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History of Henry Neiff family on p. 124-126.

Notes on Hans Henry Neff family on p. 135.

Notes on Hans Henry Neff on p. 248.

Congress appointed him, February 6, 1778, as one of the auditors for the army under General Washington. He was also aide-de-camp to Gen. Green. The following letter from Washington, to Congress, speaks of Clark’s character..(p. 301)

On the said 15^th day of December (1774) in pursuance to the notice above mentioned, a general election was held at the borough of Lancaster, for this county, and the following persons were chosen as, and for, a committee, viz: Lancaster Borough-..Timothy Green, Derry…(pp. 383- 384)

(1776) The following officers and privates attended, as delegates to the convention, from Philadelphia city and Liberties:..From Lancaster county: Cols Timothy Green . . (p. 405)

From Sadsbury Monthly Meeting: 23/9/1772. Joseph Green requests Certificate to Warrington Monthly Meeting. (p. 48)

From St. James Episcopal (Anglican) Marriages: April 11, 1760, Timothy Green and Ephia Robinson, license. (p. 101)

A35. This indenture 18-Jan 1739-Hans Henry Neff of Lancaster Co., Physician and Franca wife to Sebastian Groffee..(p. 7)

A181. This indenture-23 Mar 1749-Sebastian Graffe of Lancaster Township, Lancaster Co., yeoman and Eva his wife to Michael Byerle…The 6A is part of a larger tract of 150A which Hans Henry Neff and Franca his wife did by indenture on 18 Jan. 1738/9 grant to Sebastian Graffe.. (p 29).

A242-This indenture of mortgage-18 Dec 1750-Abraham Neff of Lancaster Township Lancaster Co., gentleman to Sebastian Graffe of Manheim Township..The 124A is part of a larger tract of 300A which was granted by lease and release dated 13 and 14 Mar 1722 to Hans Henry Neff, the father of Abraham, by Tobias…Hans Henry died and in his will gave 150A being the moiety (half) of 300 A to Abraham, subject to the payment of certain sums of money to the daughters of said Hans Henry Neiff. Abraham had given security for payment..Abraham Neiff..Sealed and delivered..(p. 37)

B472-this indenture-1 Jan 1747/8-Joseph Green of Salisbury Township, yeoman and Jan his wife to John Ellet of Salisbury Township, shopkeeper L53 for 50A..Land is located on a branch of Pequea Creek, n..part of a larger tract of 250A which was granted to Thomas Green who was the father of Joseph. Thomas received land by patent from John, Thomas and Richard Penn on 8 Jun 1737. By Thomas’s will dated 14 Nov 1741 he left 50A to Joseph..Joseph Green, Jane Green..(p. 93)

History of one Neff family of Switzerland (pp. 95-111).

1. 14 Nov. 1741 3 Feb 1742 Green, Thomas, wife Anna Green.

Children: Moses, Elizabeth, Martha, Susanna, Joseph, and Thomas. Ex.

Anna Green, Salsbury Twp. (p. 73.)

2. 28 Oct 1773 11 Jan 1773, Marshall, James. Wife, Jean Marshall.

Children: John, Patrick, James, William, Samuel, Thomas, Robert, Mary,

Martha and Margaret. Ex. John and Patrick Marshall. Drumore Twp. (p.

161).

Neff Family listed on p. 78.

Watson Family listed on p. 110.

Abt, John Henry…1812. Book Y, Vol. 2, p. 11. (p. 1)

Bradley, Alexander, 1832. Book Q, Vol. 1, p. 294; Bradley, Bernard, 1838: Book S, Vol. 1, p. 67; Bradley, Francis, 1738: Book A, Vol. 1, p. 31; Bradley, Patrick, 1811: Bk L., Vol. 1, p. 49. (p. 5).

Harper, Moses, 1749: Book A., Vol. 1, p. 182 (p. 19).

Hubley, Ann Maria, 1832: Book Q, Vol. 1, p. 321; Hubley, Bernard, 1803: Book H, Vol. 1, p. 321; Hubley, Frederick, 1769: Book B, Vol. 1, p. 570; Hubley, Henry; 1832: Book Q, Vol. 1, p. 160; Hubley, John Esq., 1821: Book N, Vol. 1, p. 25; Hubley, Mary, 1825: Book O, vol. 1, p. 376; Hubley, Michael Esq., 1804: Book H, Vol. 1, p. 492. (p. 23)

Jenkins, William, 1777: Book C., vol. 1, p. 445. (p. 24).

Neaff, Jacob, 1790: Book Y, Vol. 2, p. 487; Neaff, Jacob, 1798: Book G., Vol. 1, p. 451; Nefe, Jacob, 1831: Book Q, Vol. 1, p. 5; Neff, Barbara, 1843: Book T, Vol. 1, p. 206; Neff, George, 1773: Book Y, Vol. 2, p. 494; Neff, Dr. Henry, 1745: Book A, Vol. 1, p. 96; Neff, Henry, 1829: Book P., Vol. 1, p. 256; Neff, Henry, 1833: Book Q, Vol. 1, p. 396; Neff, Henry, 1840: Book S, Vol. A, p. 347; Neff, Isaac Jr., 1793: Book F., Vol. 1, p. 487; Neff, Isaac, 1793: Book F, Vol. 1, p. 489; Neff, Jacob, 1814: Book K, Vol. 1, p. 560; Neff, Jacob, 1843: Book P., Vol. 1, p. 218; Neff, Jacob, 1849: Book U., Vol. 1, p. 726; Neff, Martin, 1827: B ook P., Vol. 1, p. 22; Neff, Oswald, 1758: Book Y, Vol. 2, p. 497. (p. 35)

 

"The new stone meeting-house was built about 1731, several stone dwelling-houses were built about that time, and soon after; as Joseph Fell’s, Thomas Canby’s, John Watson’s, Joseph Large’s and Henry Paxson’s. Several frame-houses were also built, enclosed with nice-shaved clapboards, plastered inside. One of these yet remains standing on Thomas Watson’s land, now John Lewis’l. The boards for floors and partitions were all sawed by hand, and the hauling done with carts and sleds, as there were not many, if any, wagons at that early period.

(p. 156).

Thomas Watson, 5^th day, 1 mo, 1716, son of Amos and Mary from records of Middletown Friends Monthly meeting. (p. 324).

Thomas Watson, 22^nd day, 8 mo, 1721, son of John and Ann Biles from records of Buckingham Friends Monthly meeting. (p. 324).

1. None

Christopher Marshall. 1/27/1764. Res: Philadelphia. Land Record: 42975 Mortgagee. Book K, Page 99. Property: 140 acres plus 50 acres in Earl Twp.

File #267, Sep 13, 1758: Joseph Green, Widow Katherine and children (Joseph (eldest son), Margaret, Samuel, Jane, Benjamin, Ezekial, James and Thomas. (p. 39).

1. None

P. 35 has Pedigree back to biblical times.

Pedigree XVIII tells about family of Rhirid Flaidd (p. 107)

Pedigree XIX tells about family of Maredydd Goch (p. 127)

From Manuscript Pedigrees Brought from Wales to Pennsylvania by the First Colonists: Edward Prees (or Rees and Price) of Merion, 1690..removed to Merion, Pennsylvania from near Bala, 1682, and the following is an answer from Wales to his request for information regarding his family, and is addressed to John Harry, of in or near Merion. The date of the MS. Is supposed to be about 1685, or not later than 1700, and this transcript was made from a copy in the possession of Gilbert Cope, of West Chester. See also Glenn’s "Merion," 77.

My old friend Edward Prees (alias Price) hath written in his letter to Thomas Lloyd, requesting to send him some intelligence of his pedigree. I know but a little thereof at this time but give him this much while he stays for more. Edward Price son of Richard (Richard ap Griffith, otherwise Richard Price, was of Glanlloidiogin, in the parish of Llanfor, and died 1686) son of Griffith son of Rees..I know no more than this of this Father’s side these were owners of that Land where you have seen William ap Robert live and the name of that land is Tyddin Tyfod…and the mother of Rees Prichard, was Mary the daughter of Thomas (Thomas Lloyd was buried at Llandderfel, 21 May, 1612) son of Robert, David Lloyd, the son of David, the son of Evan Vaughan (the pedigree should run: David ap Evan (or Ieuan) Vaughan ap Ieuan ap Gruffydd ap Madop ap Iorwerth ap Madog ap Rhirid Flaidd or same descent as Edward Foulke of Gwynedd) son fo Griffith son of Evan, son of Madock, the son of Ierwith the son of Madock, the son of Rhirid Flidd of Glan y Llyn, aslias Lake’s Bank. These followed further by Ann, John Vaughan of..Mein y Stone Pen that comes over. The mother of Mary the daughter of Thomas Lloyd of Gwern y Brychdwyn (alias Owlars Brindle Bush) was catherine the daughter of Robert (Robert ap Gruffydd or Griffith of Cerrig y Druidion – see pedigree i.), the son of Griffith, the son of Coch or Red, the son of Ddu, the son of David, the son of Einion, the son of Canwrig Vaughan, the son of Canwrig, the son of Heilin, the son of Tyvid, the son of Tago, the son of Ystwyth, the son of Marchwyth, the son of Marcheithian of the fifteen tribes of Gwynedd North Wales, from the Lord is Aled. The mother of Catherine verch Robert or daughter of Robert, was Margaret the daughter of Cadwalader, son of Rees Lloyd of Cyros Linealy descending from Enion Ardudwy, the mother of Robert, the son of Griffith, was Marred the daughter of Tudor, the son of Ewan (Evan) Lloyd of the Upper Plas in Llanfair alias Mary’s Church Dyffryn (or Valley Clywd). The mother of Griffith, the son of Evan, the son of Choch..was Gwenhwyfir the daughter of Thomas David..(or having one eye) of the Court in Fenel Hill. Lineally..descending from the Lord ys Dulas alias Gray. The mother of Thomas the son of Robert Lloyd of Gwern Brychdwyn was ..the daughter of Raynold the son of Griffith, the son of…of Upper Branas, the mother of Richard Griffith..Gwenllian the daughter of Rees of the House where..Owen lived. (p. 145-146).

From Some of the Founders: William Jenkins of Tenby, Co. Pemb., "emasculator," b. 1648. Rmd. To Haverford, Penna. Before 1685. Fd. Freeholder of upwards of 1000 a. ld. In Haverford and elsewhere. J.P. for co. Chester, Penna., Member of Assembly, and Provincial Council. D. 1712, in Abington. Wife, Elizabeth, dau. Lewis Griffith, of Tenby (M. 1673; died 1725). Children (surname Jenkins): 1. Margaret, b. 1674; m. 1692, Thomas Paschall; 2. Sarah, b. 1675; 3. Elizabeth, b. 1678; 4. Stephen, b. 1680, m. 1704 to Abigail Pemberton. (p. 180)

From Some of the Founders: Margaret John William, of the parish of Llangelynin, co. Merion, sup. Wid. Rmd. To Merion, Penna. 1683. She was sister of Rees John William, of Merion. The father, John William of Llangelynin was born about 1590. Fd. She was also called Margaret Jones. (p. 217).

Pedigree XXV. Shows Thomas Lloyd, of Penmaen, Llanfor. Co., Merion. Descd. From Rhirid Flaidd, lord of Penllyn (See Pedigree XXVI) who had son Robert Lloyd, of Merion who was baptized at Llanfor. Co., Merion. (Also see Glenn’s "Merion," 375) who married Lowry Jones. Lowry Jones was daughter of Rees John William of Llangelynin, co. Merion (also see Glenn’s Merion, p. 73) and Hannah Price, daughter of Richard Price (see also Glenn’s "Merion" p. 145 and 73-80). Lowry Jones and Robert Lloyd had among children, Sarah Lloyd, b. 5 mo. 19, 1703 and died 7 mo. 5, 1739. She was first wife of Gerard Jones, b. 12 mo. 28, 1705; died 3 mo. 21, 1765; he married second to Ann Humphrey. He was the 3^rd son of Robert Jones who died in 1746 and Ellen Jones who married 11 mo. 3, 1593. Robert Jones was the second son of John ap Thomas of Llaighgwm, etc. Ellen was the daughter of John David, etc.. Sarah Lloyd and Jerard Jones had among children Paul Jones b. 8 mo. 4, 1737 and died 9 mo. 16, 1821 (Also see Glenn’s "Merion, p. 303). (p. 221)

Pedigree XXVI of p. 226 describes heritage of the Lloyd Family down through Paschalls. (p. 227-229).

The first yearly (or half-yearly) meeting for Friends in Wales that were regularly organized according to Friends’ rules was held in Merionethshire at Dolgyn, near Dolgelly on 7, 3mo, 1683. )p. 23)

The material inducements to purchase land and remove to it, that Penn offered, no doubt was made to the Welsh Friends through John ap John,, founder of the Society of Friends in Wales, then to a group of delegates. There were others, among them Edward Prichard, William Jenkins, and John Burge, who went to talk with Penn about the same time. (p. 25)

Company No. 1 consisted of 17 Welsh Friends who subscribed to the 100 pound purchase money for the 5,000 acres in the Welsh Tract, which John ap John and Dr. Edward Jones engaged for them. . "An account of wt sum of money every ffriend in Penllyn hath layd out to buy land in Pensylvania & wt quantity of Acres of Land each is to have and wt sum of Qwuit Rents falls upon every one" are:

Rees John W., 3 pounds, 2 shilling, 6 pence for 156-1/4 acres… (pp. 46-47)

The following each bought 156-1/4 acres, paying 3 pounds, 2 shillings, 6 pence:.."Rees John W": "Rees ap John ap William, alias Rees Jones, of Llanglynin, yeoman." "Tho lloyd:" "Thomas Lloyd, of Llangower, yeoman." (p. 48)

Rees Jones, by deed 18.2.1682, bought through Thomas & Jones, 156-1/4 acres in Merion. He sold 50 acres to Cadwalader Morgan, and by his will bequeathed his land in Goshen to his sons, John and Evan, and 100 acres to his son, Richard Rees Jones, who bought from "John Roberts, cordwainer." 37-1/2 acres (part of the Thomas & Charles Lloyd land), which land "the said Thomas Lloyd bequeathed by will to the said Jno Roberts, his nephew." So Richard Rees Jones held 137-1/2 acres in Merion township..He indcreased his Merion holdings with 40 acres bought of Rees Jones, and 76-1/2 acres in Merion, which he had by deed 18.4.1684, from John William..(p. 56)

Edward Rees history on p. 81. He had one son and two daughters by first wife. Son, Rees Price, mentioned as "res Rees," in his father’s will, b. 11.11mo., 1678. His father conveyed some land to him, by deed of 7 August 1708. He married three times. His children were: (named in their grandfather'’ will) Edward Price; Mary who married Rees Harry; and Margaret, m. first, ____Paschall; m. second, William Montgomery; issue by both husbands, and, it is said, Jane, John and Ellis Price. (p. 81)

He may have been the Robert David who filed Certificate from the Men’s Meeting Penllyn, dated 188.5mo. 1683, with the Haverford Monthly Meeting, and had sent for it, which was signed by Robert and Evan Owen, Richard Price…(p. 83)

Some members of the Men’s Meeting in February, 1683 were..Richard Price. (p. 97)

Cadwalader Morgan brought the usual certificate of membership and removal, from the Penllyn Men Friends’ Meeting, dated 8. 5 mo. 1683, and signed by Richard Price…(p. 105)

Cadawalader Morgan bought by deeds, dated 18. 4 mo. 1694, the Merion land, 76-1/2 acres of Rees John William, of "Rees Joans," and the 76-1/2 acres which John Williams had from his father. William John, an original purchase of Thomas & Jones, which lands lay on both sides of his..(p. 106)

Cadwalader Morgan married Jane, who d. before 1711, daughter of Richard Gryffyth (ap Rhys, or Rees, and Prees, or Price), of Llanfawr, Merioneth, who was of Royal Descent, and a sister of Rees Jone’s wife, of Merion, and to Edward Price, of Merion, and had two sons and three daughters by her..(p. 107)

There has been preserved among the papers of John Thomas one of the sheriff’s orders to the jailor, and it is possible that it is one of those that came into John’s hands when he was high constable, and which he "pigeon-holed." "Merioneth, SS. To Lewis Morris, Keeper of his Maijts goale for ye sd County, & to Richard Price and Joseph Hughes..(p. 111)

The certificate Katherine Thomas brought from the Friends’ Pennlyn Monthly Meeting, of which she had been a member for ten dates, dated 18. 5 mos. 1683, was most flattering, and among others, bore the signatures of Robert Owen, Richard Price..(pp. 117-118)

Rees John William, of Llanglynin, yeoman, or "Rees Joans," or Jones, was one of the seventeen original purchasers, by deed of 1 April 1682, through Thomas & Jones, but he did not come over till in 1684, when the land on the river was partly cleared and planted, and the "first come-overs," the parties of Dr. Jones and Hugh Roberts, were well housed on their purchases. He found the land (his deed being recorded at Philadelphia 21. 4 mo. 1684), allotted to him the worst proportioned in the tract, it being a narrow strip, only about 66 feet on the river, extending the full length of the other lots, to the Charles Lloyd land, where it was only about 264 feet wide, in all, here, 76-1/2 acres, and remainder in Goshen twp.

"Rees Jones" as he was generally known, was a son of John ap William, a farmer in Llangelynin parish, Merioneth, who "suffered" considerable with the other Quakers in his neighborhood, 1661 and later. Rees came over with a large party of Welsh settlers in the ship "Vine, of Liverpool," sailing from Dolyserre, near Dolgules, in Merionethshire, which is a maritime county, and arrived at Philadelphia on 17. 7 mo. 1684. He was accompanied by his wife and three children. His sister, Margaret John William of Llangyllynin, widow, had preceded him, coming over in the part of Hugh Roberts, bringing a certificate…(p. 131)

His brother, Evan John William, or Evan Jones, also came over at that time, with his son Robert Jones (who resided at Gwynedd), and died soon after, being buried in the ground of the Merion Meeting, in 11 mo. 1683.

Rees Jones, and his wife, Hannah, also brought the usual certificate of membership and removal, from the Quarterly Meeting, near Dolgelly, dated 4. 2 mo. 1684. Rees was described as "of Llywn Grevill, Clynn parish, Merioneth." Before coming over, he purchased, by deed dated 16 July, 1684, the original right of Thomas ap Richard, or Prichard of Nant Lleidiog, to his share of 156-1/4 acres, of the Thomas & Jones tract. The 76-1/2 acres of which that lay in Merion adjoined the back part of Rees’s land, and this gave him 153 acres in Merion. The present settlement of Merion, or Merion Station, on Pensylvania Railroad, is on his land, and Rees’s dwelling house was near it. By deed of 8. 4 mo. 1694, he sold his 76-1/2 acres on the river end, or his original purchase, to his brother-in-law, Cadwalader Morgan, whose land adjoined.

Rees Jones died 26. 11mo. 1697-8, and was buried at the Merion Meeting House. His will, which he signed with his mark, dated 24. 11 mo., 1697-98, witnessed by Griffith John and Abel Thomas, was proved at Philadelphia, 4 March, 1702-3. He named his sons, Richard, Evan, and John; and overseers: Cadwalader Morgan, Abel Thomas, Edward Jones, Griffith Jon and John Roberts.

He married about 1678, Hannah Richards, or Price, b. in 1656, sister to Jane, wife of Cadwalader Morgan, of Merion, and (p. 132)

To Edward Price, who came to Pensylvania before 1685-6, and daughter of Richard Gryffyth ap Rhys, or Prees, and Price, of Llanvawr, or Lanfor parish, in Merioneth, a member of the Friends’ Penylln Monthly Meeting, near Bala, whose will, dated 26. 11 mo. 1685, was filed at St. Asaph registry in 1686. His will describes him as of Glanlloidiogin, Llanfor parish. Witnesses were Edward Nicholas, Thomas ap Robert, Lowry v. Thomas Rees Evans, and Cadwalader Ellis. To Edward Prees, alias Price, (of Merion), eldest son; (after he came over here, he sent to Wales for "some intelligence of his Pedigree," which he received about 1700, and is extant); Jane, eldest daughter, wife of Cadwalader Morgan; daughter Hannah, wife of Rees John William; grandchildren William John, and Catherine John, children of John William; and son Thomas ap Richard, the executor, who received all of the estate of his father. Thomas renounced the trust, when the Court gave the administration to Edward Nicholas, of Cynlas.

After Rees’s death, Hannah, his relict, m. secondly at the Merion Meeting, on 22. 2mo. 1703, Ellis David, of Goshen, ad widower, who was buried, 17. 1 mo. 1720, and married thirdly, 14. 1 mo. 1722 to Thomas Evans, of Gwynedd Twp.

Among the present-day people, descendants of Rees John William and Hannah Price, are: Frank Foulke, Samuel Marshall, Hugh Jones Brooke, Mrs. Charles Richardson, Mrs. George B. Roberts, Mrs. Henry K. Dillard, Miss Mary William Perot, Mrs. J. Howard Lewis, Jr., Mrs. Hunter Brooke, Mrs. Goerge H. Colket, William T. Brooke, John W. Townsend, Mrs. Harrison K. Caner, William P. Troth, Henry T. Coates, William M. Coates, Joseph H. Coates, George M. Coates, Edward H. Coates, Mrs. Charles Ridgeway, Mrs. Henry S. Harper, Mrs. John R. Drexel, Mrs. Edward y. Townsend, Henry Troth Townsend. (p. 133)

Rees Jones, had by his wife, Hannah Price, who was of Royal Descent,

the following issue, besides Margaret, b. 20. 6 mo, 1697, Edward, and Catharine, who died unmarried:

Richard Jones…Lowry Jones…Evan Jones…Janne, or Jane Jones…John Jones…Sarah Jones…(lots of details on page 134-135)…Margaret Jones, b. 20. 6mo. 1697, married first at Merion Meeting, 16. 10mo . 1716 to Thomas Paschall (and had Margaret who married first to Samuel Mather, and Hannah who married Isaac Roberts), married secondly on 6. 1 mo. 1729 to George Ashbridge, died 1748. (p. 135-136)

In the ship Vine, of Liverpool, Willaim Preeson master, which sailed from Dolyserre, and arrived at Philadelphia on 17. 7 mo. 1684, there were, besides Rees John William, or Rees Jones,…the following passengers… (p. 161)

Map on p. 174 has William Moore property.

Company No. 5 had 3,000 acres of land subscribed for by "Lewis David, husbandman of Llandewy Velfry," in Pembrokeshire and conveyed to him by deeds, dated 2 March 1681, for which he paid 60 pounds, were taken, under deeds, dated in May, 1682. He sold 30 acres in Haverford, by deed 28 Feb. 1691-2, to William Jenkins (on account of 250 acres William Jenkins bought of John Power, the Lewis David lands, he had 5 acres of Liberty land in 1702), who by deed, 24. 6 mo. 1798-9, conveyed the same to William Rowe, together with 30 acres he had from John Poyer, out of his 250 acre tract he bought of John & Wynne. William Rowe’s executors, Rowland Ellis and Thomas Paschall, by deed of 8. 9 mo. 1700, conveyed two lots of 30 acres each to Daniel Humphreys. (p. 200)

By the usual deeds of lease and release, dated 24. And 25. Oct. 1681, William Penn conveyed to William Jenkin, or Jenkins, "a Friend who had suffered," of Tenby, in Pembroke, 1,000 acres of land. Of this grant, Jenkins conveyed 500 acres to Francis Howell, of Llancilio, in Caermarthen, by deed of 1 Sept. 1686, which tract was laid out to him in Duffryn Mawr, or Whiteland twp., in Chester County. The balance of the grant was also located in Duffryn Mawr and laid out to Jenkins, who conveyed 250 acres of it, by deed of 30 Sept. 1686 to James Thomas. But when Jenkins removed to Pensylvania, about 1686, he settled on the 250 acres which be bought of John Poyer, 13 July 1686, in Haverford. About 1698, William Jenkins removed into Abington Twp, then in Philadelphia Co., and Jenkintown was named for him. In 1691, he was a justice in Chester Co., and in 1690 and 1695, a member of the Assembly. He died 7. 4 mo. 1712, aged 54 years, having married 2. 7 mo. 1673, at Tenby to Elizabeth Lewis, died 14. 9 mo. 1711, daughter of Lewis Griffith. The births of their four children are recorded at the South Wales Monthly Meeting. Of these, Margaret, b. 23. 3 mo. 1674 married at Haverford Meeting, 15. 9 mo. 1692 (first wife), to Thomas Paschall, Jr., of Chester County, and had eleven children,, d. 17. 11 mo. 1728; and Stephen Jenkins, 1690-1761 married at the Abington Meeting, 14. 9 mo. 1704 to Abigail, a minister among the Friends, who died 2. 9 mo. 1750, daughter of Phineas Pemberton of Bucks Co., Pa. And had seven children. (p. 200-201)

Map on p. 232 has Haverford Twp with William Jenkin land on it.

Thomas Ellis joined the party of Hugh Roberts and came over to Pennsylvania. He filed with the Philadelphis Mo. Mtg. His certificate from the Dolserre Quarterly Meeting, dated 27. 5 mo. 1683. He also filed with the Haverford Mo. Mtg. His ceritificate issued to himself, his wife, and family, from the Mo. Mtg. At Redstone, in Pembrokeshire, dated 2. 7 mo. 1683, signed by Edward Lloyd, John Poyer, John Bourge, James Thomas, William Jenkins…(p. 241)

Edward Prichard and William Jenkins with 1,000 acres is listed in "D. Powels Acct of ye Welch Purchasers in Genl," in which is given a personal "Account of the purchasers Concurned in the Welsh Tract Granted by the Generall war’t by wich the said Tract was Laid out and such Lands as hath bin Laid out by war’ts Dulie Executived within the same and ist of ye ould England Parishes." (p. 249)

Surveyor David Powell had a transportation agreement with a skipper, suggesting that he brought over passengers to buy land from him in 1705 whose principals in this venture included Margaret Jones who paid for 3. (p. 252)

William Jenkins, of Tenby, in Pembrokeshire, emasculator (subsequently of Abington Twp) on Powel’s list, bought of Penn 1,000 acres by deed dated 24. 8 mo. 1681. Of this grant, 245 acres were laid out to him in Duffrin Mawr twp., 12. 11 mo. 1689. By deed of 30. 7 mo. 1686, he conveyed 250 acres to James Thomas, late of Landboyden, Carmarthenshire, a husbandman, which, on resurvey, amounted to 300 acres, and Penn issued a warrant for that amount, 2. 7 mo. 1701…William Jenkins, by deed of 3. 8 mo. 1686, sold 500 acres to Francis Howel, of Lancilio, in Carmarthanshire, who devised 300 acres of the purchse to Thomas Howel…(p. 253-254)

In an undated paper in 1693? At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, giving "The Valuation of the Estates of the Inhabitants of the Township of Merion," and the amount of tax each was to pay ("one penny on the pound"), we have a list of Merion people including Reece Jones with 60 pounds valuation; John Williams with 30 pounds valuation; and John Moore with 30 pounds valuation. (p. 257)

The Chester Co. lists for the townships of Haverford and Radnor were appraised lower than those of Merion and included William Jenken for 45 pounds. (p. 258)

Servants who claimed to have served their "time," require a strong certificate of the fact before being released. For instance, in the case of Humphrey Edwards, on 9. 4 mo. 1702, Edward Jones, William Jenkins, and Philip Howel, declared before the Commissioners, that Humphrey, "now of Gwynedd, came into this Province about the year 1683, as a servant to John ap Edward, and served his time to him faithfully, and according to indenture." (pp. 261-262)

Edward Rees and his sisters, Hannah, wife of Rees John William, or Rees Jones, and Jane, wife of Cadwalader Morgan, all of "Merion in the Welsh Tract," were also of distinguished ancestry through their father’s family, as follows:

John, King of England, had by his second wife, Lady Isabella Taillefer,

daughter of Ademar, County of Angouleme.

Lady Eleanor Plantagenet, who m. secondly, Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, and had,

Lady Eleanor de Montfort, who m. Llewellyn Gryffyth, Prince of North Wales, and the last sovereign Prince of all Wales, killed on 11 Dec. 1232, son of Llewellyn the Great, and had,

Lady Catherine, heiress, who m. Philip ap Ivor, Lord of Iscoed in Cardigan, and had,

Lady Eleanor, heiress, who m. Thomas ap Llewellyn Owen, of Trefgarned, lord of South Wales, and had,

Lady Eleanor, co-heiress, who m. (See Burke’s "Royal Families," Vol. 1, Ped LII), Gryffyth Vychan, fourth lord of Glyndyfrdwy, whose descent from Bleddyn Cynfyn, King of Powys, 1046, is in Ped. CX. Burke’s "Royal Descents," and "Royal Families," II. P. LXI, see also Lloyd’s History of Powys Fadog," vol. IV, 117, and had,

Tudor ap Gryffyth Vychan, lord of Gwyddelwern, killed 15 May 1405, brother to the celebrated Owen Glendower. He m. Maud, daughter of Ieuf Howel ap Adar, and had,

Lady Lowry Tudor, heiress, who m. Gruffydd ap Einion, of Cors y Gedol, Merionethshire, and had,

Ellissau ap Gruffydd, who m. Margaret, daughter of Jenkin ap Ievan (also descended from kings of England), and his wife, Leiki, daughter of Llewellyn ap Edneyfed, of Sonby, in Maelor, and had,

Lowry, who m. Reinaullt Gruffydd ap Rhys, of Branas Uchaf, Llan Drillo Plan Ynghrogen (see Dwnn’s "Visitations of Wales," II, 126) and had,

Mary, who m. Robert Lloyd, of Gwern y Brechtwyn and Glanllyn, also of Royal Descent, and had,

Thomas Lloyd, 1520-1612, of Nant y Friar, who m. Catherine, daughter of Robert ap Griffith, by his wife, Margaret, daughter of Cadwalader ap Rhys Lloyd, of Cyros, and had, Evan 1555-1640, and,

Mary Lloyd, who m. Richard, of Tyddyn Tyfod, Merioneth, and had,

Rhys ap Richard, whose son,

Griffith ap Rhys of Tyddyn Tyfod, was the father of

Richard Press of Glanlloidiogin, Llanfawr parish, Merionethshire, will dated 26 Jan. 1685-6, proved at St. Asaph registry, in 1686. His daughter,

Hannah Price, b. 1656, who was mentioned with her children in her father’s will. She m. Rees ap John ap William, or Rees Jones, who d. in Merion, 26 11mo, 1697. Their children assumes "Jones" as their surname. Richard Press also had Edward Rees, of Merion, 1682, and Jane, wife of Cadwalader Morgan, of Merion, 1683.

Their daughter, Lowry Jones, 1682-1762, m. first to Robert Lloyd of Merion, d. 1714, and was the third wife of Hugh Evans, of Merion, 1682-1772 (also of Royal Descent), m. 13 Feb. 1716, by whom she had Susanna Evans 1719-1801, who m. 30 May, 1740, Owen Jones, Jr., of Marion, 1711-1793, also of Roy Descent (an ancester of Mr. Rodman Wister of Philadelphia), son of Johnathan Jones, of Merion, 1680-1770 (and grandson of Dr. Edward Jones, of Merion, and greatgrandson of Dr. Thomas Wynne of Merion), and his wife, m. at the Merion meeting, 4 Oct. 1705, Gainor Owen, daughter of Robert Owen and Rebecca (both of Royal Descent), of Merion, their daughter Hannah Jones 1749-1829, m. 1779 to Amos Foulke 1740-1791, of Philadelphia, also of Royal Descent.

The above pedigree is partly made up from a quaint letter, extant, but undated, and unsigned, but apparently written by a friend, or relative in Wales to Edward Prees, or a member of his family, who had curiosity about his forefathers. Much of the letter is faded and undecipherable. (Letter on p. 291-292) (p. 289-292)

As members of the Foulke family, Welsh Quakers, which settled in Gwynedd Tp., intermarried with several Merion families, its pedigree is of interest here. To a certain point it is the same as those of Rowland Ellis, Gov. Thomas Lloyd, and Edward Rees, Hannah, wife of Rees Jones, and Janes, wife of Cadwallader Morgan, and is as follows:

i. Edward I. King of England, had by the Princess Eleanor, of Castile,

Lady Joan, who m. first, Gilbert, Earl of Hertford, and had,

Lady Margaret de Clare who m. Hugh, Earl of Gloucester, and had,

Lady Margaret D’Audley, m. m. Ralph, Earl of Stafford, and had,

Lady Joan de Stafford, who m. John, 2^nd Lord Cherleton, and had,

Lady Joan de Cherleton, who m. John, sixth Baron le Strange, of Knockyn Castle, also fo Royal Descent, d. 1397 (see Lloyd’s History of Powys Fadog, v IV, 48), and had,

Lady Elizabeth Le Strange, who m. Gruffydd ap Madoc Vychan, third feudal Baron of Glyndyfrdwy, and lord of Rhuddalt (See Burk’s "Royal Families," vol. II, fo. LXI), and had.

Lady Isabel Griffith, who m. Goronway ap Gruffyth Madoc, and had,

Tudor, feudal lord of Penllyn, who had,

Howel Tudor, whose son,

David-Llwyd Tudor had,

Lady Gwenhwyfar Tudor, who m. David ap Ievan-Vychan, of Llanuwchllyn, in Penllyn, descended from the feudal Barons of Penllyn (see Dwnn’s Visitations of Wales), and had,

David-Llwyd, who m. Lowry, daughter of Howel-Vaughan, and had,

Robert-Llwyd of Gwerny Brechtwen, who m. Mary, daughter of Reinaullt, of Branas Uchaf, and had

Thomas Robert-Llwyd, 1520-1612, of Nant y Friar, or Nanfreur in Penllyn, Merioneth, buried in the parish church of Llandderfel, 21 May 1612. He m. Catherine, daughter of Robert Griffith Evan-Goch, who was descended from Ievan-Goch, of Cym Penaner, Denbigh, an ancester of John Cadwalader, the Philadelphia school teacher, and of John ap Thomas, of "Company No. 1" (see Dwnn’s Visitations of Wales, 1585-1603), and had Mary, wife of Richard, of Tyddyn Tyfod, and,

Evan ap Thomas Lloyd, 1555-1640, buried at the Llanderfol church. He m. Dorothea Evans, buried with her husband, in Feb. 1619, and had

Thomas Evan Lloyd, high sheriff of Merionethshire, 1623, d. Nov. 1649; m. Catherine, daughter of William David, of Llanderfel, and had,

Foulke ap Thomas Lloyd, bapt. At Llanderfol, 14 April 1623; m. Lowry, daughter of Edward David Ellis, of Llanvor, Merioneth, and had (See Jenkin’s History of Gwynedd),

Edward Foulke. (p. 298-300)

1685: David Lawrence was drawn as a grand juror from Haverford, and declining to serve, "was mulct in ten shillings fine," William Jenkins for the same reason was also fined, and finally consented to serve. (p. 358)

All the sundry curttailments of gifts, promises and rights by William Penn, caused the Welsh Friends, not only mortification and annoyance, but loss of property, standing and respect, and these injuries brought out the following petition, written in English, but now almost illegible the 23^rd, 3^rd mo. 1688…signed by William Jenkins and John Fairman. (p. 369-371)

In Nov. 1702, these following had their deeds examined and reconfirmed:…Rees Jones, 587. (p. 387)

What we now know as the West Chester Pike, is the result of a petition, 16, 9 mo. 1703, of Humphrey Ellis, Daniel Lewis, and fifty-eight others, inhabitants of the Welsh Tract, for a public raod from Goshen tp. To Philadelphia, past the Haverford meeting house. It was ordered that it be laid out "from William Powell’s ferry on Skuylkill & passing by Haverford meeting House to the principal part of Goshen Township. (p. 435)

The Seventh Battalion of the Associators of Philadelphia county was recruited in Upper and Lower Merion and Blockley. The regimental officers, commissioned 6 May, 1777, were at first, colonel, Jonathan Paschall, of Paschallville…. Col. Paschall was descended from Thomas Paschall, a pewterer, who bought 500 acres from Penn, 26 Sep. 1681, and arrived her in following Feb. and died in 1718, aged 83 years. (p. 455)

The following are some of the earliest Welsh Tract settlers who brought certificates from meetings in Wales and English to the Haverford (Radnor) monthly meeting:…Rees John…

At the next quarterly meeting following 5. 1 mo. 1687-8, William Jenkins and William Howell from Harford..was not represented. (p. 510)

At our monthly meeting held at Haverford, ye 10^th of ye 11^th month, 1694, William Howell, William Jenkins, John Lewis, David Maurice, and David Lawrence, are ordered to get a stable made ajoining to this meeting house. (p. 581)

Richard Price was one of the witnesses for the certificate of removal for Katherine Robert (or Catherine Thomas) on 18 5mo., 1683. (p. 593)