awbrey, of Llanelyw, Brecknockshire. He was buried in the parish church 25 Sep. 1646, with an inscribed monument. He m. Anne, daughter of William Vaughan, of Llanelyw, and had,
17.—Thomas Awbrey, of Llanelyw parish, third son, whose son,
18.—William Awbrey, of Llanelyw parish, d. 16 Dec. 1716, aged 90 years, and was buried with his ancestors in the parish church, under an inscribed stone. He m. in 1646, his cousin, Elizabeth, daughter of William, eldest son of Richard Awbrey, d. 1646, aforesaid, and succeeded to the farms in Llanelyw. Their daughter,
19.—Martha Awbrey, b. 166-, became a Quaker, and m. 18 June 1692, at the Haverford Meeting, Rees Thomas, who became a J. P. and member of the Pensylvania assembly, will proved 12 Feb. 1742-3. Issue.* Rowland Ellis, of "Bryn Mawr," in the Welsh tract, besides having the Royal line given in another page, had also further remarkably distinguished ancestry, as follows, being descended from Lady Mary Kynston, a sister of Humphrey Kynaston, the ancestor of Dep. Gov. Thomas Lloyd.
 

1.—Edward L, King Of England, had by his first wife, Princess Eleanor, daughter of Ferdinand III., King op Castile And Leon,
2.—Lady Joan Of Acre, who To. first, his second wife, Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Hertford and Gloucester, and had,
3.—Lady Margaret De Clare, who To. secondly, Hugh, second Baron D'Audley, created in 1337, Earl of Gloucester, and had,
4.—Lady Margaret D'audley, who To. Sir Ralph, second Baron Stafford, K.G., created in 1351, Earl of Stafford, and had,
5.—Lady Joan De Stafford, who To. John, second Baron Cherleton, of Powys Castle, chamberlain to Edward III., (see Jones' "Feudal Barons of Powys"), and had,
6.—Sir Edward De Cherleton, K.G., fourth Baron Cherleton, of Powys castle, who m. Lady Alianor, daughter of Sir Thomas de Holand, K.G., second Earl of Kent, earl marshal, also of Royal Descent, and had,
7.—Lady Joane De Cherleton, who To. Sir John de Grey, K.G., created in 1418, Earl of Tankerville, killed 22 March, 1420, also of Royal Descent, and had,
8.—Slr Henry De Grey, second Earl of Tankerville, d. 1449, who To. Lady Antigone, daughter of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, regent of France, and had by her,
9.—Lady Elizabeth De Grey, who To. Sir Roger Kynaston, d. 1517, also of Royal Descent, and had,
10.—Lady Mary Kynaston, who To. Howell ap levan, of Gnya y Maen-gwyn, and had,
11.—Humphrey Howell, who To. Lady Anne, daughter of Sir Richard Herbert, of Colebrook, and had,
12.—Jane Humphrey, who To. Griffith ap Howell, of Nannau, in Merionethshire, 1541 (see Dwnn's "Visitations of Wales," II. p. 226), a descendant of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, a prince of Powys, and had,

13.—John Griffith, of Nannau, second son, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of David Lloyd, of Trawsfynedd, or Tawrynydd, and had,
14.—Lewis John Griffith, of Dyffrydan tp., Merionethshire, who m. Ellen, daughter of Howell Griffith, and had, Owen Lewis* and
15.—Rees Lewis, who m. Catherine, daughter of Elisha ap David Owen, and had,
16.—Ellis Ap Rees Lewis, or Ellis Price, of Bryn Mawr, Merionethshire, 1649, who m. Anne Humphrey, daughter of Humphrey Hugh Howell, and his wife, Elizabeth Powell, also of Roval Descent, (as in another page), and had,
17.—Rowland Ellis, of "Bryn Mawr," in the Welsh Tract, d. 1729. Issue. As members of the Foulke family, Welsh Quakers, which settled in Gwynedd Tp., intermarried with several Merion families, its pedigree is of interest here. To a certain point it is the same as those of Rowland Ellis, Gov. Thomas Lloyd, and Edward Rees, Hananh, wife of Rees Jones, and Jane, wife of Cadwallader Morgan, and is as follows:
1.—Edward I., King Of England, had by the Princess Eleanor, of Castile,
2.—Lady Joan, who m. first, Gilbert, Earl of Hertford, and had,
3.—Lady Margaret De Clare, who m. Hugh, Earl of Gloucester, and had,
 

4.—Lady Margaret D'audley, who m. Ralph, Earl of Stafford, and had,
5.—Lady Joan De Stafford, who m. John, 2d Lord Cherleton, and had,
6.—Lady Joan De Cherleton, who m. John, sixth Baron? Le Strange, of Knockyn Castle, also of Royal Descent, eL 1397, (see Lloyd's History of Powys Fadog, vol. IV., 48),. and had,
7.—Lady Elizabeth Le Strange, who m. Gruffydd ap Madoc Vychan, third feudal Baron of Glyndyfrdwy, and lord of Rhuddalt, (see Burke's "Royal Families," vol. II, fo-> LXI), and had,
8.—Lady Isabel Griffith, who m. Goronway ap Gruffytfe Madoc, and had,
9.—Tudor, feudal lord of Penllyn, who had, 10.—Howel Tudor, whose son,
11.—David-llwyd Tudor had, 12.—Lady Gwenhwyfar Tudor, who m. David ap levanvychan, of Llanuwchllyn, in Penllyn, descended from the feudal Barons of Penllyn, (see Dwnn's Visitations of Wales), and had,
13.—David-llwyd, who m. Lowry, daughter of Howelvaughan, and had,
14.—Robert-llwyd, of Gwerny Brechtwyn, who m. Mary,, daughter of Reinaullt, of Branas Uchaf, and had,
15.—Thomas Robert-llwyd, 1520-1612, of Nant y Friar,, or Nanfreur, in Penllyn, Merioneth, buried in the parish church of Llandderfel, 21 May, 1612. He m. Catherine,, daughter of Robert Griffith Evan-goch, who was descended from levan-goch, of Cwm Penaner, Denbigh, an ancestor of John Cadwalader, the Philadelphia school teacher, and of John ap Thomas, of "Company No. 1" (see Dwnn's Visitations of Wales, 1585-1603), and had Mary, wife of Richard,, of Tyddyn Tyfod, and
16.—Evan Ap Thomas Lloyd, 1555-1640, buried at the Llanderfol church. He m. Dorothea Evans, buried with her husband, in Feb. 1619, and had,

17.—Thomas Evan Lloyd, high sheriff of Merionethshire, 1623, d. Nov. 1649; m. Catherine, daughter of William David, of Llanderfel, and had,
18.—Ffoulke Ap Thomas Lloyd, bapt. at Llanderfol, 14 April, 1623; m. Lowry, daughter of Edward David Ellis, of Llanvor, Merioneth, and had (see Jenkins's History of Gwynedd), 19.—Edward Foulke, 1651-1741, he removed from Coed y Foel, 2 Feb. 1698, to a tract of 700 acres of land which he had bought in Gwynedd tp., Philadelphia county, with his family. He m. Eleanor or Ellin Hughs, (also of Royal Descent, as below), daughter of Hugh Cadwallader Rhys, of Yspytty, or Spytu parish, Denbighshire, and had by her, who d. in 1733, nine children.*
1.—John, King Op England, had by his second wife, Queen Isabella,
2.—Lady Eleanor Plantagenet, who m. secondly, Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, and had,
3.—Lady Eleanor De Montfort, who m. Llewellyn Gryffyth, the last sovereign Prince of Wales, 1232, and had,
4.—Lady Catherine, who m. Philip Ivor, lord of Iscoed, and had,
5.—Lady Eleanor, who m. Thomas Llewellyn, of Trefgarned, and had,
6.—Lady Eleanor, who m. Gryffyth Vychan, lord of Glyndyfrdwy, and had,
7.—Lowry Vaughan, sister to the celebrated Owen Glendower. She m. Robert Pyllesdon, or Puleston, lord of Emral manor, Caernarvonshire, and had,

8.—John Puleston, of Emral, heir, who m. Angharad, dau. of Griffith de Hanmer, and had,
9.—Margaret Puleston, (see Dwnn's Visitations of Wales), who m. David levan ap Einion, of Cryniarth, constable of Harlech Castle, in 1468, and had,
10.—Angharad David (sister to Einion David, of Cryniarth, in Edermon, mentioned above), who m. Gwilym ap Gruffydd Robert, of Coch Willym, high sheriff of Caernarvonshire, and had,
11.—Gwenllian William, who m. David ap Meredydd (or Meredith) ap Howel, of Bala, Merionthshire, and had,
12.—Howel Lloyd David, of Bala, m. Mallt vch. Howell Tychan, of Llnyaiarth, Montgomeryshire, and had,
13.—Thomas Gethin Howel, of y Danyfaen, Denbigshire, m. Catherine v. David ap levan, of same place, and had,
14.—Margaret Thomas, who m. Hugh Thomas ap David, of Cae Fadog, Ciltalgarth tp., Llanfor par., Merionth, and had,
15.—William Hugh, of Cae Fadog, d. before 1627-8, His son,
16.—Ellls Ap William, or Ellis Williams, d. at Cae Fadog, where his personal estate was inventoried, and administered, 26 Feb. 1645, by Margaret John, his relict, at St. Asaph Registry. Of his children:—
 

1.—Ellin Wllliams, m. John Morris, of Bryn Gwyn, Denbigh, and had, Ellin Morris, m. Cadwalader Evans, 1664-1745, removed to Gwynedd tp., in 1698, elsewhere mentioned.
2.—Gwen Williams, m. Hugh Cadwalader Rhys, of Yspytty parish, Denbigh, alive in Dec. 1688, and had,
I.—Jane Hughs, m. William John, who removed to Gwynedd tp., in 1698, a son of John Evan, of Penmaen.
II.—John Ap Hugh, or John Pugh, removed to Gwynedd tp., m. and had Ellis Pugh, of Gwynedd.
III.—Ellin Hughs, d. 1733, who m. Edward ffoulke, 1651-1741; to Gwynedd tp., in 1698, also of Royal Descent, as above. One of their children, Jane Foulke, d. 8mo. 7. 1766; m. 4mo. 5, 1718, Ellis Hughs, 1688-1764, of Exeter, Pa., and had, WilKam Hughs, of Exeter, 1716-1760, from whom descends Mrs. Walter D. Mansfield, of San Francisco, see Browning's "Colonial Dames of Royal Descent," p. 389.