A Recap

       The branches of the family tree can get twisted and entwined fairly quickly. Starting from the top or, starting from the bottom of one's tree, an individual can get easily caught among the branches. For my own Jones surname family tree, starting from the top, i.e., from the earliest branches, the following figure is shown to help place the branches in my line of descent. From Gadforch (JA-1) to Jeuaf (JH-1), this group of great...grandfathers lived in the same geographic region (Vale of Dee) for their first eight generations. In the law books of Hywel Dda, a generation is defined as 30 years. On p. 112 it reads: 

                               "Law does not close between a person and his entitled land in a lesser period than three ancestor's lifetimes on each side, and that in peace. This is three ancestor's lifetimes: nine score years, three score years in each lifetime".

      This would be 240 years by the thoughts of the day.

      As given in the last post, the son of Jeuaf (JH1), Iorweth Fychan (JI-1) moved the family to a new location in the Vale of Clwyd. Llwyn Onn was its name and, much more will be given but, now it is a recap.