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  • Name: Rowland ELLIS
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1650 in Bryn Mawr, Dyffrdan, co Merioneth b
  • Death: Sep 1731 in Plymouth, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania d
  • Burial: Burying ground of the Gwynedd Monthly Meeting, Plymouth, Pennsylvania u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Ellis Ap Rees Death: Before 1696
  • Mother:
  • Anne HUMPHREY

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Anne ELLIS
  2. Jane ELLIS

Marriage: Children:
  1. Elizabeth ELLIS
  2. Rowland Jr ELLIS
  3. Robert ELLIS
  4. Eleanor ELLIS Birth: 1685 in Bryn Mawr, Dyffrdan, co Merioneth
  5. Catherine ELLIS Birth: 1697

Bibliography
  1. Faris, David, Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth century colonists: the descent from the later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of emigrants from England and Wales to the North American colonies before 1701, second edition. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999. NYPL APR (New England) 01-1513. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Faris PA2 p[0-9ivxc]*].
  2. Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2004. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson PA p[0-9]*].
  3. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p[0-9]*].
  4. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p130, Richardson PA p287, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p493],
place:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p130, Richardson PA p287, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p493],
parents:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p130, Richardson PA p287, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p493, Roberts RD600 p107, Roberts RD600 p194]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p130, Richardson PA p287, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p493],
place:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p493]
Gwynedd, Pennsylvania [Ref: Faris PA2 p130, Richardson PA p287]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p493]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret Ferch Ellis Morris
date:
abt 1672 [Ref: Faris PA2 p130, Richardson PA p287, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p493]
first marriage of Rowland [Ref: Roberts RD600 p107],
child:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p130, Richardson PA p287, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p493]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret ROBERTS
date:
abt 1678 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p493]
second marriage of Rowland [Ref: Richardson PA p286, Richardson PA p287, Roberts RD600 p107],
child:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p130, Richardson PA p287, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p493]
Research Notes:
Gent [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p493]

of Pennsylvania [Ref: Roberts RD600 p107]

1672: became a Quaker; imprisoned in 1676 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p493]

Quaker minister [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p493]

Oct 1686: emigrated with son Rowland from Milford Haven, arriving Pennsylvaniain Apr 1687 [Ref: Faris PA2 p130]

1687: visited Pennsylvania with his son Rowland, with a view of locating there; returned to Wales 9 months later [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p493]

1697: immigrated permanently to Pennsylvania, and settled at Bryn Mawr, in Metion, Pennsylvania [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p493]

1700: represented Merion in the Assembly [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p493]



Pedigree of Rowland ELLIS
                                              /-----Howell Ap Davud ap Meuric
                                     /-----Gruffudd Ap Hywel
                                    |        |         /-----Robert SALISBURY
                                    |         \-----Ellin SALISBURY
                            /-----John Ap Gruffudd
                           |        |                  /-----Hywel Ap Jenkin
                           |        |         /-----Humphrey Ap Hywel
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Roger KYNASTON
                           |        |        |         \-----Mary KYNASTON
                           |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth GREY
                           |         \-----Jane Ferch Humphrey Ap Hywel
                           |                 |         /-----Sir Richard HERBERT
                           |                  \-----Anne HERBERT
                           |                          |         /-----Gwilym Ap Rhys
                           |                           \-----Marged Ab Gwilym
                   /-----Lewys Ap John Gruffudd
                  |         \-----Elsbeth Ferch Dafydd Llwyd
          /-----Rees Lewys Ap John Gruffudd
         |         \-----Elen Ferch Hywel Ap Gruffudd
 /-----Ellis Ap Rees
|        |         /-----Elissa Ap Davydd ap Owen
|         \-----Catrin Ferch Elisha Ap Dafydd
|                  \-----Mary Ferch Sion ap David
Rowland ELLIS
|                  /-----Hugh Ap DAVID AP HOWELL
|         /-----Humphrey Ap HUGH
|        |         \-----Catherine Ferch SION AP RHYDDERCH
 \-----Anne HUMPHREY
         |                  /-----Howell GOCH
         |         /-----John Ap HOWELL
          \-----Elizabeth Ferch SION AP HOWELL
                  |         /-----Hugh GWYN
                   \-----Sybil Ferch HUGH GWYNN
                           |                  /-----Huw Ap OWAIN
                           |         /-----Owen Ap HUGH
                           |        |        |         /-----Morris Ap John Ap Meredydd
                           |        |         \-----Gwenllian Ferch MORUS
                            \-----Jane OWEN
                                    |                           /-----William FYCHAN
                                    |                  /-----Sir William GRIFFITH
                                    |                 |         \-----Alice DALTON
                                    |         /-----Sir William GRIFFITH
                                    |        |        |         /-----Sir William TROUTBECK
                                    |        |         \-----Joan TROUTBECK
                                    |        |                  \-----Margaret STANLEY
                                     \-----Sybil GRIFFITH
                                             |         /-----John PULESTON
                                              \-----Jane PULESTON
                                                      |         /-----Robert WHITNEY
                                                       \-----Eleanor WHITNEY
                                                                \-----Elizabeth VAUGHAN



Descendants of Rowland ELLIS
1. Rowland ELLIS m1. Margaret Ferch Ellis Morris m2. Margaret ROBERTS
m. Margaret Ferch Ellis Morris father: Ellis MORRIS
m. Margaret ROBERTS father: Robert Ap Owain mother: Margaret Ferch John Ap Lewys