John ap Howell

• Colonial And Revolutionary Families Of Pennsylvania By John W. Jordan
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• 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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• Reifsnyder-Gillam ancestry by Glenn, Thomas Allen
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• XI. HUMPHREY AP HUGH,2 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 settlement 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 Llwyngwril in the sayd Com, of Merioneth, gentleman."3 He was living at Llwyn du 1662,4 but died in or before 1664,5 having been a Justice of the Peace for his county.
• Humphrey ap Hugh married, circa 1624-1625, Elizabeth, daughter of John Powell6 (otherwise called John ap Howell Gôch), of Gadfa, a large farm (then considered
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• 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, 1596-7,1 and was buried at Llanwddyn Parish Church, 24 July, 1636.2 He was the son of Howell Gôch, of Gadfa, ap Meredith ap Bedo ap Jenkin, of Caer Einion,3 and he married Sibill,4 daughter (seventh child) of Hugh Gwyn, Esquire, of Peniarth, Caernarvonshire, by Jane (his second wife), daughter of Owen ap Hugh, of Bodeon,5 Anglesey, and sister unto Sir Hugh Owen, Barrister-at-Law and Recorder of Caermarthen, ancestor to the Owens, Baronets, of Orielton, Pembrokeshire. Hugh Gwyn6 was High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire from 2 December, 1599-1600, and was commissioned one of the Justices of the Peace for that county, 11 May, 1611.
• Owen ap Hugh, of Bodeon, Anglesey, was High Sheriff of Anglesey, 30 November, 1562-63, 1579-80 (30 November), and died 1613. His second wife, mother of Jane, who married Hugh Gwyn, was Sibill, youngest daughter of Sir William Griffith, Knt., of Penrhyn, Caernarvonshire, Chamberlain of North Wales, by his second wife, Jane, daughter of John Puleston, of Bers and Havod y Wern.
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• Americans of Royal Descent: Collection of Genealogies Showing the Lineal ... By Charles Henry Browning
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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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• Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania By Charles Henry Browning
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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.
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• Merion in the Welsh Tract: With Sketches of the Townships of ..., Volume 3 By Thomas Allen Glenn
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• 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:
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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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