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James William CLARK (1862-1940)
Dominant bloodline on his mother's side (Thomas). One of his "well to do" Thomas lawyer cousins visited him 1930. The Clarks lived north of Bowie on Highway 59. Stroked out on
hot summer day 1940 walking the lane from Highway 59 to his house. The "beau of the county" circa 1880's? according to Hylma Clark Kirkland. Nickname 'Buck'. ?Seeming
family resemblance between photos of him & some of descendants of Job H Thomas in Maury Co Tn ... Had malaria while a youth in TN. The Clark's move to TX ca 1878 was at
least in part motivated by health considerations (stated by Hylma Clark Kirkland) because of the malaria, but might also have been influenced by the 1878 Yellow Fever
epidemic in the lower Mississippi valley... Both the Clark & Garrett places in west Tennessee were owned by family matriarchs 1870 (Jane E Poole Clark & Eleanor Rhodes
Garrett)... Buck said of boyhood in NW TN: swam in swimming hole, ... , had negro cook - favored biscuits with molasses * & butter, ?gingerbread or molasses cookies, ate
peas with a knife 19th century style; strong memory of crossing the Mississippi River ca 1878 going to Texas; had Thomas Welsh characteristics of dark hair & eyes, fair
complexion, long face, handlebar moustache his adult life; looks to be from his pictures maybe 3/4 or more on the Welsh/Thomas lines; handsome, distinguished, aristocratic
southern gentleman ... His farm on Highway 59 near Bowie: some cotton probably til Boll Weevil early 1920's? (they said cotton grew very tall when 1st planted early 1880's
on the headwaters of Denton Creek, virgin soil), peach orchard, watermelons, milk cows, chickens, a Collie dog at some point, kept bottle of whiskey in his trunk... Since the censuses have Buck as being born
in Kentucky & he seems to have told everybody he was from Kentucky (although raised in TN), it would be reasonable to think he was probably born at his grandfather Marine D. Thomas' "plantation" , as they called them, southwest of Felciana. His mother Nancy would have been living there just 3 years previously before she was married in May 1859.
* 1880 Weakley Co TN Agricultural Census Jane [Poole] Clark on North Fork Obion River, 1/4 acre sorghum MOLASSES, 3 acres cotton = 1 bale, 16 acres corn, 2 milk cows, 1 other
(beef cow?), 15 swine, 29 chickens, 7 sheep, 2 lambs, 2 mules, 25 wood cords; 70 acres improved, 131 acres woods... 1870 - 2000 lbs. tobacco, 1 bale cotton, 43 bushels
winter wheat, MOLASSES, 500 bushels corn, hay, 1 horse, 2 mules, 14 sheep, 15 swine.
THOMAS family notes CONTINUED:
?Mother of EVAN THOMAS I of Llanycefn possibly desc of BOWEN of Llwyngwair Pemb, EVAN, Owen & James (?Thomas of Llanboidy/Merion, ?brother of Evan/Lewis of Llanycefn) are 1st names found in this family; Margaret BOWEN REES (d. 1783 Fred. Co VA, m. Thomas REES son of Evan's Gent. servant) ?desc from EVAN BOWEN (Prendergast Wales Quaker) & BOWEN of Llwyngwair/PentreEvan.
Jane BOWEN (gmother of Evan I?) ***, b. ca 1582 dau of James & Elenor Griffith (gdau of Sir Wm Griffith of Penrhyn Carn. near Bangor, "1of Wales' most illustrious families") BOWEN Esq of Llwyngwair near Trevern Pemb. m. ca? 1600 PHILIP (BOWEN) ab OWEN ab EVAN of LLANYCEFN & had "divers children", ?her cousin; from Welsh Journal Online, BOWEN of Pentre Ifan & Llwyngwair by Francis Jones. There was an Owen THOMAS of LLANYCEFN in late 1600's, & James THOMAS I of Llanboidy/Merion named a son OWEN. Perhaps EVAN THOMAS of LLANCEFN & JAMES THOMAS I were brothers? 2 most prominent names of BOWEN of Llwyngwair - EVAN BOWEN (fl 1475, built Pentre Evan) & JAMES BOWENS. These BOWENS survived in the male line in N Pembroke for 800 years. The BOWENS intermarried with branches of PHILIPS of Picton Castle, Haverfordwest, who inherited Pentre Ifan. BOWEN desc from Cuhelyn of Cemais, Prince of Dyfed fl 1130, a Bard & ancestor of Dafydd ap Gwilym fl 1350, Wales' most distinguished medieval poet.
?Speculated children of Richard THOMAS of Llanbradach/Pembroke & unknown ?LEWIS (or other wives): Daniel (b. 1636, father of DANIEL I, Joshua, Eliz, & Gwenllian of
Llangybi), Thomas (m. Bowen, father of ancestor EVAN, Lewis, James, ?Eliz (m. Griffith) & Richard (of Llanykeaven 1670) ...), William (d. 1689 PA, m. Ann David, no children), John
(father of REES (m. Aubrey), Wm, David & Eliz (?m. Evan Prothero) ...), Anne of Llanddewi Velfre (m. Hugh Simons)...
1692 Haverford PA Quaker marriage: THOMAS REES (gent. servant of EVAN THOMAS of Llanycefn, d. ca 1685) m. Rebecca Williams; witnesses LEWIS, JAMES & his wife Margaret (Howell), & Elinor (Vaughn, wife of Daniel I) THOMAS; John Bevan...
1670 Pembrokeshire Hearth Tax:
LEWIS DAVID Richard (?mother a Prichard of Collena), Llanddewi Velfre 5 Hearths (max for parish); Eliz THOMAS (?widow of RICHARD
THOMAS ** formerly of Llanbradach Gen. 18 b. ca 1600 - some of the other THOMASes could be his children & grandchildren), Llanddewi
5; John HUSBAND (well-to-do neighborhood of English surnames), Narberth 3; Sir John Stepney, Baronet, Prendergast 9; Evan BOWEN,
Prendergast 2; James BOWEN, Esq. of Llwyngwair, Nevern 6; ?!EVAN John THOMAS, LLANIKEVEN 1; Thomas ap EVAN, MILLer (next to
EVAN John THOMAS) LLANIKEVEN 1; John THOMAS (father of Rees?), Llandewy 3; Katherine THOMAS (next to John Thomas Sr), Llandewy 1;
Katherine THOMAS, LLANIKEVEN 2; Thomas ap OWEN, LLANIKEVEN 1; RICHARD THOMAS, LLANIKEVEN 1; Lewis Wogan, Esquire of Lampson 1; Lewis DAVID REES (next to Eliz THOMAS), Llanddewi 1; George CAREW, Esquire of Carew Castle 6; Thomas SYMINS (Simons), Puncheston 4; Hugh Symins, Puncheston 1; Margaret Philpin, Narberth 1; Prothero, Narberth 1; RICHARD THOMAS, Llawhaden 3; David LEWIS, HENLLAN Village 2; Thomas Phillipps of Pentre Evan, Nevern 4; Sir Erasmus Phillips of Picton Castle, Slebech 10; Sir Hugh Owen of Orielton, Martletwy 20 (max for county?); John THOMAS Jr (next to LEWIS DAVID Richard), Llandewy 1; ?Wm THOMAS, Llawhaden 1; Griffith Thomas, Llandewy 1; Anne DAVID widow (m. Wm THOMAS?), Narberth 5; HENRY RICE, Llawhaden 2 ...
Wm THOMAS Esq of Llanbradach (FAWR) p.144, 1670 Llanfabon Parish Senghenydd Hundred Glamorgan 11; Ed LEWIS Esq of Van (Hamlet) Glamorgan 20; Prichard of Collenna (N of Llantrisant) Glamorgan 4; Lort of Manorbier Pembroke 7.
RICHARD THOMAS - b. 1703 PA, son of REES & Martha Aubrey THOMAS...
?Relation of Mary MORGAN of Bedwelty & Penllwyn-sarth (m. ca 1575 John THOMAS of Llanbradach Gen 17) to Sir Henry MORGAN (b. ca 1635 d. 1688) the pirate: Thomas MORGAN of Machen, 2nd son of Sir John MORGAN (d. 1492, desc from Tredegar family) & esquire of the body to Henry VII, had sons Rowland of Machen... & Edmund. Edmund founded the Penllwyn-sarth branch (Mary MORGAN), while 2nd son of Rowland, Henry MORGAN, founded the Llan-rhymney (NE of Cardiff) branch of which Sir Henry MORGAN prob? descended... ?THOMAS of Llanbradach pedigree also mentions a marriage between David (Gen. 12) & Maud, dau of MORGAN ap Llewelyn of Tredegar. Maud b. ca ?1378, desc from Angharad (ca 1304-34) who was said to be desc from the Welsh lords of Caerleon (Caradog ap Gruffydd, Prince of Gwent d. 1081), in the territory of the ancient tribe of Silures & the Romans. Angharad's father was Sir Morgan (1275-1331) ap Maredudd, GG grandson of The Lord Rhys (1132-97).
PRICHARD of Llancaiach paternal desc from Ifor Bach
(?m. according to Brut y Saeson, Nest, sister of Rhys ap Gruffudd (the Lord Rhys, Prince of South Wales "princeps sudwallie"), Ifor claiming desc from Caratacus ca 15-54 AD)
& Richard ap LEWIS (ancestor of LEWIS of VAN) ap Richard Gwyn. This makes LEWIS of Van, THOMAS of Llanbradach & PRICHARD of Llancaiach all desc of LEWIS ap Richard Gwyn & cousins... PRICHARD of Llancaiach ca 1645, 15 live-in servants & 15 outworker servants.
?Descent of David REES/Price (b.ca 1650) of Llanddewi Velfre/near Redstone Wales & PA from PRICE of Llanlugan, Montg & Rhiwallon ap Madoc (Lord of Nannau) ap Cadwgan ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn ... HENRY REES m. Martha THOMAS Frederick Co VA, grandchildren of Thomas REES (son of David) & Evan THOMAS of Llanycefn, ?father of Evan THOMAS of Hopewell VA... David REES mother was Eliz ?LEWIS (desc from LEWIS of Van?), maybe related to LEWIS DAVID of Llanddewi & PA... Possible relation of David REES/Rice of Llanddewi & PA to James Price, Gent. Quaker 1682 of Mothvey (Myddfai S of Llandovery) & 1684 ?Glantowy Carmarthen, & to Rees Price, Esquire of this (Williamsfield, 3/4 mile NW of Myddfai) area. James Price, Gent. of Mothvey bought 300 acres in Radnor Twp PA 1682, sold it to David Price (related to James who never came to America *(4) ), who according to TA Glenn sold it (ca. 1697) to HENRY REES (also known as HENRY Price living near Richard Moore in Browning p. 229). This David Price sold city lot (Chestnut St between 4th & 5th St ?just NE of Independence Hall) ca 1693 to Wm THOMAS of Radnor, who sold it to Governor Lloyd. David [ap] Rees (Prees or Price [Browning p. 200]) held 260 acres 1701 Lewis David Haverford tract, having bought it ca 1700... Will of HENRY REES [of Radnor PA] proved 1705 by wife Eliz, son DAVID, witness Richard Moore... David REES of Newtown will 1706 wife Eleanor, exec [son] Thomas REECE, [sons] LEWIS & witness John REECE... Thomas REES, PA will proved 1713, sis Margaret Reece of Pembrokeshire Wales...
PRICE of Myddfai Carmarthen area: James Price of Mothvey 1682, Gent. related to David & Henry Price (REES) of Llanddewi & PA; James Price of Glantowy (near Myddfai), "QUAKER" 1684, 1668 Hearth Tax more than1; related to James, Rees Price of Williamsfield (& ?later Glantowy), Esquire, 1668 Hearth Tax more than1; ?Thomas Price of Gorllwyn Fawr, 1668 Hearth Tax more than1; James Price of Glantowy bought Cilgwyn Manor (still stands W of Myddfai) late 1600's, inherited by Gwynne-Holford, "a great landowner of Wales" 1873, 12,728 acres; a James Price of Cilgwyn marriage to Hester b. ca 1700? daughter of Hugh Fowler of Robeston Hall (?N of Milford Haven) Pembrokeshire...
From Nancy Ann THOMAS notes: "REES THOMAS [m. Martha Aubrey] attended [Welsh] QUAKER wedding of Anthony MORRIS dau Mary to Samuel POWELL [I] 1732 [Phila.]." Son of this Samuel & Mary Morris Powell I was Samuel Powell II (1738-1793, m. 1769 Eliza. Willing). Mother of Israel MORRIS (1741-1806, ?cousin of CAPT WM THOMAS at Bentonville VA ca 1771-1774, had land Haverford PA 1774) was Sarah Powell, sister of Samuel Powell I, while the father of Israel MORRIS was Anthony Morris, brother to Mary Morris Powell. Eliza Powell ("the premiere Saloniste of Phila."), wife of Samuel Powel II ("one of Philadelphia's wealthiest", Mayor; met Voltaire, the Pope, and the Duke of York; pallbearer at Ben Franklin's funeral, good friend to George Washington, visited Mt Vernon many times, died Yellow Fever epidemic 1793, buried Christ Church) held "Sinful Feast" Thursday Sept 8, 1774 at the now historic landmark Powel House, 244 S. 3rd St in Philadelphia as seen on "A Taste of History", PBS. Israel Morris was the double 1st cousin of Samuel Powel II.
From MORRIS Family of Phila. by Robt C. Moon: 1777 letter from Capt Samuel Morris of Phila. Light Horse refers to brother "Issy" (Israel), who'd had "nervous fever"... Gen'l George Washington often kept a place at his table ready for Capt Samuel Morris during the Revolution. Recall that most of George Washington's Presidency was spent in the US capital of Philadelphia, he moved there 1790 "with a large staff of servants & slaves"... Samuel & Israel were brothers of Major Anthony Morris, killed Battle of Princeton NJ 1777...Israel's wife Mary Harrison died after a year of marriage ca 1775 (married 13 JUN 1774, Haddonfield Quaker MM, Camden, New Jersey)... Israel MORRIS Shenandoah Co VA 1773 Deed near Bentonville, in WorldCat Identities as the Philadelphia Israel Morris 1741-1806; Israel MORRIS bail by WILLIAM THOMAS (?cousin of Bentonville) & John Morris May 1774 Shen Co VA Court...
Scott Co KY - house of Cornelius DUVALL was near the junction of Duvall & Sebree Rd E of Stamping Ground on McConnell Run.
From Some Old Homes of Frederick Co VA by Garland Quarles - Branson House listed as N of Clear Brook on E side of Highway 11 just S of Branson Spr Rd was prob home of Evan THOMAS Sr. His dau Martha m. Henry Rees & their dau Catherine REES (m. Branson) ?inherited it at some point (?1772) in the 18th century... John, Jacob & David REES 18th/19th cent. house still stands N of Gordondale, in what was old N Fred. Co VA (moved from Lancaster Co PA ca? 1750's, desc from Morris REES, attended Quaker weddings 1740's - 50's Nottingham Mtg southern Chester Co PA/Cecil Co MD).
Some of the family names associated with the Bentonville, VA area & Capt Wm THOMAS - McKay, JOB, Mathews (Mathis), Leith ... These same families were part of the companies that came thru the Cecil Co MD area ca late 1720's. THE THOMAS family there was the Evan THOMAS Sr one, this 1) suggesting further LINK between Evan & Capt Wm THOMAS. Other 2 major LINKS are 2) MORRIS & REES families in Fred Co VA area & 3) Job H & Jonas E THOMAS ?cousin lines history from Maury Co TN...
Cumb. Co VA Chancery Court (?hard to read) - Job THOMAS vs French 1771, refers to his ?rebuilt MILL on Randolph Cr (?=Trenton Mills just N of Royal Oaks Plantation,
which is now surrounded by State Forest on Willis River); ? Phineas & Ann Price THOMAS vs exec of Jos Price 1787-9, p. 22 "the said Phineas THOMAS answered his
father [Job] wanted it to give to his sons in Maryland..." ("Job THOMAS left his 2 sons Jesse & Phineas & wife Eliz Hoggatt [b. 1721, m. ca? 1749] on Royal Oaks,
went on a [very] Long Hunt (?western VA), & had another family by a Miss Crow (MD?)...he returned & said to his wife 'I thought you were dead' ")... Notice the
names assoc with the Thomases around Cumberland Co - WOOD, HOWELL & PRICE, Quaker names also found in the Welsh Tract area near Philadelphia, the last 2 Welsh.
Also, a James MATTHEWS witnessed 1805 Will of Jesse THOMAS.
NOTE - in former times in early America it was something of a tradition to name 1st son after paternal gfather.
Woodford Co KY: 11th Militia Regiment commisions - Wm STEEL, Lt Colonel commandant 7/3/1792; WM THOMAS, Captain 8/9/1792; Daniel Trabue (well known KY pioneer, wrote Journal, lived Griers Cr & Ky River, baptized by John Taylor, son killed by Harpes), Capt 8/9/1792... ca 1791-4 Samuel THOMAS was paid 200 lbs tobacco for 2 old wolf heads... 1/1792 Costolow DAWSON (?father of Molly DAWSON wife of Richard THOMAS, son of Capt) to build water grist mill on Tanners Cr (N branch of Clear Cr) near land of John TAYLOR (?Baptist Minister of Clear Cr Church on highway 33)... 1792-5 Militia Roll - Costolow ?H. DAWSON. 1 black, 166 acres on CLEAR CREEK (Capt WM THOMAS had MILL on CLEAR CREEK built ca 1789)... 1st reference to WM THOMAS in KY - from Draper Manuscript, Capt Wm STEEL's Company, Central KY Militia Nov 20 1786, Wm & ?Richard THOMAS... Col Wm STEEL d. 1826, desc from Sir Richard Steele (secretary to Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, resided Castle of ?Ballyedmond near Rathdowney, knighted by George I who reigned 1714-27, "the most eminent man of letters & affairs in his day in Ireland") settled .5 mile above lock 5 KY River (near highway 62 bridge) Woodford Co KY.
Possible Capt Wm THOMAS association: Wm Thomas 600 acres Eagle Cr 1785 Fayette (now Carroll?) Co KY; Deed transaction by Wm Thomas of Gallatin (now Carroll?) Co 1810 on Clear Cr & near land of Francis W. Lea (fought Battle of Blue Licks) where Capt Wm THOMAS had lived; Cornelius Howard DUVALL (son of Cornelius & Kezia Duvall of Scott Co) 1766-1837 d. Eagle Station (Eagle Cr) Gallatin (became Carroll Co 1838) Co KY... Carroll County was strongly pro-Confederate during the Civil War: only 2.7 percent of its white population volunteered to serve in the Union Army, which constitutes the 14th-lowest of 109 counties of KY extant as of the 1860 election (from Copeland, 'Where Were the Kentucky Unionists and Secessionists'; Register of Ky Hist Soc).
! From the Ency Brit Vol 11 p 703 concerning heraldry: "Spear Head-This is a common bearing among the Welsh of Glamorgan & Brecknock...: sable, a chevron between 3 spear heads argent, points embrued gules. It is quartered by LEWIS of Greenmeadow, a cadet of VAN, & by others". From genealogy.com: "The heraldic seal was affixed to the will of William Lewis, ?son of William Lewis, the immigrant. The will was probated in Chester Co, Penn in 1707.
Note: This seal was the arms of the Glamorganshire Lewises to whom William and Ralph Lewis belonged. Lewis of Glamorganshire had: Arms - Sable, a chevron between three spear heads argent, embrued gules. Crest: None." Indication that the PA/Wales Lewises desc from LEWIS of VAN. These coat of arms also similar to LEWIS of Llanishen, desc of VAN.
300 acres of Bryn Mawr Farm (now Harriton House near Phila PA built 1704) bought from quaker Rowland Ellis by Rees THOMAS (m. Aubrey) & Wm LEWIS (?desc of VAN family), sold by them 1719 to Richard Harrison. Note that Rees was reasonably documented as desc of THOMAS of Llanbradach & that his uncle was Wm THOMAS of LLlanddewi Velfrey Pembroke (& Machynlleth) Wales & Radnor PA. Also, that LEWIS David (aka David LEWIS in PA will) of Llanddewi & PA was prob desc of VAN, possibly a bro of above named Ralph & Wm LEWIS of Eglwysilan Wales & PA.
?Speculation: Thomas THOMAS was the name of 1 of the known sons of Daniel THOMAS II of Abington PA, maybe also the name of his paternal gfather, ?son of Richard THOMAS of Llanbradach, & bro to Wm (of Llanddewi) & John (father of Rees) THOMAS. Evan of Hopewell's father was ?prob Evan THOMAS of Llanycefn Wales... Related James THOMAS of Llanboidy Wales & Merion PA also named a son Thomas THOMAS... Richard of Llanbradach's bro was Thomas THOMAS (m. Carew, d. 1667), Esquire of Llanbradach & Rhydlavar. This connection to the Carews (had Carew Castle in Pembroke) could have been a reason why Richard THOMAS & LEWIS David moved to Pembroke...
From S Wales Parish Registers:
! It is possible that Daniel THOMAS I (d. 1722 PA ) could have been assoc (?son of) with the DANIEL THOMAS baptized 1636 Haverfordwest , St Mary Church, Pembroke Wales, son of RICHARD (?of Llanbradach) & Jane (?Lewis, speculation) THOMAS. Population of Haverfordwest 1652 abt 3,000? Note that ?ancestor Evan THOMAS of Llanycefn named his 1st born son DANIEL (II) in 1678.
?1636 marriage Richard & Jana THOMAS, St Ishmael Church (NW of Kidwelly on River Tywi) Carmarthenshire.
Richard & Ann THOMAS 1642 marriage St Mary Church, Haverfordwest Pembroke.
Katherine THOMAS, 1641 baptism, St Ishmael Church Carmarthenshire, dau of Richard & Anne THOMAS. ?(1670 Pembroke Hearth Tax shows 1 Katherine THOMAS (1 hearth) next to John THOMAS Sr at Llanddewi & 1 Katherine THOMAS (2 hearths) at Llanycefn).
James PRICE (?of Myddvai) 1709 Quaker burial, Carm & Glam.
Ralph LEWIS (?"of Llanishen" & father of Wm, Ralph & David) 1683 burial, Cardiff.
Rowland THOMAS 1696 burial, Eglwysilan St Ilan (Treverigg Quaker Mtg?, of Llanbradach?, youngest son of Thomas THOMAS Esq, d. single, inherited Tredomen estate just NW of Ystrad Mynach etc 1665).
Watkin THOMAS 1700 burial, Eglwysilan St Ilan (Treverigg Quaker Mtgs?, of Llanbradach?).
Edward Howell (?1683 Treverigg Quaker Mtg) 1699 burial, Eglwysilan St Ilan.
Rees Jno THOMAS 1672 Quaker burial Pembrokeshire.
Rees THOMAS 1663 baptism Gumfreston Pembroke.
Lewis THOMAS 1679 Quaker marriage Pembroke.
EVAN THOMAS 1678 Quaker marriage Pembroke.
Mary Husband 1678 Quaker marriage Pembroke.
John THOMAS 1680 Quaker burial Pembrokeshire.
Barbara Thomas Bevan (?dau of John) 1706 burial, Eglwysilan St Ilan.
Wm Howell (m. 1 Margaret Edwards) 1672 Quaker marriage Pembroke.
RICHARD son of HOWELL THOMAS (?same as Treverigg Glamorgan Quaker Mtgs, could be son of Richd THOMAS of Llanykeven 1670) 1675 baptism Llawhaden Pembroke.
Thomas THOMAS, Esquire of Llanbradach & Sheriff 1705, buried Eglwysilan St Ilan 1720.
Concerning Evan Thomas Sr of Hopewell's father - recall that Katherine Rees, the dau of Evan's dau Martha & Henry REES, gson of Thomas REES (Gent. servant of Evan THOMAS of Llanycefn), inherited his house ca 1771 or 81? & m. a Branson, ?after son John THOMAS moved to Guilford Co NC. So Katherine REES Branson was? great gdau of Evan THOMAS of Llanycefn & Thomas REES.
From Besse's Sufferings - John HIATT fined for attending Quaker Mtg 1681 Stow, Gloucestershire Eng; 1683 John Hyott of Shipton-Mallett Somersetshire.
From book "Hiatt-Hiett genealogy and family history, 1699-1949"; by Johnson, William Perry - p. 55 Wm Hiatt will & inventory (1767 Hopewell VA, 1300 acres on Turkey Spr Branch W of Opecon, livestock & tobacco), marriages: John Hiatt m. 1744 Mary THOMAS (dau of Evan Jr), Lydia Hiatt m. (2) 1784 Samuel HOGGATT (son of ANTHONY & Mary, cousin of Eliz HOGGATT who m. Job THOMAS (good LINK) of Royal Oaks VA), Isaac Hiatt m. (2) 1773 Martha ?THOMAS... John ("Planter" d. 1790) & Mary (d. 1791) HIATT (land on N bank S fork) Deep River Mtg Guilford Co NC 1778. John (son of Evan Sr) & Alice (Louden Hiatt) THOMAS Quaker Cert. from Hopewell VA to Guliford NC 1777... Wm HIATT assoc with a David LEWIS of Hopewell VA & SC.
Note that G.T. Clark in Limbus Patrum THOMAS of Llanbradach pedigree refers to counties as [Lewis & Wm of] "Monmouth" & [Richard THOMAS named in a] "Pembroke" [lease in 1627], "Glamorgan", co. "Radnor", co. "Brecon"...
Llanbradach Fawr, THOMAS manor house in Glamorgan Wales on MILL Lane (named after Llanbradock or "Old" MILL existing possibly in 1600's, E of the farm near the Rhymney River on Nant (stream or creek) Llanbradach & ?maybe part of the Llanbradach estate (on 1700's maps "including 2 recording Llanbradach demesne"); the valley containing the mill stream & ascending to Llanbradach Fawr was known as Cwm y Felin or valley & MILL)...
Dau of Daniel THOMAS II (1678-1740): Sarah THOMAS Richardson (1690-1758) m. Aubrey Richardson, son of Joseph & Eliz BEVAN (dau of John & Barbara Aubrey BEVAN) Richardson.
Quaker Burials: Rees (ca 1663-1742) & Martha (ca 1663-1726) Aubrey THOMAS, Wm THOMAS (of Llanddewi, Mach. Wales/Radnor PA, d. 1689),
Elinor (d. 1732) wife of Daniel THOMAS I, James (of Llanboidy Wales/Merion PA d. 1699) & wife Margaret (d. 1719) Howell THOMAS in Merion
PA Friends Burying Ground; Daniel THOMAS II (1678-1740), wife Catherine MORRIS THOMAS & dau Sarah THOMAS Richardson in Abington PA
Friends Bur. Gr.; Daniel THOMAS Jr (1711-60, son of Daniel II, m. 1734 Abington MM Susannah Livezey dau of Thomas ("Philadelphia's most
successful colonial MILLer", built Glen Fern 1747)), in Horsham PA Friends Bur. Gr. just N of Abington. Morris THOMAS d. 1771, ?son of
Daniel II, Abington Friends Bur. Ground PA.
?Vaguely recall reading about 2 THOMAS brothers (Daniel II & Evan of Hopewell?) in early Phila. who married 2 related ?cousins with same last name (MORRIS?)...
1739/40 Will of Daniel THOMAS II, Abington, "names his wife, ALICE [?later marriage after Catherine], and his children: Benjamin, THOMAS, Evan, Daniel, Morris, Sara, Susanna & Catherine..." Son CALEB THOMAS b. ca 1712.
?Although John THOMAS, son of Evan THOMAS of Hopewell VA, appears strongly allied to the Hiatts, it's possible (?son JOB THOMAS) he ?may have 1st married a JOB, Quaker family of Phila. PA, Hopewell & S of Bentonville VA... JOB's MILL E of Clear Brook VA on Turkey (THOMAS) Run...MILL of Caleb JOB near Overall VA, son of Andrew JOB Jr (1650-1722), Quaker, ca 1700 Sheriff Chester Co PA, close friend of Wm Penn, educated England, father ?b. Fishguard, Pembroke Wales. Had Blue Ball Tavern (built 1710) E of Rising Sun on 273, Cecil Co MD near Lancaster Co PA & at least 12 children. Son of Andrew JOB m. niece of Daniel Defoe (Robinson Crusoe)...
!The 9th day of the 4th month, 1678 at Pembroke Monthly Meeting, Wales:
"EVAN THOMAS of Lanykevan parish . . . & Mary Husband of Haverfordwest. . .[married]"
Witnesses: "LEWIS DAVID, Henry Lewis, Peregrine Musgrave [1644-1712], James Lewis, Francis Lloyd, Lewis James, Abraham Hardiman, JAMES THOMAS, DAVID REES, Margaret Lewis, Eleanor Musgrave, Sarah Hardiman, Hannah Hardiman, & others".
Attendees of this wedding of ancestor Evan THOMAS of Llanycefn would be from ancestral families and descendants of THOMAS of Llanbradach, Glam., LEWIS of Van, Glam., and
REESE/PRICE (desc from PRICE of Llanlugan, Montg & Rhiwallon ap Madoc (Lord of Nannau) ap Cadwgan ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn) of Llandovery area, Carm...
! 1678 marriage: Thomas Griffith & Eliz THOMAS, both of Llanykeaven Parish, Pembroke Wales. Wit - James LEWIS (son of Lewis David aka David LEWIS), WM THOMAS (prob also uncle of Rees Thomas m. Martha Aubrey, REES THOMAS & his uncle WILLIAM THOMAS are documented THOMAS of Llanbradach descendants because
John the father of REES was named as relation [1st cousin] to Eliz THOMAS of Llanbradach: from Colonial & Rev Families of PA Vol 3 p. 1363, Fisher), consecutive with EVAN THOMAS (of Llanycefn, ancestor), Lewis THOMAS (bro of Evan?), Mary THOMAS (wife of Evan), Jane Gwin (m. Lewis THOMAS), ?Hugh THOMAS...
1679 marriage of Lewis THOMAS of Llanykeaven & Jane Gwyn of Prendergast Parish. Wit - James LEWIS, WM THOMAS, John, Thomas & Sijilla? Gwynn, ANNE DAVID (?m. Wm THOMAS), MARY THOMAS, EVAN PROTHERO, Mary Scourfield (of New Moat?)...
From 1755 inventory of EVAN THOMAS of Hopewell VA: 2 pistols, 1 old great coat, 1 old hat, leather breeches, walking staff, brass tobacco box, spectacles, cattle, wagon, horses, hunting saddle, ..., sheep, tools, plough, MILL stones, stock of Bees?, 1 coarse grinding stone, iron pots & frying pan, feather beds, furniture, rug, 4 old books, spinning wheels, tub & barrel, looking glass, etc... total £76. Gave away 1,014 acres in will... ?Lived Dolobran Wales ca 1712-1718, assoc with prominent Charles Lloyd (1662-1747, of Dolobran Hall, m. Sarah dau of Sheriff of London Ambrose Crowley and sis of Sir Ambrose Crowley) & small gentry Quaker Meeting there (House built ca 1700). ?It appears that his ?sister Mary [THOMAS] Lewis & husband Evan Lewis were part of the Radnor Mtg that received him & wife Katherine in PA 1718, ?along with Rebecca [?Williams] REESE, ?widow of Thomas REESE (son of David). Paternal relation Bartholemew Coppock in same Quaker meeting at Radnor. Coppocks also moved to Cecil Co MD.
** RICHARD THOMAS of Llanbradach (4th son Gen. 18) b. ca 1600 - his paternal gmother was Mary MORGAN (b. ca 1550, m. JOHN THOMAS Esq. of Llanb., was dau of Edward MORGAN of Bedwelty & Penllwyn-Sarth, Mynyddislwyn SW of Newbridge), desc from a branch of the MORGAN of Tredegar family, Monmouth - she m. 2nd Rees PRICHARD of Llancaiach. RICHARD THOMAS also had an Aunt (Eliz THOMAS m. Thomas 3rd son of Edward Prichard of Llancaiach Sheriff 1600, built present manor house?) & Uncle (Rees THOMAS m. Mary dau of Edward Prichard of Llancaiach Sheriff 1600) married (ca 1600?) to PRICHARDs of Llancaiach (now living history gentry manor house, visited by King Charles I for lunch Aug 5 1645), Glamorgan Wales. Paternal g gmother of RICHARD THOMAS was Eliz, dau of Richard CARNE, Esquire of Nash (on Glamorgan coast near St Donats Castle) & sis of John CARNE of Nash, Sheriff of Glamorgan 1561... Edward PRICHARD, Esquire of Llancayach Sheriff of Glamorgan 1600 & (his gson the Colonel, son of David) 1637...
Paternal gg grandfather of RICHARD THOMAS of Llanbradach (& Pembroke?) b. ca 1600 was THOMAS Bevan of Llanbradach, ?Prevost of Whitchurch 1519 N of Cardiff ?b. ca? 1500 who m. Margaret [Ann] dau of LEWIS (1475-1521) ap Richard Gwyn of Upper Senghynedd, ?Morlais Castle, Lord of Merthyr, & Troed-y-rhiw estate SE of Merthyr Tydfil (ancestor of LEWIS of VAN), sister of Edward LEWIS, Esquire of VAN, Sheriff of Glamorgan 1549, 1556 & 1560 d. ca 1570. This would make RICHARD THOMAS & Wm/Ralph LEWIS of Eglwysilan (see letter on Marine D. Thomas page) & PA, said to be desc from Edward LEWIS, cousins. Also prob LEWIS DAVID (David LEWIS) of Llanddewi & PA...
From History of Merthyr Tydfil, by Charles Wilkins, which has a chapter on Ivor Bach (fl 1158, ancestor of LEWIS of VAN, ?whose lands extended from sea to Merthyr Tydfil, resided at? Castell Coch N of Cardiff, ?"the Court House" Caerphilly, & ?Morlais Castle or nearby at Merthyr Tydfil); states that Thomas LEWIS of VAN m. 1569 Margaret Gamage of Coity, 4th child Ann LEWIS ?m. 1 John THOMAS of Llanbradach, Esq, m. 2 Edward PRICHARD of Llancaiach, Esq whose gson was COLONEL Edward PRICHARD of Llancaiach. There are 2 versions of this book, 1867 & 1908.
*** Her brother Owen BOWEN was "slayne in Northwales"; brothers John & Hugh BOWEN hanged at Haverfordwest on 18 July 1602 (buried St Marys churchyard), about 2 months after killing their cousin Thomas Young in a brawl at Eglwyswrw (E of Nevern) fair. Their father, James, in 1578 was also involved in an "unfortunate affair" in which the man (Philipps) who delivered a fatal sword thrust was hanged. In 1579 he served as a soldier in the defense of Ireland. From inventory of Jane's father's (James BOWEN of Llwyngwair) goods at his death in 1628-9, who sealed his Will with 1 of the family's heraldic devices, a true-love knot: ...141 sheep £14+, corn in haggard £15, ... 2 ploughs, 4 feather beds, ...2 bed pans, ... 2 cauldrons, ... 6 table napkins, 2 washing towels, ...6 cushions, ... a great tub... It "provides us with a glimpse of the personality of a country gentleman of that period".
*(4) From Browning: "James Price [Gent. of Mothvey], who had right to 300 acres in Radnor tp., by deed, 19 June, 1682, rented his land for three years from I6 July, 1684, to David Price, and in case James did not come over to use the land, he could have it forever. 'James never came', so David sold the place, by deed 6. 1. 1696-7" [according to TA Glenn, Merion in the Welsh Tract p. 37, sold to HENRY REES in the twp of Radnor, which is doubtless correct]...