Husband Lee Roy Pratt 1
Born: 27 Apr 1899 - Westville, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, <(Oklahoma)>, United States
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Died: Feb 1955 - Okmulgee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
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Father: Alexander Jefferson Pratt (1861-1941) 2
Mother: Sarah Jane Frederick (1865-1926) 3
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Wife Martha Jane Switzer 4
AKA: Mattie Jane Switzer
Born: 2 Mar 1903 - <Saint Joe, Searcy, Arkansas>, United States
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Died: 5 Jul 1934
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Father: Daniel Wesley Switzer (1872-1951) 5 6 7 8 9
Mother: Georgia Augusta Seitz (1876-1928) 5 10 11 12 13 14
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Death Notes: Wife - Martha Jane Switzer
One FamilySearch file has d. 13 may 1941, another has 5 Jul 1934
Husband Richard Prescott 15
Born: Abt 1104 - Arundel Castle, West Sussex, England
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1 F Alice Prescott 16
Born: Abt 1132 - Arundel Castle, West Sussex, England
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Husband Captain Rowland Vaughan of Caer-gai, Merioneth 18 19 20 21
Born: Abt 1590 - <Caer-gai> Bala, Merionethshire, Wales
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Died: 18 Sep 1667 - Caer-gai, Merionethshire, Wales
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Father: John Vaughan of Caer Gai ( -1629)
Mother: Ellen Nanney (1581-1617) 21 22
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• High Sheriff: 1642-1643, Merioneth, Wales. 23
• Caer Gai was burned: by Parliamentary forces, Aug 1645.
• Taken Prisoner: by Parliamentary forces, 1650.
• Jure uxoris: of Trev Brysg.
• Captain: in the Royal Army.
Wife Jane Price Heiress of Trev Brysg 23
AKA: Jane Pryse of Trev Brysg
Born: - Coed Pryng, Wales
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Father: Edward Price of Tref Prysg, Llanuwchllyn ( - )
Mother: Lowry Lloyd ( - )
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1 M John Vaughan of Caer-gai, Merioneth 24
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2 M Edward Vaughan
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3 F Margaret Vaughan 25 26
Born: 1630 - Llangelynn <Llanuwchllyn>, Montgomeryshire, Wales
Christened: - Llanwdhlyn <Llanuwchllyn> Parish, Merionethshire, Wales
Died: 22 Sep 1699 - Llwyngwril, Llangelynin, Merionethshire, Wales
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Spouse: Owen Humphrey of Llwyn du (1625-1699) 27 28
Marr: 1681 - London, England
4 M William Vaughan
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5 F Ellen Vaughan
AKA: Elen Vaughan 24
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6 F Elsbeth Vaughan
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Research Notes: Husband - Captain Rowland Vaughan of Caer-gai, Merioneth
Eldest son of John Vaughan and Ellen Nanney.
From Snowdonia National Park (http://www.eryri-npa.co.uk/page/index.php?nav1=enjoying&nav2=9&nav3=22&lang=eng&view=graphic&contrast=1) :
"In 1645 during the Civil War, Rowland Vaughan, a famous poet and royalist lived in Caer-gai, approximately a mile from this spot. One day, some of the local inhabitants saw Oliver Cromwell's knights on their way to Caer-gai, and in an attempt to stop them they gathered some yew leaves, which is very poisonous to horses, and threw them in the stream knowing that the knights would stop there so the horses could drink. That is exactly what happened and the horses became ill, and since then the stream is known as Nant Gwenwyn Meirch (stream of horses' poison). Despite the effort of the inhabitants, the knights made it to Caer-gai and the mansion was burnt to the ground. A large farmhouse was built in its place which still stands today."
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Welsh Biography Online ( http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-VAUG-ROW-1590.html ) :
VAUGHAN, ROWLAND (c. 1590-1667), of Caer-gai , Merioneth , poet, translator, and Royalist; the eldest son of John Vaughan and his wife Ellen, daughter of Hugh Nanney of Nannau, Merioneth ; was b. about 1590. He was a descendant (see J. E. Griffith , Pedigrees, 3) of the Vaughan family of Llwydiarth in Montgomeryshire (q.v.) , and it appears that it was his grandfather, of the same name as himself, who was the first of the family to live at Caer-gai (B.M. Harl. MS. 1973). He spent some time at Oxford, although there is no record that he graduated there. He m. Jane, daughter of Edward Price, Tref Prysg, Llanuwchllyn, and according to Hugh Cadwaladr 's elegy (N.L.W. MS. 9), he was survived by three sons and three daughters: JOHN, who matriculated from Hart Hall (now Hertford College), Oxford, in 1635, aged 18, m. Catherine, daughter of William Wynne of Glyn, Merioneth , and became sheriff of Merioneth in 1669-70; EDWARD, who matriculated from All Souls College, Oxford, in 1634, aged 16, graduated B.A. there in 1637/8, and M.A. from Jesus College in 1640, and became vicar of Upchurch, Kent (1642), and Llanynys, Denbs. (1647), and rector of Llangar (1662), Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog (1662), and Mallwyd (1664); WILLIAM; ELLEN; ELSBETH; and MARGARET. Harleian MS. 1973, however, and later sources give the names of his sons as John, Edward, Arthur, and Gabriel, and in addition to the three daughters named above a fourth daughter, Mary, is included, who m. Peter Price, Cynllwyd, fourth son of Thomas Prys (q.v.), Plas Iolyn, Denbs.
In accordance with family tradition Rowland Vaughan played a prominent part in the public life of the county and, like his father, who was sheriff of Merioneth in 1613/4 and 1620/1, he was appointed sheriff in 1642/3. He was a staunch Royalist and it is said that he fought as a captain at the battle of Naseby. Englynion by William Phylip show that he certainly took some active part in the Civil War (Pen. MS. 115) and Caer-gai was burnt down by Cromwell's soldiers on their way from Montgomeryshire in 1645. Vaughan himself was imprisoned at Chester by the Cromwellians in 1650 and his estate given to a kinsman, but after the end of the Civil War and after some years of litigation he recovered his estate and rebuilt Caer-gai.
Many of his englynion and other poems contain references to his political beliefs and to his sufferings at the hand of the Cromwellian party and many of them relate to the topics of the day. He also wrote a number of carols and other poems of a religious nature and translated several hymns from English and Latin into Welsh. The Welsh versions of the hymns in the Book of Common Prayer are generally attributed to him (see Thickens , Emynau a'u Hawduriaid and Llyfr Gweddi Gyffredin, 1664). He also wrote several elegies on the death of eminent Merioneth men. Some of his poems were published in Carolau a Dyriau Duwiol, 1729, Blodeu-Gerdd Cymru, 1759, and other anthologies, and many of them are to be found in contemporary manuscripts, some of them being in his autograph (for an example of his autograph, see illustration between 142 and 143 in N.L.W. Jnl., i).
Rowland Vaughan is better remembered, however, as a translator of religious works, in particular of works supporting the Established Church. The first and most important of these to be published was Yr Ymarfer o Dduwioldeb, a translation which appeared in 1630 of Lewis Bayly (q.v.) , The Practice of Piety. Several later editions of this translation appeared within the following century. This first translation was followed in 1658 by Yr Arfer o Weddi yr Arglwydd (John Despagne), Pregeth yn erbyn Schism (Jasper Mayne), Prifannau Sanctaidd, together with Ymddiffyniad Rhag Pla o Schism (William Brough), and Prifannau Crefydd Gristnogawl, together with Y Llwybraidd-Fodd Byrr (James Ussher). His last published translated work, Evchologia (John Prideaux), appeared in 1660. The translations show not only the meticulous care with which he worked but also his masterly command of an extensive vocabulary and a fluid style of writing. His introductions and dedicatory letters to these works contain numerous allusions to contemporary historical events as well as his own fortunes and family.
Vaughan also translated one other important work, although his translation was never published. Among the Brogyntyn manuscripts deposited in the National Library of Wales some years ago by lord Harlech was found a hitherto unknown portion of Vaughan's translation of Eikon Basilike or The King's Book, together with his dedication addressed to lord Harlech 's ancestor, colonel Sir John Owen (q.v.) ; for this, see N.L.W. Jnl., i, 141-4.
Rowland Vaughan d. 18 Sept. 1667 and the Caer-gai estate passed to his eldest son, John, whose great-granddaughter, Mary Elizabeth (b. 1709), wife of the Rev. Henry Mainwaring, rector of Etwall, sold it, together with Tref Prysg, to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , about 1740.
The above article on Rowland Vaughan deals with the most notable member of this family and refers to some of his forbears and descendants. The object of the present note is to draw attention to some literary and historical references to the family, and particularly to Rowland Vaughan, in the poems of 'Phylipiaid Ardudwy' (qq.v.) . Rhisiart Phylip , who was 'family bard' at Nannau , near Dolgelley, for a period, wrote an elegy on the death of Annes, daughter of Rhys Fychan, Nannau - she was the wife of Hugh Nanney and grandmother of Rowland Vaughan, who also wrote englynion to her and to his grandfather on the occasion. When Ellen Nanney, Rowland Vaughan's mother, d. in 1617, Rhisiart Phylip wrote an elegy in her memory. Amongst englynion by Rhisiart Phylip is one written in 'reply' to one by Rowland Vaughan; he also wrote two englynion when the news came that Vaughan had received judgement in his favour in respect of Caer-gai in 1637. There are also three englynion by Rhisiart Phylip in 'reply' to three by Vaughan in regard to a poem by the former respecting Rhiwedog, near Bala . Rhisiart Phylip composed two cywyddau gofyn ('request poems') of Caer-gai interest: one to Rowland Vaughan, requesting an exchange of greyhounds, whilst in the other the bard asks John Vaughan to give a greyhound to Lewis Gwyn, Dolau-gwyn , near Towyn. Six englynion praising the translator, and written by Gruffydd Phylip , nephew of Rhisiart Phylip , are printed at the beginning of Yr Ymarfer o Dduwioldeb, 1630, Rowland Vaughan's translation of Lewis Bayly 's well-known work, The Practice of Piety. In the article on 'Phylipiaid Ardudwy' in Cymm., xlii, is quoted the account given by Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain, q.v.) in the introduction to Eos Ceiriog (1823) of the friendship in the time of the Civil War between Rowland Vaughan and William Phylip , who lived at Hendre Fechan, Ardudwy. When Griffith Vaughan, brother of Rowland Vaughan, d. 1638, William Phylip wrote two elegies upon the occasion. Besides others which he wrote are two referring to the burning of Caer-gai and Ynysmaengwyn in 1645. Later, John Vaughan, the heir of Caer-gai (the son of Rowland Vaughan), wrote a 'cywydd yr adar,' to which William Phylip replied (in Cardiff MS. 64).
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From The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, Vol. 6, by J. Y. W. Lloyd, London, 1887, p. 115:
"Rowland Vaughan of Caer-gai, High Sheriff for co. Merioneth, 1642-3. In August 1645, Caer Gai was burnt by the Parliamentary forces, and he himself was taken prisoner by them in 1650. Jure usoris of Trev Brysg. He was Captain in the Royal Army."
Much more is available from this book.
Research Notes: Wife - Jane Price Heiress of Trev Brysg
Heiress of Trev Brysg (Tref Prysg)
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http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=billotte&id=P3368801839
The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, Vol. 6, by J. Y. W. Lloyd, London, 1887, p. 115, 124.
From Welsh Biography Online (http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-VAUG-ROW-1590.html ) :
"He m. Jane, daughter of Edward Price, Tref Prysg, Llanuwchllyn"
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From The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, Vol. 6, by J. Y. W. Lloyd, London, 1887, p. 115:
"Jane, d. and heiress of Edward Price, son of Captain Price of Coed Prysg, in the township of Trev Brysg. Vert., a chevron inter three wolf's heads erased argent. See 'Trev Brysg'."
Husband John Price of Sweeney
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Wife Margaret Puleston
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Father: Thomas Puleston ( -Abt 1688)
Mother: Elizabeth Salusbury of Erbistock ( - )
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Research Notes: Husband - John Price of Sweeney
Source: Archaeologia Cambrensis, The Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association, Vol. VII. 5th Series (London, 1890), p. 124
Research Notes: Wife - Margaret Puleston
Source: Archaeologia Cambrensis, The Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association, Vol. VII. 5th Series (London, 1890), p. 124
Husband Thomas Powel Prichard of the Goytre 30
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1 F Catherine Prichard 30
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Spouse: Walter Herbert of Skenfrith Castle, Monmouthshire (Abt 1525- ) 31
Husband Isaac Proud 32
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Wife Margaret Wood 33
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Father: William John Wood (U.E.L.) (1762-1850) 32 34 35 36
Mother: Sarah Dixon (1770- ) 37
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Husband David ab William ab Ednyved of Llanwddyn
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Father: William ab Ednyved of Llanwddyn ( - )
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Wife Gwen Pryse
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Father: Rhys ab David of Trev Brysg ( - )
Mother: Elen verch David ab Howel ab Gruffydd ( - )
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Research Notes: Husband - David ab William ab Ednyved of Llanwddyn
Source: The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, Vol. 6, by J. Y. W. Lloyd, London, 1887, p. 124
Research Notes: Wife - Gwen Pryse
Source: The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, Vol. 6, by J. Y. W. Lloyd, London, 1887, p. 124 - "Gwen, ux. David ab William ab Ednyved of Llanwddyn."
Husband Sir John Puleston of Tir Môn and Havod y Wern 38 39 40
Born: Abt 1480 - Hafod-y-Wern, Bersham, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
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Father: John Hên Puleston of Hafod-y-Wern, Constable of Caernarfon Castle (Abt 1462-Abt 1544) 40 41 42 43
Mother: Alice Lewis of Persaddfed in Tir Môn (Abt 1450-1480)
Marriage: 1510 - Denbighshire, Wales
Wife Catherine Stanley
Born: - Ewlo Castle, Flintshire, Wales
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1 M Piers Puleston of Burras
Born: Abt 1510 - Ynys Môn (Anglesey), Wales
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Spouse: Catherine Hanmer (Abt 1510- )
Marr: 1531 - Denbighshire, Wales
2 F Jane Puleston 39
AKA: Jonet Puleston
Born: - Hafod-y-Wern, Bersham, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
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Spouse: John ap David ap Howel of Bersham ( - )
Marr: 31 Oct 1541 or 1542
3 F Elin Puleston of Hafod y Wern
AKA: Eleanor Puleston, Elen Puleston
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4 M Richard Puleston
Born: - Hafod-y-Wern, Bersham, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
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5 M Roger Puleston
Born: - Hafod-y-Wern, Bersham, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
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6 F Elizabeth Puleston
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7 F Lili Puleston
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8 F Emmeline Puleston
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9 F Catherine Puleston
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Research Notes: Husband - Sir John Puleston of Tir Môn and Havod y Wern
Dates from RootsWeb World Connect (Linda Neely) - b. abt 1480, d. 1551.
Source: History of the Town of Wrexham, Its Houses, Streets, Fields, and Old Families by Alfred Neobard Palmer (Wrexham, 1893), pp. 137-138:
"It is true that in the Puleston pedigree at Gwysaney, compiled in 1665, John Puleston, the grandson of Madoc Puleston, is described as of Hafod y wern, but I have almost invariably found this John Puleston's son (also called John Puleston), described as of Tir Môn, and his grandson, Piers Puleston, as of Burras. There is no doubt, however, that Piers Puleston's son and successor, John Puleston, not merely owned Hafod y wern, but lived there. And as to John Puleston Tir Môn himself, he is described in the marriage settlement, dated October 31st, 1541/2, of his daughter Jane, as 'John Puleston, the elder, esquire, of Wrexham.'.As the provisions of the marriage settlement... are very peculiar, it may be well to summarize, and in part, quote them. The agreement is between John ap David ap Howel (son and heir of David ap Howel, of Bersham), gent, and the above named John Puleston, Esq., in anticipation of the marriage of the said John ap David with Jane Puleston, daughter of the said John Puleston. 'The said John Puleston covenaunteth and graunteth to brynge the said Jane his dochter to the churche dure in ye same state as she is nowe, and ther wed and take to her husband the said John ap David and also to arey hir to hir wedyng accordyng to hir degree, and also to pay the said John ap David the somme of six and thirtty poundes xiiis iiiid. . . . and also to fynd the said John ap David and Jane his wiffe meates and drinkes and logyng the space of oon yere immedyatly following the marriage, and at the yeres yende to delyver and geve to the said John and Jane reasonable Beddyng' (Arch Camb. 1878 vol., p. 70). Mr. John Puleston ( the son of Mr. Piers Puleston), indubitably lived at Hafod y wern, and was followed by his son Robert Puleston, who was succeeded by his son of the same name, as the annexed pedigree shows."
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From The Dictionary of Welsh Biography Online - http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-PULE-EST-1283.html :
Before the middle of the 15th cent. a branch of the family had settled at Berse, near Wrexham, and by the end of that century Hafod-y-wern, in the same area, had come into possession of the Pulestons through the marriage of JOHN PULESTON of Plas-y-mers, a grandson of the Robert and Lowry, previously mentioned, and Alswn, daughter and heiress of Hywel ap Ieuan ap Gruffydd of Hafod-y-wern.
JOHN PULESTON ('HEN'), of Hafod-y-wern, the eldest son of this John Puleston, fought at Bosworth, and for his services on that occasion received a grant for life from Henry VII of an annuity of twenty marks out of the tithes of the lordship of Denbigh (6th Report Royal Commission on Historical MSS., 421), and was appointed a gentleman usher of the king's chamber. In 1502 he was made deputy-lieutenant to the chief steward of Bromfield and Yale (ibid.), and seven years later, in 1509, Henry VIII granted him the receivership of the town of Ruthin and the lordship of Dyffryn Clwyd (Cal. L. & P. Henry VIII, i, 1, 67), and in 1519 that of the lordship of Denbigh and Denbighland (ibid., iii, 1, 146). Like his kinsman, Sir Roger Puleston, he served in the French campaign of 1513, as also did his two sons, both named John, the one by his first, and the other by his second marriage.
JOHN PULESTON, of Hafod-y-wern ('John Puleston of Tir Môn,' as he is sometimes described), son of John Puleston ('Hen') by his second wife, Alice, daughter of Hugh Lewis of Presaddfed, was sheriff of Denbighshire, 1543-4. During the latter years of Elizabeth I, two of these Pulestons were presented for recusancy at the Denbighshire Great Sessions: EDWARD PULESTON, of Hafod-y-wern, in 1585, 1588, and 1592, and Anne, wife of JOHN PULESTON, of Berse, in 1587. The last of the Hafod-y-wern family was Frances, daughter of PHILIP PULESTON (d. 1776); she m., in 1786, Bryan Cooke, of Ouston, Yorks (see Davies-Cooke, Gwysaney ).
Research Notes: Wife - Catherine Stanley
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet-t&id=I79893
Husband Sir John Puleston of Bers, Chamberlain of North Wales 40 45 46 47
AKA: Sir John Puleston of Bersham
Born: Abt 1483 - Hafod-y-Wern, Bersham, (Wrexham) Denbighshire, Wales
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Died: 1551 - Bersham, (Wrexham), Denbighshire, Wales
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Father: John Hên Puleston of Hafod-y-Wern, Constable of Caernarfon Castle (Abt 1462-Abt 1544) 40 41 42 43
Mother: Eleanor Whitney (Abt 1467- ) 41 48 49 50
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Other Spouse: Janet verch Maredydd ap Ieuan ( - ) 40 46 51
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• Served as: Constable of Caernarvon Castle, 1 Oct 1523 to 8 Jul 1550.
• Served as: M.P. for Carnarvonshire, 1541-1544.
• Appointed: High Sheriff of Denbig, 1543.
• Appointed: High Sheriff of Carnarvonshire, 1544.
• Elected: M.P. for Carnarvonshire, 7 Jan 1545.
• Served as: High Sheriff of Carnarvonshire, 1545-1547.
• Knighted: Between 1545 and 1547.
• Appointed: Chamberlain of North Wales, 1547.
• Elected: M.P. for Carnarvonshire, 12 Oct 1547.
• Died in office: M.P. for Carnarvonshire, 1550 or 1551.
Wife Gaynor verch Robert ab Maredudd
AKA: Gaenor verch Robert ap Meredith
Born: Abt 1487 - Glynllifon, Llandwrog, Caernarfonshire (Gwynedd), Wales
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1 M Robert Puleston of Bers
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2 M Rowland Puleston
Born: - Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales
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Spouse: Agnes verch Rowland Griffith ( - ) 52
3 F Jane Puleston
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4 M John Puleston
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5 M William Puleston
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6 F Elizabeth Puleston
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7 F Sybil Puleston
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8 F Elin Puleston of Bers
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Research Notes: Husband - Sir John Puleston of Bers, Chamberlain of North Wales
Constable of Carnarvon Castle and Chamberlain of North Wales. Son of John Puleston of Havod y Wern and Bers by his first wife, Eleanor Whitney. Second husband of Jonet verch Meredith.
From Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales, p. 455:
Great greandson of Madog Puleston, Constable of Carnarvon Castle and Chamberlain of North Wales.
From The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd, Vol. II:
From Cae Cyriog M.S.; Lewys Dwnn, vol ii: "Sir John Puleston of Bers, Knt., Chamberlain of North Wales, and Constable of Caernarvon Castle, ob. 1551." This source lists two wives for Sir John:
1 Gaynor, d. of Robert ab Maredudd ab Hwlcyn Llwyd of Glyn Llifon.
2 Janet, d. of Maredydd ab Ieuan ab Robert of Cesail Gyfarch, who purchased Gwydir.
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From The Dictionary of Welsh Biography Online - http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-PULE-EST-1283.html :
"(3) A cadet branch of the Pulestons of Hafod-y-wern flourished at Caernarvon for part of the 16th cent., its founder being the son by his first marriage (to Elin, daughter of Robert Whitney), of John Puleston ('Hen'), Sir JOHN PULESTON (d. 1551), who was sheriff of Caernarvonshire, 1543-4, Member of Parliament for Caernarvon, 1541-4, and for Caernarvonshire, 1545-7 and 1547-51, chamberlain of North Wales, 1547, and constable of Caernarvon castle, 1523-51. He m. (1) Gaynor, daughter of Robert ap Meredydd ap Hwlcyn Llwyd of Glynllifon , and (2) Sioned, daughter of Meredydd ap Ieuan ap Robert, of Cesail Gyfarch and Gwydir . From HUGH PULESTON, his son by his second wife, who m. Margaret, daughter and heiress of Hugh Lloyd, of Llwynycnotiau, near Wrexham, were descended the Pulestons of that place. There is evidence that the Rev. EDWARD PULESTON (d. 1621/2), second son of this Hugh, who became rector of Burton Latimer, Northants, in 1592, and ultimately inherited Llwynycnotiau from his childless elder brother, was a confidant of captain John Salisbury of Rûg (see Salusbury of Rûg ), one of the principal conspirators in the Essex revolt of 1601; while his younger brother, RICHARD PULESTON, had served under the captain in Ireland. On the death, without issue, March 1677/8, of Edward's grandson, JOHN PULESTON, Llwynycnotiau came into possession of his wife's brother, Simon Thelwall, of Plas-y-ward (see Thelwall of Plas-y-ward ), by virtue of a settlement made in 1672. "
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From Welsh Biography Online (http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s1-GRIF-PEN-1300.html) :
"[Edward Griffith] m. Jane, daughter of Sir John Puleston of Bersham . (L. and P. Henry VIII, viii, 122, 644, 925, xii, part i, 539 (14), 655, 1154, xiii, part i, 384 (91), 1289, xiv, part i, 732, 802, 803, 816, part ii, 40, 616, 759, 782, 1539; xv, 74, 82, 199, 327, 342, 355.) His death precipitated a long dispute between RHYS GRIFFITH his younger brother, who claimed the estates as heir male, and John Puleston, Edward Griffith's father-in-law, acting for his daughter and her three children (Jane, Catherine, and Ellen). Puleston asked Cromwell for the wardship of the children, and offered him £40 for his good offices; Rhys Griffith complained that during his absence in Ireland 'on the king's service,' his sister-in-law and her father had ransacked Penrhyn, leaving 'nothing but the bare walls.' The lord chancellor and the master of the court of wards made an arbitration in 1542, but the problems involved were still unsettled in 1559. Even after the death of Rhys Griffith in 1580, Sir Edward Bagnall, who had m. one of Edward Griffith's daughters, was still pursuing his wife's claims in the court of wards. (Penrhyn MSS. 50, 2197; N.L.W. Jnl., iii, 40; Lewis , Early Chancery Procs., 21, 22, 288, 290; Lewis and Davies, Augmentation Recs., 51; L. and P. Henry VIII, v, no. 724 (10), xv, 433, 661, xvii, 466, xix 812 (16), Addenda, i, part ii, 1462; Cal. Pat. Rolls, Edward VI, iv, 36; Acts Privy Council, 1580-1, 289; P.R.O., Court of Requests Procs., bundle iv, no. 258; bundle vi, no 210.)"
Research Notes: Wife - Gaynor verch Robert ab Maredudd
First wife of Sir Robert Puleston of Bers.
Source: The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd by J. Y. W. Lloyd, Vol. II (London, 1882) has from Cae Cyriog M.S.; Lewys Dwnn, vol ii lists two wives for Sir John Puleston of Bers:
1 Gaynor, d. of Robert ab Maredudd ab Hwlcyn Llwyd of Glyn Llifon.
2 Janet, d. of Maredydd ab Ieuan ab Robert of Cesail Gyfarch, who purchased Gwydir.
Also Source: RootsWeb Williams Latham Tomlin Charlier (Kenneth Williams) (from J. E. Griffiths - Pedigrees of Anglesey and Caernarvonshire Families)
Husband John Puleston of Hafod y wern
Born: Abt 1540 - Hafod-y-Wern, Bersham, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Piers Puleston of Burras (Abt 1510-After 1554)
Mother: Catherine Hanmer (Abt 1510- )
Marriage:
Wife
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 M Robert Puleston of Hafod y wern
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Christened:
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Buried: 21 Nov 1621 - Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
Research Notes: Husband - John Puleston of Hafod y wern
Source: History of the Town of Wrexham, Its Houses, Streets, Fields, and Old Families by Alfred Neobard Palmer (Wrexham, 1893), pp. 137-138:
"There is no doubt, however, that Piers Puleston's son and successor, John Puleston, not merely owned Hafod y wern, but lived there."
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