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Nancy Ann THOMAS (1838-1912)



From tombstone: "Mother, thou has flown from us to the region far above us. We to thee erect this stone consecrated by our love." ?Said to be not that handy as a housekeeper because of growing up with slaves; but loved by her son James William 'Buck' Clark who cried while pacing around his house when she died (Source: Great Aunt Hylma Clark Kirkland who m. "Kirk" Kirkland of Wichita Falls & Mart TX, prob descent from Kirkland clan of Henry Co AL just N of Dothan). Imogene Clark Garrett visited her on her deathbed 1912, at Jno Clark house - "the house had a frame & a cabin part, she was lieing on the bed in the cabin part, but didn't know anything". Sounds like she might have had a stroke.



1745 Will of Magdalen Lewis, Whiteland Twp PA - to gdau Sarah HUMPHREYS (m. John THOMAS 1762 Christ Church Phila., b. ca 1737 Charlestown (SW of Phoenixville) PA, d. TN, mother of "noted beauty" Sarah Thomas Brown & Joshua Thomas (killed by Indians 1793) of TN) feathered bed blanket & rugs, stampt? sheet & pewter dish. The names on this will & article, of Sarah's siblings, correlate closely to those of her children in TN. Source: "Some Desc. of John Humphreys of Chester Co PA". David Humphreys (father of Sarah) administered his father John's estate 1726, & looks literate, & Magdalen Lewis used a seal on her will, indicating a gentry background for them.

Bros Wm & Ralph LEWIS of Eglwysilan Glamorgan Wales had cousins David & Wm LEWIS in Llanddewi, Pembroke Wales.

1713 - land that had been conveyed to Wm Aubrey in trust in Montgomery Co PA to REES THOMAS of Merion (m. Martha Aubrey) & ANTHONY MORRIS Jr, brewer (gfather of ISRAEL MORRIS, 1741-1806, of Bentonville VA & Phila. PA). Also business partnership transactions 1718, 1731... From History of Chester Co PA. Rees Thomas attended Quaker wedding of Anthony Morris dau Mary to Samuel Powell 1732... Haverford Mtg document ?1720 signed by Morris & ANTHONY MORRIS, REESE THOMAS...

Welsh geography: Llanbradach (THOMAS of), a little N of Caerphilly on Rhymney River, manor house ?still stands; the Van (LEWIS of, the Van manor house site built 1580's from stone of Caerphilly Castle), SE side of Caerphilly; Eglwysilan (bros Wm Sr 1636-1708 & Ralph LEWIS 1649-1712, Wm Sr ?used Lewis of Glamorganshire* heraldic seal on his will Newtown Twp Chester Co PA 1707), a little NW of Caerphilly & west of Llanbradach; Treverigg (John BEVAN) & Collena (PRICHARD of), near Llantrisant, Glam, NW of Cardiff & SW of Caerphilly; Pencoed (Barbara AUBREY Bevan of), NE of Bridgend & W of Llantrisant, Glamorgan; Llanelieu (Martha AUBREY of), E of Talgarth & NE of Brecon, Brecknock; Llancaiach (PRICHARD of, Gen. 17 Thomas of Llanbradach had 2 collateral marriages with them ca. ?early 1600's), Llancaiach Fawr Welsh living history gentry manor house Rhymney valley N of Llanbradach; Tredegar (MORGAN of, Tredegar House site), near Newport, Mon; Llwyn-du (HUMPHREY of), ?near Dolgellau, Merionethshire; Dolobran (LLOYD of, Lloyd Hall site), about 8 miles NW of the town of Welshpool, Montgomeryshire; Rhydlafar (LLEWELYN of), NW of Cardiff, late medieval manor house (*5) ?still stands. Treverigg Mtg, Glamorganshire = Tref-y-rhyg or Treferig just NW of Castellau, SE of Tonyrefail, N of Llantrisant. REDSTONE Mtg - abt 1 mile N of Narberth Pemb Wales.

Authentic? Noble lineage: John BEVAN & Joan LLEWELYN of Rhydlafar (m. Gen 18 Wm THOMAS of Llanbradach), paternally desc from last Welsh Prince of Glamorgan Iestyn ap Gwrgan***, dispossessed by Norman Robt FitzHamon (*4) ca 1091; PRICHARD of Collena, maternal desc of Edward III King of England; LEWIS of Van, maternally desc from Ynwyr, King of Gwent & Einon ap Collwyn fl 1090 Lord of Senghenydd, paternally from Ivor Bach ap Meurig**; THOMAS of Llanbradach, paternal ?uncertain but possibly derived from (Gen. X) Sir David ap Sytsilt (*6) ca 1405, standard-bearer to Henry IV, m. Jane dau of Sir Thomas Bullen of Gwernfawr W of Brecon, maternal could be Sir Ralph Mailog (d. ca 1231?), Lord of Kibwr & Rhiwperra; MORGAN of Tredegar, paternally desc from Bledri (ap Cadifor Fawr, d. 1091 Lord of Cilsant), granted lands in Monmouthshire by Norman conquerors; the PROTHEROs claim desc from Urien Rheged, Brithonic Chief NW England fl. 577 (Prothero family Carmarthenshire Sheriffs - 1740 John Protheroe, Esq., of Llanvallteg, 1779 Evan Protheroe, Esq., of Dolwillym); REESE/Price - desc from PRICE of Llanlugan, Montg & Rhiwallon ap Madoc (Lord of Nannau) ap Cadwgan ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn; LLOYD of Nant y Friar - claim desc from Rhirid Flaidd ("the Wolf") (*9) Lord of Penllyn fl 1160.

Israel MORRIS (?of Bentonville VA ca 1770-3) had land on Lancaster Road, headwaters of ?Mill Cr. near Haverford PA, from1773-4 Browning map. Pics of his nephew Israel Wistar Morris (1778-1870 home at time of death was his farm Wynnewood Lower Merion Twp PA, son of bro Capt Samuel Morris) available online.

From Philip PRICE Will Merion PA 1719: wife Margaret, ? Samuel, DANIEL... children of Thomas REES (?and Frances Price); Thomas Rees wife Rebecca (?William). In presence of REES THOMAS, RICHARD THOMAS...

HIATT family - moved Bucks Co PA from Somersetshire Eng?; MORRIS (Israel, etc...) family - desc from Welsh/English sea-captain Anthony MORRIS b. ca? 1620, lost at sea London to Barbados ca 1655.

Since other members of the Welsh Quaker gentry families attended Oxford University (Aubrey, Bevan, Lloyds of Dolobran...) it might be speculated that Wm Howell, stepfather of Evan THOMAS of Hopewell ("educated in profession of the Church of England"), sent Evan to school there ca 1700: "From the beginnings of the Church of England as the established church til 1866, membership of the church was a requirement to receive the BA degree from the [Oxford] university...", according to the Articles of Faith of the Established Church. Interesting to note that John Thomas of Hopewell VA & Guilford Co NC, Evans' favored son by his will, looks to be illiterate.

Witnesses for 1738 Will of Evan THOMAS (?m. Gwen Watkin & ?cousin of Evan THOMAS of Hopewell) of Easttown Twp PA, b. ca ?1675 - Mordecai BEVAN, Mary LEWIS (?sis of Evan Thomas of Hopewell) & Grace REESE. ?Evan of Easttown son Watkin (?d. before 1738) m. Elizabeth BEVAN 1728.

LINK, James THOMAS of Llanboidy Wales & Merion PA to Evan THOMAS of Hopewell VA: James m. Wm Howell's (?stepfather of Evan) sis Margaret.

EVAN THOMAS witness at Henry LEWIS of Narberth & Redstone marriage to Margaret Philpin alias Prothero (had house at Redstone, maiden name, ?of the Dolwilym Castle Carm. family) ca 1671 Redstone Mtg Pembroke. Wales. This is prob the Henry LEWIS mentioned in 1684 letter of Wm LEWIS (Marine Thomas notes) of Eglwysilan Glam. to bro Ralph. Ralph Lewis moved Haverford PA 1683 with John Bevan next to Thomas REES. Wm LEWIS, his bro, moved next to Ralph 1686. Henry LEWIS came to Haverford PA 1682 with Evan THOMAS.

From the Quakers of Pembrokeshire by David Salmon: [1657 - Quaker founder George Fox visits Haverfordwest] Sufferers...etc ca 1660's of Llanddewi Velfrey Parish (4 miles NE. of Narberth, 4208 acres, pop. 509 in 1891) - LEWIS DAVID & wife Susan, children James & Alice LEWIS; EVAN JOHN; DAVID RICE (REES, ?also of near Redstone, ?father of Thomas REES gent. servant of Evan Thomas); WILLIAM THOMAS (prob? related to PA quaker lines from SW Wales of James & Evan). (From Besse's Sufferings:) WM THOMAS 1666 when met on highway by Constable & demanded to give his horse as penalty, asked for warrant. Constable replied "Sirrah, do you question the King's power?" This William Thomas also attended church at Llandysilio, very close to Llan-y-cefn (8 miles N of Narberth), & named 1678 assoc with Llawhaden 4 miles NW of Narberth. At Llandysilio "steeple house" ca 1660, "Stood witness against" famous Minister Stephen Hughes (b. Carmarthen 1622 d. 1688, attended Jesus College Oxford "as did many Welsh speaking aspirants to Ministry...", students were predominantly Welsh from the outset, and the college became "the pinnacle of the academic ambition of the young men of Wales"). of HAVERFORDWEST - James THOMAS (?not the 1 from Llanboidy), Peregrine Musgrave. of NARBERTH - John HUSBAND (father of Mary who m. Evan Thomas & Wm Howell) & Evan PROTHERO (b. ca 1650 - d. Radnor PA 1709 Yellow Fever epidemic, bro of Marg who m. Henry Lewis; of the Dolwilym Castle (?16th Cent.) Prothero family SW of Llanglydwen Carm.: p. 221 ANNALS AND ANTIQUITIES of THE COUNTIES & COUNTY FAMILIES OF WALES Vol 1 by THOMAS NICHOLAS) of CASTLEBYTHE - Maurice (Morris) LLEWELLYN, Gentleman, b. 1645 Castlebythe "inherited family life-leasehold" m. 1673 Ann Young (?emigrated PA 1686); (emigrated PA 1683) Wm HOWELL. of PUNCHESTON - THOMAS SIMONS & Jane his Wife, with sons Hugh (d. 1685 Carmarthen, m. ANNE THOMAS of Llanddewi VELFRE - ?Wm THOMAS of Radnor PA & Machynlleth (Isygarreg Twp SW of Mach.) Montg. Wales d. 1689 mentioned children of an unnamed sister in his Will), John & Evan. (*8) of LLANDYSILIO - Francis HOWELL (bro of Wm, Thomas & Margaret) m. Margaret Mortimer, d. PA 1696. of PEMBROKESHIRE - Philip PRICE, Humphrey & wife Rebecca Williams + REBECCA WILLIAMS Jr. of REDSTONE - Henry Lewis. Henry LEWIS of Trewern (NE of Llanddewi V.) & Redst. who m. Marg Prothero ?looks to be a member of a family "which has for centuries held a good position in Pembrokeshire"; from Early Welsh Quakers... by Levick. of LLANGEFN - OWEN THOMAS. [1689 - Act of Toleration]

Will proved 1708 of "DAVID LEWIS, late of Llanddewi, Pembroke, now of Haverford [PA], Appoints son JAMES LEWIS executor," indicates James LEWIS of Llanddewi Pemb. Wales was a desc of LEWIS of VAN & cousin or relation of Ralph & Wm Lewis of Eglwysilan. Glamorgan; from Browning, Welsh Set. of PA. He seems to have used both names, Lewis David & David Lewis? Lewis DAVID's dau Alice m. 1674 Peregrine Musgrave, son of Ernestus (Puritan & ?Lawyer) who had "Plas Llanina" ca ?1630, a country house still standing near Llanarth on Cardigan Bay.

1701 resurvey of LEWIS DAVID, Gent. of Llanddewi Pemb. Wales, 3000 a. (paid £60) land grant in PA - owners David Hugh (prob? linked to Hugh DAVID of 1709 will below), NATHAN THOMAS, John David THOMAS (of Duffryn Mawr=Whiteland/Tredyffrin Twp), John LEWIS (? younger son of LEWIS DAVID), ?David ap REES/Rice... "prob related [or linked] to Wm THOMAS of Llanddewi Wales" (from Salmon). NATHAN (b. 1675 SW Wales) prob? 2nd son of James THOMAS I of Merion & Llanboidy Carm... Significant assoc of Lewis DAVID & James THOMAS I late 1600's, Radnor PA records... Looks like James LEWIS of Llanddewi attended Quaker Mtg at Treverigg, Glam. Dec. 1697 with Watkin & Howell THOMAS & John & Barbara BEVAN; also at Redstone Pemb. 1699 for Owen THOMAS "late of Penn." visit... Wm THOMAS, Squire of Llanbradach Gen. 20 & Sheriff of Glamorgan 1675 - lands in Eglwysilan; Thomas THOMAS, Squire of Llanbradach Gen. 21, Sheriff 1705 - buried Eglwysilan 1720.

Possible LINK from Lewis DAVID of Llanddewi Pemb. (d. 1708) to Wm THOMAS, Planter, of Machynlleth Montgomeryshire Wales ca 1682 who d. 1689 Radnor PA. Wm THOMAS m. Ann DAVID (alias Davis) & was thought to be bro of Rees Thomas' (b. ca? 1665 m. Martha Aubrey) ?father John THOMAS (b. ca 1640?). Possible ancestors Gen. 18 THOMAS of Llanbradach - Rees (b. ca 1615?), Lewis (b. ca 1620?, m. Blanch, leases Caerphilly MILL Glam. & Bedwellty Monmouth) & RICHARD THOMAS (1627 Pembroke? lease); ?ancestor Gen. 19 - Thomas THOMAS (eldest son, d. young?)... From T.A. Glenn, Welsh Founders of Penn. p. 155: "David David [?related to Lewis David of Llanddewi] was also bro-in-law of Wm THOMAS of Radnor who m. Ann DAVID." Wm THOMAS of Radnor (d. 1689, "had suffered religious persecution in Wales") COULD BE the Wm THOMAS of Llanddewi, & ?Uncle of Rees THOMAS. LEWIS DAVID of Llanddewi - for Quaker fine, his crops (value £25) were seized at his property in Llanddewi Velfre Pemb., & then they seized his crops (value £36) & bedding from his house & land in Carmarthenshire. James LEWIS of Llanddewi is said to be son of Lewis DAVID by Glenn, making them both look like desc of LEWIS of Van & related to Ralph & Wm LEWIS of Eglwysilan Glam.

HUGH DAVID (also known as David Hugh) will 1709 Haverford PA - wife Martha LEWIS, father-in-law Ralph LEWIS (of Eglwysilan Wales & PA), son David DAVID...cousins David LEWIS (son of Wm?), Wm LEWIS & LEWIS DAVID (prob? meaning cousins of his wife). From Browning; DANIEL THOMAS I & wife Elinor attended 1696 Haverford wedding of David Hugh & Martha Lewis, along with all the LEWISes.

Wm LEWIS of Eglwysilan Wales & PA used the arms of Einion Sais (means English speaker, soldier b. ca 1260, Llywell, Co. Brecon) for his seal, as did bro Ralph Lewis on occasion (30 Nov 1695 deed PA). They could have assumed its use from a Prichard mother. Wm? Lewis also used Lewis of Glamorganshire seal on 1707 will.

Thomas REES - Constable of Haverford PA 1704...Howell THOMAS (Treverigg Mtgs?) m. Mabel, dau of Rees Prichard (d. 1680) of Ynis-Arwid Glam. (Prichard of Ynis- Arwed desc from Einion ap Collwyn (assoc of Robt FitzHamon), in Phillip's Glamorgan Pedigrees).

Rowland Powell m. 1695, Haverford PA, Maud Richard (from Carmarthen Wales) - present REES THOMAS (m. Martha Aubrey), ancestor EVAN THOMAS (prob? of Hopewell VA), Wm HOWELL, Mary (HUSBAND THOMAS) HOWELL, John & Barbara (Aubrey) BEVAN, Philip PRICE, Morris Llewellyn, LEWIS DAVID, ancestor David REES, Eliz Rees, John Jerman, David LEWIS, Hannah HOWELL (1689-d. 1758 Kennett Square PA, became Quaker Minister, dau of Wm), Richd Hayes, Jonett Humphrey...

1700 - Wm HOWELL (Attorney Richard Hayes) sells Haverford MILL (97 acres, abt 1 mile S of Haverford College, prob where Evan Thomas of Hopewell grew up) on Cobb Cr. to Rowland Powell.

Old HAVERFORD Friends Mtg - est. 1683 on land of Wm HOWELL, 235 E. Eagle Rd Havertown (SW of Ardmore Park), abt 1/2 mile S of Haverford Mill.

Deborah HOWELL - dau of Wm & Mary Husband Thomas Howell, b. 1691 d. 1759 Exeter (Oley) Berks Co PA, m. 1713 Abington Mtg George Boone IV, eldest? bro of father of DANIEL BOONE, frontiersman, Squire Boone. George Boone IV was Secretary to Wm Penn, Professor 1st college in PA, a good mathematician... Deborah Howell Boone "was a very superior woman for that time" & Quaker Minister.

From Welsh Journals Online, "Disaffection & Dissent in Pembroke." , early Pembroke Quakers: Peregrine Musgrave, Francis Symmins, EVAN BOWEN (Prendergast), John HOWELL, Wm DAVID, Philip PRICE, Jane GWYN (?of Prendergast, ?m. Lewis THOMAS of Llanycefn 1679)... "Some of these were rich burgesses of Havorfordwest connected to county families." (most prominent - MUSGRAVE & SIMONS/Symmins)... LEWIS DAVID (David Lewis) - ?related to LEWIS of Henllan, just W of Llanddewi Velfrey, at this location since 1637.

George THOMAS (b. ca 1670? ) - nephew of Evan Prothero (m. Eliz ?THOMAS), had bro Thomas THOMAS, wrote 1693 will before leaving PA for Barbados, had cousin Betty Prothero (m. Morgan James) of Phila.; ?attended 2 1693 Haverford PA Quaker marriages: 1 with JAMES & REES (m. M. Aubrey) THOMAS, Francis HOWELL & John BEVAN; the other was marriage of Thomas DAVID (widower) of Merion & Katherin Morgan, present David (bro of REESE?), Margaret (?either wife of James I (Marg Howell) or prob wife of WM (Marg Unknown) of RADNOR, bro of Rees) & REES (m. M. Aubrey) THOMAS. 1696 - letters of admin for George THOMAS estate on behalf of "THOMAS BROTHERS of Pembrokeshire Wales" (Wm, Thomas & DANIL).

Morgan James 1737 Will - [1st wife Eliz Prothero, dau of Evan PROTHERO & Eliz THOMAS), Friend Thomas THOMAS of RADNOR (prob? son of Wm & Margaret, bro of REESE), kinsman Saml LEWIS (desc of either Henry or Ralph Lewis?); wit. Lewis LEWIS (?1674-1757, ?son of Wm Lewis of Eglwysilan), Michael THOMAS (?son of Thomas & Thamar Miles THOMAS of RADNOR, gson of Wm & Marg THOMAS of Radnor, m. Esther DAVID), Elinor Jones (?wife of Cadwallader Jones of Uwchland Twp)...George THOMAS could be? son of Wm & Marg Thomas of Radnor, bro of REESE. Eliz THOMAS who m. Evan Prothero could be sis of BROTHERS Reese, Wm & David THOMAS.

Sir John Carew - 1622 Sheriff of PEMBROKESHIRE, father of Dorothy who m. Thomas THOMAS (d. ca 1667) of Llanbradach Glamorgan Gen. 19 & had ELIZ who m. Wm Aubrey of Pencoed (mother-in-law of John Bevan & cousin of Reese Thomas who m. Martha Aubrey), THOMAS, Wm (inherited), Margaret, WATKIN(Quaker Mtgs?) & ROWLAND(Quaker Mtg?) THOMAS. Sir John was a direct desc of the Norman Gerald de Windsor who m. ca 1095 Princess Nest, dau of Prince Rhys ap Tewdwr, concubine of Henry I, & abducted by Prince Owain. Gerald de Windsor (c. 1075 - 1135, alias Gerald FitzWalter), built Carew Castle ca 1100. Sir John Carew bought the castle 1607 & lived there some until his death 1637 (tomb of he & his wife St Peters Church Camerton), when his son George, then Esquire (1639 Sheriff) took over until 1644 in the English Civil War. The castle had reverted to Sir John after it had been sold to Sir Rhys ap Thomas in the 15th cent. At the Restoration (1660) the castle was returned to the ?Sir George de Carews, who continued to occupy the eastern wing until 1686. Carew Tidal MILL next to castle - "in a commission of 1630 ... indicates that SIR JOHN CAREW had restored the floodgates and causeway walls some 15 years earlier". Dorothy's other bro, also named Sir John Carew, lived in Camerton (sw of Bath), Somersetshire. Giraldus Cambrensis (1146-1220) was (maternally) a gson of Gerald de Windsor, & wrote the Itinerarium Cambriae ("The Itinerary Through Wales"), a medieval account of a journey made by this Gerald of Wales.

Dorothy Carew (b. 1604 Camerton, Som. d. 1678 Rhydlavar, Glam.) - was the dau of Sir John Carew, Knt., of Crowcombe Court (NNW of Taunton), Somerset, Sheriff of Pembroke, 1622-3, and Eliz, dau of Thomas Southcote of Indehoe. She m. Thomas Thomas, Esq., of Llanbradach and Rhydlavar, oldest son of Wm Thomas and Joan, dau and heiress of Lewis Llewelyn 10th Lord of Rhydlavar & 12th? in male descent from Prince Iestyn ap Gwrgan, by Joan, dau of Howel Mathew of Sweldon.

Daniel THOMAS I of Haverford PA 1687 wedding to Eleanor Vaughn (?1732 Will - she was related to Thomas DAVID who m. Kath Morgan 1693, wedding attended by REESE THOMAS). Will of Thomas DAVID of the Gulph proved 1735, exec by ANN DAVID, son David DAVID... Solution to DAVID family genealogy - TA Glenn, Welsh Founders of PA p.62 Pedigree VI shows Rowland Ellis (*7) bro David Ellis to be father of Robert David (had children David, Katherine, ... & THOMAS DAVID, d.1735) & HUGH DAVID (eldest, prob m. Martha Lewis dau of Ralph). Prob? related to ANN DAVID who m. WM THOMAS, uncle of REESE THOMAS (m. Aubrey)?

"EVAN THOMAS [of Llanykeaven], who by deed, dated 10 May, 1683, purchased 250 acres of LEWIS DAVID [tract in Haverford Penn]." - this suggests a link of relation (1st cousins?) to Wm Thomas of Llanddewi (Lewis David tract owners named THOMAS "prob related to Wm THOMAS of Llanddewi Wales" - from Salmon), assoc of LEWIS DAVID there, & possible Uncle of REES THOMAS. In 1700 EVAN THOMAS heirs sold 75 acres of this land to NATHAN THOMAS (son of JAMES I?), & the original 3000 acre tract of LEWIS DAVID was resurveyed 1701. Also in 1700 Lewis David sold a lot & grist mill in Haverford Twp to WM HOWELL [who sold it to Rowland Powell]. Lewis David held in addition about 190 acres in Dyffrin Mawr Twp... "It is also worthy of notice that these early settlers were nearly all in some way related to each other." From Browning.

From Besse's Sufferings: 1678, fined corn, hay, lambs, goods - Lewis David £16+, WM THOMAS of Lawhadden £12+ (?same as of Llandewy, he & Lewis David were by far the most heavily fined of 22 people), James Thomas of Haverfordwest, JAMES THOMAS of Llanboidy... 1678 fined for absence from Nat'l Worship p. 758 Vol 1 - LEWIS DAVID of Llandewy, EVAN THOMAS (prob of Llanycefn), Evan John & WM THOMAS (?same as Llandewy, last year on records Pembrokeshire, WM THOMAS of Machynlleth ?not on records there until 1683)... 1671 - Henry Lewis of Redstone... Fined 1684 Co Carmarthen - Francis Howell & JAMES THOMAS of Llanboidy; 1687 to 1690 - Lewis David of Llanddewi £16+, Thomas Simons of [Puncheston], Philip Rhudderch of Killycomb £5+ (Cilycwm? Carm. N of Llandovery), David Rice (REES) of Llandewy £8+, Peregrine Musgrave of St Martin Parish (d. 1712 Haverfordwest), ?Morgan Thomas of Swansea, Charles Lloyd of Dolobran... Fined 1670 (listed consec p. 752-3) - WM THOMAS of Llanddewi, Lewis David, ...?Owen Thomas; Evan John of Llanichvan (?Llangovan Monmouthshire); John HUSBAND of Narberth corn (wheat), hay & cattle value £26+; Margaret Philippin (of Redstone, nee Prothero m. Henry Lewis) cattle... Evan Protherah of Narberth goods... p. 747 1661 - WM THOMAS of Llandewy & HUGH SIMONS [of Puncheston, m. ANNE THOMAS of Llandewy ?sis of Wm] in prison together along with 14 other Quakers, later acquitted... 1673 Thomas Janney, Robt Pearson, Thomas POTTS fined Cheshire Eng... 1677 for Quaker meeting at Llanidloes (NE of Llangurig), Montgomeryshire fined John Jarman £2+, John POTTS £12+...

Will of HUGH SIMONS of Puncheston (son of Thomas, m. Anne Thomas) proved 1685, Carmarthen Wales.

Only? 3 mentions of Reese Thomas of Rosemont PA (m. M. Aubrey) in Wales - ?1690 Tydden Y Gareg Mtg (just E of Dolgellau Merion.) with Rowland Ellis; July 1691 Certificate from Chepstow Mtg signed by Rowland Powell (?1695 Haverford PA wedding, said to be from Carmarthenshire), Evan John (?same as of Llanddewi Pemb.); emigrated from Carmarthenshire ca 1691.

!POSSIBILITY that Wm THOMAS (b. ca 1672, m. Eliz Philips, initially moved Radnor PA) of Newtown PA & his ?bro David THOMAS (?m. Jane Philips, ?was David Thomas ap Lewis ap Philip ap Rhydderch, b. 1671 Co Carm. Wales, moved Radnor PA, only other Thomas at 1694 wedding of Wm & Eliz Thomas) were actually paternal desc of 1 of the (P)RHYDDERCH or PROTHERO families of ?Dolwillym/Llanvallteg Carm. Wales. Could have been maternally desc from the real Thomas family. From TA Glenn, Welsh Found. of PA.

From Elegy to Martha Aubrey THOMAS, d. Dec 7, 1726-7, wife of Rees of Merion PA: As her life was righteous, so her death was sweet, & the father of mercies was graciously pleased, (according to her desire) to favour her with her senses, even to her last moments. When her departure drew near, being asked by her husband, " how it was with her," she answered, " she had nothing to obstruct her (implying her perfect resignation & peace of soul), & that ever since she had been in this country, (which was about thirty-five years), she never had strife with any one", tenderly & affectionately advising her children to walk in the ways of God, & strictly to keep to meetings, which she, in a dying hour, had found so much comfort and sweetness in. May all her friends & relations, her servants & children, endeavour to imitate her virtues, that as she lived, they may live; & as she died, they may die, in peace, joy, & love.

WM THOMAS of Machynlleth Wales & Radnor PA d. 1689 - "Had suffered religious persecution in Wales." WM THOMAS of Llanddewi/Llawhaden Pembroke only Wm Thomas named in Besse's Sufferings (1753) for religious persecution as Quaker in Wales. Therefore, they were very prob 1 & the same & the Uncle of Rees Thomas, a desc of THOMAS of Llanbradach, with good LINK to his ?cousin Evan THOMAS of Llanycefn Pembroke through mutual assoc with Lewis David of Llanddewi. ALSO assoc of WM THOMAS & David Rice/REES (father of Thomas REES Gent. servant of EVAN THOMAS of Llanycefn) at Llanddewi.

Elinor LLOYD - wife of David REES/RICE of Llanddewi Vel. Pemb., b. Llandderfel, NE of Bala, Merion. Wales. Gdau? of Thomas ap Ieuan LLOYD, Esq of Nantfreyr (Nant y Friar Twp), Sheriff of Merionethshire 1623. The Mother of [Lewis] David REES/RICE may have been desc from LEWIS of Van, which might help explain his assoc at Llanddewi.



THOMAS family notes CONTINUED on James Wm Clark page...



* The bros Wm & Ralph Lewis, Quaker immigrants to PA, look to be gg grandsons of Edward Lewis of Van & landholder in Eglwysilan, Sheriff of Glam. 1549, m. Ann dau of Sir Wm Morgan of Pencoed, Monmouth of Tredegar family. Source: A memo, dated Nov. 20, 1899, signed by TA Glenn, author of Welsh Found. of PA.

** Ifor Bach ap Meurig (fl. 1158) - Welsh Lord of Senghenydd, "Ifor scaled the walls of Cardiff Castle using his bare hands, seized the Earl, his Countess Hawise, a daughter of the Earl of Leicester, & their young son Robert, and kidnapped all of them to the woods of Senghenydd. He refused to release them until he had recovered the land he had lost '& a lot more'. "

*** Iestyn ap Gwrgant was the last ruler of the royal house of Morgannwg, which had a lineage stretching back over 5 cent. to Tewdrig (c. 550–584, King of Glywysing, mortally wounded by Saxons d. at Mathern abt 5 miles SW of Chepstow, Monmouth, Wales). The members of this royal house had links to the other royal houses of Wales through marriage, and were desc of Rhodri Mawr (820-878). Iestyn ap Gwrgant's base is believed to have been at Dinas Powis, SW of Cardiff.

(*4) FITZHAMON, ROBERT (d. 1107), conqueror of Glamorgan, belonged to a great family whose ancestor, Richard, was either the son or nephew of ROLLO, and which since the 10th Cent. had possessed lordships in Normandy.

(*5) Visited by Dafydd Benwyn, 2nd half 16th century Welsh Bard of Glamorgan & Monmouth, & John Leland, antiquary, ca 1539.

(*6) Robert Sitsilt - assisted Robt FitzHamon in the Norman conquest of Glamorganshire, 1091, was awarded lands in SE Wales (original estate at Abergavenny, Monmouth.). From The Life of Wm Cecil, Lord Burghley (Cecil family origins). Also a possible relation - Welsh Lord of Upper Gwent SEISYLL (d. 1175) ap Dyfnwal ap Caradog ap Ynyr Fychan & his wife, said to have been Joyce daughter of Norman Baron Hamelin de Balun. He was a bro-in-law of Rhys ap Gruffydd, the Lord Rhys, King of Deheubarth & held lands in present day Monmouthshire, part of the old Welsh Kingdom of Gwent, his main base being Castell Arnallt near the River Usk a few miles S of Abergavenny, near Llanover.

(*7) Rowland Ellis - quaker leader, "a man of ability, of good education and estate", mother was Ann HUMPHREY of Llwyn-du (on coast W of Dolgellau). Had Bryn Mawr Farm (now Harriton House in PA built 1704) near Dolgellau Merionethshire Wales & Rosemont PA (where REESE & Martha Aubrey THOMAS lived).

(*8) A visit made abt 1665 by Richard Davies ("handsome...manly") of Welshpool: "When I was clear of Bristol, the Lord having blessed me & preserved me so far in my journey, I set forward towards Pembroke. ... So I came to the house of our Friend LEWIS Davies [DAVID, of Llanddewi Velfrey], ... Staying there some time they lent me a horse to go to a mtg at REDSTONE [abt 1 m. north of Narberth Castle], & I left my own horse behind me, thinking he might rest for some days after my hard riding... & I had several brave mtgs in Haverforwest & other places in the county. The last I had was at [Puncheston] among the Welsh... & I stood with my back towards THOMAS Simmon's [SIMONS] wall of his house...At last I called to the Friend, whose name was THOMAS SIMMONS, & to his wife, & desired them to rise and let us come in. He asked me who was there. I told him in Welsh, Richard Davies was there. ' What,' said he, ' Richard Davies of Welshpool ? ' I told him I was the man. Thereupon the tender loving Friends hastily came down & let us into their house, & we were satisfied in the love of God. . . ." On their way home Davies ... had a mtg at Newcastle Emlyn, whither they were accompanied by James LEWIS (of Llanddewi, son of LEWIS DAVID), Peregrine MUSGRAVE & other Friends. From Dict. of Welsh Bio: DAVIES , RICHARD (1635-1708), Quaker, of Cloddiau Cochion, Mont.; b. Welshpool of parents who had a small estate there, he was brought up in a little learning... In 1657 he became a Quaker. As minister of the gospel he travelled in Wales & England. John ap John, Charles Lloyd & his bro Thomas Lloyd (prominent Lloyds of DOLOBRAN [where Evan THOMAS of Hopewell had been ca 1719] ) & other leading Friends accompanied him in journeys to Merioneth & the counties of S Wales...

Parish of PUNCHESTON. Quakers Burial Ground (from Inv. of Ancient Mon...) abt 2/3 of a mile SW of the village, 1/2 way between Puncheston & Little Newcastle. The mtg-house stood ... on the S outskirts of the village. NOTE. The Puncheston Friends 1681- HUGH SYMMINS, James Gwynne alias Symmins, Thomas Symmins, Sr, & Mary his wife, John Symmins & Francis Symmins, who live in ye parish and refuse communion with the Church of England. Besse’s Sufleri'ngs (p. 752): Thomas Simmonds, of Pembroke., for suffering mtgs at his house, had his cattle taken away,... household goods, corn [wheat], hay & thatch taken ... A.D. 1668.John SYMMONS of Llanstinan (NW of Puncheston) 1713 Sheriff of Pembrokeshire.

(*9) POEM WRITTEN FOR RHIRID FLAIDD Cynddelw thanks Rhirid Flaidd for the Gift of a Sword I have a wolf who loves me from having me by him... chief nobleman, leader of noblemen, I sing not to the wolf of prey but to the wolf who is the leader of the bravest. Author: Cynddelw Bryn Mawr (c1135-1200 - Bard)