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THOMAS Family Notes Continued...



193.?1669/70, Feb. 11.?1. Sir Erasmus Phillipps of Picton, bart.;? 2. WILLIAM THOMAS of the parish of LLANDEWY [Pembroke], yeoman.?LEASE for 31 years of a messuage and lands in Drime in the said parish. Rent: £ 18, three days 'reaping, a couple of capons, one good mutton, a couple of hens, a bushel of good black oats and three days' plowing annually. Heriot.

202.?1673, Aug. 27.?1. Sir Erasmus Phillipps of Picton Castle bart.;? 2. ELIZABETH THOMAS of the parish of LLANYKEVAN, widow.?LEASE for 42 years in consideration of Brechva in the parish of Llanykeven. Rent: £ 5, two days reaping, a couple of fat capons, a couple of fat hens, two bushels of good big black oats annually. Heriot: best beast.

1612 Pembrokeshire Witnesses: PHILLIP BOWEN, John Griffith, Thomas ap? Owen, John Ievan, George ab Ievan, Ievan ap Owen, all of LLANYKEVEN.

GEORGE THOMAS, prob a Richard THOMAS (of Llanbradach/Pembroke) descendant: A Letter from George THOMAS in Nature of his will." " Dear Uncle, This is to Let thee Understand that I am going to Sea ; I doe desire thee to take a Little Care of my Land that have the Oats in." Mentions : money in hands of LEWIS WALKER; John RICHARDS; John THOMAS. "& if you never Hear further of mee, the Land shall be my Cossen Bettys." This from Your Cossen George THOMAS. Phila Jan 26, 1696/7 appeared " Eliza (Late Prothera now) Evans," and exhibited this letter which was delivered to her by the writer ... William Jenkins and RECCE THOMAS attest to handwriting. ..testifed that George THOMAS did declare at her house " that if he dyed before his Re- turn from Barbados to Pennsylvania, he gave all y'hee had to his Cozen Betty Prothera." Letters of admin to Morgan and Eliza James (late Eliza [THOMAS] Prothera), Jan 26, 1696/7. ... On Oct 9, 1696(97?), letters of admin had been granted to EVAN PROTHERO of Radnor twp, Chester Co, Penn, for & in behalf of Thomas, William and DANIL THOMAS of PEMBROKshire, in South WALES, the brethren & next of kin to George THOMAS, deceased, late of Newtowne, Chester...

Family sources & DNA TEST show that Jacob THOMAS (b. ca 1725 MD? d. NC 1788, m. Brevard, ancestor of Isaac J. & James Houston THOMAS) was of WELSH origin. Speculated descent from JOHN THOMAS, son of Evan THOMAS of Hopewell VA, with definite origins in Quaker Welsh Tract, Phila PA. Located at junction of Buffalo Shoals Cr & Catawba River SW of Statesville, Iredell Co NC 18th cent.

Descent of Ralph, Wm (of Eglwysilan/PA) & David (Lewis David of Llanddewi/PA) LEWIS: A memorandum, dated ... 1899, signed by Thomas Allen Glenn ... [states they were] son[s] of Ralph Lewis of Llanishen, a landholder in Eglwysilan in 1683 (died), who married Ann Prichard (of Collenna); that Ralph Lewis was the son of David Lewis, landholder in Eglwysilan, who died in 1630; that David Lewis was son of Edward Lewis of Llanishen (m. ca 1602 Margaret Gwyn of Llanishen, paternally descended from a branch of THOMAS of Llanbradach), who was the son of Edward Lewis [Esquire of Van], a large landholder in Eglwysilan & Sheriff of Glamorganshire in 1548. This Edward Lewis married Ann, daughter of [Sir] Wm MORGAN of Pencoed, and was the son of Lewis ap Richard Gwyn. Wm Lewis of Eglwysilan/PA used seal on his 1707 will of Bleddyn ap Maenarch coat of arms.
Also, a will: Septebr the 6 1669 In the name of god amen, I Lewis William of the parish of Eglaisilan, Glam being sick in bodi is of perfect mynd and memore (?) and prayse be to almity god doe heareby make my last will and testament in maner and forme folowing first I comend my soul to allmity god my maker and (?) and my body go be buried in a Christian burial in the parish church of Eglaisilan Item I give to Hugh (?) my son 5 l Item to David Lewis my son 5 l Item to Watkin Lewis my son 5 l Item to Thomas Lewis my son 2 l Item to Gwenllian Lewis 2 l Item to Elizabeth Lewis 3 l Item to William Lewis my son 5 l {Phrase unreadable} asige die apoint that my executor hearafterward shall pay them within the space of (?) years next after my decsease Item i give and bequeth to MARY WILLIAM my wife all the lands and tenements (?) i now dwell during her natural life. Proved 19 Sep 1669 Inventory was overseen by Edward PRICHARD & William Edward. This seems to be a Wm LEWIS of Eglwysilan related (cousin, uncle?) to the Quaker LEWIS bros who moved to PA. Note MARY WILLIAM prob the same as in 1684 letter of Wm LEWIS. A related Lewis was prob LEWIS of Glyn Taff Eglwysilan, descended from Wm LEWIS, 2nd son of Edward LEWIS, Esq. of Van, Sheriff 1548. It still seems most likely the 3 Quaker LEWIS brothers of PA were sons of Ralph LEWIS of Llanishen/Eglwysilan d. 1683.

?Thought that THOMAS of Llanbradach could have branched from a son of MORGAN of Tredegar ca 1400 - 1st names David, Jevan, Llewelyn, Philip in common, THOMAS marriage with MORGAN...

?Speculated descent from Wm THOMAS Esquire of Llanbradach (Gen. XVIII) who m. Joan Llewelyn ca 1600: Richard Thomas m. Jane Lewis, Thomas Thomas m. Bowen, Evan Thomas m. 1678 Mary Husband, Evan Thomas of Hopewell VA m. ca 1705 a MORRIS (proven by DNA MATCH) and m. (2) 1713 Katherine Evans of Aberhafesp Wales, John Thomas m. JOB, Wm Thomas Sr m. Eliz Reese, Capt Wm Thomas m. Duvall, Marine Duvall Thomas m. 1826 Jane Pullen, Nancy Ann Thomas (d. 1912) m. Jonathan Clark... (10 generations)... Also Gen XVII JOHN THOMAS of Llanbradach, Esquire, m. ca 1575 Mary MORGAN * of Bedwelty & Penllwyn Sarth (branch of MORGAN of Tredegar).

! Note that Evan THOMAS of Hopewell VA (m. Katherine Evans of Aberhafesp Wales) seems almost certainly the younger son of Evan THOMAS of Llanycefn: because his grand daughter, Catherine REESE Branson (daughter of HENRY and Martha THOMAS REESE), inherited his house ca 1771 or 81? ** & was the great grand daughter of Thomas REESE, son of David REESE who attended Evan THOMAS of Llanycefn's wedding 1678, & 1682 young gentleman servant of Evan THOMAS of Llanycefn. Any activities in Britain (Dolobran Wales, etc...) are open to question... Aberhafesp W of Newtown, Montgomeryshire Wales. Area old gentry families include Morgan of Aberhafesp, Evans of Kerry & Evans of Dolfor.

?Possible location of LEWIS DAVID Wales estate 1600's: Trewern, Llanddewi Velfre parish, Pembroke Wales, about 1/2 way between Whitland & Llanddewi Velfre village & a little north near River Taf. Site now occupied by "fine large early C19 house", Trewern [Fawr] Mansion, owned 1840 by John Beynon, Esquire.

Interesting story of long running feud between maternal ancestors of MORGAN of Tredegar, the princely "Welsh lords of Caerleon", & the noble Norman de Clare family: on 15 April 1136 N of Abergavenny Wales, Morgan of Caerleon with others killed Richard de Clare, who was accompanied by a minstrel & singer, at mountain pass Coed Grono near Llanthony Abbey...From Itinerary Through Wales by Giraldus Cambrensis.

Possible (probable?) descendant of Lewis THOMAS, brother of Evan THOMAS of Llanycefn Wales: Maj. Gen. John Franklin THOMAS (b. 1763 Frederick Co VA - 1838, son of Owen b. 1736 (of Washington Co KY); m. dau of Robert Hodgen namesake of Hodgenville KY, wealthy leader and MILLwright), Captain in Rev. Army, Brig. General in War of 1812 (KY). "OWEN THOMAS (b. 1736) was the son of LEWIS THOMAS and his wife, JANE. Frederick County, Virginia, Will Book 1, page 454: May 16, 1751 - 'Bond in the amount of 100 pounds current money is given by John SMITH as administrator of the estate of LEWIS THOMAS, deceased, with Samuel WALKER and OWEN THOMAS as securities. JANE THOMAS, the widow, and OWEN THOMAS, the heir at law... Since OWEN THOMAS was named 'heir at law,' it can be assumed that he was the eldest son of LEWIS and JANE. Though other children are not named, we know LEWIS had at least one brother. Since LEWIS' estate was not finally settled until 1756, we may assume that then the youngest child became of age. ..The earliest record of LEWIS THOMAS in Virginia is in Orange County order Book 1, page 57. LEWIS was living in that part of Orange County which became FREDERICK County in 1743 at which time mention of him ceases in Orange County and begins in the new Frederick County. To judge by the given names [ENOS, etc...], the THOMASes living as neighbors in Frederick County were probably related. Many early arriving THOMASes, and for that matter, many Welsh immigrants, were Quakers and often were found living in strictly Quaker communities, some in Pennsylvania, one in the Elk River area of Maryland. EVAN THOMAS, who died in Frederick County in 1755, was a prominent Quaker..."

From Quaker Records:
!Evan and Katherine THOMAS (previously at "Dolobran Great Britain") removal from Merion Mtg PA 1722 certificate: witnesses LEWIS DAVID, REES THOMAS (m. Aubrey), RICHARD THOMAS (prob son of REES), David Price (REES?), Abell THOMAS, Daniel and Benjamin Humphrey...
Evan and Katherine THOMAS (previously at "Dolobran Great Britain") removal to Gwynedd Mtg PA 1723 certificate.
Evan and Catherine THOMAS removal from Goshen Mtg 1726, wit. by many Evans, Foulkes, Jno Humphreys, ROWLAND ELLIS...
Evan and Katherine THOMAS received East Nottingham (PA/MD) Mtg 1730.
Children of Daniel (II) and Catherine (dau of Evan MORRIS b. 1654 Grikhoth ?or Criccieth, Caernarvonshire, Wales) THOMAS of Abington: Evan b. 1706, Sarah b. 1708, Hannah b. 1709, Daniel b. 1711, Caleb b. 1713, Susanna b. 1716, Morris b. 1718, Benjamin b. 1720, Catherine b. 1721.
?JOB H. THOMAS, Gwynedd Mtg PA ca 1801-73... could be a descendant of Job THOMAS of Royal Oaks Plantation Cumberland Co VA who m. Hoggatt and Crow (of MD? who had sons with him).

...1763 Will of Enos THOMAS, son of Evan & Katherine THOMAS of Hopewell VA, mentions (brother & prob ancestor) John Thomas' wheat field...

?Thomas REES and Frances Price (dau of Philip) parents of Daniel REES b. 1696, possible ancestor. ?Some confusion about Rebecca William who married a Thomas REES also in 1692... Rebecca named as wife of Thomas REES in 1719 will of Philip Price.

!From Deep River Guilford Co NC Quaker MM Minboazutes: JOHN THOMAS departed this life 1781 (identified as son of Evan THOMAS of Hopewell VA) next to Philip Hoggatt (Uncle of Eliz Hoggatt who m. Job THOMAS of Royal Oaks Plantation VA) d. 1783 about age 96.

Concerning ?education of Evan THOMAS of Hopewell VA in Britain: associate Charles Lloyd (1662–1747) of Dolobran had 2 paternal uncles and his father that attended Jesus College Oxford. From 'The House of Commons, 1690-1715': only 17 per cent of members admitted to Oxford or Cambridge graduated. The mother of Charles Lloyd was Elizabeth Lort (1633–1685), daughter of Sampson Lort (m. a daughter of Sir John Philipps of Picton Castle) of East Moor near Manorbier in PEMBROKESHIRE, 1 of the 3 sons of Henry Lort of Stackpole Court in PEMBROKESHIRE, Sheriff of PEMBROKESHIRE in 1619, of whom the eldest was Sir Roger Lort, 1st Baronet 1662. Charles and Sarah (Crowley) Lloyd witnessed (at top of list) 1718 removal of Evan and Katherine THOMAS from Dolobran Wales Quaker Mtg along with 17 other names.

Emily Caroline Jackson (b. Graves Co KY 1855 d. 1929, buried E of Fulton KY Boaz Chapel), daughter of John T. Jackson and Mary E. THOMAS (sister of 2nd g grandmother Nancy Ann THOMAS Clark), and orphan living with uncle Francis Marion THOMAS 1870 and 1880 Weakley Co TN, m. John Shadrach "Shade" Meacham (1845-1926, eldest child). John was Private Co C 12th KY Cav CSA. His father Joseph George Meacham (1822-JUN 1862, of Graves Co KY 1860) served in Co A 7th KY Mtd Inf CSA, died Confederate Hospital Marion, Lauderdale Co MS and married Susan Boaz (daughter of Shadrach Boaz). Susan's paternal uncle was Joshua Boaz (9 slaves Graves Co KY 1850). Epitaph of Shade written by his son Wayne: "... Confederate soldier ... served under General Forrest... In memory...". Captain of Co C 12th KY Cav CSA was G.W. Clanton, gg grandfather of singer Pat Boone, his 1st Lt was William Rutherford Boaz (an eldest son, brother of Susan Boaz Meacham & later Captain). Epitaph of Emily: "Loved one at rest"... In 1860 Emily lived with her parents & 2 siblings in NE Arkansas (moved from KY ca 1859) ... She married Feb 1884 Obion Co TN, had 4 children & lived 1920 near Water Valley KY... Father of (Major/Captain) G.W. Clanton, John W. Clanton 17 slaves Graves co KY 1850 ...
April 18, 1862 Corinth MS (letter from Jos G Meacham, father of "Shade" Meacham, after battle of Shiloh TN): "...to wright to you all that i saw and heard the time of the battle; it would bee impossible all most...John Davis was shot dead on the field and some one or too others [in] my company...I myself [stayed] on the road during the battle where the wounded passed all the time and I saw men pass that was shot from the top of their head to the bottom of their feet. Some with one eye shot out, nose shot off mouth shot off side of their face shot off shot in arms hands & legs feet. Some brought dead in waggons. Some on muels tha had negas their to attend 2nd cousin 2x removed on this line, Aleo Boaz Meacham to them. All the officers that was killed was brought ?... So if I never see you all no more I will hope we may all meat in heaven whare parting will be no more. So Good bye..." ... Shade Meacham (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66976521/john-shadrach-meacham) inherited southern Graves Co KY family "plantation", Meacham Manor (https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/74000877)... Wife of 2nd cousin 2x removed on this line, Aleo Boaz Meacham, was Ola Hopkins, whose mother was a Ringo, cousin to old West outlaw Johnny Ringo (1850-1882) of Arizona. Common ancestor Henry Ringo (b. 1727 NJ d. 1803 KY)...

It looks like Merry Carter (m. Cordelia and Caltha THOMAS, sisters of 3rd g grandfather Marine D. THOMAS) had ?inherited considerable estate by 1860, Hopewell (Hollywood) Maury Co TN: Real Estate $6,200, Personal Estate $5,277, 6 slaves on census at site of Capt Wm THOMAS (father of Marine D./Caltha...) house... Merry & Caltha THOMAS Carter had daughter Caledonia "Callie" Cordelia Carter (1845-71) who m. 1866 (1) John E McCain (Co B 9th TN Cav CSA), son of founder of McCain's, Maury Co TN, Hugh McCain (1792-1881, 13 slaves 1860)... Merry Carter descent from Capt Thomas Carter (1630-1700) of Barford Plantation, Lancaster Co Virginia & the Skipwith/Carter families of royal lineage from Henry III & Sir Henry Skipwith Sr Knight and Baronet (1589-1655)...

Daughter of Capt Wm THOMAS, Mary Ann, m. Wm Crume *(4) 1789 and moved Nelson Co KY. He died 1795, Mary received land 1797 on Mill Cr E of Bardstown, she then remarried Samuel Horsley (Hasley) 1798. Descendants moved TN, ARK, TX: e.g. 2nd cousin 3x removed Samuel M. Hasley of Belton, Bell Co TX and Co G Baylor's Regiment, Texas Cavalry (2nd Regiment, Arizona Brigade) CSA... DNA Test Match 2020 to cousin whose mother was a CRUM, may be on this line.

Daughter of Capt Wm THOMAS, Priscilla Ursula, m. (2) Lt Wm Dillard Turner (War of 1812, TN).

2nd wife of Capt Wm THOMAS, ?Unknown Duvall (?b. MD ca 1775), was ?probably an undocumented daughter of Cornelius and Keziah Duvall Duvall of Scott Co KY. These 2 were cousins, descendants of the original French Huguenot Mareen Duvall (ca 1625-1694), and both of their fathers were named Mareen Duvall. Son of Capt Wm THOMAS was ancestor Marine Duvall THOMAS b. KY 1802.

Ancestor Captain William THOMAS listed in estate sale of son-in-law James Mathis (d. Brownsboro KY, m. Miriam THOMAS (1773-1847, dau of Capt Wm Thomas), ?2 DNA MATCHES to Miriam THOMAS Mathes), Sept 5,1827 Bradley Cr area E of Lascassas NE Rutherford Co TN.

After studying the Battle of Shiloh, it seems most likely? that maternal cousin Capt Joseph E. Emerson was mortally wounded about ?afternoon Sun April 6, 1862 in fighting at the "Hornets Nest" with Co E of the 3rd KY CSA. He died the next day, Monday, maybe about 2 PM next to Shiloh Church. Also with the Kentucky Confederates at Shiloh was Colonel Robert P. Trabue, grandson of Daniel Trabue who received a commision as militia Captain with ancestor Capt William THOMAS, 1792 Woodford Co KY.

From My Father, Daniel Boone - The Draper Interviews with Nathan Boone (p. 104): "In Oct 1796... we started on the bear hunt up Sandy River... Our party included a couple of young gentlemen named BARLOW & DUVAL from Paris, KY who had been brought up at their ease. They went along for a woods pleasure excursion... Young BARLOW & DUVAL ate plentifully of the green apples with a generous amount of old Monongahela & got quite sick." The DUVAL that accompanied Daniel BOONE & his son Nathan Bonne (15 slaves 1850 Greene Co MO) was very likely Mareen DUVALL (ca 1775-1844), son of Cornelius & Keziah DUVALL of Scott Co KY & ?brother of 4th g grandmother ? DUVALL THOMAS. Mareen m. Martha 'Patsy' West (dau of John) 1795 Bourbon Co... From Findagrave: [sister] Margaret West BARLOW (1769-1835), "She married first on 9 Feb 1792, Nicholas Co., KY to Thompkins BARLOW [b. ca 1765?, VA; d. 1814, Bourbon Co., KY; son of Thomas Barlow II and Elizabeth Carlton]. " 28 June 1796 Bourbon Co (associated) land deed, wit. MAREEN DUVALL... 17 Nov 1806, heirs of John West (father of Martha West DUVALL & Marg West BARLOW)... Tompkins BARLOW & Margaret of Bourbon Co, MAREEN DUVAL & Patsy of Scott Co ... Barlows may have lived N Middletown area, & Wests adjacent to Paris, Bourbon Co KY? ... "Samuel's father, William Henry BARLOW, explored Kentucky with Daniel Boone..." ... Rezin WEST (1760-1835, brother of Margaret & Martha, children of John): signed petition 1788 Bourbon Co KY; "His family moved to Botetourt Co VA, & it was there or in a neighboring Virginia county that he married about 1782 to Esther Duvall [prob sis of 4th g gmother Duvall THOMAS], daughter of his father's old neighbor & friend Cornelius DUVALL [Sr]." ... Mareen Duval West, b. 15 Oct 1794, Bourbon Co, KY?; m. to 1st cousin Sophia A. Duval [b. 1804 d. 1878; daughter of Mareen Duvall & Martha West]; 1820 census, Marion D. West, New Liberty, Gallatin [now Owen] Co, KY - link to Eagle Creek area, Carroll (formerly Gallatin) Co KY, for Wests, Cornelius (Jr, DNA Match) Howard DUVALL & 4th g gfather Capt Wm THOMAS...

Possibility that the Quaker REESE family associated with the THOMASes could be descended from Reese Ap John, of Mydvai or Morthvey, county Carmarthen Wales, who himself descended from the Meddygon Mydavi (legendary "Physicians of Myddfai"), who owned estates there in the year 1220 AD.

William N. THOMAS, a son of 4th g grandfather Capt William THOMAS, married 1801 Frances Vaught. Frances was b. Gooney Run Shenandoah Co VA (now Warren Co), d. Rutherford Co TN near Milton. It ?appears she was the aunt of Nathan Vaught (b. 1799 Shenandoah Co VA, moved 1804 Rutherford Co TN, d. Maury Co TN 1880), "Master Builder of Maury Co TN". He built the fine antebellum southern mansions of Clifton Place, Elm Springs (now headquarters of Sons of Confederate Veterans), Walnut Grove, Pillow Place, etc... in Maury Co.

Isaac POTTS (1750-1803, House served as George Washington HQ Valley Forge PA 1777) & Lt Samuel POTTS (1736-1801, Loudoun Co VA, m. Eliz THOMAS Aunt of Col Jonas THOMAS, of Maury Co TN) were cousins. Lt Samuel Potts was 1st cousin to father of Billy Potts (or nearly related), ca 1820 alleged river pirate of the Ohio River, S IL, with "Potts Hill Gang"? Mutual descent from Thomas POTTS (1632-1673, Welsh Quaker m. Eliz Basset). POTTS family were ironmasters, also had Pottsgrove Manor PA. https://mercuryone.org/isaac-potts/

Documented probable REESE family origin (related to ?ancestor David REES (Price), associate of ?ancestor Evan THOMAS of Llanycefn, d. 1706 PA, m. Eleanor Lloyd): "[near Myddfai, Carmarthenshire Wales on River Towy] GLANTOWY: a farm of 142 acres (1839)... The first person known to have lived there is James Price ["Gentleman"] who is described in 1684 as a 'giddy brained Quaker'. He is buried at what was the Quaker grave-garden in Llandovery. His son Rees Price ["Esquire"] was an attorney who also lived at Glantowy and owned a number of properties; it was he who purchased Cilgwyn where his son James Price ["Esquire"] resided..." https://www.cilgwynmanor.co.uk/. The owners of Cilgwyn Manor, the Price family, live at the property (2019)...
Sources: T.A. Glenn, Merion in the Welsh Tract p. 36: James Price, Mothvey Parish Carmarthenshire, Gentleman, 300 acres, 1682 Radnor PA; C. Browning, Welsh Settlement of PA, p. 225, 215, 200: from July 1684, James Price rents 300 a. in Radnor PA to David Price (REESE) for 3 years, if never came, "he could have it forever"; Ed. Poole, Illustrated Hist. & Biog. of Brecknock..., p. 102: Price monuments in Mothvey (Myddfai) Church, near Llandovery, Carm...

Probable ancestor? Sir William MATHEW of Radyr (Glamorgan Wales): knighted on Bosworth Field 1485 by Earl of Richmond, d. 1528. 1/2 brother Morgan was ancestor of MATHEW of Sweldon (family m. ancestor LLEWELYN of Rhydlafar); sister Jenet m. Sir Rhys ap Thomas (1449-1525) who was friend and associate; daughter Catherine m. Lewis LLEWELYN (family m. ancestors THOMAS of Llanbradach) of Rhydlafar.

Probable? or possible descent from Margaret ferch Thomas ap Gruffydd ap Nicholas, sister of SIR RHYS AP THOMAS: her daughter Mary Herle married Sir James BOWEN of Llwyngwair Pembroke ca 1500. (?Descent from Jane BOWEN & Philip BOWEN of Llanycefn Wales.)

Ednyfed Fychan (c. 1170 – 1246): soldier and counselor to Llewellyn the Great, Prince of north Wales in 1200's; was ancestor of probable blood relations Sir Rhys ap Thomas, Griffith of Penrhyn, BOWEN of Llwyngwair, Sir Rhys ap Gruffydd (d. 1356; desc from Gwenllian m. Ednyfed Fychan, dau of 'THE LORD RHYS') "the wealthiest and most influential figure among the native [Welsh] gentry of the 14th century"; also ancestor of Tudor Dynasty of Kings of England; had 1 son who was a leper, of Abermarlais, Carm. ...

?Probable Ancestors (Royal Line of Wales): Iestyn ap Gwrgant (ca 1014-93), Prince of South Wales. Ancestor of many Welsh gentry of Glamorgan (eg Llewelyn of Rhydlavar), and maternally descended from RHODRI MAWR (ca 820-78). Ifor Bach (ancestor of LEWIS of Van), grandson Rhys ap Griffith married Ellen or Eleanor, daughter of the LORD RHYS (1132-97), THE LORD RHYS paternally descended from RHODRI MAWR. Gwenllian (dau of LORD RHYS) m. Ednyfed Fychan (see above). Ifor Bach m. Nest, sister of LORD RHYS (source Brut Y Saeson) etc... Ivor, Gen. V of MORGAN of Tredegar, m. Tanglwst dau of Howel Sais son of THE LORD RHYS. Ivor's son Llewelyn Lleia m. Susan, dau of Howel ap Howel Sais son of THE LORD RHYS, a 1st cousin....

Probable Ancestor: Dame Jenet MATHEW, wife of Sir Rhys ap Thomas, through her 1st husband Thomas STRADLING of St Donats Castle Glamorgan. His grandfather was Sir Edward Stradling who married a daughter of Henry VI's great uncle Cardinal BEAUFORT (royal ancestry). Sir Edward's son was Sir Harry Stradling who was held ransom by the Breton pirate Colyn Dolphyn in 1449. Jenet's granddaughter was Elizabeth STRADLING who m. Edmond MORGAN of Penyllwyn Sarth/Bedwelty and was mother to Mary MORGAN, grandmother of ancestor Richard THOMAS of Llanbradach/Pembroke.
The Welsh gentry were highly intermarried over hundreds of years, and there could be over a ?million ancestors 20 generations ago ca 1500 (https://blog.eogn.com/2018/01/26/how-many-ancestors-do-you-have/). *** Note that the Welsh Quakers of Pennsylvania with surname THOMAS, descended from THOMAS of Llanbradach as documented by Rees THOMAS (m. Aubrey), look to be the only possible family to be ancestors of 4 of the associated THOMAS families of southern Maury Co TN in early 19th century (see detailed genealogy, Rootsweb). ***
Source: Limbus Patrum... G.T. Clark.

The pedigree of THOMAS of Llanbradach in Limbus Patrum by G.T. Clark (p. 31) is ?probably fictitious prior to about Gen. XII in the early 1400's. Perhaps a better, alternative origin, would possibly be as a branch of MORGAN of Tredegar (p. 310). Namely, DAVID ap Jevan (Gen. XI ca. 1415-48) ap Llewelyn ap MORGAN. He could correspond to DAVID ap Jevan of Llanbradach (Gen. XII) who m. Maud dau of MORGAN ap Llewelyn of Tredegar. Both families also had common ties to Lewis of Rhiwperra (p.34).

2023 GENEALOGY FOR REESE/PRICE (descent from cadet branch at Llanllugan, Montg. from Lords of Nannau, Dolgellau Wales & Bleddyn ap Cynfyn d. 1075, King of Powys & Gwynedd "Chiefest of the Britons". Related to Jones of Trewythen, Nanney, Vaughns, Lloyds of Wern Newydd & Griffith of Glyntwymin.) Some Ancestor Pedigree notes:
Bleddyn ap Cynfyn d. 1075, mother Royal line of Wales; from Chronicle of the Princes - "openhanded to all, terrible in war, but in peace beloved."
Cadwgan ap Bleddyn d. 1111, of Nannau, m. Gwenllian, dau of Griffith ab Cynan, Prince of North Wales, "one of them was called Cadwgan, who was the finest of them all".
Madoc ap Cadwgan (fl 1118-21) was Lord of Nannau. Son Cadwgan ap Madoc, Lord of Nannau m. Gwenllian dau of Owain Gwynedd (ca 1100-70, son of Gruffydd ap Cynan), "Prince of Wales".
Rhiwallon ap Madoc was of Cedewain, m. Alswn ferch Gwrgeneu paternal 3rd ggdau of Elystan Glodrydd (b. ca 970, Prince of Buellt & Fferlis (Elfael)), founded the clan Montgomeryshire, Newtown & north. Coat of     Arms lion rampant quartered with nags heads, used by families of his descendants including ?uncle of ancestor David REESE d. 1706 Newtown PA, Richard PRICE of Ystradffin d. 1698.
Cynfelin ap Dolphin ap Rhiwallon ap Madog held manors of Llanllugan, Manafon, and Maesmawr in Arwystli, etc... ca 1170. Married Julian MORTIMER dau of Sir Roger MORTIMER, Earl of March. Witness Strata     Marcella abbey near Welshpool 1170.
Griffith of Maesmawr (W of Newtown) ap Maredudd? ap Einion ap Cynfelin, m. Arddun, dau of Meurig Fychan of Nannau. 1208 was 1 of the hostages handed by Prince Gwenwynwyn to King John.
Dafydd ap John Goch, Lord of Manor of Llanllugan, Montg. b. ca 1400. John Goch b. Manafon, Montg. Howell Goch of Manafon, paternal 1st cousin of John Goch, was 1406 Burgess of Welshpool. Brother of Howell     Goch, David, m. a relation of Sir Gruffydd Vaughn (c. 1395–1447), also listed a Burgess 1406. Descent from a? Price of Manafon claimed for Genl Sterling Price CSA (1809-67)...
Edward PRYSE alias Edward ap Richard (Richard ap Huw "of Llanllugan" ca 1600) b. ca 1600 m. Sarah Griffith of Glyntwymyn, moved near Cilycwm, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Sarah paternal descent from Gruffudd Derwas, Esq to the body of Henry VI (mid 1400's) & tutor & guardian of his paternal nephew Meuric Vaughn, Lord of Nannau (son of Hywel Sele slain by his cousin Owain Glendower 1402). Ancestor of Sarah, Gwilym ap Gruffudd Derwas, m. Elen ferch Dafydd "Llwyd" of the PRYCE family, of Newtown Hall, Montg. His son, ancestor Gruffudd ap Gwilym, m. Jane, granddaughter of Dafydd Llwyd (c1420 to c1500) of Mathafarn Hall, poet, made Esquire by Henry VII.
David REESE/PRICE b. ca 1650, moved Radnor PA ca 1682 (DNA Match, brother? to "giddy brain" Quaker James PRICE d. Llandovery, Wales 1709).
Other Price early pedigree maternal ancestors - Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Cynan (& son Madog ap Maredudd last King of Powys d. 1160), Owain Gwynedd (son of Gruffudd ap Cynan, m. Gwladus gdau of Trahearn ap Caradog & Nest), Owain Cyfeiliog, Elystan Glodrydd, Ednyfed Fychan, Iestyn ap Gwrgan, Trahaearn ap Caradog (1044–1081, m. Nest dau of King Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (c. 1010-1063) & beauty Ealdgyth of Mercia who also m. King Harold Godwinson d. Hastings 1066) King of Gwynedd... from Gwerful wife of Dafydd ap John Goch: Owain Brogyntyn, Sir William de Say, The Lord Rhys, Rhirid Flaidd, John le Strange (Lord of Knockin, d. 1269), FitzAlan, Rhys Gryg, Reginald de Briouze, parents of Gwerful Ieuan Fychan of Pengwern Hall (d. 1457, maternal 2nd-cousin to Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond, father of King Henry VII; common ancestor TUDUR ap Gronwy) & wife Angharad of Mostyn Hall, Ivor Bach, William FitzRobert 2nd Earl of Gloucester, King Henry I, Roger de Montgomery, Gwenwynwyn ab Owain Cyfeiliog (m. Margaret Corbet dau of Robert Corbet, Baron of Caus Castle ca 1150-1223) & his son Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn (died c. 1286, of Powys Castle), Llywelyn Fawr ab Iorwerth of Dolwyddelan Castle (1173-1240, King of Wales), King John Lackland, Henry II, Earl William de Ferrers (Knight Templar) 3rd Crusade d. siege of Acre ca 1190, Bernard Neufmarché... Source: Wales. Welsh Medieval Database Primarily Nobility and Gentry lines. Date range: 100s-1900s. Submission ID: MMDR-CFK Family Tree of Welsh Monarchs...

INFORMATION on REES/PRICE Family Genealogy (Ancestor David REESE/PRICE), from (now removed info) https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GHP/HelpPagepearlsCarmarthen :
Quakers: Pryse / Pryce / Price family: Glan Towy, Cilgwyn, Dugoedydd, Ystradffin, Mandinam
The following establishes a connection between the Pryse / Pryce / Price familes of: Glan Towy, Cilgwyn and Ystradffin which was not previously in the public domain:
The Lort muniments (Schedule of the Lort Muniments, County Record Office, Carmarthenshire (now removed) https://archive.org/details/casLort) 1660 indicate that Richard Price ["of Killycomb (Cilycwm), Gentleman"] (of Cwm Dynant - Wooding notes) took over the lease on the Ystradffin estate and was at the time accompanied by his two sons Edward and Rowland, both minors. Rowland Price of Dugoedydd in his will (Will of Rowland Pryse. NLW, Neuadd-fawr Estate Records, file 334) also refers to his brother Edward Price and his cousin Rees Price of Glan Towy. Edward Price (of Ystradffin, Esq; d. 1724) was High Sheriff of Cardiganshire Jan 7-23, 1724 (The London Gazette No. 6231. Sheriff appointments for 1724 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/6231/page/1 & https://archive.org/details/listofsheriffsfo00newy/page/n3/mode/2up page 243 ). Edward's daughter Mary (of Ystradffin / Mandinam) in her will (Will of Mary Lloyd https://en.powys.gov.uk/media/1114/R_D_LEW_01_bi/pdf/R_D_LEW_01_bi.pdf?m=1513612802243 ) refers to her uncle Rowland of Dugoedydd and her kinsman Rees Price of Glan Towy Attorney at Law.\ Daniel B James, in his book Myddfai its Lands and Peoples, describes this cousin Rees and his father James in relation to Glan Towy as: The first person to have lived there is James Price who is described in the 1684 return as a ‘giddy brained Quaker and a rail rag to the church. It is further recorded that he did not attend church.’ He is buried at what was the Quaker grave-garden in Llandovery. His son Rees Price was an attorney who also lived at Glan Towy and owned a number of properties; it was he who purchased Cilgwyn Manor Myddfai where his son James Price resided. The will of James Price Quaker (Will of James Price. NLW, SD/1709/178 https://journals.library.wales/browse/1380216/ ) also refers to his cousin Rowland Price of Digoedith. The Quaker burial record for Llandovery indicates James Price was buried there in 1709. Together with the following reference ( Bidgood, R., The Prices of Abergwenlais, Bwlch Tribann(n)au and Erryd, Cilycwm: A North Carmarthenshire Kinship network, The Carmarthenshire Antiquary, 2018, pp. 51-64, Vol. 43, 2007 ) it is possible to construct the following pedigree:

? Price [From Lort Records: 1659 May 24 RECEIPT of William Gwynne of Talliarys, esquire, to Roger Lort of Stakkpoolle Court [Pembrokeshire], esquire, ... Witnesses: /"James?} Prices; John Griffith; Rees Price ["gentleman" in 1662 record] (This could be the father of James PRICE & ancestor David PRICE/(ap) REES; their father appears to have been married to Eliz LEWIS associated with LEWIS David (David LEWIS?) of Llanddewi Velfre Pembroke, desc from LEWIS of Van Co Glamorgan; looks like he could be brother of Richard PRICE); Richard Price. [Roger Lort bought Ystradffin 1651.]


Richard Price Attorney in Sessions of Cwm Dynant (-1698)
Rowland Price of Dugoedydd (1651-1720)
Edward Price of Ystradffin (-Abt. 1724)
Mary Price of Mandinam (-1732)
+David Lloyd of Wern Newydd (-1701) & etc.
Rees Price of Ystradffin
+Elizabeth Thomas of Glan Rhyd Erryd (-1697)
Blanche Price
+Richard Griffiths of Burford (m. 1680) & etc.
William Price
Gruffydd Price
Edward Price

James Price of Glantowy Quaker (-1709[, brother of ancestor David PRICE/REES])
Rees Price Attorney of Glantowy (1680-1747[, son of above Quaker James, ?m. Magdalen Williams of Llwynwormwood])

?David Price (1706-1782) [Bachelor of Divinity], Rector of the Parish Church of St. Michael & All Angels 1751, Aston-Clinton Buckinghamshire
William Price
Magdalen Price (-1812)
+Josiah Holford (1726 -1817)
John Josiah Holford of Cilgwyn (1765-, Sheriff 1805)
+Jane Margaret Jackson (m. 1789)
James Price of Cilgwyn (1704-60)
+Hester ?
& etc.
Joshua Price
[JAMES PRICE William Gwynne-Holford (1833-1916) of Cilgwyn, Carm; Sheriff 1857, MP for Brecon 1870]
PRICE descendant of Erryd House, Cilycwm: Rear Admiral David Powell Price

Brecon Sheriff: Thomas Prees Williams, Esq., of Ystradffin . 1582
Brecon Sheriff: John Stedman, Esq., of Ystrad-y-ffin . . 1609
Cardigan and Carmarthen Sheriff: Thomas ap Rhys ap William (m. Joan PRICE "no issue", d. 1607; desc from Cadivor, lord of Cilycwm, son of Selyv, king of Dyved), Esq., of Ystradffin, co. Carm. 1577, 1587, 1592, 1596.
Carmarthen Sheriff: Rees William Thomas Goch (m. Anne ?), Esq., Ystrad-ffin 1549, 1562. His father William ap Thomas Goch m. natural daughter of Richard Talley, last abbott of Strata Florida Abbey (closed 1539), from whom he leased Nantbey grange, mill & Ystradffin in 1512.
Cardigan Sheriff: George Devereux (m. Joan PRICE who d. ca 1621), Esq. of Ystradffin 1611; brother of 1st Earl of Essex.
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd Fychan, the Welsh "Braveheart" executed by Henry IV 1401 Owen Glendower Revolt (Llandovery statue), was of of Ystradffin at one time...

Ancestor David Price alias David Rees (b. ca 1650 d. 1706 Newtown, PA)?

From Browning, Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania p. 225:
"James Price [Gentleman of Mothvey Parish Wales]... bought 300 acres Radnor Twp [PA] 1682 ...rented land from 16 July, 1684 to David Price for 3 years ... in case James never came, he could have the land...David sold the place to Humphrey [Henry?] REES 1697..."
Note that Certificate of Removal for other David Price & Joan Awbrey of Brecon was July 1, 1690 (see below)...

From Browning, Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania p. 200:
Lewis David/ sells 260 acres in Haverford to Peregrine Musgrave (attended 1678 marriage of ancestor Evan THOMAS along with Lewis David & DAVID REES), who sells it to Samuel LEWIS (kinsman of Morgan James), who sells it 1699 to "DAVID ap REES (PREES or PRICE), whose son John PRICE [b. ca 1686?], inherited it."

The 1693 Llandeilo Carm. Certificate (see below) shows James & David Price with typical Quaker associates from SW Wales.
Son of David REES, ancestor Thomas REESE d. 1713 Haverford PA...
IMPORTANT, GOOD MAP LINK of some early Welsh Quaker Settlers. Special Note the David PREES (PRICE) (ancestor & ?brother of JAMES PRICE) & Thomas REESE (ancestor & son of David) in Radnor (& Thomas REES [?Jr] in Haverford), & David REES (?same as David Prees or his son) in Newtown. Other sons of David PREES/REES are John REESE of Haverford & Lewis REESE of Newtown.
COMPARE TO MAP LINK WITH JAMES PRICE (related "giddy brained Quaker of Myddfai" land in lower right).

David REESE/PRICE was a significant early PA Quaker, & all possible references to him in Browning & Glenn's Merion In the Welsh Tract have been checked.
Pembrokeshire, Wales 1680's? DAVID RICE of Llandewy [Velfre] fined £8 for Quaker non-conformity; Lewis DAVID REES, 1 hearth 1670 Llanddewi [Velfre Parish].

There is another Welsh Quaker, David PRICE from Breconshire who m. Joan Aubrey. He settled ca 1690's at Merion Station PA and had Green Hill Farm ("unimproved 118 acre tract was sold to David Price, Yeoman, of Merion, who immediately settled on the farmland in 1694") [Israel Wistar MORRIS later had the estate.]. Their Certificate shows him not to be associated with the correct Welsh Quakers or to be the brother of James PRICE of Myddfai.

David PRICE & Joan Awbrey of Brecknock initially settled in Radnor, & numerous Quaker marriages took place at his house there 1690-1692.
?Investigation of ancestry (1 source) of this David PRICE shows he was from a family of Llanlleonfel, W of Builth Wells in Brecknock...

Certificate 1690 for David Price and Joan his wife to remove to Pennsylvania,signed by:

William Awbrey, William Morgan, Richard Awbrey, William Jenkin, John Morgan, Richard Walter, Ann Awbrey, Philip Williams, Elizabeth Awbrey Jr, Arthur Prosser, Elizabeth Awbrey Sr, Walter John.
From Llandilo, Present & Past : "Taliaris and Rhydodyn... This section of the book concerns the Gwynne family of Taliaris, Glanbrane, Cynghordy, and the Williams of Rhydodyn, who it appears were all knighted by Charles II., for their fidelity to Charles I."
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112710393/david-rhys-williams : "David William(s) was born about 1660 near Llandeilo, probably at Edwinsford, Carmarthenshire, Wales; son of Rhys Williams of Rhydodyn/Edwinsford, Carmarthenshire, Wales... David, Katherine and family emigrated from Llandeilo, Carm, Wales and brought a Certificate of Removal from Llandeilo Friends Meeting dated May 1693, recorded in Radnor MM... Attested by: William Richard, Morgan Rees, [son of LEWIS David] James LEWIS, [Myddfai Quaker] James PRICE, [ancestor] David PRICE, [1695 marriage Haverford, see main THOMAS & Nancy Ann THOMAS pages] Rowland Powell, Tho James, [m. Eliz Prothero gdau of Evan Prothero of Dolwilym, Esquire] Morgan James, Rich Staford, John Rees, Jon THOMAS..."
On pg 217, Vol I, Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania, by Thomas Allen Glenn, 1911; David's arrival was recorded:
"David William (or Williams), of par. of Llandeilo Vawr, Co Carm., gentleman (descended from Princes of South Wales), Rmd. to Penna (with family), 1693. David was a member of the Edwinsford or Rhyd Odin Williams Royal Family that descends from King Henry I of England, and which displayed their family crest on the ceiling of the old Edwinsford Estate Dining Room, consisting of a pair of wings, separated in the middle by a sword pointing upwards..."
His grandson: "David Williams, 1715 – 1773, may have been the David Wms who died in Frederick Co, VA near Hopewell MM."


Found match from recent DNA test on Ancestry.com to a 5th-8th cousin with DNA descent from MARINE DUVALL, indicating this genealogy is correct on the THOMAS line.

Found match from DNA test on Ancestry.com to Richard THOMAS (b. ca 1772 VA, d. 1842 Paris TX, son of Capt Wm THOMAS, 1/2 brother of 3rd g grandfather Marine Duvall THOMAS). Also proven DNA link to his younger sister Elizabeth THOMAS (b. 1792 KY, m. Emerson, gmother of Capt Joe Emerson, CSA).

Found matches from DNA test to line of Jacob THOMAS (m. Brevard, Welsh Quaker?, of PA and NC), ancestor of James Houston THOMAS (law partner of President James K Polk Columbia TN 1843). May confirm original hypothesis that James Houston THOMAS and his father Isaac Jetton THOMAS (a son of Ensign John THOMAS) were both neighbors and cousins in southern Maury Co TN early 1800's to 4th g grandfather Capt Wm THOMAS. There is probability that Jacob (b. ca 1727) was a son of John THOMAS of Hopewell VA, son of Evan, and ?therefore brother of Job THOMAS of Royal Oaks Plantation VA and Wm I (?father of Capt Wm THOMAS). Jacob was documented (see Carolina Cradle) in both Cecil Co MD and the northern Shenandoah Valley VA (with a relative named John THOMAS) ca 1750, the migration path of Evan THOMAS. Jacob also thought to have origins in the Philadelphia PA area and/or Delaware, and descendants have Welsh Y-DNA. Alternatively, could be a descendant of James THOMAS of Merion PA and Llanboidy Wales, a probable descendant of THOMAS of Llanbradach Wales. In either case they are all probably paternal blood kin... ?Specifically, I have DNA MATCHES to descendants of 4 children of Ensign John THOMAS, son of Jacob THOMAS & Margaret Brevard: Margaret THOMAS Sigman, Micajah THOMAS, ?James THOMAS & ?William THOMAS... Note that there are 2 maternal THOMAS lines (Clark-THOMAS & Garrett-THOMAS), probably not related but causing some confusion. The DNA match is probably due to the children of Ensign John THOMAS being related to my Capt Wm/Nancy Ann THOMAS line & unrelated to other THOMAS line...
William M. THOMAS of Jacks Creek TN was father to 2nd g grandmother Sarah Eliz THOMAS, m. John Harrison GARRETT of Middlefork TN & TX...

From Map of the Township of Haverford Showing the Early Grants and Patents: location of probable Welsh Quaker ancestor Evan THOMAS 1682 grant 168 1/2 acres junction of Darby and Ithan Creeks, a few miles W of OLD Haverford Friends Meeting, S of Darby Rd, W of Veterans Memorial Parkway (476) Haverford PA. Adjacent to grants of other well known Welsh Quakers (Lewis David, Wm Howell, Ralph LEWIS, John Bevan, Thomas REECE...).

!Found DNA MATCH 2020 (15 cM 1 segment) to descendant of the THOMAS line of Glendale, Maury Co TN, previously thought not to be related. Claim descent from John (1746-1803) and Sarah Humphrey THOMAS, pioneers of Davidson Co TN, through Benjamin (1768-1849 b. MD) and his son Alfred W. THOMAS. Sarah THOMAS Brown (dau of John and Sarah Humphrey THOMAS, m. Col Joseph Brown) was 1 of the 5 lines of THOMAS originally hypothesized to be cousins of ancestor Capt Wm THOMAS, southern Maury Co TN early 19th cent. They have a proven lineage to early Welsh Quakers of Phila. PA, perhaps ?maternal cousins through THOMAS alias Prydderch line... 1800 Davidson Co TN marriage confirmed between Benjamin THOMAS & Mary Amelia THOMAS, daughter of John & Sarah Humphreys THOMAS & sister of Sarah THOMAS Brown, so DNA match might be from either or both THOMAS lines: could also be descendants of Benjamin THOMAS (1720-1753), son of Daniel THOMAS of Abingdon PA b. 1678, son of ancestor Evan THOMAS of Llanycefn Wales/Haverford PA d. ca 1685 (distant relationship). Probably the DNA MATCH to Mary Amelia THOMAS, dau of John, is most likely... Capt Wm THOMAS attended a "log rolling" for Benjamin THOMAS, ca 1811 Maury Co TN.

"Fighting" Charles REESE (1756-1830), younger brother of cousin Capt James Polk REESE (1739-1828, son Joel Brevard REESE, 2 DNA MATCHES from Welsh Quaker ancestor David REESE) of Maury Co TN was grandfather of prominent Oklahoma Cherokees Elias Boudinot and Confederate General Stand Watie by his 1st wife full-blood Cherokee Nancy Adair. He was also great grandfather of Sam Starr, husband of Western legend (1848-1889) BELLE STARR... Capt James Polk REESE was distant cousin of Pres James K Polk, Scots-Irish on his mother's side. 2nd wife of "Fighting" Charles REESE was Mary E. Desha, sister of General Joseph Desha (1768-1842), 9th governor of Kentucky... Mixed Cherokee blood son of "Fighting" Charles REESE, Charles REESE (ca ?1787-10 NOV 1845), participated & died in 1845 Cherokee expedition across Texas as related in diary of Wm M. Quesenbury, encountering buffalo & Jesse Chisholm (namesake of Trail). In early 1846 Jesse Chisholm & brother of 4th ggmother Elsie HICKS HORN, Elijah HICKS (d. 1856 Claremore OK), attended negotiations with Comanche Indians at Comanche Peak, S of Granbury Texas. Delegation commision party from Indian Territory to Comanche Peak was guided by Doublehead, son of the (Cherokee Chief) Doublehead that killed Capt Wm Overall in Kentucky 1793... Fighting Charles REESE & Charles REESE (d. 1845 TX) descendant John Noah REESE Jr, awarded posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor WWII Pacific 1945, buried Ft Gibson OK age 21...

LLEWELYN of Rhydlafar Late Medieval Manor House near Cardiff, Wales: inherited by ancestors THOMAS of Llanbradach after marriage to Joan Llewelyn, heiress of Rhylafar (paternal descent from Iestyn ap Gwrgant, 1014-1093, Prince of the Welsh kingdom of Morgannwg (tribe of the Silures), which encompassed the counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire) early 1600's, leased and purchased by related LEWIS of St Fagans (Van family), Earls of Plymouth in 1700's.

Ashbridge House, Ashbridge Memorial Park Rosemont PA, was built 1769 by a son (William) and grandson (Rees III) of cousin REES THOMAS (d. 1742, m. Martha Aubrey) on or near REES' original property.

Probable Welsh ancestors that participated in the War of the Roses & Bosworth Field campaign 1485, aiding Henry Tudor (VII): Sir William MATHEW of Radyr (d. 1528), Sir James BOWEN of Pentre Evan (d. bet 1518 & 1532), Sir John MORGAN of Tredegar (d. ca 1492). Source for BOWEN: "Bowen of Pentre Ifan and Llwyngwair" by Francis Jones, p. 32 "In 1485 he [Sir James] supported the Earl of Richmond on his march to Bosworth.".

From Limbus Patrum, G.T. Clark: Gen. XX, William THOMAS of Llanbradach (bro of Eliz THOMAS of Llanbradach the mother of Barbara Aubrey Bevan), Sheriff 1675, m. 1668 Joan MORGAN dau of Thomas MORGAN of Machen & sis of Wm MORGAN of Tredegar; child 5. daughter Catherine (d. bef 1732) " m. probably in 1714 Gilbert Fleming. In 1723 they lived in Antigua."; Gilbert Fleming, Esq. (c. 1689-1762, 1733 Lieut.-Governor of St. Christopher's (St. Kitts) and Lieut.-General of Leeward Islands, b. Shropshire, Eng).

Possible ancestor Daniel REES b. 1696, son of Thomas & gson of David, at Merion Mtg (PA) Quaker Burial Ground.

Log house built early 1700's by son & gson of REES THOMAS (m. Aubrey) near Rosemont PA: https://www.timesherald.com/news/early-log-house-brought-lovingly-back-to-life-in-lower-merion/article_bb7a637a-0254-5cbb-b93d-108168a4092e.html
Location of original stone house of REES THOMAS (m. Aubrey) Rosemont PA, stood til later 19th Cent: https://www.google.com/maps/place/S+Roberts+Rd+%26+W+Lancaster+Ave,+Bryn+Mawr,+PA+19010/@40.0244771,-75.3253228,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c6bff6bb034d15:0x60fed49d051ac704!8m2!3d40.0245264!4d-75.3245825

Principle Welsh ancestors (THOMAS, REESE (PRICE), LEWIS, MORGAN) were probably mostly descended from the ancient tribe of SILURES, ?originating in N Spain (Celtiberians starting ?ca 6th century BC) after last ice age about 12,000 years ago (?Bell Beaker Folk in Britain around 2500 BC). Their territory was between the rivers Wye, Usk & Towy; in the area from Chepstow on SE, up to Brecon on NE, W to around Llandovery, to Swansea on SW. BOWEN in Pembroke may have been of the Demetae tribe.

Maryland Quaker Meetings: ancestor Evan THOMAS of Hopewell VA was in MD ca 1726-1732, 2 records show him to be attending functions at WEST Nottingham Meeting, site of Little Brick Friends Meeting House just SW of Rising Sun MD; ancestor Andrew JOB & son Thomas of Blue Ball Tavern & some of REESES were associated with EAST Nottingham Meeting, Brick Meeting House, Calvert MD.

(DNA) ancestor Andrew JOB, ?Jr (?ca 1650-1722): "William Penn asked his personal friend, Andrew Job, to help arbitrate, & with much pomp ceremony, they met with [Lord] Baltimore in May of 1683 in New Castle [Delaware]... William Penn & Andrew Job being educated men, & being of such unusual persuasive & executive ability, convinced all concerned of the correctness of the boundary line." Andrew Job looks to 1st have settled at Chester (m. 1692 Chester MM) & Aston Twp, PA area before moving to MD. 1697-1701 he was sheriff of Chester County. From Find A Grave... Fall 1699 - "...they proceeded on horse back to the disputed territory [Nottingham Lots, Calvert, Cecil Co MD]. Other than Penn and Job there was ... They found a beautifully rolling country that was moderately watered with small streams. They knew the soil was fertile for there was a dense growth of hickory, oak, & chestnut trees. Penn selected a spot for the Meeting House...".

Witnesses at marriage of REESE THOMAS & MARTHA AUBREY, 1692 Haverford PA (Old Haverford Friends Meeting site on E. Eagle Rd), include 2 brothers of Reese, Wm & David THOMAS, John & Barbara Aubrey Bevan, Wm & ancestor Mary Husband THOMAS Howell. (?ancestor) Philip PRICE & ancestor David PRICE (?REESE). Philip & David appear to be related. The daughter of Philip, Francis PRICE, m. son of David, ancestor Thomas REESE. Also some confusion due to a record of Thomas REESE m. Rebecca Williams. It is possible, judging from the 1719 Will of Philip PRICE (wife Margaret) executed by REESE THOMAS, that Rebecca was a later marriage & that the children of Thomas REESE were by (ancestor) Francis PRICE.

From 'Lewis Walker of Chester Valley...' : pp 116-120 March 10, 1829 Wynne Wood PA narration of Mary THOMAS Jones (1787-1876), paternal gg grand daughter of Reese & Martha Aubrey THOMAS, family history... "[family members] Rees and Jonathan [THOMAS] went to Kentucky, and we have not heard from them for many years." Unable to trace these 2... Mary THOMAS m. (2) Jonathan Jones, descended from Dr. Edward Jones of Wynne Wood plantation & Dr Thomas Wynne (personal physician to Wm Penn), early Welsh Quakers. Jones family - "one of the most prominent Quaker families of 19th century Pennsylvania ...".

Martha Aubrey THOMAS: "Elder of Haverford Friends Meeting." ?site on E. Eagle Rd, buried 1726 Radnor Friends Meeting Burial Ground ?site on Conestoga Rd. Mary THOMAS Jones, buried Merion Friends Meeting Burial Ground on Montgomery Ave.

Site of stone house built by REES THOMAS (d. 1742, m. Martha Aubrey): from The Penn Mag of Hist and Bio, Notes & Queries by George Vaux (1889), "He lived a little north of the north corner of the Roberts road and the Lancaster turnpike [30] ... only disappeared within 25 years". It was about halfway between Bryn Mawr & Rosemont PA.

Radnor, PA is identified as the setting for Philip Barry's play The Philadelphia Story (1940 movie with Hepburn/Grant). The old Welsh Tract area of suburban west Philadelphia is now the Main Line, 1 of the wealthiest regions of America.

March, 1726 Old Haverford Friends Meeting House PA: marriage of Mary REES, daughter of ancestor Thomas REES to David Evans; Guardian REES THOMAS (m. Martha Aubrey), witnesses ancestor? Daniel (b. 1696) & David (b. 1700) REES, sons of Thomas & Frances PRICE REES (m. 1695 prob after death of 1st wife Rebecca William in 1695); other witnesses Rees THOMAS Jr & Herbert THOMAS, sons of Rees THOMAS Sr (m. Martha Aubrey), etc...
1725 Isaac REES & Mary Evans marriage Radnor Meeting House: witnesses David & Daniel REES, Rees THOMAS (m. Martha Aubrey) & his sons Rees THOMAS Jr & Richard THOMAS + Thamar THOMAS, Thomas THOMAS & William THOMAS, etc...

Captain John DUVALL (1783-1859, War of 1812, Scott Co KY Sheriff 1839): brother of 4th g grandmother ? DUVALL THOMAS (DNA Match); 1850 12 slaves Scott Co KY; son Judge Alvin DUVALL (1831-91), KY Court of Appeals, 6 slaves Scott Co KY 1850, "Southern Rights Man" 1861 Civil War: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3900399/duvall-alvin-sr-fr-21-nov-1891/ .

Edward THOMAS (ca 1711-1785) looks like he may be a son of 7th g grandfather Evan THOMAS of Hopewell VA & Catherine. He lived SE Pennsylvania, Frederick Co VA area & Bush River, Newberry Co SC.

Rebecca THOMAS Amis (1838-1903, daughter of cousin Col Jonas Erwin THOMAS): "Mrs. Amis was probably the best known woman in Maury County [TN]. She was possessed of a remarkably strong intellect..." From obit. Col Jonas THOMAS: "Most popular man in Maury County 1840."

2 DNA MATCHES to James THOMAS of Merion PA/Llanboidy Wales line (?brother of ancestor Evan THOMAS of Llanycefn Wales) through gson David THOMAS (1726-96, m. Ruth Rogers, son of Rev Owen THOMAS) of Loudoun Co VA. Also a match to James THOMAS & his wife Eliz Childers of Cumberland Co VA in 1760's - probably related to Job THOMAS... A DNA MATCH to Evan THOMAS (b. 1706), son of Daniel (brother of ancestor Evan THOMAS of Hopewell VA)... ?Descendant of James THOMAS of Merion PA/Llanboidy Wales line, Sarah "Sally" THOMAS (dau of John d. 1803 Nashville) m. Col Jos Brown of Maury Co TN. Beauvoir (home of Pres Jefferson Davis Biloxi MS) was built by their son James Brown (1796-1880), a wealthy planter & entrepreneur of MS, completed in 1852, sold in 1873.

Mareen & RUTH HOWARD Duvall of MD were parents of Cornelius (1735-1807, m. Kezia) DUVALL of Scott Co KY: James, Parmenius & Wm J. * HOWARD of Hollywood, Maury Co TN, close neighbors of Capt WM THOMAS, could have been relations of his wife ? DUVALL Thomas... Ruth HOWARD Duvall desc from aristocratic HOWARD family of Anne Arundel Co MD & England. Some Howards appeared southern Woodford Co KY... Cousin LTC McHenry Howard CSA (1838-1923) of Maryland HOWARDs, common ancestor Capt Cornelius HOWARD d. 1680. Wrote "Recollections of a Maryland Confederate Soldier and staff Officer under Johnston, Jackson, and Lee". DNA match to 4th gg uncle Cornelius HOWARD DUVALL d. 1837 KY...
Wm J HOWARD (18 slaves 1850) who witnessed Capt Wm Thomas' Nov 1843 "Gift" will, was listed as age 20-30 1840 next to [Capt] Wm THOMAS (age 80-90 1840) & James Howard (age 70-80 1840, 7 slaves; from Find-A-Grave: 1769-1849 m. Eliz (1787-1846), reinterred to St Johns Church Cem Ashwood Maury Co from Howard Cem Hollywood, "...Christians...members Baptist Church...") on 1840 census ?& had dau RUTH Howard on 1850 Maury Co TN census... Duvalls of Scott Co. KY (Cornelius, moved Scott Co KY from Botetourt Co VA ca. 1787, 10 blacks 1783)...

Jan 1799 Inventory of William THOMAS [Sr?, father of ancestor Capt Wm THOMAS?] Estate (farm & household items from ?Sims Branch) Sale, Davidson Co TN: Admin Elizabeth [?REESE] THOMAS (?wife) & Thomas Cox (1761-1830, signer of Cumberland Compact May 1780 Fort Nashborough). Attendees (?April 1798) [Little]Berry Nolen (1777-1850, Cedarmont Farm (1816, https://www.cedarmontfarm.com/venue-gallery.html) E of Franklin Williamson Co TN, Nolensville town founded by his family, m. Rachel THOMAS 1831 Lauderdale Co AL), [Maj] John Buchanan (1759-1832, of Buchanan's Station, a founder of Nashville), Rachel THOMAS (dau? b. ca 1779 NC, m. Mark THOMAS 1799 also, lived 1860 Gravelly Springs AL plantation (8 slaves) of granddaughter Carmaleet Nolen Cooper), Amos Rounsevall (?son of sister of Amos Eaton of Eaton Station, m. Elizabeth THOMAS 1794), Anny/Anne THOMAS (dau of Wm Sr?, m. Nathaniel Overall, named as "Quaker" along with sister Susan), Elizabeth THOMAS (dau b. May 1775 NC (Guilford Co?), m. Amos Rounsevall 1794 TN, 1850 lived plantation (36 slaves) of son-in-law Coleman W. Garrett (no relation?, d. Calvert TX 1871, m. Scina Rounsevall) N of Farmerville LA), Wm Anderson...
From National Register of Historic Places Inventory, Cedarmont Farm: "Littleberry Nolen was the son of John Nolen & he bought property throughout the county. In 1806 Littleberry Nolen (also called Berry Nolen) purchased a 185 acre tract along the west bank of Hayes Creek & north of the Big Harpeth River for $500, Berry Nolen settled on this property and was prominent in local politics serving as a justice of the peace & court official. As early as 1816 Nolen may have constructed the main block of Cedarmont according to family descendants. A deed from 1817 states that Nolen had a residence on this property at that time. The house appears to have been constructed at least by 1823 when 191 acres of land were sold by Berry Nolen to his son-in-law Stephen Nolen for $2,298 which indicates a substantial improvement to the property."...
Possible link to Hopewell VA Quakers for Eliz THOMAS Rounsevall: she named a son JOEL THOMAS Rounsevall (d. near Oxford MS 1848); Joel THOMAS and assoc Alfred REES (desc from ancestor Thomas REES) were Hopewell VA Quakers, early 19th century... David Rounsevall, father of Amos, posted bond for Ensign (of Eaton Sta.) Joshua & Eneas THOMAS (both later killed by Indians) ca 1783 Davidson Co TN. ?Their father kinsman John THOMAS (d. 1803, m. Humphrey) came to Nashville in same group as Eaton & Rounsevall...
This is probably the correct William (d. 1798) and Elizabeth THOMAS that are ancestors, since it is unlikely there would be 2 Anne THOMASes in Davidson Co TN in the 1790's of the same social type with a father named William. That, along with other links... I am pretty sure that Anne & Susan (DNA MATCH) THOMAS ("Quakers", m. Overall) were sisters of ancestor Capt Wm THOMAS whose father was William THOMAS... Note that Susan THOMAS (dau of Wm Sr) & Sarah THOMAS (gdau of John d. 1803) were "cousins" who both m. David Vaughn near Edgefield, Davidson Co TN... Also, these 2 associated THOMAS lines came into Davidson Co TN ca 1780-90, while the other 3 THOMAS lines went to middle TN after abt. 1800...

Thomas W. Hutchinson (b. 1809 Montgomery Co TN d. 1890 near ?Independence MO): grandson of ancestor Capt Wm THOMAS, listed as "Goldhunter" 1850 Lexington MO ("49er" California ?), 2 slaves 1860 Independence MO...

There is a good chance that ancestor William THOMAS, Captain of Woodford Co KY Militia Aug 1792, participated in the Battle of Fallen Timbers August 20, 1794. General Charles Scott, the Militia leader, was from Woodford Co.

Note that of the 3 main genetic lines THOMAS, GARRETT & WILCOX there is reliable genealogy for: WILCOX from early 1700's Virginia, GARRETT from mid 1600's England/Virginia, THOMAS sketchy but with a basic element of truth from ca 1450 THOMAS of Llanbradach south Wales marriage to a Morgan of Tredegar then reliable from 1500... Confirming DNA Match to 5th g gfather Samuel WILCOX (b. 1737 VA, plus his father John of Frederick Co VA), 5th g gfather Nicholas Ware GARRETT (b. 1765 SC, plus his father Edward b. 1733 VA), & 8th g gfather Evan THOMAS of Llanycefn (b. ca 1650 Wales d. ca 1685 PA, plus collateral & royal lines from Roman & medieval Britain)...

Watauga Settlement: (Capt) William Overall (d. 1793) signed the Watauga Petition 1776, east TN. He had moved from NC after originating in Overall, VA. Ft Watauga was in vicinity of Sycamore Shoals near present Elizabethton TN. 1st Eaton Station (founded by Capt Amos (H)Eaton of Nashville in the vicinity of Long Island of the Holston, Kingsport TN) fended off attack by Cherokee July 1776, Battle of Island Flats...

Mary Hamilton THOMAS Porter Martin (1800-1873), sister of cousin Colonel Jonas Erwin THOMAS of Maury Co TN (1803-1856, maternal g gmother was a Crockett related to frontiersman Davy Crockett (paternal descent from French Huguenot Antoine de Saussure Peronette de Crocketagne who was given a commission in the elite Household Troops under French King Louis XIV)), m. 2 George M Martin (1778-1873, 26 slaves Maury Co TN 1850). Her step daughter, Mary Martin Pillow (1812-1869), m. Brig General Gideon Pillow CSA (35 slaves Maury Co TN, 139 slaves ?NW of Helena AR 1860).

MISC NOTES

Possible son of 4th g grandfather Nicholas Garrett (1799-1867, of Henderson Co TN, m. Ellen Rhodes, prob son of Nicholas Ware Garrett of Laurens Co SC and Sarah Bramlett daughter of Henry): Nicholas Garrett b. ca 1827 d. 1866 near Carmi White Co IL, ?anti-slavery community from Laurens Co SC and TN - Garrett, Henry Bramlett (b. SC 1800) and (?de) Long families 1850 Census White Co IL near Carmi. Close relation of this Nicholas GARRETT (b. 1827) to Middlefork TN GARRETTs confirmed by DNA Match 2023.
2 sons of Nicholas Ware GARRETT also moved southern Illinois - Austin Martin Garrett, Massac Co & Francis Edward Garrett, N of Equality Gallatin Co. Note that there were also Bramlets at Equality. BRAMLETT assoc indicates Illinois GARRETT descent from Nicholas Ware & Sally BRAMLETT GARRETT?...
?It is possible that Nicholas Garrett (b. 1827) of White Co IL was son of William H. Garrett, another son of Nicholas Ware Garrett of Laurens Co SC...
Brother of 3rd ggfather Wm Bolling CLARK (d. ca 1845 Weakley Co TN), David CLARK Jr (b. 1793 Pendleton SC), also moved to Massac Co IL ca 1850 & appears to be anti-slavery...

Wife of Stephen Harmon Garrett (1791-1852, 18 slaves E of Youngs, around Bramlett Church Rd, N Laurens Co SC 1850; brother (DNA Match) of above ancestor Nicholas Garrett b. SC 1799): "The semi-charred body of [Anna Cheek] Mrs. Harmon Garrett, wife of a slave owner was found one day in 1843 on the hearthstone of the home near Young's Store. At first it appeared that she had burned to death, a victim of her own imprudence. Upon exam by a physician it was found that she had been strangled with a cord or rope and the body burned. Two slaves were hung for the murder, after the female confessed to the murder."... Great grandson of Harmon & Anna Cheek GARRETT, 3rd cousin 3x removed Judge Clyde Leonard GARRETT 1885-1959 (U.S. Congress) of Eastland Texas...

?Winifred BUFORD CLARK (b. ca 1728 VA d. 1809 Pendleton SC), wife of ancestor BOLLING CLARK (Quaker son of Capt Christopher and Penelope CLARK): was probably kin to General Thomas BUFORD, French Huguenot Family of Virginia (1635 from England); Winifred was also related to Colonel Abraham BUFORD, commanding officer at "Waxhaws Massacre" SC, American Revolution, opposed infamous British officer Col Banastre Tarleton. This Col Abraham BUFORD (d. 1833 Scott Co KY) was great-uncle of General Abraham BUFORD II CSA of Woodford Co KY. Another of ancestor Winifred BUFORD CLARK's relations was probably Capt John Thomas BUFORD, killed in Indian Battle of Point Pleasant W VA 1774...
5th ggmother Winifred BUFORD CLARK's son, Lt. Jonathan Clark of Christian Co Kentucky, named a son Simeon BUFORD Clark (b. 1792), indicating kinship to Capt Simeon BUFORD of Beaver Cr, Glasgow, Barren Co Kentucky (1756-1835, 8 slaves 1830), son of John Thomas BUFORD (1707-1787). John Thomas BUFORD's mother was Eliz Mestand LEE, cousin to Gen Robt E LEE CSA...

Note that grandfather of great grandfather James "Buck" CLARK was William "BOLLING" CLARK...

Maternal surname GARRETT: brought to England by Normans, late 1000's, thought to be derived from French Gerard. Examples from 1086 Domesday Book, list of Gerards (Norman soldiers?, etc...).

Lt Jonathan Clark (1759-1851): brother of 4th g grandfather David Clark (m. Charity Boone, Pension app at https://revwarapps.org/r1964.pdf), American Revolution patriot Surry County NC Regiment of Militia (Pension app at http://revwarapps.org/s2438.pdf), Surveyor, Sheriff of Christian CO, Miller, "Planter", Magistrate, 14 slaves 1830 and 11 slaves 1840 Christian Co KY, buried Clark Cem E of Crofton... 2nd g grandfather Jonathan CLARK (b. 1831 Weakley Co TN d. 1919 near Bowie TX, m. Nancy Ann THOMAS) probably named by his father Wm BOLLING CLARK after this Col Jonathan CLARK of Christian Co. KY, who was Wm Bolling Clark's uncle.

Micajah CLARK (1718-1808): son of ancestors Capt Christopher and Penelope ?Johnson CLARK, brother of 5th g grandfather Bolling Clark. Was Quaker, friend of and Surveyor for President Thomas Jefferson. His son Bowling Clark (1751-1818) was Quaker, Attorney and Overseer for Thomas Jefferson at Monticello and Poplar Forest Plantations. Correspondence at https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-05-02-0034 and https://founders.archives.gov/?q=Correspondent%3A%22Jefferson%2C%20Thomas%22%20Correspondent%3A%22Clark%2C%20Bowling%22&s=1111311111&r=8. Also farmer of Campbell Co VA (Hills Creek Plantation, E of Altavista) with 3,800 acres in Virginia at death, 500 acres in Kentucky (Bennett Henderson land dispute, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89083223/bennett-henderson), 10 slaves ... "An honest & judicious man", 1st cousin to 4th g grandfather David CLARK (m. Charity Boone) of Weakley Co TN ... Note that ancestor Capt Christopher Clark (1681-1754) was law partner and close associate of Col Nicholas Meriwether II (1667-1744), ancestor of Meriwether Lewis of Lewis & Clark.

Confirmation of 5th g grandfather Nicholas Ware GARRETT (d. 1846, son of Edward & Ann Owsley GARRETT of Laurens Co SC, 11 slaves 1840 Laurens Co SC) by 2020 DNA MATCH. Siblings Nancy, Frances Mary, Harmon, Ambrose, Edward, William H, Miles, Simeon & Francis E of 4th g grandfather Nicholas GARRETT (m. Ellen Rhodes) of Middlefork TN show clear DNA link.

Wife of James LW GARRETT (parents of 2nd g grandfather John Harrison GARRETT) identified as Mary Margaret Rose SHACKELFORD (1825-1905), dau of James Perry Shackelford (1780-1836, m. Mary Polly Seaton; 3 slaves 1830 Henderson Co TN), g daughter of Rev Richard Nunn SHACKELFORD Sr (b. Hanover Co VA 1750, migrated through Laurens Co SC, d. 1824 Madison Co AL).

From DNA test Ancestry.com information: 5th g grandmother on BYRD line, Nancy Nayehi Anna Felicitas Broom of the Cherokee Wolf Clan (m. Chief Charles Renatus HICKS, daughter of Chief Broom; b. ca 1770 ?Broomtown AL d. aft 1842 ?Flint District Cherokee Nation now Adair Co OK). From 1835 Cherokee Census: Chickamauga Creek Georgia, Nancy HICKS - One fullblood, 4 halfbreeds, owners of eight slaves; 3 farmers, 3 readers of English...

Found BYRD/HORN cousin with 6 cM DNA match who has 13% American Indian DNA himself. Maternal grandfather (4th g grandfather) of Narcissus BYRD Curtner was Rev Jeremiah HORN (b. 1794 near New Market TN d. ?1867 Prosper, Collin Co TX). He was Missionary/Trader to Cherokee, wife Elsie Hicks (?1799-1834) was daughter of 5th g grandfather Chief Charles Renatus HICKS and Nancy Broom: NW Georgia 1818 (Spring Place, Oothcalooga/New Echota), ?Yell Co Arkansas 1833, 1834 Baron Fk Adair Co Oklahoma. Moved Republic of Texas, Collin Co 1845.

Found 4th g grandmother Charity BOONE CLARK cousin DNA match confirming descent from her parents Ratliff and Ruth RAIFORD BOONE.
?Possible common BOONE ancestor: father (from N of Exeter, Devon England) of George BOONE I (ca 1610-1676, ancestor of Daniel BOONE pioneer) and his brother Nicholas BOONE (ancestor of Charity BOONE CLARK). https://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-Boone-Sr/6000000008862140919 This family used noble Norman name of Bohun in 1500's?

Hardin THOMAS (b. Frederick Co VA ca 1765 d. Elizabethtown, Hardin Co KY 1837): son of Owen THOMAS of Washington Co KY and Mary Hardin, and brother of General John THOMAS of War of 1812. Probably descendants of Lewis THOMAS, brother of ancestor Evan THOMAS (ca 1650-1685) of Llanycefn Wales and Haverford PA? Thomas Lincoln, father of Abraham, helped build his house 1805, still standing in Elizabethtown KY...
Descendants of James THOMAS of Llanboidy Wales and Merion PA, ?brother of ancestor Evan THOMAS of Llanycefn: Capt John THOMAS, 1st Surveyor of Mercer County, KY; and his brother Elisha THOMAS, "spy & pilot" in the American Revolution from western VA and an original Shaker on whose farm Shaker Village, Mercer Co KY was built ca 1806. Their ancestor Rev Owen THOMAS was a son of James THOMAS of Merion.

American Revolution Pension of 5th g grandfather Jeremiah HORN (b. Orange Co NC 1755 d. Carroll Co TN 1834, son of Quaker Nathaniel HORN): Served under Colonel John Bowman from Harrodsburg KY and Bryan Station ca 1778-9, and in campaign against Shawnee Indians north of the Ohio, Battle of Chillicothe (May 1779) on Miami River. https://revwarapps.org/w3555.pdf, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chillicothe. Pension to 2nd wife Mary Quarles of Purdy, McNairy Co TN... Could be cousin to Jeremiah HORN of Boonesboro KY?
Major Thomas Tipton "Tip" Thornburgh (b. New Market E TN 1843): West Pointer, Indian scout, commanded Ft Steele Wyoming. Killed in action with Fifth Cavalry U.S. ... Battle of Milk Creek Sept 29, 1879 17 m. NE of Meeker, Colorado by Ute Indians led by Chief "Ute Jack", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaagat . Distant maternal cousin through 5th g gmother Judith Thornburgh HORN (1757-1827; m. Jeremiah Horn Sr, who moved near New Market TN 1791; common ancestor Thomas Amos Thornburgh (Quaker, ?Lancashire England gentry origins) Sr b. 1690 Cootehill, Co Cavan, Ulster Ireland d. 1758 Lancaster Co PA): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5050612/thomas-tipton-thornburgh

Ca Sept 1817: Cherokee mixed bloods, cousin (Reese line) Elias Boudinot (alias Buck Watie, brother of Confederate General Stand Watie) & Leonard Hicks (brother of 4th g grandmother Elsie Hicks Horn, daughter of 1827 Principal Chief of Cherokee Nation Charles Renatus Hicks) visit ex-presidents Thomas Jefferson, James Madison & President James Monroe, riding to school at Cornwall, Conn... Chief Charles Renatus HICKS was son of a half-blood Cherokee woman, & a white (probably Scots) trader named Nathan HICKS... Brother of 4th ggmother Elsie HICKS HORN, Elijah HICKS (b. 1797 Chickamauga District GA d. 1856 Claremore OK; 7 slaves 1835 0ostennallee River Georgia next to Elias Boudinot), m. Margaret Ross (1803-62) sister of Cherokee Chief John Ross (1790-1866; 1860 Tahlequah District Cherokee Nation 50 slaves)... Brother of 4th ggmother Elsie HICKS HORN, George HICKS, had son (?1st cousin 5x removed) Captain Jefferson D HICKS of Co A 1st Regiment Cherokee Mounted Rifles CSA (Battle of Pea Ridge the 1st day March 7, 1862) killed July 27, 1862 Battle of Bayou Menard Indian Territory. 1853-55, Jefferson HICKS Sheriff of Saline District Cherokee Nation West...

On maternal Wilcox line: 5th g grandmother Hannah Earle (b. 1742 VA d. 1786 Montgomery Co TN) m. Samuel Wilcox; her father Samuel Earle III was educated William & Mary College, member House of Burgesses 1744, High Sheriff, colleague of Lord Fairfax, d. 1771 near Front Royal VA, etc... Descent from John Earle, planter, Cavalier 1649, b. 1612 Somersetshire Eng d. 1660 Westmoreland Co VA.; descent from (Norman) Herlei, fl. 1086, Lord of Erleigh in Berkshire Eng. DNA match to another son of Samuel Wilcox, John EARLE Wilcox.

Paternal line, g grandfather Henry Fillmore Gulick ca 1910 Ness Co Kansas: 480 acres with 30 beef cattle, 10 horses & 200 acres wheat.

Origin of gg grandmother Mary Ann Griffin Wilcox: b. 1839 Dekalb Co TN d. 1926 Bowie TX, orphaned by 1850, gdaughter of Matthew Griffin Sr b. Stokes Co NC & Eliz Williams b. Edgecombe Co NC, daughter of William WILLIAMS Sr (1753-1821, 12 slaves W side of Dry Cr Smith Co TN 1821).

1815 (near Woodruff) Spartanburg Co SC Will, 6th g grandfather James WOFFORD (Surveyor, American Revolution vet, GARRETT line, "CAPTAIN [of militia]" in 1791 Census): 7? slaves - Ned, Gefey, Crip, Clarey, Joe, Sam, Hanner... kinsman William RHODES exec.

Study of family history shows blood relation to famous Confederate Generals: General Abraham BUFORD II (KY) & Gen Jubal EARLY (VA) through CLARK/BUFORD line, General Simon Bolivar Buckner (KY) through GARRETT line, & General Stand Watie (OK; 1860 17 slaves Arkansas, Delaware District Cherokee Nation - now near Eucha OK on Spavinaw Cr) of THOMAS/REESE line. In addition, to lesser-known related Confederates General William Tatum WOFFORD (GA) of GARRETT/WOFFORD line & Generals John Bullock CLARK Sr & Jr (MO) of CLARK line... There are related American Generals from other wars: General Simon BUCKNER Jr (KY; WWII), General John Franklin THOMAS (KY; War of 1812) & General John W. GULICK (NC; Vet of Spanish-American War, Philippine–American War, Pancho Villa Expedition & WWI)... BUCKNER DNA Match...

Kentucky Governor Thomas Elliott Bramlette (1817-1875), 1860's: mutual descent from early Virginian William Bramlett Sr. (1690-1759), wife (stepmother?) Elizabeth CALLAWAY (dau of Joseph, related to Callaway family of Boonesborough KY) on GARRETT line.

Family of 2nd g grandfather Wilson W. WILCOX (b. TN 1838 d. TX 1884, 11th MO Inf Confederate) stayed in western Missouri after the Civil War: stepmother (m. Charles WILCOX 1849 Carroll Co MO) Catherine & younger 1/2 siblings on Clay Co MO 1870 census, Washington Twp; brother Erastus was livestock dealer of horses & mules on Kansas City 1900 census; brother Charles B. buried Independence MO 1923, ?feed & coal dealer Kansas City 1900; brother Wiley B. 1880 Westport MO... 1870 Census Washington Twp Clay Co MO: Catherine WILCOX & family p. 26, Reuben & Zerelda Samuel (Jesse James Farm) p. 31. Rev David & Robt Coleman (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KLRF-43L) Bone stepbrothers of Wilson Wilcox, served with him in Company F 11th MO Inf Confederate, as did Wilson's father Charles C.P. (d. bef. 1870) ... ?Real mother of Wilson Wilcox may have been Rachael EARLE.

Brother of 3rd g grandfather Wm Bolling CLARK, Levi CLARK of Weakley Co TN, determined not to be the same as the Levi CLARK d. 1878 State Line KY son Israel Jones Clark. May have been distant cousins...

MOORMAN/CLARK double Cousin: Col Charles Watt MOORMAN, leader of Regulators in The Regulator-Moderator War of East Texas ca 1839–1844, https://www.legendsofamerica.com/tx-regulatormoderator/ ; https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/moorman-charles-watt

A great grandmother of ancestor Anne OWSLEY GARRETT (b. VA 1744 d. Laurens Co SC 1823, m. 6th g gfather Edward GARRETT) was Dorothea POYNTZ (m. Rev John OWSLEY 1630-1687, g dau of Sir John “King's Marshal” Poyntz of Reignate 1577-1617, descent from POYNTZ of Manor of Iron Acton Gloucestershire). Related to Georgiana POYNTZ Spencer, Countess Spencer (1737-1814, m. John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer), ancestors of Royal Family... Capt Newdigate POYNTZ, father of Dorothea, d. 5 Aug 1643 at the siege of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, by forces of Oliver Cromwell, while serving as a Captain in the Royal Army. Georgiana POYNTZ Spencer was a great granddaughter of Capt Newdigate POYNTZ (see Wiki Descendants). Georgiana POYNTZ Spencer was 2nd cousin of Thomas OWSLEY II, father of Ann OWSLEY GARRETT? Note GARRETT ancestors (strong DNA Matches) & Spencers on same tree.

* Younger 1/2 brother of ancestor Mary MORGAN (of Penllwyn-Sarth & Bedwelty) THOMAS (of Llanbradach) PRICHARD (of LLANCHAIACH, now Historic Manor House) was Sir Thomas MORGAN of Rhiwperra (1564 - 1645), sheriff 1617, steward to Wm, Earl of Pembroke, knighted by King James 1623, grandson and heir Thomas received Charles I at Rhiwperra 1645, son graduated Oxford...From History of Parliament.

** Catherine REESE Branson (b. ca 1758 White Hall, Apple Pie Ridge Frederick Co VA d. ca 1785 Clear Brook VA, 1 son Reese Branson) m. Abraham Branson son of Wm & Eliz of Stafford Co VA, 1779 at Centre Mtg (Winchester VA). Parents of Catherine deceased 1779.

*** Susan Boaz Meacham had 5 brothers who were KY Confederate soldiers, 1 killed Brice's Crossroads MS.

*(4) ?Brother of Wm was Ralph Crume (1750 - d. KY 1829), a Dunmore Co VA Militia Lieutenant District 3 ca 1775 when ancestor Capt Wm THOMAS was an Ensign of Militia there District 4. Ralph was also Captain of Militia 1789, Nelson Co KY.