Say What

      The post of February 15th showed in vivid color the family tree of my own Jones surname beginnings. "Say What!" you might be thinking, but this post connects this family tree to my own. Here it is using the same color code:

      It connects through the very little known genealogy that Hywel Dda had a daughter named Anghard. She was named after her own great-grandmother. [Top row green lady married to Rhodri Mawr.] The blue, orange, green colors follow each down the family tree to Elen [red colored lady] who brought Dyfed into the picture. Now it was Welsh law that the female joined the kindred of the husband, and she became a legal participate of her new kindred. She was joined to the tribe of Tudor Trevor (JC-1) which has much recorded as a tribe of the Marches. This marriage is listed by Nicholas Vol. I, p.451 and shown below:

      Here in the green marker is listed the daughter of Howel (Hywel) Dda and her marriage to Tudor Trevor. Of course this genealogy has much more to say for my own Jones surname, but this is just the beginning and, there are a lot of branches down the family tree.

Nicholas, T., Annals and Antiquities of The Counties and County Families of Wales, London, 1872.

      In the front page it states "All Compiled By Direct Visitation Of The Counties, And From Reliable And Original Sources".

      Say What!

 

      My two volume set shown above was reprinted by the Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1991.