Tudor Trevor (JC-1)

      The name Tudor Trevor (JC-1) and his wife Anghard (JC-2) have received a great deal of attention among those who do their Welsh genealogy.  His name especially has dotted the pages of many family trees and, occupies a special place among the documents of our family heritage. The first he came to light was tree climbing out my Jones surname branches from Virginia (USA) trying to swim across that great pond to England. Little did I know what windows of history awaited to be opened. 

      A book titled Virginia Heraldica, Being A Registry of Virgina Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor, with Genealogical Notes of The Families, Edited by William Armstrong Crozier, first published 1908, was a major catalyst. Sounds impressive, no?  Several with the surname Jones were listed p.26, p.46 , and p.51. At that time, a couple of individuals were an option for my direct line of descent, one being named Cadwallader Jones of Pewmansend Creek (1673). What a name I thought, could not even imagine how to pronounce it! Be that as it may, believe it or not, a Cadwallader Jones family was listed by Crozier p. 51 and, the arms given was: Per bend sinister ermine and ermines, a lion rampant or a bordure engrailed of the last. Wow, lots to learn here among all these terms. 

      Now Burke had just gotten on my bookshelf, and I wondered if this might help bridge the great pond. Sure enough, on p. 1035 a Tudor Trevor [did not have my coding system yet of course JC-1 was not here] was found with an arms: Per bend sinister erm. and ermines a lion ramp. or.  Close enough to open a few new windows here. A copy of this discovery from Burke p. 1035.follows:

      He is described as "Lord of Hereford, Whittington, and Both Maelors, Founder of the Tribe of the Marches". Well, what about that, and there is much, much more about this discovery.

      P.S. The book by Burke is discussed in a previous post titled "References", April 9, 2023. The book by Crozier was first published 1908. The Southern Book Co. reprinted it 1953, the Genealogical Publishing Co. 1965, and the Clearfield Company, Inc. 2000. Hum..., it has been around a good while all before the computer world.

      Cadwallader Jones of Pewmansend Creek was first noted in Cavaliers and Pioneers, by Nugent, Vol. II, 1666-1695, p. 139. But, as one often says, that's another story.