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JOHN AND WILLIAM AP EDWARD, OF MERION.
SONS OF EDWARD AP JOHN, OF CYNLAS.
Epwarp AP Jon, of the township of Cynlas, Llanddervel Parish, Penllyn,
Merionethshire, was the father of the above named colonists. He was
buried in Llanddervel Church yard March 1, 1667. According tothe record
in an old Bible belonging to a descendant, he * was a free-holder of about
424 per annum?—a man of good repute and careful to bring up his child-
ren in the fear of the Lord, according to the Church of England.” Docu-
ments in Wales show him to have been a kinsman, probably a first cousin,
of Edward Nicholas, of Cynlas (born 1647), who was son of Nicholas ap
Edward, of the same township, and a descendant of Rhirid Flaidd, Lord of
Penllyn3, The name of Edward ap John’s wife has not been definitely
ascertained. He left surviving him, so far as known, four sons: 1, John
ap Edward, b. Wales; m. first Katherine, d. Robert ap Hugh; m. second,
Jane, d. John ap Edward; 2, William ap Edward, b. Wales; 3, Evan ap
Edward, b. Wales; 4, Thomas ap Edward, b. Wales; of Llanllidrog, liv.
there 1686.
JouNn AP EDWARD, son of Edward ap John, of Cynlas, had a deed from
Dr, Edward Jones and John ap Thomas, dated 18 April, 1682, for 31234
acres of land, which were surveyed to him in Merion. He arrived in Au-
gust, 1682. John ap Edward was an enterprising man, and no doubt had
acquired considerable property prior to his removal from Nantlleidiog
Township to Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Society of Free
Traders, of London, and the head-land claimed by him indicates that he
brought with him at least four servants. He died soon after his arrival, in
1683. His will is dated 16th of Eighth-month, 1683, and proved at Phila-
delphia the same year‘. By this document he leaves his plantation of
31244 acres in Merion, to his eldest son, Evan, and to his other sons, Ed-
ward, “that quantity or proportion of land due me for the bringing over of
servants by the laws or concessions of Pennsylvania aforsaid, that is to say
two hundred acres.’’ The names of his children, who probably took the
surname of Edwards, were as follows: 1, Elizabeth, b, Wales, 18th Twelfth-
month, 1671; 2, Sarah, b. Wales, 8th Eleventh-month, 1673; 3, Evan, b,
Wales, 2d of Second-month, 1677; 4, Edward, b. Wales, 5th of Eighth-
month, 1681.
1Register of the Parish Church, of Llandderfel (Lianddervel), Penllyn.
2This sum doubtless represented the rent land he held at the assessed value,
At that day, as at this, farin lands were assessed at a rate much under theirexact
value, and the Innds above rated probably produced Edward ap John a hand-
n
some revenue, They appear to have been
the family for many centuries,
2See a former page,
4Will Book B, p. 270, Philadelphia.
W. T.—12,