Show obO 00 I Iii I Notes on Sonic Some of the Names of GENEAL q Y Wales and r I c le From r Sunday i J ns UI s a II naino ANTHONY It in 1698 MS GS CS 16 t Ilhas It Il has it Its home now A nt l I. 1 In lh hI h Adjacent county count of or Carmarthen I The Jhn Bowens according to Lowe hs have havet Ith their h groat t homes In hut t th y are arc n RI tko CI In Shrol shire The rth ales aIes name name of ot H e t Pr Pre Pree te sc I 1 a a form of oC A An ne fles I Breese ond are old ohi Norfolk I tl where It I Is thc they Iia haI hiv ha I harl luid n a origin Hr ele h being heing I tho th form In the Ulna of or Henry VII YH i Tho Ilio name of ot Gunter Glinter I Is not now nu numerous nu nu- j 4 rOUS enough jn in the principality tn to I ho h Included jn In n the tue list JIM of ot Welsh name namo Ph The 1 Gunters of ot a Brecon family of or the ilic sixteenth and seventeenth sC centuries Were cre distinct ills dis from om the family o of or Gunt Gun Gun- i t r of ot enn In Inthe the tho seventeenth se mid el eighteenth The ancient tinclent home of or tho the namo naino IsI is i f Jn 11 Engl England and further to It I will be found In tho histories of or Berk- Berk r hIre and stel G I ls Is Included In hi the thi list lIs for Gu- Gu Gun n ho hoe er Vever is a avery tt Oi very I old and ha has often been heen a n d Wales name c especially p In hl e The present present home homo of or tim tho Is 5 Jn n. n the continuous preg of oC Monmouth Monmouth- and In wa thoI tho the I Cradle radle of oC tile the dI hl family o of or Herbert F KO 0 lo loh with Kith that country Itz Horbert tho- tho chamberlain d I of ot Henry I. I being claimed d as their ani an- an I i estor In tho the thirteenth century Heri Her Her- Ii i 1 bert Herebert and Her tr r occurred d in Bucks Norfolk J t i Suffolk etc t Herber l being belne especially r V characteristic of or tho cast of or England l I in U. II rk n I The usual sual explanation that Jenkins I I L. i Is 25 a naine o of ot Flemish t type PC probably I It i 1 introduced by the who setI set- set l I L f t tIed In numbers number In South Wales In tho the thoi i ii I reign n of or Henry Henn L I. is to nomo romo extent if l supported d b by tho the fact tact that tho the great I I homo home of or the namo Is now In South it Wales ales and It Is la singular singular sin sin- Ij I gular iular that the name names usually l I I n as should be numerous Ii an th n Cornwall Jones Joncs the genitive form of or John Is I If In In Its modern form an Welsh 1 1511 1 n namo and we usually ll r f find 1 I tI that It I jia HaI u l cia h ia or four fout centuries as in tho the case cast of the tho I Holed family of ot Jones of ar that carries Its Iti pedigree I H l but ut not Its namo naino back to the reign roien of or orr r Henry Henr I J. J I 1 J I IP Is an ancient W Welsh name I I X Lewis e of or or 5 I h hing ln th namo of ot an old stock tock Tho The I t ancient family of ot J Lewis J of ot St. St Pierre 1 I c Its namo back 1 to the fifteenth century but Its Its' pc i- i tree terse far tar be beyond ond I t t Known for I Maddock fn and Maddocks Ia docks forms of ot th thI the I 1 i An n Welsh lh p personal name of Ir Madoc c. c J have e ra cht t Wales and the En Eng Eng- i Us lisp bonier for ages aos Madoch wax the i 0 of a L Herefordshire- Herefordshire tenant in l. l ll Jome dM times whilst t Madox I is sUllI still sUll Inn nn n old Hereford name In tho reign I jot rd Edward I. I there thera were J persons irson of ot the O ot Madoc in H. H R. R I tin In which county the nam names s of or Maddock 1 I and Maddocks Jocks occur Maddock I Is 1 now a n. frt frequent nam In Ch Chester ster and antl I i f ll Its neighborhood and John wn was waR the h. h m nf n r fn tn 11 f tf Tl n- n n. n A L a tl n ch t Morgan is another ancient Welsh personal per- per 1 1 Fonal name namo but it has hai only onh become f a 1 permanent in iii the last three I or four centuries Ii I 1 t Parry Parry pan ap Harry Harry ls Is a name characteristic charac charac- of North Wales and nd the English l E border er shires In South Wales it Il I Is associated with n the orl original form forni of Harry A family Q of Parry larr possessed for tor many centuries the tho I parish or of el tal y lr n Sa ce is loi a L name i where heie It is associated with Soya Say SS o oI oRso also occurs in Herefordshire nd North orth Wales Say 15 Is now a a. I t ret t-et t name mime Hay a ay DP Do Ha Say Kay was the name I of a tJ r ul baronial family of shire from the to the Jho he fourt fourteenth four four- t ce t In n the tho thirteenth C ceni century cen cen- tur tury tills this name took look the form olm als also of i Sels Seis in of De Saxe In Wilts S and ot of o De Dc Says t In hl whilst 1 Li lA Sa Say and D De Dc Say tay c Were cre common names In Suffolk Kent l and Lon London on at M that period I The ar are now round found mostly In yorkshire but tho the name has ha halon long lon been I x in the English border shires o of Wales Between 1600 and ami andi amiI i Hi four tour of or the tho bailiffs of ot Leominster lf bore bor this t name Town- Town ifS nd and the name is no now established hr iu r J I Ja of Great Antiquity 1 The Vaughans have now their principal principal prin prin- cipal home In North orth Wales Walt anti and but the tho name Is also now no I In ia Herefordshire Monmouth Monmouth- I I i and South Wales Vaughan n is a personal name of or Jr gr great at antiquity b but butI t like I other Welsh names it did not become bev be- be v come a n. settled nettled surname until the six six- century L Lower A yer very old ld I family be bears rs the tho name It ItIs Is now numerous In Shrewsbury and ito to neighborhood 2 and In fact the tho Vaughans have been connected with that town 1 f ever ver since the thirteenth and fourteenth I c centuries when sorno some of ot tho the ShrewsbUry Shrews Shrews- ws- ws bUry br bat bailiffs IUs were named Va Vaughan gha n or orI ori I i in inI South Wales is is also an ancient home bomo of tho the name I 1 To To ro this family belonged Sir Roger ROKer I i Vaughan one of or tho the heroes o of court from this stock are said sald to have o i turning sprung In early times the Vaughans ns of ot j 1 I In and of or I Clifford In Herefordshire I i f The great home of oC the name of Wati Wat- Wat i I kins idna Is In Jn Herefordshire r bire had and South Wales Like Jenkins c It is ald said to be a name Intro introduced b bv by bythe the Flemings who settled in South Houth W Wales In the tho reign ot of Henry I. I Its dis distribution die dis which much rt resembles that of or Jenkins lenkins supports supports' this explanation How However r. r both hoth names Hr are now liow Welsh b by appropriation for 01 several SC centuries Like ninny many other Welsh cJ h nam names 5 It has only onh a J settled II surname in comparatively corn com modern times and perhaps its Hs adoption an nR f such lIch Is s more recent than in the case of most of the other names Thus whilst tim tho Brecon family of r Watkins carries its fiR f bad back four centuries It hn has only possessed a 3 s settled surname fur for two centuries the tite family names THe being HE l. f-l. Price etc 1 Is the North and form forn of or the tho South Wah nl i and namo name oC or or Gwynne Vote Only The forgoing foregoing or notes noh's are intended cl only to lo b bo bl of a u character J I In n tin hi general g genealogical on alo ami anil topographic works In chapter I I 1 of or the I History of ot Welsh Names nm s the s student Hlll ent will vIll hid find sufficient I guidance u for Cur further further fur fur- ther Inquiry The Tue count county and local histories histories his his- tories of and Heror should nl also o be coa consulted and tho not notes on un those counties In this work should bo be referred to If Ir I wore wyro to distinguish ul h h North and South Wales I should say that North Wales Vales contains a n. greater number of or thu tho names of or Jones Jons Hughes Ho Humphreys s 's Owen and Owens Parr Parry lu h and l Vaughan S South uth Wales Wale IK ig mo moo o characterised e 1 b by Harris and Harries James Phillips Jenkins Jonkins Powell Powell Pow Pow- ell all and howell Lewis Morgan n Thomas Thoma tees Wath tJ l Bevan Be Anhony Anthony An An- thon thony hony etc Other names such as Evans E Griffiths Lloyd etc are arc pretty prett uniformly uni uni- distributed In respect to its Welsh surnames amos closely close close- c. c J ly resembles South Wales and William of Jones In hl lila his History of or Brecknock Brecknock- shire shiro traces the tho do descent cent of this ancient family from Sir Thomas Thoma or Sir Richard 01 or Bullen ono of or tho the knights of or Bernard a Norman orman Chieftain Chief Chief- tam tain who allured b by the success of or Robert Hobert in County Count Glamorgan Clamor Clamor- gan gaii an was with a n. determined band of oC followers to enter cuter County Brecknock which ho conquered from Rys Rs ap op Prince of or South Wales Vales From this ame sanie fa family mn y of sprang It Is believed th this the Bullens or of ar Buckling Norfolk but butIn In English Ush genealogists l ts have been heen silent ns as to the descent frIor to Sir Thomas Thoma Bolc no 1411 1 from Crom whom Anna nn Boleyne Holene Queen of or En England land was the fourth In descent Of or tho unfortunate I Queen always s considered of or the same sarno race as the Bullens BUllen there thero Is a cr very good portrait ut at Pen Rev He Thomas Williams M. M A. A A. Vicar Llanspyddid son of oC William ap Phillip ap Richard Lawrence ap John Lawrence Bullen appears from fron an In Inscription inscription In- In I on his gravestone to have been proud of or his traditional descent from tho sam same ancestor as the mother of Queen J.- J. Elizabeth From having ha been the first who ho introduced the US use of or the surplice In the tho church service he lie was called Vicar g gwyn 1 Llanspyddid or 1 orthe orthe the the White Vicar of ot Llan He Ie married d Anne daughter dau fJ of Thomas of or Count County Radnor X and died He 1613 It leaving b by her with four fou our daughters da an only son Soil Rev Re Daniel Williams Vicar car of ot l p who married Sarah daughter aughter o of 01 John Lewis of ot This Tills is a n. er very ancient nt Welsh family claiming claiming- descent from Caradog vms Jn Lord of It f Gloucester Roger Williams I g Esq Q q the first of ot th the family who a adopted opted a l surname o or of castile antI and the priory prior a at UNk Gaunt County Monmouth w was s son o or of William Johnes and antI grandson rAndson of or John Joh Thomas who was as sixth In descent from Howell Gum ap David Esq Lord o ot of The priory of oC Usk Count County or which the last host superior was Ellen Williams with other lands 1 In th tin the county count wore were granted to Roger Roge Williams E Esq CJ 34 4 Henry VET 16 13 RO Roger I. I hind had his arm arms and an crest confirmed and n ratified j March l 1575 17 17 Elizabeth of ot eight e earn earm rn and II sa In n a lion Zion rampant t or 01 crest on a wreath arg arg- and auth sa a 1 hound or talbot passant p p. p per r pale paJe erm erin and or 01 roger was vas sheriff for Monmouth county count 3 Elizabeth beti Ho lie married Dorothy Dorothr dau laughter daughter of or Sir Geor George c B Baynham m. m Knight of or court Count County Gloucester will pro proved prod d at London 2 Tune June IS and nn left lert with another son and four our daughters a successor Sir Sit Rowland Howland 11 Williams II am s. s Knight o or of castle ensUe County Count hl high h sheriff 2 James I married Cecil dau daughter o of Sir J- J Edward Mansel Kni night Knigh ht of or Mar Margan nn County Glamorgan an and hail hai with other Issue a t. t daughter Jane wife of ot Sir Nicholas Dart Bart and a ason ason ason son nn and heir Sir Charles Williams Knight o ot of married d first first a 1 daughter daughter daugh daugh- ter of or Sir William Morgan Knight o or of Tredegar County Count Monmouth but b by her had no issue Ho He married secondly Anne daughter lau o of Sir Sit John Trevor ht of oC Te Teg County of ot Flint b hy by whom he hail had two sons eons and two daugh dauSh tors Sir Charles Charle died 16 1611 It anI and was b by his elder son Trevor Tre Williams Esq j of who was created a a. hart 14 I Sept 1641 married d Elizabeth dau ht r an and sole heir of or Thos Morgan r Esq of ot and Tredegar County Count Monmouth b bj bY Rachacl ht his wife sister anti and heir co-heir of Ralph Lord Hopton and J had issue Ills grandson tl S Sir Jo John Williams Bart Lart t s II 1 UL ui J son Oui on UL Vt i lino L t fourth son Q of the first bart barL by De- De larivers his wife daughter of or Sir Thomas Morgan married Temperance Rumsey widow of ot William Rumsey Esq of or County Count Monmouth and had three daughters This branch of ot the of ot South Routh Wales was waR living hiving on its property In n I Lugwardine and Much fuch Birch County Count Ht Hereford from the time of Henry VIII until John Williams th the grandfather of or the present possessor went to reside In n Worcester about 17 1750 0 rind and con considerable property rt This John Jon Will Will- ams Esq q married V I Tune June 1 1772 77 Eli a both beth daughter ht r of ur Francis Best Esq or of f Holy Hoh ross Cross rss county Worcester and aIt n l ld d died ded rI G April 1793 leaving lea a son John Williams l Esq q of or County Count Worcester J O. O and amid 1 D. 1 L. hl bight h sheriff 18 1823 lie married June l SOO 1500 OO Doroth youngest t daughter of oC lev He Henry Benr of or P House HOllst County Worcester r and sister of E Ell Ell- l- l U nd 1 Esq M. M P. P for forY Worcester Y is- is Ster S- S ter er and aid had Issue |