Owen Humphrey

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• Einion, born probably about 1450, descended in the male line from Callwyn ap Tagno, Lord of Llyn who bor arms, a chevron inter three fleur-de-lys, had:
• Gronwy ap Einion, born about 1480, who had:
• Howell ap Gronwy, who had:
• David ap Howell, of the township of Llwyngwrill, Comôt of Talybont, Merionethshire, Wales, whose "ancient capital messuage" in that township, called Llwyn-du, was derived through a female line from Ednowen ap Bradwen, who flourished about 1137, and bore arms, gules, three snakes, nowed; and who was lord of nearly all the Comôt of Talybont. Though the extant pedigrees do not show just where the marriage in the line of Callwyn ap Tagno, Lord of Llyn, with the heiress of the line of Ednowen ap Bradwen, came in, yet Llwyn-du was "an indefeasible estate of inheritance" therefore David ap Howell could only have obtained it as a descendant of Ednowen ap Bradwen. David was born about 1540, and married Mary, daughter of Hugh ap John, of Taly Llyn, a parish (now) in the union of Dôlgelly, in the Comôt of Estimaner, Merionethshire, eight miles southwest of Dôlgelly town.
• Hugh ap John was the son of John ap Merdith ap David, ap Ievan ap Llewelyn ap Einion (of Llwdiarth in Montgomeryshire, mentioned in grant of 7 Henry V) ap Celynin ap Ririd ap Cynddelw ap Ierworth ap Gwrgeney ap Uchdryd ap Aleth, Prince of Dyfed. Mary, the wife of David ap Howell, was also descended through various alliances of the above line, from Meuric ap Ynyr Vychan, Lord of Nannau, living 21 Edward III. (A. D. 1347-8), who in turn was descended from Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Prince of Powys (murdered in 1072), by his second wife, Isabel, daughter of Picot de Say, a Norman Baron; as well as from other noble families of Wales.
• Hugh ap David, of Llwyngwrill, son of David ap Howell and Mary his wife, married Catharine, daughter of John ap Rhydderch, of Abergynolwyn, whose family appears to be traceable to 1400 or earlier. Hugh and Catharine had issue,
• Humphrey ap Hugh (their eldest son), of Llwngwrill, who signed the marriage settlement of his daughter Anne, January 1, 1649, she marrying Ellis Price, and they were the parents of Rowland Ellis, of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, born 1650, a noted settler in the Welsh Tract, some account of whom and his descendants is given elsewhere in these volumes.
• Humphrey ap Hugh was living at Llwyndu in 1662, and died there about 1664, having married, about 1625, Elizabeth, daughter of John ap Howell Goch, of Gadfa, in Llanwddyn, Montgomeryshire, who was buried in Llanwddyn Church, July 24, 1636. Elizabeth's mother was Sybill, daughter of Hugh Gwynn, of Penarth, High Sheriff of Caernorvonshire, descended from Sir William Griffith, of Penrhyn; the Herberts of Raglan, and from King Edward I, of England. The wife of Hugh Gwynn was Jane, daughter of Owen ap Hugh of Bodeon in Anglesey, High Sheriff of Anglesey, 1579-80, who died in 1613; descended from Meuric ap Llewelyn ap Halkin of Bodeon, 8th in descent from Hava, son of Kundhelw, Lord of Cwmwd Lhivon, living 1150. Humphrey ap Hugh and his wife Elizabeth had among other issue :
• Owen Humphrey, eldest son and heir, born about 1625, died prior to 1699. He is said to have been an officer under Cromwell and he certainly served as a Justice for Merionethshire under the Protectorate. He was among the first in Wales to join the Society of Friends, and his name frequently occurs in Besse's Sufferings of Friends. In 1662, having with his brother Samuel, "refused to pay a demand for tithes" he was prosecuted in the
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• Sheriff's Court and execution was awarded against him by which his cattle were seized. After his father's decease in 1664 or 1665, he became seized of the "ancient demesne lands of Llwyn-du" and deeded therefrom a lot of ground for a burial place for Friends. Owen Humphrey, having been heavily fined, it is believed that he left little personal estate, in fact what little money he had remaining he lent freely to Friends going to Pennsylvania. He is believed to have been twice married but all of his seven children were by his first wife, name unknown, among whom were, Rebecca, wife of Robert Owen, of Merion, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, the progenitor of the Owen family of Philadelphia, an account of which is given elsewhere in these pages; and Joshua Owen, before mentioned, of Burlington county, New Jersey, who married Martha Shinn.
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• SIBILL GWYN, who m., ante 20 September, 1528, John ap Howel Gôch, of Gadfa, buried at Llanwddyn, 24 July, 1636 (parish register), (Dwnn, II., 172), and had:
• ELIZABETH POWELL, who m. 1624-25, Humphrey ap Hugh, d. 1664-5, of Llwyn-du (see p. 156, and MS. pedigree by her grandson, Rowland Ellis, 1697), and had:
• OWEN HUMPHREY, of Llwyn-du, Llangelynin parish, Talybont, Merionethshire, 1625-1699, eldest son, J. P., who had by his wife, Jane:
• REBECCA OWEN HUMPHREY, who m. 11 March, 1678-9, Robert Owen, of Fron Gôch, Merionethshire. They removed to Pennsylvania, in 1690, where he was J. P. for Merion township, and member of the Governor's Council, and d. 8 December, 1697, aged 33. See "Owen of Merion," Pennsylvania Magazine, XIII., and Glenn's "Merion in the Welsh Tract," Pa., p. 112, etc. They had:
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• EINION was probably circa 1450. He had a son:
• GRONWY AP EINION, who had:
• HOWELL, who had:
• DAVID AP HOWELL, of Llwyngwrill, Talybont, born circa 1540, who married Mary, daughter of Hugh ap John, of Taly Llyn, a parish in the Union of Dôlgelly, in the comôt of Estimaner, Merionethshire, eight miles southwest of Dôlgelly Town. Hugh ap John was the son of John ap Meredith ap David ap Ievan ap Llewelyn ap Einion, of Llwydiarth, in Montgomeryshire (mentioned in grant of 7 Henry V., but it is perhaps doubtful if he was alive in that year), ap Einion
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• ap Celynin (living 14 Edward III., 1340) ap Celynin ap Ririd ap Cynddelw ap Ierworth ap Gwrgeney ap Uchdryd ap Aleth, Prince of Dyfed. .... Hugh ap Hugh, brother of Mary, was living 1603. The family of Tal y Llyn, descended by its various alliances, from Griffith Derwas of Nannau, of the line of Meuric ap Ynyr Vychan, whose tomb in Dôlgelly Church has been described; from Iorwerth ap Adda, of Dolgôch, from the Princes of Powys and many other noble families of Wales. David ap Howell had by Mary (Mali), his wife:
• HUGH AP DAVID, of Llwyngwrill, who married Catherine, daughter of John (Sion) ap Rhydderch, of Abergynolwyn. According to some characters preserved by descendants in Wales, this family of Abergynolwyn appears to be traceable to about 1400, or earlier. (See Pugh of Cwmllow, Montg. Colls.)
• This couple had issue:
  • Humphrey ap Hugh, of whom presently.
  • John ap Hugh, living 1 January, 1649, at which time he was witness to marriage contract. He had David John ap Hugh, of age at that time (1649).
  • David ap Hugh Gôch, living, 1636.
• HUMPHREY AP HUGH, of Llwyngrill; he signed the marriage settlement of his daughter, Anne, who espoused Ellis Price (father of Rowland Ellis), 1 January, 1649, and was living at Llwyn-du in 1662. He died there circa 1664, having married circa 1625, Elizabeth, daughter of John Powel (alias John ap Howell), of Llanwddyn, Montgomeryshire. John Powell, alias John Howell Gôch, of Gadfa, was buried in the Church of Llanwddyn, 24 July, 1636. His wife was Sibill, daughter of Hugh Gwyn, of Penarth, High Sheriff of Caer-
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• naronshire, 1600, descended from Sir William Griffith, of Penrhyn, the Herberts of Raglan, and from Edward I. and Edward III., Kings of England. The wife of Hugh Gwyn was Jane, daughter of Owen ap Hugh, of Bodeon, in Anglesey, High Sheriff of Anglesey, 1579-80, who died 1613; descended from Merick ap Llewelyn ap Halkin, of Bodeon, 8th in descent from Hava, son of Kundhelw, Lord of Cwmwd Lhivon, living 1150.
• Humphrey ap Hugh had by Elizabeth, his wife:
  • 1. Owen Humphrey.
  • 2. John Humphrey, m. Jane, sister of Richard Humphrey.
  • 3. Samuel Humphrey, m. Elizabeth Rees.
  • 4. Ann Humphrey, m. Ellis Price, of Bryn Mawr, 1649, and had other daughters.
    • Rowland Ellis, of Bryn Mawr, born 1650.
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• OWEN HUMPHREY, eldest son and heir of Humphrey ap Hugh, of Llwyn-du, was born circa 1625, and died prior to 1699. He was, it is stated, an officer under Oliver Cromwell, and he served as a Justice of the Peace for Merionethshire under the Protectorate. He was amongst the first in Wales to join the Quakers, and his name is of very frequent occurrence in Bess's "Sufferings of Friends." .... etc.
• .... In 1678 he signed the marriage certificate, and also the marriage settlement of his daughter, Rebecca, and Robert Owen, of Fron Gôch (Vron Gôch), .... etc.
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• .... Of the children of Owen Humphrey, John, Joshua, Elizabeth and Rebecca (then wife of Robert Owen), removed to Pennsylvania. His eldest son Humphrey Owen Humphrey, inherited the estate.
• .... He married, it is thought, twice. All of his children were by his first wife, and were:
  • 1. Humphrey Owen Humphrey, of Llwyn-du [vide Deed in re. Tyddyn-y-Garreg Burial Groung, Montg. Colls.]
  • 2. John Owen; removed to Pennsylvania 1683.
  • 3. Rowland Owen; his name appears attached as a witness to the marriage certificate of 1678, and to other documents.
  • 4. Joshua Owen; he removed to Pennsylvania in 1683, bringing with him a certificate of removal from meeting held at Tyddyn y Garreg, describing him as "late of Llwyn-du." He signs with near relatived of the Owens in marriage certificates in Pennsylvania. He married Martha Shinn, and went to live in Burlington county, New Jersey, where he was living in 1739 with Rowland and Robert Ellis.
  • 5. Owen Owen, mentioned as of Llwyn-du in minutes of Montgomeryshire Meeting.
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  • 6. Rebecca Owen, m. 1678, Robert Owen, of Fron Gôch, Merionethshire, "gentleman," and is mentioned in the marriage certificate as "eldest daughter of Owen Humphrey, of Llwyn-du."
  • 7. Elizabeth Owen; removed to Pennsylvania, with her brother, John Owen, and m. in Pennsylvania, John Roberts, of Pen y Chwd, Denbighshire.
• Children of Samuel Humphrey and Elizabeth Rees:
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• 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. SIBILL HUGH, who m. before 20 Sept. 1588, John ap Howel-goch, of Gadfa, Llanwddyn, Montgomeryshire, who was buried in the parish church, 24 July, 1636, and had:
• 14. ELIZABETH POWELL, who m. Humphrey ap Hugh Howel, of Llwyn-du Llangelynin, in Merionethshire, d. 1664-5, and had:
  • 1. OWEN HUMPHREY, of Llwyn-du, eldest son, 1625-1699, a justice in 1678. He had by his wife, Jane,
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    • REBECCA HUMPHREY, who m. in 1678, Robert Owen, of Vron Goch farm, and removed to Merion in 1690, as mentioned above.
  • 2. SAMUEL HUMPHREY, of Portheven, Merionethshire, who bought land in Haverford and removed her in 1683, but died in Wales. He m. in 1658, Elizabeth Rees, and had eight children,* who settled in Haverford with their mother.
  • 3. JOHN HUMPHREY, who m. his cousin Jane Humphrey (sister to Richard Humphrey, who was a Haverford land owner), and bought land in Haverford, and removed to it.
  • 4. ANNE HUMPHREY, who m. Ellis ap Rees Lewis, or Ellis Price, of Bryn Mawr, in Merionethshire, 1649, also of Royal Descent, as explained in another page, and had:
    • ROWLAND ELLIS, 1650-1729, of "Bryn Mawr" farm, in the Welsh Tract. His daughter Eleanor, m. in 1715, John Evans,† of Gwynedd, also of Royal Descent as above.
  • 5. DAUGHTER (name not preserved, m. Owen ap ____ , and had the following children who removed to the Welsh Tract.
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• XII. ELIZABETH POWELL, daughter of John Powell (alias John ap Howell) of the Parish of Llanwddyn, Montgomeryshire, married, circa 1625-1630, Humphrey ap Hugh, of Llwyn-du, "an indefeasible estate of inheritance" in the township of Llwyngwrill, Llangelynn Parish, Comôt of Talybout, Merionethshire. He was the son of Hugh ap David, ap Howell, ap Gronwy, ap Einion, of the line of Ednowain ap Bradwen. Humphrey ap Hugh was descended, in the female lines, from David ap Ievan, of Meifod, Montgomeryshire, grandson of Llewelyn ap Einion, of Livydiarth, from the Nannan family (and the Princes of Powys), and in a number of lines from Ednowain ap Bradwen above mentioned.
• There is extant, in the possession of Edward Griffith, Esq., of Springfield, near Dôlgelley, the settlement of marriage of Anne, one of the daughters of this Humphrey ap Hugh, to Ellis Price (or "ap Rees), father to Rowland Ellis. This document is dated 1 January 1649 "according to the computation of the Church of England," and is an agreement between Rees ap Lewis ap John Griffith, of Dyffrydan, County Merioneth, gentleman, Humffrey ap Hugh, of Llwyngwrill, in the said county, gentleman, and Richard Nanney, of Llwyngwrill and David Ellis, of Gwanas, said county, Gentlemen (the lasst two persons to act as trustees).
• A reproduction of this settlement is in the possession of the writer.
• Humphrey Hugh, who was a Justice of the Peace for his county, was living in the year 1662;1 but seems to have died before 1664, in which year his son and heir, Owen Humphrey, became seized of the estate.2
• Llwyn-du is said to be a fine old mansion (it is still standing), and had originally quite a large estate belonging to it.
• Children of Humphrey ap Hugh and Elizabeth, his wife:3
  • 1. Owen Humphrey, of Llwyn-du, of whom presently.
  • 2. John Humphrey, of Llwyn-du and Llwanwddyn, m. Jane Humphrey, and removed to Pennsylvania; d. s. p.
  • 3. Samuel Humphrey, of Llangelynin, m. Elizabeth Rees; he died in Wales, but his wife and children removed to Pennsylvania, 1682-3.
  • 4. Anne, m., 1649, Ellis ap Rees, of Bryn Mawr, father to Rowland Ellis.
  • 5. Other issue.
• (to be continued.)
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including:

"Including: "Llwyn Du is the Welsh farm of Owen Humphrey - translated 'LL' means by a church; 'wyn' is fair; and 'du' is black - so it means the fair place by the church that resides in the Black Thorn tree grove. The farm is 600 years old - the oak beam was carbon dated to that time - so the farm was built around 1400. In 1701 Owen carved OH into a beam. The church down the hill that they attended on the Irish Sea is 1,000 years old. Owen put a Quaker burial ground on the estate. Welsh Quakers joined up with William Penn and bought the Welsh Tract just outside of Philadelphia. Capt Richard did not stay there long - moving to Owings Mill, MD. The Merioneth (the county where Llwyn Du sits) Quaker Quilt outlines the persecution and voyage to America of the Quakers. [3]"

remained in Wales

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Owen Humphrey, eldest son and heir of Humphrey ap Hugh, of Llwyn-du, was born circa 1625, and died prior to 1699. He was, it is stated, an officer under Oliver Cromwell, and he served as Justice of Peace for Merionethshire under the Protectorate. He was amongst the first in Wales to join the Quakers, and his name is of very frequent occurrence in Besse's "Sufferings of Friends." In 1662, having with his brother Samuel "refused to pay a demand for tithes," he was prosecuted in the Sheriff's Court, and execution was awarded against him, by which his cattle were seized."

After his father's decease, in 1664-1665, he became seized in the "ancient demesne lands of Llwyn-du," and deeded thereupon a lot of ground for a burial place for the Cymric Friends, as did Lewis Owen, his kinsman, of Tyddyn y Garreg, a part of his estate, the lands adjoining.

Llwyn-du had , as we have seen, been the ancient estate for many generations. The title papers relating to the gift of the burial lot recites that: " Owen Humphrey, of LLwyn-du, in Llwyn Gwrill, in the county [Meionethshire], esquire, now long since deceased, was in his life time in the year 1646 (should be 1664], seized in his demesne of a good and indefeasible estate of inheritance of and in that ancient capital Messuage, tenement and Lands called Llwyn-du." In 1678 he signed the marriage certificate, and also the marriage settlement of his daughter, Rebecca, and Robert Owen, of Fron Goch, and he signed numerous certicicates of removal for persons coming from Wales to Pennsylvania, between the years 1683-1690. He is mentioned in the will of his brother, John Humphrey, who died in Pennsylvania 1701, as then deceased. Of the children of Owen Humphrey, John, Joshua, Elizabeth, and Rebecca (then wife of Robert Owen), removed to Pennsylvania. His oldest son Humphrey Owen Humphrey, inherited the estate.

Owen Humphrey, having been very frequently heavily fined (on one occasion to the amount of L20 for praying at a meeting), it is believed that he left little personal estate, in fact what little money he had remaining he lent freely to Friends going to Pennsylvannia, as appears of record, much of which he doubtless never recovered. He married, it is thought, twice. All of his children were by his first wife. pg 248-249, Merion in the Welsh Tract, Thomas Allen Glenn, 1896

1629 " Owinus filius humffredi ap hugh dd bapt. fuit 13 Aprilis."

1662. Owen Humphrey, as well as his brother Samuel, having "refused to pay a demand of thithes," was prosecuted in the Sheriff's Court, and execution was awarded against him, by which his cattle were seized. (Besse.)

1678, 6 March. Bond. Owen Humphrey of Llwyn-du, gentleman, to Robert Owen, of Fron goch in the commot of Penllyn, gentleman, given as surety for the performance of an agreement between Gainor John, of Fron Goch, widow, mother of the said Robert Owen, and the said Owen Humphrey, touching the intended marriage of Robert Owen and Rebecca, eldest daughter of the said Owen Humphrey. Witnesses; Rowland Ellis, Edward Vaughan, John ap Thomas, and Cadwalader Thomas. ( Original in possession of Charles Morton Smith, Esq., of Philadelphia.)

1678-9, 11 March. As father of the bride, Owen Humphrey signs marriage certificate of Robert Owen, "Eldest son of Owen ap Evan ( deceased) late of Fron Goch in the comot of Penlin and in the County of Merioneth" and "Rebecca Owen, first daughter of Owen Humphrey of Llwyndu." (Original, in 1896, in possession of Mrs. Mary A. Haines, of Rosemont, Pennsylvania)

Robert married Rebecca Humphrey, daugher of Owen and Jane Humphrey on January 11, 1678 in Llangelynin Parish, Merionethshire, Wales, England.

Pedigree

Source: Browning, Charles Henry, (1969). “Americans of Royal Descent: Collection of Genealogies Showing the Lineal Descent from Kings of Some American Families …” Page 415. < GoogleBooks >

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