Coel Hen lived around AD , during the time of the Roman departure from Britain.

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1 Coel Hen My 50 th Great Grandfather David Arthur Coel Hen lived around AD , during the time of the Roman departure from Britain. Coel "Hên" ap Tegfan TITLES: Brenin of Brydain (Britain). (Dwnn, Heraldic Visitations of Wales, vol. 2 p. 101) REMARKS: 'Age of Arthur' page 54 states: "early tradition is that Coel ruled the whole of the north, south of the Wall, the territory that the Notitia assigned to the dux;...he was the last Roman commander, who turned his command to a kingdom...medieval fantasy turned him into Old King Cole, and on the strength of the name transferred him to Colchester." REMARKS: 'Age of Arthur' page 213 states: "Coel's wife, Stradwawl (Wall Road) and his daughter Gwawl (The Wall), named as the wife of Cunedda, confirm his date, and show that his authority was held to have extended to Hadrian's Wall." REMARKS: 'Welsh Classical Dictionary' page 136 states: "earliest versions of his genealogy we find "Coel Hen ap Godebog ap Tegfan" (HG 10, VCadoci 46b, JC5 in EWGT pp. 10, 25, 44). All later versions, however, drop the cognomen "Hen" and treat "Godebog" as the cognomen of Coel (GaC2, MG 1, ABT 1c in EWGT pp. 36, 38, 96)...Ifor Williams pointed out that Godebog, earlier Guotepauc, as in HG 10, was indisputably a Brythonic epithet, derved from Votepacos...Idris Foster translated it "shelterer, protector, defender" in 'Prehistoric and Early Wales"." REMARKS: "Coel Hen appears in the Harleian genealogies and the later pedigrees known as the Bonedd Gwyr y Gogledd (The Descent of the Men of the North) at the head of several post-roman royal families of the Hen Ogledd. His line, collectively called the Coeling, included such noted figures as Urien, king of Rheged; Gwallog, perhaps king of Elmet; the brothers Gwrgi and Peredur, and Clydno Eiddin, king of Eiddin or Edinburg. He was also considered to be the father-in-law of Cunedda, founder of Gwynedd in North Wales, by his daughter Gwawl. The genealogies give him the epithet Godebog, meaning "Protector" or "Shelterer". The poem Y Gododdin mentions some enmity between the "Sons of Godebog" and the heroes who fought for the Gododdin at the Battle of Catraeth. As an ancestor figure, Coel Hen compares to Dumnagual Hen, who is likewise attributed with founding kingly lines in the Hen Ogledd. According to Welsh tradition the region of Kyle was named for Coel, and a mound at Coylton in Argyll was regarded as his tomb. Projections back from dated individuals suggest that Coel Hen lived around AD , during the time of the Roman departure from Britain. In his widely-criticized book The Age of Arthur, historian John Morris suggested that Coel may have been the last of the Roman Duces Brittanniarum (Dukes of the Britons) who commanded the Roman army in northern Britain. According to Morris he may have taken over the northern capital at Eburacum (York) to rule over what had been the northern province of Roman Britain. Upon Coel Hen's death, his lands would have been split between his sons, Garmonion and Cunedda II, and later his grandsons, Dunwal Moelmut, Cunedda III, and Gwrwst Ledlwn, thus creating the many old northern kingdoms of Britain. (Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia,

2 Old King Cole Poem Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe in the middle of the night And he called for his fiddlers three. Every fiddler had a fine fiddle, and a very fine fiddle had he; Oh there's none so rare as can compare With King Cole and his fiddlers three King Coel ap Tegfan d. a 410 Vala (Gwawl) Vala (Gwawl) F, #19154 Father King Coel ap Tegfan d. a 410 Mother Ystradwel ferch Gadeon2 Vala (Gwawl) married Cunedda 'the Great', King of North Wales, Duke of the Britains, son of Edeirn. Cunedda 'the Great', King of North Wales, Duke of the Britains Children Einion 'the Impetuous', King of North Wales+ Ceredig, Prince of Cardigan Gwron ap Cunedda "Wledig" 2 b. c 430 HER HUSBAND

3 49 Cunedda 'the Great', King of North Wales, Duke of the Britains Ancestry of Cunedda ( ) Ancestory site M, #19153 Father Edeirn Cunedda 'the Great', King of North Wales, Duke of the Britains married Vala (Gwawl), daughter of King Coel ap Tegfan and Ystradwel ferch Gadeon. Vala (Gwawl) Children Einion 'the Impetuous', King of North Wales+ Ceredig, Prince of Cardigan+ Gwron ap Cunedda "Wledig" 2 b. c 430 Citations 1.[S805] Unknown author, Royal Highness, Ancestry of the Royal Child, by Moncreiffe, p [S61] Unknown author, Group Sheets, History Archives, SLC Ceredig, Prince of Cardigan M, #19159 Father Cunedda 'the Great', King of North Wales, Duke of the Britains Mother Vala (Gwawl) Uffa, Prince of Cardigan Beatrix de Clermont1 F, #19160, b. 1310, d. 1364

4 Uffa, Prince of Cardigan M, #19158 Father Ceredig, Prince of Cardigan Uffa, Prince of Cardigan Uncle of St. David. Seirwell, Prince of Cardigan Seirwell, Prince of Cardigan M, #19157 Father Uffa, Prince of Cardigan Brothan, Prince of Cardigan Brothan, Prince of Cardigan M, #19156 Father Seirwell, Prince of Cardigan Arnothen, Prince of Cardigan Arnothen, Prince of Cardigan M, #10367

5 Father Brothan, Prince of Cardigan Artholes, Prince of Cardigan Artholes, Prince of Cardigan M, #10366 Father Arnothen, Prince of Cardigan Clydawe, Prince of Cardigan Clydawe, Prince of Cardigan M, #9987 Father Artholes, Prince of Cardigan Seisyll, Prince of Cardigan d. a Seisyll, Prince of Cardigan M, #9986, d. after 730 Father Clydawe, Prince of Cardigan Seisyll, Prince of Cardigan died after 730. Arthen+ d

6 40 Arthen M, #9985, d. 807 Father Seisyll, Prince of Cardigan d. a 730 Arthen died in 807. Dufnwallon, Prince of North Wales Dufnwallon, Prince of North Wales M, #9966 Father Arthen d. 807 Meuric, King of Seisyllwg, Lord Cardigan Meuric, King of Seisyllwg, Lord Cardigan M, #9962 Father Dufnwallon, Prince of North Wales Ankaret, Queen of South Wales Ankaret, Queen of South Wales F, #7590 Father Meuric, King of Seisyllwg, Lord Cardigan

7 Ankaret, Queen of South Wales married Rhodri Mawr, King of Wales, son of Mervin Frych 'the Freckled', King of Gwynedd and Nesta, Queen of Powys. Rhodri Mawr, King of Wales b. 844, d. 878 Mervin ap Rhodri, Prince of Powys d. 906 Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr, King of Gwynedd d. 916 Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr, King of Seisyllwg d. 907 Nesta ferch Rhodri Tudwal Gloff ap Rhodri b. c 875 HUSBAND BELOW 37 Rhodri Mawr, King of Wales defeated the Danes in AD M, #7589, b. 844, d. 878 Read about Rhodri Mawr - Father Mervin Frych 'the Freckled', King of Gwynedd d. 844 Mother Nesta, Queen of Powys d. 855 Rhodri Mawr, King of Wales married Ankaret, Queen of South Wales, daughter of Meuric, King of Seisyllwg, Lord Cardigan. Rhodri Mawr, King of Wales was born in 844. He died in 878. Ankaret, Queen of South Wales Mervin ap Rhodri, Prince of Powys d. 906 Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr, King of Gwynedd d. 916 Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr, King of Seisyllwg d. 907 Nesta ferch Rhodri Tudwal Gloff ap Rhodri b. c 875 Citations 1.[S805] Unknown author, Royal Highness, Ancestry of the Royal Child, by Moncreiffe, p

8 36 Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr, King of Seisyllwg M, #8898, d. 907 Father Rhodri Mawr, King of Wales b. 844, d. 878 Mother Ankaret, Queen of South Wales Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr, King of Seisyllwg married Rheingar of East Saxons, daughter of Erpenwald, King of East Saxons. Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr, King of Seisyllwg died in 907. Rheingar of East Saxons Howell Dda "the Good", King of Wales d Howell Dda "the Good", King of Wales M, #8896, d. 948 Father Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr, King of Seisyllwg d. 907 Mother Rheingar of East Saxons Howell Dda "the Good", King of Wales was born at of Dynevor, Carm, Wales. He married Eleanor of Dyfed, daughter of Llywarch ap Hyfaidd, Last King of Dyfed, Pembrokeshire, circa 904. Howell Dda "the Good", King of Wales died in 948. Eleanor of Dyfed d. 928 Angarat of South Wales Owain ap Hywel Dda, King of Deheubarth d. 988 Einion ap Hywel b. c Owain ap Hywel Dda, King of Deheubarth M, #7047, d. 988 Father Howell Dda "the Good", King of Wales d. 948

9 Mother Eleanor of Dyfed d. 928 Owain ap Hywel Dda, King of Deheubarth was born at of Llandilo, Carm, Wales. He married Angharat, Queen of Powys, daughter of Llewelyn ap Mervyn, Prince of Powys. Owain ap Hywel Dda, King of Deheubarth died in 988. Angharat, Queen of Powys Einon, Prince of Deheubarth d. 984 Iestyn ap Owain, Lord of Iestynton1 b. c 935 Meredith ap Owen, Prince of Powys b. c 938, d. 999 Citations 1.[S61] Unknown author, Group Sheets, History Archives, SLC Einon, Prince of Deheubarth M, #7044, d. 984 Father Owain ap Hywel Dda, King of Deheubarth d. 988 Mother Angharat, Queen of Powys Einon, Prince of Deheubarth married Eleanor of Powys, daughter of Gweristan of Powys and Nest verch Cadell. Einon, Prince of Deheubarth died in 984. Eleanor of Powys Gronw ap Einion Cadell ap Einon Gwenllian ferch Einion b. c 980 Citations 1.[S61] Unknown author, Group Sheets, History Archives, SLC

10 32 Cadell ap Einon M, #7050 Father Einon, Prince of Deheubarth d. 984 Mother Eleanor of Powys Tewdwr Mawr ap Cadell Tewdwr Mawr ap Cadell M, #7049 Father Cadell ap Einon Tewdwr Mawr ap Cadell married Nest DID NOT MARRY.1 Tewdwr Mawr ap Cadell married Gwenlian of Anglesea, daughter of Colwyn, Lord of Anglesea. 1 Gwenlian of Anglesea Rhys ap Tewdr Mawr, Prince of South Wales d. Apr 1093 Elen ferch Tewdwr b. c 1055 Rhydderch ap Tewdwr b. c 1060 Nest verch Tewdwr b. c Nest b. c 1040 Gwyn ap Tewdwr "Mawr "1 b. c 1070 Citations 1.[S61] Unknown author, Group Sheets, History Archives, SLC

11 30 Rhys ap Tewdr Mawr, Prince of South Wales M, #5805, d. April 1093 Father Tewdwr Mawr ap Cadell Mother Gwenlian of Anglesea Rhys ap Tewdr Mawr, Prince of South Wales married Gwladus fil Rhiwallon, daughter of Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn. Rhys ap Tewdr Mawr, Prince of South Wales died in April 1093 at Aberhonddu, Brecon, Wales. Gwladus fil Rhiwallon Gruffydd ap Rhys d Margred ferch Rhys 2 b. c 1071 Nesta verch Rhys of South Wales b. c 1073 Llwelyn Ddiriaid ap Rhys+ b. c 1080 Citations 1.[S1411] Unknown author, Burke's Commoners, Vol. IV, p [S61] Unknown author, Group Sheets, History Archives, SLC. 29 Nesta verch Rhys of South Wales Read about Nest at Her lineage is traced back to among others: Constantine the Great - the first Christian emperor a significant figure in the history of Christianity. AND Publius Manlius Vulso held the office of praetor in the middle of the Roman fight against Hannibal, which is called the Second Punic war ( BC). He commanded two legions in order to defend Sardinia against the Carthaginians. Yet a Punic fleet led by Hamilcar ravaged at the end of the summer of 210 BC Olbia, a city on the north-east coast of the island. When Manlius and his army appeared on the battlefield the Carthaginians sailed on and devastated the district of Carales (today Cagliari).[2] Nothing else is known about the life of Manlius.

12 29 Nesta verch Rhys of South Wales F, #5090, b. circa 1073 Father Rhys ap Tewdr Mawr, Prince of South Wales d. Apr 1093 Mother Gwladus fil Rhiwallon Nesta verch Rhys of South Wales (not married but had children with) Henry I, King of England, Duke of Normandy, son of William 'the Conqueror', King of England, 7th Duke of Normandy and Matilda of Flanders. Nesta verch Rhys of South Wales married Gerald of Windsor, Constable of Pembroke, son of Walter FitzOther and Beatrice. Nesta verch Rhys of South Wales (not married but had children with) Owain ap Cadwgon, son of Cadwgon ap Bleddyn, Lord of Nannau and Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd. Nesta verch Rhys of South Wales was born circa 1073 at of Dynevor, Wales. 1 Henry I, King of England, Duke of Normandy b. 1070, d. 1 Dec 1135 Robert, Earl of Gloucester, Baron de Creully & Torigni b. c 1090, d. 31 Oct 1147 Henry FitzHenry b. c 1105, d or Gerald of Windsor, Constable of Pembroke d. b 1136 David FitzGerald, Bishop of St. Davids d (Miss) Windsor William de Windsor d Agnes Windsor b. c 1092 Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephen, Wales b. c 1100, d. 1 Sep

13 Owain ap Cadwgon b. c 1095, d Einion ap Owain+2 b. c 1115 Citations 1.[S937] Unknown author, Burke's Commoners, Vol. IV, p [S61] Unknown author, Group Sheets, History Archives, SLC. 3.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p st HUSBAND BELOW Ancestry of Gerald de Windsor - And From John E. Garrett His line is the same to a point Gerald of Windsor, Constable of Pembroke (Gerald de Windsor ( ), also known as Gerald FitzWalter, Constable of Pembroke Castle ) M, #11344, d. before 1136 Father Walter FitzOther d. a 1100 Mother Beatrice Gerald of Windsor, Constable of Pembroke married Nesta verch Rhys of South Wales, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdr Mawr, Prince of South Wales and Gwladus fil Rhiwallon, Gerald of Windsor, Constable of Pembroke was born at of Carew, Pembrokeshire, Wales. He died before Nesta verch Rhys of South Wales b. c 1073 David FitzGerald, Bishop of St. Davids d (Miss) Windsor William de Windsor d Agnes Windsor b. c 1092 Pembroke Castle Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephen, Wales b. c 1100, d. 1 Sep 1177

14 Citations 1.[S3068] Unknown author, Burke's Commoners, Vol. IV, p [S11579] A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. I, by John Burke, Esq.,, p Gerald de Windsor ( ), also known as Gerald FitzWalter, Constable of Pembroke Castle from 1102, was the nobleman in charge of the Norman forces in Wales in the late 11th century. Notably, he was the progenitor of the FitzGerald and de Barry dynasties of Ireland. These celebrated Hiberno- Norman or Cambro-Norman families, have been Peers of Ireland since the 14th Century at least. Gerald was the son of Walter FitzOtho by his wife Beatrice. FitzOtho became Constable of Windsor Castle immediately upon its completion by William I of England.[1] Gerald's grandfather was Otho, owner of manors in five English counties. Gerald married Nest ferch Rhys, Princess of Deheubarth, who was the daughter of Prince Rhys ap Tewdwr and Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn, around William de Windsor AKA 27 William FitzGerald of Carrun Castle M, #22934, d Father - Gerald of Windsor, Constable of Pembroke d. b 1136 (Gerald de Windsor ( ), also known as Gerald FitzWalter, Constable of Pembroke Castle ) Mother Nesta verch Rhys of South Wales b. c 1073 William de Windsor was born at of Carru Castle, Pembrokeshire, England. He married Marrio. William de Windsor died in 1173 at Pembrokeshire, England. Marrio Isabel de Windsor Otho de Carew d. c William FitzWilliam FitzGerald Citations 1.[S7203] Unknown author, Burke's Commoners, Vol. IV, p. 179; Wallop, p. 178, 503; Burke's Peerage, 1938, p. 1079; Carew Genealogy

15 Gerrard The surname Gerrard is also spelt Gerard and Girard and was originally FitzGerald. The arms of the principal branch of the family are : Argent, a salties, glues, and the crest: A lion, rampant ermins crowned or, and the motto: En Dieu Est Mon Esperance. The linage of the family of Bryn County,England based on Burk's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage is as follows: 28 William FitzGerald of Carrun Castle, county Pembroke, eldest son of Gerald FitzWalter, constable of Penbroke castle and brother of Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Maynooth. He went to Ireland with Strongbow in 1171, but died in England in 1173; Leaving with other issue, Otho, ancestor of the Carew family and: 27 William FitzWilliam FitzGerald, his youngest son, who was Justice in Eyre, for the county of Chester, and had: 26 William, Lord of a Moiety of Kingsley, county Chester, in right of his wife, Emma, second daughter and co-heir of Richard de Kingsley, Chief Forester of Delamere. He died before 1259, leaving a son: 25 William Gerrard of Kingsley, died before 1316 having by his wife, Margaret, his son and heir: 24 William Garrard of Kingsley and Canten hall living in 1330, who married Matilda, daughter of Henry de Glasshowse of Kingsley and died before They had: 23 William Gerrard of Kingsley, born about 1322, who married Joan, the daughter of heir of Peter de Bryn and had: 22 Sir Peter Gerard of Kingsley and Byrn, who died before 1380, having had: 21 Thomas of whom presently, and John the ancestor of Gerard of Ince and Macclesfield. His eldest son was: 20 Sir Thomas Gerard of Kingsley and Bryn, Knight, who died March 27th , leaving issue: 19 John Gerard of Kingsley [d.april 10th 1431] who married Alice, daughter of Sir John le Boteler, and had: 18 Sir Peter Gerard of Kingsley and Bryn, who married Isabella Strangeways, and had: 17 Sir Thomas Gerard of Kingsley and Bryn, who married Douce, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Assheton of Ashton-under-Lyne, and had:

16 16 Peter Gerard, who married [1481] Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Stanley of Hooton, Cheshire. He died June 19th They had: 15 Sir Thomas Gerard, of Kingsley and Bryn, who married Margaret, the daughter of Sir Edmund Trafford of Trafford, and widow of Nicholas Longfored and Sir John Port, and had: 14 Sir Thomas Gerard, of Kingsley and Bryn, who married Jane, the daughter of Sir Peter Legh of Haydock and had: 13 Sir Thomas Gerard of Kingsley and Bryn, who being accused of a design to deliver Mary, Queen of Scots, out of her confinement, was committed to the tower, and was forced to give his estate of Bromley to his kinsman, Sir Gilbert Gerrard, Attorney General and mortgage many others before he could obtain his liberty. He married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Port, Knight of Etwall, co. Derby. He died in September He was survived by his son: 12 Sir Thomas Gerard, born 1560, was created a Baronet on the first day of the institution of the order, May 22, 1611, and received back the fee which he had given for the dignity in consideration of the sufferings of his father on behalf of Queen Mary. He married first, Cecily, daughter of Sir Walter Maney, Knight, and had: 11 Sir Thomas Gerard, Second Baronet of Bryn, who married Frances, daughter of Sir Richard Molyneux, First Baronet of Sefton, and sister of 1st Viscount Molyneux, and had: John, Peter and Gilbert, who are said to have died unmarried [see William Playfair], Frances, who became a Nun. William, the 3rd Baronet, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Cuthbert Clifton, Knight, Thomas (below), Richard [ ], Anne, who married 1st Cox and 2nd Thomas Green, who came on the Ark and Dove to Maryland in 1634 and was governor of the province. He was married three times, first to Elizabeth, sister of Leonard Calvert, 2nd to Anne, and 3rd to the widow, Winifred Seyborne. 10 Dr. Thomas Gerrard, The Immigrant [born died 1673] 9 Judith Gerrard (married 1 st William Love) 8 Thomas Love 7 Samuel Love 6 Anna Love (married Thomas Hunt ) 5 Thomas Hunt (married Elizabeth Wilkerson) 4 Thomas Hunt (married 1 st Elizabeth Parker) 3 Elijah Hunt

17 2 Ryland Logan Hunt 1 Ziporah Hunt (married William Henry Wade) Anselona Deborah Wade (married Willie Thomas Arthur) Edgar Wilson Arthur Edgar David Arthur The Math of Ancestry Each of us have in the first generation back 2 ancestors Mother and Father, the list below shows the progression of our number of direct ancestors in each generation. 1 st generation = 2 ancestors 2 nd generation = 4 ancestors 3 rd generation = 8 ancestors 4 th generation = 16 ancestors 5 th generation = 32 ancestors 10 th generation = 1024 ancestors 20 th generation = 1,048,576 1 Million ancestors 40 th generation = 1,099,511,647,130 1 Trillion ancestors - approx. year 1,000 AD 50 th generation = 1,125,899,931,620,000 1,125 Trillion ancestors approx. year 750 AD Pop. of Earth 1000 AD = 275 million Pop. of Earth 750 AD = 220 Million Pop. of Earth Today = billion The above statistics make evident that there were not enough people in the distant past for our ancestors to be biologically unrelated to each other. This as well as other genealogical math is discussed in the National Geographic article in the link below.

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