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Llewelyn ap Morgan
- Preferred Name: Llewelyn ap Morgan[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
- Gender: M
- FSID: 93QW-18B
- Death: 1410 in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales at LATI: N1.7833 LONG: E3.25
- Birth: 1350 in Tredegyr Manor in Dyffryn, Monmouthshire, Wales at LATI: N1.5618 LONG: E3.0284
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
*DO NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES W/OUT VERIFYING SOURCES*
The word "Mor-gan" is a Cymric derivative, meaning one born by the sea (muir, sea ; gin, begotten). It's one of the oldest Welsh names on record, stretching back to the legends of King Arthur: The story goes that after a defeat in battle with a local potentate, Arthur removed his queen for safety to the coast of what is now the county of Glamorganshire, in Wales. Her child, Arthur's younger son, was born there and named Mor-gan—the man 'born by the sea'—and from that they named the land Gla-mor-gan, meaning the country of the man born by the sea.¹
Arthurian Legend is rooted in Wales: The Round Table was supposedly at Cærleon on the Usk, and the village of Cærfyrddin (Caerfyrddin), still exists today. Merlin the wizard is said to have been born there in the sixth century. But most importantly to us, it's the hometown of the earliest-known Morgan ancestor. In fact, the Morgans in our lineage actually came to America from Glamorganshire, Wales, in the 1600's.
A thousand years ago in NON-fictional history, Cærfyrddinshire was inhabited by a tribe who the Romans called the Demetæ. (Whatever they called themselves has been lost through time.) The chieftain of this tribe was named CADIVOR-FAWR. He controlled the land of Dyfed (now called Pembrokeshire). His wife was ELEN, daughter and heiress of another chieftain, LLWCH LLAWEN. Cadivor died in the year 1089 and was buried at Carfyrddin.
Cadivor's third son, BLEDDRI², is the next direct ancestor of the Welsh Morgan line (he was the source of the first version of the Morgan Coat-of-Arms).
What follows is our lineage to Bleddri, according to the "Morgan Family History" book at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah (NOTE: In Welsh conventions of patronymics, AP denotes "son of," and FERCH denotes "daughter of." These were used because there were no surnames in Wales until about 1400, so it was the only way you could tell people apart):
Bleddri married CLYDWEN, daughter of GRIFFITH ap CYDRICH, and had a son named IVOR. Ivor married NEST, daughter of CADAROC ap MADOC ap IDNERTH ap CADWGAN ap ELSTAN GLODDRYDD, and they had a son with the blessedly short name of LLEWELYN.
Llewelyn married LLEICI, daughter of GRIFFITH ap BELI and had a son named IVOR.
Ivor married TANGLWST, daughter of HOWEL SAIS ap ARGLWYDD RHYS, and had a son named LLEWELYN LLEIA. He married SUSAN, also a daughter of HOWEL ap HOWEL SAIS, a first cousin, although how anybody could trace that with all of the other aps and ferches running around is beyond me. Anyway, they had son named IVOR.
Ivor's spouse is unknown, but he had a son named LLEWELYN, Lord of Kilsaint or St. Clear. Llewelyn married ANGHARAD (b. 1300), daughter and heir of SIR MORGAN ap MEREDITH, from the Welsh Lords of Cærleon, ap GRIFFITH ap MEREDITH ap RHYS, the Lord of Tredegar. (From this point the Morgan line descends as the "Morgans of Tredegar.")³
CHILDREN OF LLEWELYN AND ANGHARAD
MORGAN (see below).
IVOR HAEL, whence Morgan of Gwern-y-Cleppa
PHILIP, whence Lewis of St. Pierre.
Llewelyn and Angharad's son, MORGAN (d. 1384), married MAUD, daughter of RHUN ap GRONO ap LLWARCH, Lord of Cibwr.
CHILDREN OF MORGAN AND MAUD
LLEWELYN ap MORGAN (see below)
PHILIP, whence Morgan of Langstone
JOHN, father of Gwenllian, married David Goch ap David.
CHRISTIAN, who married Jevan ap Jenkin Kemeys
ANN, who married David Gwilim David of Rhiwperr.
MARGARET, who married Traherne ap Meyric of Merthyr
(DAUGHTER), who married Thomas ap Gwillim of Carnllwyd
ELENOR, who married Grono ap Howel Bennet.
Their son, LLEWELYN ap MORGAN of Tredegar and St. Clear, married JENET, daughter and heir of DAVID-VYCHAN ap DAVID of Rhydodyn. (Relax, the names get easier now.)
CHILDREN OF LLEWELYN ap MORGAN AND JENET
JEVAN MORGAN (see below)
CHRISTY MORGAN, who married Madoc ap Jevan of Gelligaer.
(?), who married Roger ap Adam of St. Mellon's.
(?), who married Madoc of Bassalleg.
(?), who married Thomas Llewelyn.
ANN MORGAN, who married John ap Jenkin.
(?), who married (?) of Raglan.
(?), who married (?) of Builth.
Their son, JEVAN MORGAN (1415 - 1448), married DENISE, or ELIZABETH, daughter of THOMAS ap LLEWELYN-VYCHAN of Lllangattog-on-Usk. (The use of the Morgan surname begins with this generation.) Their children:
CHILDREN OF JEVAN MORGAN AND DENISE
JOHN MORGAN was born in Tredegar on 1447 to Jevan Morgan and Denis Verch Thomas. John married Jonet Mathew and had 9 children. John was a Knight of the Sepulchre, awarded in 1448, and Steward of Gwentlloog. He passed away on 1492 in Tredegar, Monmouth, England. (See below).
DAVID MORGAN (1442 - 1448)
JENKYN MORGAN (1454)
From the Morgan Family History (online at http://www.hausegenealogy.com/morgan.html)
=== Llewelyn Ap Morgan and Joan Button ===
According to the source attached to Llewelyn Ap Morgan (The History of the Family of Morgan), he was married to Jenet Ferch David-vychan. Please provide a source that shows he was married to or had a relationship with Joan Button.
=== !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat ===
!NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ;
July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West
Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
!NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ;
July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West
Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
=== Line 5187 from GEDCOM File not recogniza ===
Line 5187 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: BAPL NOTE Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM. Line 5194 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: SLGC FAMC @04446054@ Line 5195 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: SOUR @S01@
=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
=== NOT-A-MATCH: This individual is not th ===
NOT-A-MATCH: This individual is not the same as John Ap /MORGAN/ 1370-?, PAF ID {f8bf4bea-8a1c-46df-8f05-63d55cc3dca4}
=== Ancestral File Number: FPT3-9F ===
Ancestral File Number: FPT3-9F
=== First 2 children of Morgan and Malit V. Rhun. ===
These dates of birth of the first 2 children makes it impossible to be the children of Morgan and Malit.
=== Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM. Inva ===
Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM. Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM.
=== !#4569-v5-p825; ===
!#4569-v5-p825;
=== Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM.Inval ===
Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM.Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM.Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM.
=== Line 274 from GEDCOM File not recognizab ===
Line 274 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: BAPL DATE 27 APR 1946 LOGAM From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
=== MORGANS OF GLAMORGAN; ANCESTRAL FILE, LD ===
MORGANS OF GLAMORGAN; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
=== --Other Fields ®8 ===
--Other Fields ®8
=== !#4569-v2-p193; ===
!#4569-v2-p193;
=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
=== Line 5963 from GEDCOM File not recogniza ===
Line 5963 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: BAPL DATE 27 APR 1946 LOGAM SOURCE CITATION: Title: Ancestral File (TM) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication Information: July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996 Repository Name: Family History Library Address: 35 N West Temple Street Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
=== !SOURCE: A History of the Morgan Family ===
!SOURCE: A History of the Morgan Family FHL book. Married Jenet, daughter and heir of David of Rhydodyn.
=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 ===
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
=== !#2226> Morgan and Glamorgan Genealogies ===
!#2226> Morgan and Glamorgan Genealogies-p328 (FHL 942.97 D2c); !ASSUMPTION: place of residence unknown, placed here for recording purposes;
=== !Sources of information: Morgans of Glam ===
!Sources of information: Morgans of Glamorgan, Wales by Mary Morgan.
=== !#4569-v2-p228*; !had issue [Brec 75, HT ===
!#4569-v2-p228*; !had issue [Brec 75, HT1 136];
=== Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM.Inval ===
Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM.Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM.
=== Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM.Inval ===
Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM.Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM. Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM.Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM.
=== !#4568-v2-p1; v3-p103; v4-p200*,213; v5- ===
!#4568-v2-p1; v3-p103; v4-p200*,213; v5-p300; !#2226> Morgan and Glamorgan Genealogies-p310* (FHL 942.97 D2c); !Arch Rec: Morgans of Glamorgan; Clarke's History of Glamorgan; Monm 1 v1-pt2- p334,339, v3-pt2-p190, v4-pt2-p213; Monm 4-p171, 2-p83; Glam 2 p194; Glam B1- p99; (birth 1336/1366, living 1387); !LVG> 1387; PL> also of St Clear; !ORD: ARCH REC> under Llywelyn Morgan, B: 7 Aug 1954, E: 17 Nov 1954, SS: 1 May 1956 Az; FN #FPT39F; ^bornL1-L2> of Tredegyr, Dyffryn, Basaleg;
=== >LDS Baptism note: Invalid baptism temp ===
>LDS Baptism note: Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM.
=== Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM. ===
Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM.
=== !#4569-v2-p171,281*; !the name of Ieuan/ ===
!#4569-v2-p171,281*; !the name of Ieuan/Llywelyn is mainly illegible [SA 48v];
=== !#4569-v7-p1066*,1068; !had issue [Glam ===
!#4569-v7-p1066*,1068; !had issue [Glam 7];
=== !#4568-v4-p214; #4569-v1-p67; v3-p408,41 ===
!#4568-v4-p214; #4569-v1-p67; v3-p408,414,421*; v5-p768; v6-p888,928; !Arch Rec: History of Glamorgan; (birth 1489);
=== Line 826 from GEDCOM File not recognizab ===
Line 826 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: BAPL DATE 27 APR 1946 LOGAM From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. Line 826 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: BAPL DATE 27 APR 1946 LOGAM From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
=== 2 SOUR S003585 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of ===
2 SOUR S003585 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Jun 28, 2002 2 SOUR S003617 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Jul 29, 2002 2 SOUR S003758 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Aug 27, 2002 2 SOUR S229184 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Dec 3, 2002 [1 william morgan.ged] Name: Miss LLYWELYN Born: ABT. 1398 at: Of Tredegyr, Dyffryn, Monmouthshire, England Married: WFT Est. 1412-1445at: Died: WFT Est. 1412-1492at: Spouses: MADOG ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Ieuan MORGAN Born: ABT. 1400 at: Of Tredegyr, Dyffryn, Monmouthshire, England Married: WFT Est. 1419-1441at: Died: AFT. 1448 at: Spouses: Denis Verch THOMAS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Christy MORGAN Born: ABT. 1402 at: Of, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales Married: at: Died: WFT Est. 1403-1496at: Spouses: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Miss MORGAN Born: ABT. 1404 at: Of, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales Married: at: Died: WFT Est. 1405-1498at: Spouses: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Ann MORGAN Born: ABT. 1410 at: Of, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, England Married: at: Died: WFT Est. 1411-1504at: Spouses: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Child MORGAN Born: ABT. 1412 at: Married: at: Died: WFT Est. 1413-1506at:[L Hays 8-27-02.FTW] [Louisa Hays 02.ged] Name: Miss LLYWELYN Born: ABT. 1398 at: Of Tredegyr, Dyffryn, Monmouthshire, England Married: WFT Est. 1412-1445at: Died: WFT Est. 1412-1492at: Spouses: MADOG ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Ieuan MORGAN Born: ABT. 1400 at: Of Tredegyr, Dyffryn, Monmouthshire, England Married: WFT Est. 1419-1441at: Died: AFT. 1448 at: Spouses: Denis Verch THOMAS ------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ Name: Christy MORGAN Born: ABT. 1402 at: Of, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales Married: at: Died: WFT Est. 1403-1496at: Spouses: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Miss MORGAN Born: ABT. 1404 at: Of, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales Married: at: Died: WFT Est. 1405-1498at: Spouses: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Ann MORGAN Born: ABT. 1410 at: Of, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, England Married: at: Died: WFT Est. 1411-1504at: Spouses: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Child MORGAN Born: ABT. 1412 at: Married: at: Died: WFT Est. 1413-1506at:[Corrie Hale Families 11-18-02.FTW] [1 william morgan.ged] Name: Miss LLYWELYN Born: ABT. 1398 at: Of Tredegyr, Dyffryn, Monmouthshire, England Married: WFT Est. 1412-1445at: Died: WFT Est. 1412-1492at: Spouses: MADOG ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Ieuan MORGAN Born: ABT. 1400 at: Of Tredegyr, Dyffryn, Monmouthshire, England Married: WFT Est. 1419-1441at: Died: AFT. 1448 at: Spouses: Denis Verch THOMAS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Christy MORGAN Born: ABT. 1402 at: Of, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales Married: at: Died: WFT Est. 1403-1496at: Spouses: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Miss MORGAN Born: ABT. 1404 at: Of, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales Married: at: Died: WFT Est. 1405-1498at: Spouses: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Ann MORGAN Born: ABT. 1410 at: Of, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, England Married: at: Died: WFT Est. 1411-1504at: Spouses: -------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Name: Child MORGAN Born: ABT. 1412 at: Married: at: Died: WFT Est. 1413-1506at:[L Hays 8-27-02.FTW] [Louisa Hays 02.ged] Name: Miss LLYWELYN Born: ABT. 1398 at: Of Tredegyr, Dyffryn, Monmouthshire, England Married: WFT Est. 1412-1445at: Died: WFT Est. 1412-1492at: Spouses: MADOG ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Ieuan MORGAN Born: ABT. 1400 at: Of Tredegyr, Dyffryn, Monmouthshire, England Married: WFT Est. 1419-1441at: Died: AFT. 1448 at: Spouses: Denis Verch THOMAS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Christy MORGAN Born: ABT. 1402 at: Of, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales Married: at: Died: WFT Est. 1403-1496at: Spouses: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Miss MORGAN Born: ABT. 1404 at: Of, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales Married: at: Died: WFT Est. 1405-1498at: Spouses: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Ann MORGAN Born: ABT. 1410 at: Of, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, England Married: at: Died: WFT Est. 1411-1504at: Spouses: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Child MORGAN Born: ABT. 1412 at: Married: at: Died: WFT Est. 1413-1506at: !NOTE: 1 william morgan.ged;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. Date of !NOTE: Louisa Hays 02.ged;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. Date of Import: !NOTE: L Hays 8-27-02.FTW;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. Date of Import: !NOTE: Corrie Hale Families 11-18-02.FTW;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. !NOTE: GEDCOM File : Corrie Hale Families 12-4-02.ged !BIRTH: 1 william morgan.ged;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. Date of !BIRTH: Louisa Hays 02.ged;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. Date of Import: !BIRTH: L Hays 8-27-02.FTW;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. Date of Import: !BIRTH: Corrie Hale Families 11-18-02.FTW;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. !DEATH: 1 william morgan.ged;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. Date of !DEATH: Louisa Hays 02.ged;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. Date of Import: !DEATH: L Hays 8-27-02.FTW;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. Date of Import: !DEATH: Corrie Hale Families 11-18-02.FTW;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. !MARRIAGE: GEDCOM File : Corrie Hale Families 12-4-02.ged
=== Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM.Inval ===
Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM.Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM.Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM. Invalid baptism temple code: LOGAM.
=== !#4568-v10-p818; ===
!#4568-v10-p818;
=== Eleanor Verch ===
Child of Morgan and Malit, Eleanor Verch born 1501, impossible.
=== "AP MORGAN" OF TREDEGAR AND ST. CLEAR ===
"AP MORGAN" OF TREDEGAR AND ST. CLEAR
=== !#4569-v1-p31; !ASSUMPTION: place of res ===
!#4569-v1-p31; !ASSUMPTION: place of residence unknown, placed here for recording purposes;
Preferred Parents:
Father: Morgan ap Llewelyn, b. 1318 in Duffryn, Monmouthshire, Wales d. 1384 in Duffryn, Monmouthshire, Wales
Mother: Mallt ferch Rhun, b. 1338 in Cibwr, enghennydd,Wales, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom d. 1384 in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales
Family 1: Jenet verch Dafydd, b. ABT 1365 in Rhydodyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales d. 1417 in Wales
- Jevan Morgan, b. 1415 in Tretower, Breconshire, Wales d. 1448 in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales
Sources:
- Title: Millennium File
Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=7249&h=10264133&indiv=try;
- Title: Millennium File
Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=7249&h=10264133&indiv=try;
- Title: A History of the Family of Morgan
Author: Found in the book 'A History of the Family of Morgan, From the year 1089 to Present Times, by Appleton Morgan. Also, found online at https://archive.org/details/historyoffamilyo00morg
Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/87763051;
Note: The History of the Morgan Family
- Title: Morgan Family Geneology
Author: Morgan Family Geneology, http://www.hausegenealogy.com/morgan.htmlopen_in_new
Publication: Name: http://www.hausegenealogy.com/morgan.html;
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Llewelyn Ap MORGAN -
Author: Source 5 (please edit title)
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2644080679
- Title: 1851 United Kingdom Census Sample
Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=7918&h=615052&indiv=try;
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