My tenth-generation grandfather down from the top, Gruffydd (JJ-1), would have lived at least his early years at Llwyn-Ynn. Documentation of his location is recorded in the following source and, it is shown below. The information is to be found in Heraldic Visitations of Wales and part of the Marches, Vol. II, by Lewys Dwnn, p.347. It is a valid and reliable source which has helped guide me among the many branches of my Jones surname family tree.
The next windows of time that my Jones surname ancestors explored, showed continual struggles all about. This period of survival, 1200 A.D. to 1300 A.D., was lived and tagged by the family as "of Llwyn-Onn" [see post of 23 August 2023]. Let's see now; air, water, food, and clothing were all necessities of life. From the grass lands of Llwyn-Ynn [summer home], to the plowed lands of Llwyn-Onn [winter home], the family maintained their existence. Part of this struggle involved driving their herds down from the hills to expected locations below. Cows and pigs [food], sheep and goats [fleece] to the long-established portals of management. The cows and pigs to Wrexham, where they were to be handled for their meat, skins and leather, with all their associated dyeing as desired. The sheep and goats were herded to Old Oswestry. Here, they were to be sheared, examined for liver rot [see post 10 March, 2022], and guided to their winter resting places. All the fleece were to be cleaned, prepped, and sent along its paths to Shrewsbury, the cloth capitol of the world. Generation to next generation, this family survival process continued. What a deal! To review the whole story being told, head back to the blog titled "On Lineal Descent" of 10 January 2022. The following blogs add to this story: "The Herds"-1 April 2022, "Sheep Breeds"-24 February 2022, "Shearing Sheep"-24 February 2022, "Counting Sheep"-3 January 2022, and many others beginning with my Celtic ancestors.
The following chart shows the family tree from Jeuaf (JH-1), the first to move the family back to the Vale of Clwyd, then Iorweth Fychan (JI-1) who was the first to be named of Llwyn-Onn, and the succeeding generations yet to be discussed.
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The Eglwyseg rocks climbed to a height of 1614 ft. (492 m) above the road that my Jones surname family traveled for many years. At the start of this trail was Dyffryn Clwyd, where the graze land gave the herds of cows and sheep something to do during the summer months. [At this period, a herd of cows was counted as 24]. The town land came to be called Llwyn-Ynn as discussed in the last post. Now some 20 miles southeast, the winter home was called Llwyn-Onn where the cows and sheep could take a break during the winter months. The following figure shows this travel route now along A525.
