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Elizabeth Roberts (Owen)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Of,Llangelynen,Merioneth,Wales
Death: October 31, 1699 (27-36)
Merion Station, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Owen Humphrey and Margaret Humphrey
Wife of John Roberts
Sister of John Owen; Humphrey Owen; Sarah Burleson; Joshua Owen; Margaret Acton and 5 others

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About Elizabeth Roberts

  • Merion in the Welsh Tract: With Sketches of the Townships of ..., Volume 3 By Thomas Allen Glenn
  • https://books.google.com/books?id=vMsxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA248&lpg=PA248&d...
  • Pg.245
  • 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
  • Pg.246
  • 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-
  • Pg.247
  • 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.
  • Pg.248
  • 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.
  • Pg.249
  • .... 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.
    • Pg.250
    • 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:
    • .... etc. ______________________
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Elizabeth Roberts's Timeline

1667
1667
Of,Llangelynen,Merioneth,Wales
1699
October 31, 1699
Age 32
Merion Station, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States