Web Of Conflict

       The strife that one family may face day to day varies along the hallways of time. For my own Jones family during the days that are being discussed [1055-1100 A.D.], the difficulties were vast and threating to life itself. The Normans had made their way to the border lands and, demonstrated their own desires to conquer the homeland. A complex network of invasions took place and, as shown in the last post, the family united all the branches by marriage, in order to try and defend the kindred. The following figure tries to show the pathways that the Normans had in mind.

      In the north, the Earl of Chester pushed his way into the homeland of my Celtic ancestors the Deceangli and, in the south, the Earl of Herefore headed toward the land of the Silures. Now right in the middle was the Earl of Shrewsbury, who aimed his forces toward Oswestry and the Vale of the Dee. This approach would involve Trevor [birth place of Tudor Trevor (JC-1)], Selattyn [land of Dingad (JD-3) and his son Rhiwallon (JE-1)], Oswestry and Whittington [associated with the family], and the land of Maelor [tribe by this name] founded by Tudor Trevor (JC-1) himself. Before this time Rhys Sais (JG-4) had been killed [1070 A.D.] and my Cynrig (JE-1) followed close behind [killed 1073 A.D.]. Ninnian (JG-1) had named his son Jeuaf (JE-1) [the Norman-French way]. Jeuaf (JE-1) was now having his family which was about to change the location of the family. Wow, what a web of conflict it was. 

Figure modified from The Jones Genealogist, March/April, No. 6, 1993, p.3.