Dingad (JD-3)

      As to the youngest son, one often overlooks the special place they may have played in the family tree. For me, Dingad (JD-3) begins the direct line to my own Y-DNA as a great...great...great-grandfather. His wife Cicley (JD-7) [spelled Sysle in some places] in Nicholas (Vol. I) p. 354 it is stated that she was the daughter of "Severus ap Cadivor ap Gwenwynwyn, Prince of Powys". This cannot be correct since Gwenwynwyn, of Southern Powys, did not live until around 1200 A.D. [Ashley, p. 372-373] This error is fairly dramatic, and it caused me to question other lineages recorded by Nicholas. So far, this is the only mistake noted to date, but checking various sources rings a bell. [see posts of April 14 and March 26] Please comment if other errors are noted or need to be corrected. Anyway, the following figure gives Dingad (JD-3) his own page in the history of my Jones surname.

      As noted in the last post, the field of Dingad (JD-3) was recognized as late as 1584 in the townlands around Selattyn - Porkingon. As time progressed, this geographic area remained in the family for generations, and offered a method to break through many difficult brick walls. All other methods can be found in the blog https://thebrickwallprotocol.blogspot.com which might be of help to those facing their own brick walls.